🧵THREAD : $XRP & The IMF
A 20-Year Plan in the Making?
What if XRP was never just another crypto?
What if it’s been the IMF’s silent project for two decades…
waiting for the right moment to replace the world’s financial plumbing?
Let’s dig in. Open Thread👇🏻
A 20-Year Plan in the Making?
What if XRP was never just another crypto?
What if it’s been the IMF’s silent project for two decades…
waiting for the right moment to replace the world’s financial plumbing?
Let’s dig in. Open Thread👇🏻
The IMF (International Monetary Fund) has one mission:
stabilize global money + provide liquidity in crises.
For decades, they’ve relied on SDRs (Special Drawing Rights) – a basket of major fiat currencies.
But cracks started to show in 2008… and again in 2020.
stabilize global money + provide liquidity in crises.
For decades, they’ve relied on SDRs (Special Drawing Rights) – a basket of major fiat currencies.
But cracks started to show in 2008… and again in 2020.
Enter Ripple.
Founded in 2012, but traces of its idea go back further.
• Ripple’s earliest papers (Ryan Fugger → 2004) were about global credit networks.
•The IMF had already been studying digital liquidity rails in the early 2000s.
Coincidence? Or a roadmap?
Founded in 2012, but traces of its idea go back further.
• Ripple’s earliest papers (Ryan Fugger → 2004) were about global credit networks.
•The IMF had already been studying digital liquidity rails in the early 2000s.
Coincidence? Or a roadmap?
Declassified IMF papers from 2011–2013 mention:
• Cross-border settlement without correspondent banks
• Neutral digital assets to supplement SDRs
• Private-public partnerships for liquidity
At the exact same time, Ripple was being built.
• Cross-border settlement without correspondent banks
• Neutral digital assets to supplement SDRs
• Private-public partnerships for liquidity
At the exact same time, Ripple was being built.
Why $XRP ?
• Neutral asset (not tied to one country’s politics)
• Near-instant settlement
• Can scale to central bank level
Sounds a lot like what the IMF has been searching for, right?
• Neutral asset (not tied to one country’s politics)
• Near-instant settlement
• Can scale to central bank level
Sounds a lot like what the IMF has been searching for, right?
Here’s the kicker:
In 2018, IMF’s Christine Lagarde openly praised Ripple’s tech.
She hinted at “new digital assets complementing SDRs.”
Not Bitcoin. Not Ethereum.
Ripple was in the room.
Christine Lagarde urged:
“We should investigate digital currency … If you are lucky, you might meet a fearless girl in New York’s financial district… she faces forward.”
A poetic nod. A message?
In 2018, IMF’s Christine Lagarde openly praised Ripple’s tech.
She hinted at “new digital assets complementing SDRs.”
Not Bitcoin. Not Ethereum.
Ripple was in the room.
Christine Lagarde urged:
“We should investigate digital currency … If you are lucky, you might meet a fearless girl in New York’s financial district… she faces forward.”
A poetic nod. A message?
$XRP ’s escrow isn’t just Ripple’s stash.
It’s a reserve pool, possibly aligned with IMF liquidity programs.
Locked until the system is ready.
It’s a reserve pool, possibly aligned with IMF liquidity programs.
Locked until the system is ready.
Think about it:
50B+ $XRP in escrow = a digital SDR waiting to be unleashed.
A safety net for sovereign debt crises.
Why else would Ripple structure escrow this way, instead of slow release like most projects?
50B+ $XRP in escrow = a digital SDR waiting to be unleashed.
A safety net for sovereign debt crises.
Why else would Ripple structure escrow this way, instead of slow release like most projects?
Ripple has met:
• IMF officials
• World Bank leaders
• BIS governors
• Gulf state central banks
• Asian finance ministers
Behind closed doors: at a Swiss conference, Brad Garlinghouse stood beside IMF and BIS leaders, pitching Ripple as the “neutral settlement solution.”
It wasn’t Ripple speaking the IMF invited Ripple.
Always behind closed doors.
Always vague about details.
• IMF officials
• World Bank leaders
• BIS governors
• Gulf state central banks
• Asian finance ministers
Behind closed doors: at a Swiss conference, Brad Garlinghouse stood beside IMF and BIS leaders, pitching Ripple as the “neutral settlement solution.”
It wasn’t Ripple speaking the IMF invited Ripple.
Always behind closed doors.
Always vague about details.
The IMF’s endgame:
In 2019, Lagarde hinted at “IMFCoin” replacing or augmenting SDRs:
A digital SDR not far-fetched, but “possible.”
Coincidence? Or the blueprint for XRP’s destiny?
• Replace clunky SDRs with a digital settlement layer.
• Use $XRP as the liquidity bridge.
• Run it quietly until the next financial crisis forces adoption.
In 2019, Lagarde hinted at “IMFCoin” replacing or augmenting SDRs:
A digital SDR not far-fetched, but “possible.”
Coincidence? Or the blueprint for XRP’s destiny?
• Replace clunky SDRs with a digital settlement layer.
• Use $XRP as the liquidity bridge.
• Run it quietly until the next financial crisis forces adoption.
So… was $XRP ever meant for retail investors at all?
Or have we just been early passengers on the IMF’s long, secret plan?
Do you believe XRP is tied to the IMF’s master plan? Or just coincidence?
Drop your thoughts 👇
Or have we just been early passengers on the IMF’s long, secret plan?
Do you believe XRP is tied to the IMF’s master plan? Or just coincidence?
Drop your thoughts 👇
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