Mark Phillips {XRP}
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If you're not clear about why
@Ripple
& $XRP are attacked, just follow the money & ask who is threatened with disruption? Banks whose fees/control will be undercut by DeFi. Large holders of $BTC/$ETH. The XRPL/XRP ecosystem that Ripple has made possible is their biggest nightmare
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2022 predictions:
1. BTC, USDT & Evergrande fall together.
2. ETH, ConsenSys & SEC fall together.
3. XRP, Ripple & XRPL emerge as the core of a new global financial system that includes other DAs (XLM, QNT, etc.) and companies.
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However the SEC v
@Ripple
case plays out, I want to publicly thank
@UpholdInc
for keeping the faith. You have been the primary lifeline for US-based XRP holders/buyers. You have my undying gratitude.
>Retweet if you agree<
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With all the talk of
@Ripple
's recently announced Liquidity Hub and the need for global liquidity, I'm reminded of the question I asked
@bgarlinghouse
at DC Fintech Week 2019.
ILP + XRPL + $XRP + ODL + Liquidity Hub + efficient pathfinding + asset-agnostic systems = ______?
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I watch
@NiallHarbison
’s 🐕🐕🦺videos daily and rarely get through without shedding a tear; sometimes happy, sometimes sad, but always powerful.
His tireless work to save these dogs & improve their lives reminds me of the importance of doing good where you are with what you have❤️
This is Derek. He was just another Thai street dog who was down on his luck and on his way out.
It’s taken 7 months to get him looking this good today.
This is a longer watch but I think it’s worth it to see Derek’s full journey. 🥰🙏
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The SEC has run an XRPL validator node for years. Wouldn’t that make them guilty of facilitating the sale of unregistered securities? When does the SEC sue the SEC?
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The XRP ledger (XRPL) is a global open-source, omni-asset exchange. $XRP is a fast, cheap, energy efficient medium that bridges any tokenized assets. All asset classes will be tokenized (fiat, metals, bonds, stocks, real estate, futures, derivatives, etc.). Get the picture?
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So much for the “XRP and XRPL are centralized” argument! XRP Ledger Amendment Goes Live, Without Ripple's Approval
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Does this sound like a company that is getting sued out of existence?
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The SEC's behavior in the SEC v
@Ripple
case is so egregious that 67,000 Americans voluntarily joined the case as DEFENDANTS because of the harm the SEC willfully caused us.
@TimKaine
,
@MarkWarner
,
@RobWittman
crypto is becoming a key voter issue. I'm happy to discuss.
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5 years in the future I see:
-
#XRP
used by governments, banks & retail customers worldwide
- Ripple founders become the first trillionaires
- Ripple is a $multi-trillion company
- Ripple & XRP on the cover of Fortune, Time, WSJ, etc.
- People bragging about buying XRP at $25
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1/3 Let me get this straight: $ETH is not a security because of how Lubin described it, but $XRP is because of a framework created behind closed doors by ConsenSys and the SEC. How is this fair or legal?
@digitalassetbuy
@CGasparino
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The SEC is a reverse pyramid scheme. They sue companies to extract a settlement payment, then use that money to fund lawsuits against other companies, thereby keeping the scam going & growing. Worse is that our tax $$ pay SEC lawyers; like paying someone to punch you in the face.
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Crypto community: It doesn't matter if you are a $BTC, $ETH, or $XRP maxi, or if you just arrived or have been here since Satoshi's white paper. We all have one thing in common: Gary Gensler is harming our investment just so he can be Treasury Secretary. Let's ensure he never is.
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1. The Ripple case is at an inflection point; expect big news soon.
2. The attempt to create an ETH monopoly has been exposed, with evidence of SEC, JPM, ConsenSys & CCP collusion; looks like a national security issue.
Congress must get involved!
Trying something new – some thoughts from me on the events (specifically the release of the Hinman documents) of this week. For me, this has all had a personal bent to it - and felt like it warranted some personal comments.
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The LBRY precedent could have a chilling effect on the entire crypto sector in the US. If SEC wins against Ripple, that broad overreach could plunge all crypto into a deep freeze.
