XRP Ledger creator David Schwartz leaves Ripple role after 13 years
Schwartz, who has worked on XRP Ledger since 2011, previously admitted to selling off a large part of his XRP portfolio for $0.10 per token.
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Schwartz, who has worked on XRP Ledger since 2011, previously admitted to selling off a large part of his XRP portfolio for $0.10 per token.
For years, XRP investors have targeted SWIFT but the interbank wire transfer giant just chose an Ethereum layer 2 blockchain instead.
— Brad Garlinghouse, Chris Larsen
Founders and early insiders of Ripple and its XRPL blockchain have sold billions of dollars worth of XRP since the network went live in 2012.
The XRP community cheered for Ripple after it believed the SEC approved the first spot XRP ETF today. Commissioners haven't approved.
ZachXBT says he's disinclined to help out scammed XRP holders who he believes “provide nothing of value to the industry.”
— Blockchain, Google
Alphabet’s Google Cloud team is launching a layer 1 blockchain, GCUL, that could compete with the XRP Ledger across many features.
The SEC-Ripple lawsuit is over. Despite claims about another incoming sign-off today, the final order is already filed and in effect.
Ripple trumpeted “years of building and testing” to launch the XRPL EVM mainnet, which would usher in “a new era of cross-chain DeFi.”
XRP holders have celebrated Ripple’s banking partnerships for years, but David Schwartz admits that most banks don’t need the XRP token.
The XRP Ledger operated in 2012, yet founders and early developers claim to have permanently lost all of that data.