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One day, we shall sail through the moon belts of Saturn 🪐

In 2018 I attended a strategy meeting involving representatives from several large American banking institutions. Ripple and the XRP Ledger were already on the radar. Their potential to compress settlement times and reduce the need for prefunded liquidity was understood inside banking circles long before the public began discussing it. What concerned some institutions was not the technology itself but the pace at which an external infrastructure provider could begin influencing core payment rails. I remember reading the meeting minutes afterward. One section discussed regulatory pressure and market narrative as tools that could be used if and when Ripple’s influence reached a certain threshold. In plain terms, the view was that if the technology became too disruptive too quickly, institutions would lean on regulatory channels to slow it down. That is not unusual in banking. Incumbent systems defend themselves. It is part of how large financial networks evolve. What stayed with me was the emphasis on timing. The document suggested that such pressure would only be applied once adoption, visibility, and institutional exposure reached a point where intervention would be effective. Looking at the environment today, I cannot help but notice that many of those conditions appear to be aligning again. You may not like hearing that. But from where I sit, it would not surprise me if Ripple faces another wave of regulatory and institutional assault. When a technology begins to challenge entrenched financial infrastructure, resistance is not the exception. It is the rule.

中東で起こっていることは驚くべきことではない。真の驚きは、まさに東からやってくるだろう。

Also: Mastercard 🤝 Stellar Documented.📝👇

SBIホールディングスはXRPを保有しているだけではありません。 詳しく見てみると、より広範なXRP Ledgerエコシステム全体におけるポジショニングに気づくでしょう。 インフラへのエクスポージャー。 アイデンティティレイヤーへのエクスポージャー。 XRPL上にネイティブに構築されている新興のレンディングプリミティブへのエクスポージャー。 これは単一資産の理論ではありません。 エコシステムの蓄積です。