If Ripple wins or settles, XRP could be the only major digital asset with US regulatory clarity.
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1/ Why is Ripple’s defense brilliant? Their summary judgment filing focuses solely on the most fundamental issue: Whether an investment contract exists. If SEC cannot prove a contract exists, the case is over.
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I'm a registered Democrat and I just donated to a Republican for Senate. Why? Because
@SenWarren
has sold out to big Wall Street banks.
John Deaton's career as a US Marine and successful trial attorney is powerful testament to his willingness to fight for justice. He's gone
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Who else is heading to the
@Ripple
#ProperParty
? 🎉🍾
PS: The SEC says to have a great time! 😜
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FinCEN (Treasury) agreed that $XRP was a currency in 2015. Then CFTC said it was a commodity. Then SEC wrote on their website that it was a currency, but subsequently sued Ripple claiming XRP is a security. Anyone else confused by the government's lack of clarity?
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It is increasingly clear that
#ETHgate
is part of a plan by 🇨🇳 to become the world reserve, with SEC officials, JPM, EEA, Simpson Thacker, and others putting profits before country. This mess sure looks like a national security issue that should be investigated!
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$XRP ODL is lighting up! Check out the traffic out of the Caribbean ... is that the Virgin Islands generating that flood?
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Where's
@Ripple
headed?
Check the jobs:
15 Liquidity engineers/analysts
CBDC Automation Engineer
Sidechains Automation Engineer
2 AML/Sanctions jobs
NFT Program Manager
DeFi Marketing Manager
2 CBDC Product Managers
2 Tokenization Product Managers
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Wow!
@linqtoinc
listed another batch of private
@Ripple
shares and they sold out in seconds! Less than a minute! Sounds like huge demand for this company … what do people know?
#0doubt
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2023 predictions: The SEC v Ripple lawsuit will result in regulatory clarity for XRP. The halo effect will extend to similar projects (XLM, XDC, QNT, etc.). All other tokens will be in legal jeopardy, except BTC, which will face withering ESG headwinds. NFA
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Do you think the SEC is trying to drive down Coinbase’s value so it can be acquired by a larger Wall Street firm for pennies on the dollar?
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I wonder if the SEC now going after Coinbase, Binance, Justin Sun, celebrity TRX promoters, etc. is intended to be a smokescreen to mask a loss to Ripple?
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According to
@bgarlinghouse
,
@Ripple
is growing 33% quarter over quarter outside the US, but has signed zero new customers in the US due to regulatory uncertainty.
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So now the SEC and its paid witnesses are victims?
@Ripple
has spent $100M defending itself and tens of thousands of innocent XRP holders have been financially harmed by SEC’s willful impropriety. Tell me again: Who are the victims?
#XRPCommunity
#SECGov
v.
#Ripple
#XRP
1/3 The SEC filed its request to seal its response to the amici motion to participate in the Daubert challenge. The SEC claims that "while some information the SEC seeks to seal has already been publicized by Movants’ counsel, John Deaton,
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Strategy:
1 SEC implies clarity for BTC/ETH
2 Wall St weaponizes SEC to sue Ripple
3 XRP off-limits for US banks & most retail
4 SEC allows real fraud (FTX, Celsius, etc.)
5 Congress uses fraud as excuse to hobble all crypto
(1/2)
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Unpopular opinion:
@Ripple
& SEC will settle. Ripple winning would gut SEC's ability to regulate crypto. More strategic is to do enough discovery to have a strong case, then settle so XRP is the only major crypto with official US government clarity. Slams the door on competitors.
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The SEC lawsuit against
@Ripple
was not intended to delay adoption of RippleNet and XRP; it was intended to kill it by forcing this “convertible virtual currency” (FinCEN’s words) to comply with securities laws. This would make XRP unusable.
Joseph A. Hall, Partner Davis Polk
"The SEC lawsuit against
@ripple
and XRP was a weapon." -
@JohnEDeaton1
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I can’t adequately express how thankful I am for
@UpholdInc
’s consistent support for the XRP community …
Thank You, Uphold! 🙏👏
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Kudos (again!) to
@UpholdInc
for adding both Vechain and Theta. Great job! With $XRP, $XLM, $HBAR, $VET, $THETA, and others available, why shop anywhere else?
