$XRP RIPPLE SPENT A DECADE FIGHTING SWIFT. NOW IT WANTS TO PLUG INTO IT
And now, in a quiet but telling shift, Ripple appears to be moving from trying to replace SWIFT to looking for ways to plug into the world it once vowed to dismantle.
Ripple’s evolution from would-be SWIFT killer to prospective SWIFT partner is not a humiliation; it is a maturation, and arguably a smart one. But it scrambles the original thesis that many $XRP holders bought into, the one in which the token replaces a $150 trillion network and captures the value of doing so.
And now, in a quiet but telling shift, Ripple appears to be moving from trying to replace SWIFT to looking for ways to plug into the world it once vowed to dismantle.
Ripple’s evolution from would-be SWIFT killer to prospective SWIFT partner is not a humiliation; it is a maturation, and arguably a smart one. But it scrambles the original thesis that many $XRP holders bought into, the one in which the token replaces a $150 trillion network and captures the value of doing so.