yesterday, Ripple caused a ripple in the crypto market, stirring the waters again.
could this be the onset of a Ripple SzN?
with XRP hitting $2.975 yesterday, just 18% shy of its $3.40 ATH, it’s hard to call this a coincidence.
there's perhaps a deeper signal here and maybe, just maybe, Ripple SzN comes before ETH SzN as the spark of the coming bull run.
let’s take a quick deep dive using key timeline events that point to this evolution. 👇
⇨ 2004: The Birth of RipplePay
canadian developer Ryan Fugger launched [RipplePay .com]; an IOU-based trust network for decentralized digital payments.
⇨ 2011: XRP Is Conceived
Jed McCaleb, David Schwartz, and Arthur Britto begin building a more efficient blockchain than Bitcoin displaying fast, low-energy, with a native token (XRP).
⇨ 2012: OpenCoin & XRP Launched
the new team approach Fugger, acquire RipplePay, and launch OpenCoin (later Ripple Labs).
100B $XRP is pre-mined with 80B held by the company, 20B to founders and contributors.
⇨ 2013–2017: Rebrand & RippleNet
Ripple Labs shifts focus to building RippleNet becoming a cross-border payment solution for institutions.
major partnerships (Santander, SBI Holdings), even as XRP trades under $0.01.
this calm would soon become a storm.
⇨ 2017: Boom & Controversy
XRP rockets from <$0.01 to over $3.00, becoming #3 by market cap.
Ripple partners with AmEx, PNC, MoneyGram, but centralization criticism mounts as Ripple held most of the supply, clashing with crypto’s decentralization ethos.
⇨ 2020---2023: SEC's Lawsuit.
-> Dec 2020: SEC sues Ripple for $1.3B in alleged unregistered XRP sales (unlike many others Ripple is quite centralized)
-> XRP gets delisted in the U.S., price crashes, but Ripple thrives abroad.
-> July 2023: Court rules XRP is not a security when sold on exchanges marking a major win.
XRP relists on top exchanges, and Ripple pushes ODL, CBDCs, NFTs, and infrastructure tools.
⇨ 2024–2025: Ripple’s Comeback
Ripple expands the XRPL ecosystem with sidechains, tokenization, and real-world finance through axelar GMP.
@Axelar’s involvement supercharges this:
-> Feb 2024: Ripple & Axelar partner for XRPL interoperability
-> Jun 2024: XRPL-EVM Sidechain announced
-> June 30, 2025: Axelar connects XRPL-EVM to 80+ chains, unlocking insane cross chain liquidity.
-->> Key Metrics:
-> TVL: $105M (crossed $100M just 2 weeks after mainnet).
-> Contracts: ~1,400 in first 7 days.
-> Validators: 25+ independent companies.
-> Gas Token: XRP (on both base & EVM).
-> DEX Volume: about $261K/day (XRPL core DEX, not public data yet).
-> Cross-chain Flow: >$100M/day via Axelar
XRPL-EVM has outpaced most 2021 L1 launches, and it's not even a month old.
the significance can't be underestimated.
ripple isn’t just bouncing back you know, it’s becoming a major institutional-grade Web3 player.
with next week being Crypto Week, don’t be surprised if we’re staring at a new ATH, or even something bigger.
stay sat, Ripple SzN is just getting started.
I'll keep digging to get you more info on Ripple SzN.
ps: I think the best occurrence is that Ripple as of now is lawsuit free. hence, investors, developers and users would be more inclined to use Ripple.
A lot happened in the @solflare community last week and you probably missed some of it.
Solflare Community Weekly Update Episode #37
So here’s your recap
Teejay is my Childhood friend of over 30 years, his wife is amongst the teachers abducted in Oriire on Friday by the terrorists.
This is beyond an advocacy for us as a family, this hit our home more than anyone can imagine.
Tonight will be the 5th day in that jungle, President @officialABAT & Gov @seyimakinde please do everything within your combined capacity to free our wives, mothers, fathers, children, brother, sisters abducted by the terrorists.
Sleep has evaded us, our hearts has been in our mouths and our lives has never remained same.
#RescueOriire
😢😭🤦♀️
Getting off board to this news.
@hottake_app just won the @SuperteamNG x @RaenestApp Colosseum Frontier Hackathon Side Track.
Less than a year ago I was contributing to this community in a completely different capacity, helping breed the next generation of writers and researchers. Now I'm building a product. Full circle moment.
This is validation for everything we're building. The thesis stays the same: Hot Take is going to change how people discover, interact with, and consume prediction markets.
Shoutout to the winners, and every builder finding PMF and shipping on Solana in Nigeria. You can literally just do things.
Thank you @NzubeEzudo@Harri_obi, the entire SuperteamNG community, and everyone who's been with us from day one.
And of course @thelilinuel and @RalAndrewTalks, the founding team who carried this with me.
We have a lot coming. Get in early.