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Serious question: Was
@SECGov
actively involved in market manipulation before the
@Ripple
lawsuit or is this a new phenomenon?
#InvestigateSEC
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The SEC is flip-flopping and provoking the judges in a desperate effort to keep hidden the 63 ‘Hinman speech’ emails. Why fight so hard? Because the emails either exculpate Ripple, expose SEC conflicts, or both.
@GaryGensler
, which is it?
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US government is forcing the delisting of tokens, debanking of exchanges, suing projects and company executives, spreading false narratives to scare away depositors and investors.
This coordinated attack is designed to deliver the crypto industry to Wall Street fat cats.
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I think I understand Ripple's plan. What do you think?
@digitalassetbuy
@BakkupBradley
@Kevin_Cage_
@jungleincxrp
@sentosumosaba
@WorkingMoney589
@MoonLamboio
@spqrlee
@Jay_SPQR
@thebearablebull
@cryptopolis_x
@XrpMr
@cryptomanran
@ImTheDebate
@AlexCobb_
@bob_way
@BobInDeepXRP
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1/ I don't care that the SEC sued Ripple, exchanges might delist/freeze $XRP trading, or that XRP price tanked. The only thing that would make me worry is if the government outlawed XRP ownership like with gold bullion in the 1933 Executive Order 6102.
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When the SEC v
@Ripple
case is over, the resulting regulatory clarity will unleash both Jevons paradox and the Khazzoom–Brookes postulate, resulting in increasingly ubiquitous XRP use and overall economic growth (both for the fintech sector and the global economy).
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If you’re into $XRP, you have to watch this video with
@LindaPJones
interviewing Jimmy Vallee! Is XRP's Future Price Already Set? via
@YouTube
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Which digital asset system was built by a former NSA cryptographer and is quantum/future proof?
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"The Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC) and the National Bank of Australia (NAB) are joining RippleNet to tap its increasingly popular blockchain solution for cross-border payments and settlement, according to an announcement from the Ripple team."
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“Because ETH is terrible…”. Wow, the tide is turning
Because ETH is terrible, we have decided to accept payment in other altcoins for Gala Games Founder's Nodes. You can now purchase with $XRP, $BTC, $DOGE, $BNB, and more!
Looking forward to
@FlareNetworks
,
@BinanceChain
, and
@0xPolygon
!
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The single most important interview of 2020 right here!
"We need to get to a place where payments can be transmitted virtually instantaneously, where errors can be eliminated," says
@BrianBrooksOCC
of
@USOCC
who also explains why the
#crypto
"phenomenon” cannot be ignored!
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Food for thought ...
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Why did Clayton essentially put a ‘hit’ on XRP and why did Gensler continue the hit contract, er, lawsuit? Follow the money! Who profits if Ripple and XRP die? Straight-up mafia tactics by
@SECGov
, but on behalf of whom?
#ETHgate
Time for an IG investigation
The SEC lawsuit against
@Ripple
was not intended to delay adoption of RippleNet and XRP; it was intended to kill it by forcing this “convertible virtual currency” (FinCEN’s words) to comply with securities laws. This would make XRP unusable.
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1/2 If statements by Clayton & Hinman didn’t represent official views of the SEC, because the SEC had not yet determined whether BTC & ETH were securities, how was
@Ripple
supposed to have fair warning?
@digitalassetbuy
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I understand Gaaary is a crypto expert. Does he get paid in ETH or digital yuan?
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"This is not just an attack on
@Ripple
; it's an attack on crypto...Come in and talk to us seems to be a lead generation mechanism for SEC enforcement," said
@bgarlinghouse
to
@ChrisBrummerDr
at
#DCFintechWeek
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Among many other positions,
@Ripple
is hiring a chief economist, DeFi product manager, and three partner managers to work with central banks. Wonder what they are up to ... 😉
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If you think of the timing in the SEC v
@Ripple
case, Jay Clayton had already cleaned out his desk when he filed the lawsuit and Bill Hinman came back from retirement to ensure it didn’t settle.
