The LINK marines forget that the XRP Ledger is the only original protocol that allow usage of features like Orderbook and AMM without paying a middleman a fee - shared public good. For a public good like this, an asset that aggregates demand, just like the USD is doing in TradFi, needs to be neutral - thus XRP.
On any other chain you either pay tax to a smart contract deployed by a project or you need to code it yourself. There are no sophisticated shared features/pre compiles like on XRP.
It's the value moving tech stack for businesses.
14 years ago, we got together with an idea to build a better way to move value. What happened next was something none of us could have built alone.
And by "us," I don't just mean the three of us.
I mean the developers, validators, businesses, community members, and everyone who helped shape XRP into what it is today.
Happy Birthday, XRP!
The DTCC has filed patents for a modular bridge that uses public blockchains to move AND settle assets through a multi chain strategy.
More details incoming…
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This milestone unlocks enhanced institutional access and reflects the growing maturity of digital commodity markets.
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The “Anti-Crypto Army” was defeated…
by the courts…
by the voters.
And by Trump.
It never made policy, legal or political sense.
Combatting financial innovation only helped protect those that wanted to keep an old, often broken, system in place.
XLM (Stellar): It utilizes a 'Pathfinding' algorithm when executing cross-border transfers. For instance, if you want to send money from Japan to Mexico and the system cannot find a direct JPY-MXN pool, it searches for a chained conversion route like JPY -> USD -> XLM -> EUR -> MXN. While this architecture is excellent for retail and small-scale remittances or micro-payments, if you attempt to route billions of dollars in institutional cross-border settlements through these hop-by-hop pools, it creates massive slippage. The infrastructure simply lacks the capacity to absorb and contain that level of slippage.
XRP (Ripple): It is purpose built directly as a "Bridge Asset" It aims to settle direct corridors between central banks and massive investment banks (e.g., USD/XRP/EUR) in a single step, backed by monumental liquidity depth. The "structural, vertical price appreciation necessity" that David Schwartz consistently emphasizes is precisely what allows XRP to absorb these massive institutional blocks in one piece without any slippage.
The real issue for SWIFT is right here, SWIFT will either add XRP to its system as a "liquidity layer" to keep up with the modern world, or it will remain a simple messaging service, losing its financial authority and eventually disappearing.
Instead of reaching an agreement with Ripple or building its own blockchain network from scratch, SWIFT aimed to create a global shared ledger architecture that combines its existing banking messaging power with Linea, an Ethereum based Layer-2 blockchain infrastructure
However it must be noted that Linea is not a liquidity tool Even though Linea aggregates transactions on its own, it sends this data to the main Ethereum network namely Layer 1 for verification and a cost is incurred during this transmission so it's quite nonsensical It cannot compete with or be compared to XRP
And what happened? A massive disappointment and failure. Linea failed in large-scale transfers, so they introduced a 'Low-Value Payments' protocol designed for micro-payments or small-scale commercial transfers. You would laugh if I explained the logic behind it to you.
It is truly interesting that SWIFT still continues to exist alongside today's technology. 'The reason is most likely because they were laundering money, bribes, and all kinds of bad things you can think of,' because it really is a very old technology.
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📣 BIG! @Ripple just released another "XRP in one minute" clip: @HugoPhilion says @FlareNetworks is turning $XRP from a passive payment asset into productive collateral: unlocking lending, stablecoin borrowing, and DeFi yield, with vault-based routes set to expand horizons: $FLR
DTCC picked stellar over ethereum and solana to tokenize Russell 1000 stocks, ETFs, and US treasuries. 50+ participants including JPMorgan, BlackRock, Goldman, Schwab. H1 2027 target. stellar currently holds $1.7B in tokenized assets but has essentially zero DeFi infrastructure. no lending protocols at scale, no real DEX, no derivatives layer. ondo is already in the working group and just launched perps with tokenized stock collateral on may 29. paxos got SEC clearance as the first blockchain-native clearing agency the same week. the entire institutional DeFi stack for a $45T addressable market needs to be built on a chain where it doesn't exist yet. 12 months to fill that vacuum before the biggest tokenization mandate in history goes live
"The deal is a significant step toward connecting the regulated core of U.S. capital markets to public blockchain infrastructure, and reinforces @The_DTCC's stated strategy of building across multiple Layer 1 and Layer 2 networks."
From @DefiantNews ⬇️
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