The SBI Q2 Report is out. Six slides bear upon #XRP and #Ripple and then I just type a couple more thoughts..

1) First up - ODL makes the presentation! (p.181) JPY-PHP is Japan's first DA remittance service. sbigroup.co.jp/english/invest…
2) Not a huge surprise, but SBI is planning for #Ripple's IPO. (p.75)
3) SBI has set up a car export business in Africa with the intent to use #XRP. (p.90)
4) SBI is launching a crypto fund of the DA they sell with a large portion as #XRP. (not clear if it will be 50% as reported last year, but doubtful?) (p.174)
5) #XRP is central to their remittance strategy, obviously, but as SBI goes all-in with DeFi, tokenized assets and NFTs, will XRP find an expanding role? (p.153)
And now, boring text with no pictures-
SBI describes itself as a personal online bank that is pivoting to include larger corporate accounts, their regional revitalization efforts require it. It means providing FX liquidity in traditional ways, too, not just Ripple/XRP. 🤔
They move forward w/ Osaka Exchange providing global DA liquidity, too. #XRP is presented very specifically for xborder tx's. I presume more ODL corridors are on the way, but will their consideration of XRP change as their DA ambitions grow? NFT? Sidechains? That's the q.

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~5:47 Talking about the new SBI Remit corridor, he notes a use progression from not using XRP, to a hybrid, to ODL. What's the hybrid being referred to here? (Would love to see the RippleNet possibilities laid out.)
~9:45 They are focused on giving US customers a combinations of solutions to give them the desired experience without touching crypto (reg's) - what are these combo solutions?
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Under the radar: In April, Ripple hired Sujit "Bob" Chakravorti as their Chief Economist. Before that he was;
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The Clearing House (!)
- Senior Economist @ The Fed, Chicago
- Senior Economist @ The Fed, Dallas.
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linkedin.com/in/sujit-bob-c…
As CEO of his consulting firm, Chakra Advisors LLC, (2016-now) one major project was to conduct research as lead consultant on e-payments, part 3 of World Bank project funded by the Gates Foundation on incentivizing digital payments.
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So, recap:
Ripple's new Chief Economist worked at The Clearing House, The Federal Reserve in Chicago & Dallas, KPMG, and with the World Bank on a Gates' Foundation project..
Not to mention articles for the ECB, the IMF, Dutch Central Bank & more.
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blog.ripplex.io/sunsetting-rip…
The RippleDev stream explored the new xrpl.org site as a place to build on the XRPL (tutorials!) built in concert with the XRPL foundation. It is meant to be a useful XRPL development portal.
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