This is not normal behavior by government officials.
Corrupt!
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Gary, you are corrupt, incompetent, or both.
You’ve seriously harmed American investors and businesses.
You are a threat to the economy and national security.
#GenslerResign
!
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“What
@Amazon
was to books,
@Ripple
is to cross-border payments,” said
@bgarlinghouse
.
Which vertical is next: NFTs?
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The SEC v Ripple "case is the most significant non-fraud SEC enforcement action since 1946."
Thank goodness we have
@JohnEDeaton1
on point!
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With Ripple’s summary judgment filing not mentioning Hinman, ETHgate, fair notice, etc., could it be there is a settlement agreement and Ripple is holding all that ammo in reserve to sweeten settlement terms AND ensure the SEC doesn’t renege on the deal?
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Over the past five years I’ve been able to mostly steer clear of the fraudsters in crypto, but I haven’t been able to steer clear of the fraudsters at the SEC.
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They attack because they are afraid of what is coming. What they hear is the sound of inevitability. They will delay as long as possible and position themselves to benefit as much as possible, but they cannot stop this juggernaut.
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Palau’s stablecoin is a big deal. What might also be a big deal that’s being overlooked is the retail digital wallet facilitated by Ripple. Will digital wallets be another white-label service for banks, credit unions, and other FIs?
🇵🇼 Republic of Palau Stablecoin Pilot Project volunteer onboarding efforts continue at the Bureau of Customs and Immigration office in Koror.
Getting the next group ready to receive their PSC
#XRPL
#XRP
#XRPCommunity
#BLOCKCHAIN
#Ripple
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.
@chrislarsensf
says
@Ripple
would consider relocating their headquarters to a location with friendlier regulations.
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When asked if $ETH is a security Gensler cannot answer the question directly. If he says ETH is a security, the question becomes why hasn't the SEC sued them because of their ICO? If he says ETH is not a security, the question then is why is the SEC suing Ripple?
@CGasparino
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Congrats to
@JohnEDeaton1
of
@CryptoLawUS
for winning the ICBLA's inaugural Defender of Freedom Award, "an accolade that celebrates individuals and entities that have gone above and beyond in their quest to uphold freedom in the crypto community." 👏👏👏
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Basel III values physical gold reserves at 100% as a Tier 1 asset & treats gold as currency. Why would they do this?
Does it set the stage for a supranational digital asset pegged to (or backed by) gold to be used as a bridge between fiat currencies in international settlement?
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Hey
@elonmusk
, knowing how much you love Jay Clayton, retweeting this could help him get a reservation at the penitentiary. Just saying…
CLAYTON’S
@WSJ
OP-ED IS SIMPLY UNBELIEVABLE
Clayton’s audacity is truly staggering. 🥴 As you read his
@WSJ
article consider the following:
1) Senator
@MikeCrapo
wrote a letter to both the OCC and to Clayton, while at the
@SECGov
, seeking clarity regarding Crypto PAYMENTS!
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First they build a backdoor to your wallet. Then they sell your personally identifiable info. Now they allow malicious code to be introduced. Trust has been destroyed; I’m out.
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After 5+ years of observation, I believe the strategy is to drive digital assets into Wall St firms & a US regulatory framework. The Trump/Biden WHs, SEC, CFTC, Treasury, Fed, Congress, etc. are all working to this end. Crypto is the future & US wants to control it, not kill it.
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What's going on with $XRP ODL,
@Ripple
? I haven't seen this kind of volume before; is it ramping up?
This visualization at is amazing. (HT
@ShortTheFOMO
)
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Is it possible for
@chainalysis
to ID the disguised ETH whales?
If so, I wonder who would be on the list? How do people who mostly work in government and education accumulate so many millions of dollars?
That Pulitzer is still available,
@EleanorTerrett
!
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Today would be a great day for an announcement in the SEC v Ripple case. 🙏
Just sayin’
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@BradSherman
said exchanges delisted XRP because they knew it was a security. Wrong. They delisted to avoid an unwarranted, but expensive SEC lawsuit. That’s regulation by enforcement, which is what you get when the laws aren’t clear. Now whose job is it to pass clear laws, Brad?
