Ripple CEO Clears the Air: XRP Still King, Despite RLUSD Drama

During a November 5 interview that surely shook crypto Twitter to its very core, Terrett asked Garlinghouse to weigh in on the social media chatter about RLUSD and whether Ripple’s shift away from cross-border payments might somehow render XRP obsolete. Garlinghouse, ever the calm amidst the storm, was crystal clear: “XRP sits at the center of everything Ripple does.” He went on to explain that the recent online drama was the product of “misinformation and sometimes outright disinformation” circulating on crypto Twitter. After all, the narrative that Ripple had “given up on XRP” simply didn’t make sense, did it? Of course not.

🤑 Ripple’s RLUSD: The New Darling of Finance? 🌍✨

At the heart of this collaboration is Ripple’s dollar-backed stablecoin, RLUSD. The plan? To waltz RLUSD into Mastercard’s global payments network, using the XRPL to process settlements between WebBank (the issuer of Gemini’s Credit Card) and Mastercard. Imagine, darlings, your Gemini Credit Card transactions settling via Ripple’s stablecoin instead of those dreary traditional banking rails. How avant-garde! 🎩✨

Bermuda’s New Stablecoin: A Tale of Compliance & Chaos! 🏝️💸

The union of these parties aims to forge a system of unparalleled compliance, wherein the intricacies of stablecoin governance are rendered as seamless as a well-timed ballroom dance. It is a most laudable pursuit, though one cannot help but wonder if the regulators themselves shall ever keep pace with the speed of their own innovations.

The Astonishing Fortunes of Miami’s Bitcoin-Earning Mayor

When queried by Fox Business this past Wednesday on whether he was “concerned” about Bitcoin (BTC) dipping beneath the lofty $100,000 mark-a calamity that left much of the crypto market in a state of collective distress over the preceding week-the Mayor, ever the crypto enthusiast, responded with unwavering composure. 😌