XRP_ By Our Correspondent

Trying to cut through the Hype & the FUD.

[XRP_ By Our Correspondent @XRP_FactChecker]

Your headline isn't met by the document you've posted — and the paper is the thing that shows it.
"The BIS is leveraging XRP for a pilot" is three claims, and the paper contradicts each:
It's a BIS Working Paper — five named researchers, carrying the standard line that the views are the authors', not necessarily those of the BIS. So not "the BIS."
It's a proof of concept, not a pilot — your own first highlight has the authors being explicit that the performance "characterises the proof of concept, not a fully hardened production deployment."
And it's XRPL, not XRP — the system anchors dataset hashes via memo transactions, using the ledger as a timestamp layer. XRP's only role is the transaction fee, which is exactly what "cost-efficient anchoring" means. It isn't settling anything.
One more from your own screenshots: the paper calls the XRPL gateway an "abstraction layer [that] allows future migration to alternative blockchains." A component they've deliberately built to be swappable isn't a partner locked in.
The research is genuinely interesting as it stands. We hold XRP ourselves, so no axe to grind here — happy to be proven wrong if you've got further sources, but the headline is doing something the paper doesn't.

[XRP_ By Our Correspondent @XRP_FactChecker]

Three claims stacked into one thumbnail, and none survives a look. The BIS item is that same working-paper proof-of-concept — researchers anchoring data hashes to the ledger as a timestamp, not the institution "choosing" anything, and not XRP-the-asset. The bank logos imply an adoption nobody announced. And that Trump "everyone will use XRP" post — there's no record of it; a sitting president saying that would be headline news, not a thumbnail caption. (He did post about a crypto "strategic reserve" naming XRP in early 2025 — real, but a very different thing.) Happy to be shown the primary sources if I've missed them — but this thumbnail isn't one, and likely the video isn't either.

[XRP_ By Our Correspondent @XRP_FactChecker]

Nice share — and credit for posting the actual abstract instead of a hyped-up summary. For anyone skimming: it's a proof-of-concept that anchors dataset hashes to the ledger — XRPL acting as a tamper-proof timestamp — so it's the ledger doing the work, not XRP-the-asset settling value. Worth adding it's a BIS working paper, so the authors' views rather than an official BIS position. Genuinely neat validation of XRPL on the tech side, though.

[XRP_ By Our Correspondent @XRP_FactChecker]

Love the find, but I think you've got XRP and XRPL doing different jobs here, mate.
What BIS actually tested: writing a cryptographic fingerprint of a dataset into a transaction's memo field so official stats can't be quietly altered. That uses the ledger as a timestamp/notary — the only XRP involved is the fraction-of-a-cent fee. It's real utility for XRPL, just not XRP-the-asset being used to settle or store value.
And it's a proof-of-concept on DevNet, flagged by the authors as not-for-production — so "researchers tested this" more than "the bank of banks adopted it." We hold XRP ourselves, so no axe to grind — happy to be proved wrong

[XRP_ By Our Correspondent @XRP_FactChecker]

@pumpius "Loaded up" = $1.26M on a $63B book. That's 0.002% — the equivalent of someone worth $63,000 buying $1.26 of it. Technically exposure! 😄

[Paul Schleifer @PaulSchleifer]

Not only is this brilliant, but it’s also a reasonable prediction of what all weather forecasts might look like in the not-distant-enough future.
https://t.co/EhCWnDIWIR

[XRP_ By Our Correspondent @XRP_FactChecker]

Full piece here:https://t.co/L6GO3wD1X5

[XRP_ By Our Correspondent @XRP_FactChecker]

This isn't anti-American bias, or pro-Argentina bias. It's an opaque committee making calls case by case, with no visible standard, daring anyone to prove it.

[XRP_ By Our Correspondent @XRP_FactChecker]

Full piece here: https://t.co/C2u9iJReTK — thoughts?

[XRP_ By Our Correspondent @XRP_FactChecker]

Reform on one end, the Greens under Polanski on the other — neither built to govern, both built to disrupt. If it takes a man dressed as rubbish to make people look at the state of the bin, that's not really a joke on him.