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Hosko is trying to rewrite history:
1. When XRP sleuths uncovered the truth of ETH’s illegal ICO and corrupt free pass, he attacked
@Ripple
and the XRP community as “grand conspiracy theorists.”
2. When XRP holders pushed back on his lie, he cried that we were being mean to him
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@JohnEDeaton1
@TimR614
Starting Jan 3, the House FSC is primed to subpoena the Hinman emails and other docs, and call Gary to testify. If the
@SECGov
wants to keep them private, they might want to settle … ⏰ tick tock
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1/3 In 2018 Gensler foreshadowed the SEC v Ripple case, while acknowledging XRP's utility independent of Ripple.
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The simplest explanation for why Clayton (appointed by Trump) & Gensler (appointed by Biden) both went after crypto is to set conditions for Wall Street to take over this new asset class. Follow the money to see the big picture.
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“US regulators have helped China” by giving clarity to BTC and ETH, said Chris Larsen exactly six months before the SEC sued.
ETHgate is real.
Ripple co-founder
@chrislarsensf
spoke with
@WSJ
’s
@PaulVigna
at
@CBInsights
Tech Conf about the
#tech
Cold War brewing between the United States and China. Watch the full talk today.
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50 years ago this week the US dropped the gold standard. We are on the cusp of a new digital currency standard. Who is ready?
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4/Huge hat tip to
@FilanLaw
for building the case library and to
@attorneyjeremy1
and
@JohnEDeaton1
for their keen insight and analysis! The strategy is visible, the trap laid, and the SEC's options few; now we watch the game play out ...
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There seems to be growing momentum for:
1. Central banks developing CBDCs
2. US banks to adopt/custody crypto
3. Businesses to add crypto to their balance sheet
4. Nations to prioritize ESG in recovery investments
All of these factors paint a bright future for $XRP
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I’m waiting for
@Ripple
,
@PolySignInc
, and
@circlepay
to be declared systemically important … WYKYK
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Who else believes the long-overdue Ethereum audit will be done as part of a court case?
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Banning crypto because of hacks and ransoms paid in crypto is like banning water because someone drowns.
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💯👇 I will not use Coinbase because they are clearly biased toward ETH and against XRP. Coinbase’s list/delist decisions are driven by their ETH allegiance and investments, not by legal risk management.
@UpholdInc
FTW again!
#XRP
#XRPCommunity
Loyalty should be rewarded, so as a community we should pledge not to use
@Coinbase
even if they do relist XRP. Use
@UpholdInc
instead.
@iampaulgrewal
claims every token is treated the same. Yet, the 9 ETH tokens the SEC called a security... still listed!
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Anyone else happy to just go to the Ripple Proper Party without any expectations of big announcements?
I’m looking forward to celebrating a significant victory over the SEC with a community that has been through hell for three years. We won this battle, but the larger war
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Institutional money is moving into
#XRP
. Notice the growth in the top 0.01% of accounts. Are these governments and/or major banks accumulating?
Stats courtesy of .
@WietseWind
+1.00
#xrptip
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What a load of rubbish. The SEC knowingly caused billions of dollars in harm to retail XRP holders and forced Ripple to spend $150 million to defend themselves in a spurious lawsuit (which they won), while giving FTX, Prometheum, and other frauds their seal of approval.
With
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In addition to sidestepping mention of
@Ripple
’s massive wins here, SEC also ignores the fact that the judge’s ruling also opens the door for challenges to Hinman’s fabricated “sufficiently decentralized” criterion.
ETH is now fair game; who are the disguised whales?
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3/3 Make no mistake,
@Ripple
isn’t the real target. The real target is XRPL because it unlocks & democratizes efficiencies that threaten incumbent financial monopolies. DeFi, NFTs, & cheap, fast payments are the true threats to big finance. It’s time for a level playing field!
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Hey, babe, why did the SEC turn a blind eye to the Ethereum ICO and then sue
@Ripple
for a non-existent ICO?
Hey Babe, why are fees on $ETH always through the roof?
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