Trying to get ahead of it: here is a sneak peak at the FUD about #XRP you will see over the next few months:
1) The new wallet will allow #Ripple to sell into XRP suppressing the price!
3) They won't need XRP!
2) Tokenization on the XRPL means that you can freeze accounts!
First, remember Ripple always has incentive for the price to accrue and it is better in the long run to get XRP on the market. With ODL we've seen that cashing out on the receiving end creates arbitrage. Is it also possible less XRP is on exchanges as it stays in wallets?
Second, yes, you can move tokenized assets on the XRPL -with stablecoins looming, but this might not even happen on ledger; just between wallets. It remains to be seen. On ledger, it would use a slight amount of XRP to move. XRP will always be the most efficient way to move value
Third, yes, issued assets on the XRPL - assets with a counterparty risk-can be frozen by the issuer. You could freeze counterparties that fail KYC/AML. But not XRP! XRP can never be frozen as the native token with no counterparty.
xrpl.org/freezes.html
So buckle up; this is what the next few months of #XRP twitter will be full of. It's interesting that with wallets, Ripple is approaching tokenization similar to Stellar's scheme, only with real world liquidity and partner use on the open market behind it.
Exciting times. As money transmitters; Novatti, FlashFX, Tranglo, DeeMoney, etc., grow and find themselves as liquidity hubs, it will be interesting to see if banks begin to push back.

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7 Jul
👀 "In the future, customers can use their Ripple-enabled wallet to custody XRP, BTC, stablecoins, and anything that’s tokenized. "

Ripple's getting into the custody game.

Some observations:
ripple.com/insights/evolv…
Polysign.

I mean how could you not think that even if Ripple is working on their own custody solutions. 😆
2/7
The real story here is wallets. Offering a wallet is what a lot of big players in payments do. A wallet is a functional account to add services to. Visa does this for Visa Direct.
3/7
partner.visa.com/site/explore/d…
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7 Jul
#Ripple partner Nium has acquired Wirecard Forex India Private Limited. Wirecard Forex is an FX exchange, pre-paid card, & remittance service provider licensed by the RBI as a Money Exchange Dealer (AD II). The aquisition opens up the subcontinent.
nium.com/latest-news/ni…
Wirecard Forex has 23 branches in major cities with 190 employees. The deal is expected to close in the third quarter of 2021. It's an opening in a huge market with several payment methods.
economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/startups/…
Wirecard Forex India was a division of Wirecard AG which dissolved after ~$2b "disappeared" and several officials were arrested. FWIW, The CEO of SBI Ripple Asia once wrote about Wirecard and blockchain
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3 Jun
KFH making some noise in the press, including mention of Ripple. (Apologies for translations:) The first:
"KFH has also recently launched Live FX Pricing, an instant transfer service to your home Turkey using RippleNet"
aljarida.com/articles/16206…
These next two are also very recent and seem like they are working from the same underlying copy, perhaps a press release? This one mentions instant transfers with RippleNet in a sidebar.
alraimedia.com/pdf/2021/05/27… Image
This one mentions KFH's services as well, including instant RippleNet transfers. The article is reporting KFH's earnings growth, hence seemingly largely like a duplicate.
pdf.alanba.com.kw/pdf/2021/05/07… Image
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24 May
An observation & some amateur musing about the XRPL, a thread: The Ripple, RippleX, discussions about CBDCs and NFTs both discuss "coming federated sidechains". Today's RippleX article mentions it and links to an earlier article.
At 23:15, David Schwartz explains more in the video on this page today's announcement linked to. He also mentions -in passing- DeFi capabilities linked through Federated Sidechains that won't clog basic XRPL payment functions. (good! )
blog.ripplex.io/whats-the-deal…
Here's @JoelKatz Quora response about CBDCs as federated sidechains:
Q: Is Ripple's new announcement about a private version of XRPL an example for Federated side chains?
A: Yes.
quora.com/Is-Ripples-new…
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7 Apr
#Ripple recently announced partners MercuryFX & @Xago_io were admitted to S.Africa's Intergov. sandbox. MercuryFx is known, but Xago, built on the XRPL, trading #XRP, needs some exposure.
A thread, 1/x :
ao-x.com/cryptocurrency…
globalcrypto.tv/xago-honoured-…
2. Last week Xago partnered with BEQUANT to offer cross border trading facility for institutional investors based in Africa.
"Xago will now be able to access liquidity from Europe that institutional investors have been seeking in Africa"
bequant.pro/media/bequant-…
3. Also last week, they partnered with Paxful, Africa's largest P2P BTC marketplace w/mobile app.
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15 Mar
The letter Ripple filed today asking for SEC docs has some big claims that will define this case. They are asking for docs claiming the SEC is "withholding relevant, potentially exculpatory evidence" by not handing over communications.
courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…
2) And this is important: "Based on information gleaned to date, it is clear that the SEC was told by sophisticated market participants that XRP was not a security" even after soliciting feedback. They ran with this until Dec '20.
3) They argue directly a consideration of the Howey test should consider that the SEC "shaped the character of XRP & other digital assets in commerce and what market participants could expect."
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