XRPL DEX now supports USDC, USDT via @GateHub, and the first euro-backed stablecoin is soon to come via @stasisnet. Let’s check out the benefits of support offered for stablecoins on the #XRPLedger: 1/6
Many of XRPL’s core features (such as the world's first DEX) have been available since 2012. These features are extremely mature and functional, making it an ideal platform for stablecoin issuers to issue/manage assets of all kinds. 2/6
All they need to do is create an issuing account and set configuration options for the account and the particular stablecoin. That’s it. The XRPL’s native token functionality makes this possible. 3/6
Built for payments, the XRPL allows counterparties (FIs, central banks, govts) the ability to fully settle transactions cheaply in just a few seconds. This assurance eliminates overnight and business risks for FIs in particular. 4/6
Such counterparties are why one universally agreed-upon stablecoin is highly unlikely. There are a few reasons for this but mainly because stablecoins have an issuer as the counterparty that does not allow them to interoperate across payment networks and jurisdictions. 5/6
Neutral, counterparty-free digital assets (like XRP) solve this problem by acting as a bridge that allows payments to be settled quickly and efficiently without needing any trusted central intermediary. 6/6
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Just found out I'm a class member in a class action suit with a $10 million settlement fund and I get nothing. I gave up my claims, because I'm a member of the class, but the negotiated settlement gets me absolutely nothing.
My claim was not approved by the court because the agreed damages formula calculates my damages at $0. But isn't that a classic example of an unacceptable intra-class conflict in violation of Rule 23(a)(4)?
What did class counsel get me, and class members similarly situated, in exchange for giving up our claims? PG&E got a broader release. Class counsel got a juicier settlement due to the broader release. We get nothing. This is collusion typical of class action settlements.
I'm pretty close to a free speech absolutist. But I want to explain one are where I'm not a free speech absolutist. That has to do with attempting to prevent willing speakers from reaching willing listeners. 1/8
Now this isn't a legal issue at all. Private censorship is absolutely legal, and should be. But it is a moral and philosophical issue. Part of the notion of freedom of expression is that willing speakers engaging willing listeners is an good thing. 2/8
The best response to bad speech is good speech, not trying to stop the bad speech. There are, of course, several obvious exceptions. One is when the bad speech chases away good speech -- like people using the n-word on Twitter. 3/8
Here's an interesting Wordle thought experiment. Imagine if you're playing Wordle and someone is looking over your shoulder. After you choose your guess, but before you see the result, they have to try to guess what the result will be. 1/3
If they get it right, you have to give them $10. Interestingly enough, the strategy that minimizes your money loss is the exact same strategy that optimizes your Wordle play. As a simple way to see why this makes sense. 2/3
Imagine if you guess "pygmy" first. That's obviously a terrible first Wordle choice and it also is very likely to lose you $10 because they will guess all misses and be likely to be right. 3/3
Given the increasing popularity of issued assets on the XRP Ledger and the various airdrops going on, it's probably a good idea to remind people that the XRP Ledger permits issuers to "freeze" assets that they issue. 1/7
If you choose to hold an asset that someone has issued, unless they have disabled this feature, they can prevent you from transferring the asset (other than destroying it). They can also unfreeze after a freeze. 2/7
This is a powerful feature that permits the XRP Ledger to be used to represent and transfer legal obligations. Legal obligations can be frozen by actions outside the ledger (such as a court order) and the ledger needs some way to represent those external actions. 3/7
Some things of value are (ideally) completely fungible like money, cryptocurrencies, and gold. Some are completely non-fungible like collectibles and houses. But there are also a lot of things that live in a semi-fungible middle like concert tickets and airplane tickets. 1/7
Blockchains started out with completely fungible assets and are now moving to cover non-fungible assets. But there's a huge market for assets in the squishy middle that is very poorly-served today. That is the market for digital rights. 2/7
Digital rights are rights to access particular content through some service that provides the content when needed. They include video games on services like Steam, books on systems like Kindle, and movies you've purchased on services like Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon Prime. 3/7