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Check out this article from when Bridgepoint acquired Kyriba. I always thought the wording here was pretty tantalizing: "Kyriba says it has partnerships and software integrations with companies that include BlackRock and also payments specialist WorldFirst and Ripple Labs, a venture-backed global payments platform based on blockchain technology." https://ctmfile.com/story/kyriba-acquired-by-bridgepoint-in-1.2bn-deal

Indeed - and it provides a convenient foundation for the next FUD to be sourced from, by way of "As Cointelegraph reports..." Sorry, but neither of these authors deserve the benefit of the doubt. This isn't directed at the OP at all FWIW

To wit:

The first justification after initial push-back always begins with these words.

Hey Kiwi ... there is a video interview with Jennifer Peve of DTCC, where she describes the testing in some detail: http://www.dtcc.com/dtcc-connection/articles/2019/january/03/settling-equities-on-the-blockchain Paraphrasing/TLDW: For the testing, DTCC chose two private DLT platforms: R3|Corda Enterprise - https://www.r3.com/corda-enterprise/ Digital Asset|DA Platform - https://www.digitalasset.com/products Accenture managed the project and created two ring-fenced environments within DTCC's AWS Cloud environment.

Hey Bull ... hope all is well ... Either the author has left out key information from a 'FIAT ILP connector' demonstration that might have been given, or he's alluding to another presentation that we know was given, and that Vanessa had been tweeting about. He mentions this tweet: By which we can see from the slides that this is a presentation of Kava Labs' Switch-API (unless I have this wrong?) https://github.com/Kava-Labs/switch There is nearly %100 chance that I'm missing something - so please point it out. Either way, seeing all of what has come out of that event over the weekend has been a real treat, and I can't wait to see some video. Needing to brush up on Strata Labs. -- h/t @jn_r @RareData https://twitter.com/strata_labs https://www.stratalabs.io/mainnet

Fair enough, in that 'administration' typically refers to the Executive Branch, of which: "Including members of the armed forces, the Executive Branch employs more than 4 million Americans." So talks could really be with anybody from any of the departments that make up the Cabinet. https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/the-executive-branch/ My point is that this topic is usually presented as 'Ripple talks to White House' when, in fact, we have no idea how high up the chain talks have gone. Again, from the source article I posted: BreakerMag: "How high up in the administration have you gone, as far as talks go?" Cory: "...we haven’t said who we’ve talked to. But we’re in regular talks throughout Washington, and we meet with regulators as well as politicians." Giving credit to Solomon Magawi, he never makes the claim that there are direct talks with the White House - and his entire article is based on the BreakerMag piece, which does mention the White House - I was making a separate point really, which is sort of splitting hairs, and is now interfering with my Sunday drinking ... so I'm off .. cheers!

My two cents: From the outside, it seems reasonable (if not likely) that there would've been discussions with both the current and previous administrations. @Prince123 - I'll let the following information speak for itself - whatever it may or may not point to is up to the reader I suppose. Gary Cohn/December 2017 - Interview with AXIOS, while still Director of the National Economic Council (cued up- just hit play) https://www.c-span.org/video/?438744-1/gary-cohn-discusses-2018-legislative-agenda&start=1922 Gary Cohn/05-08-2018 - CNBC interview, after leaving the NEC Here, he sort of doubles down on the sentiment from the above interview: “I’m not a big believer in Bitcoin. I am a believer in blockchain technology,” “I do think we will have a global cryptocurrency at some point where the world understands it and it’s not based on mining costs or cost of electricity or things like that,” “It will be a more easily understood cryptocurrency,” https://www.cnbc.com/2018/05/08/we-will-have-a-global-cryptocurrency-but-not-bitcoin-says-gary-cohn.html Finally, what you alluded to: Cory Johnson/ 10-12-2018 - Interview with BreakerMag BreakerMag: “Do you have a sense of what the Trump administration thinks about a product like Ripple?” Cory: “The White House in particular seems to be thinking about what it means to have 80 percent of bitcoin mining taking place in China and a majority of Ether mining taking place in China.” 'seems to be thinking' -- that portion of the quote could be taken to mean Cory is offering nothing more than his opinion on the matter here, and therefore can't be pointed to as 'evidence' of communication between Ripple and the White House in and of itself. https://breakermag.com/ripple-has-a-ton-of-doubters-this-exec-is-trying-to-change-their-minds/

I think we should let @Simoun have his thread back.

You did share your correspondence with DTCC, but to say that ‘nobody wanted to believe’ it is disingenuous. You asked if they were working with Ripple and/or using XRP directly - which of course she said they weren’t. The question at hand was surrounding Corda Settler, not whether or not DTCC would be utilizing XRP directly. I replied to you, with this video interview of the woman you spoke to, where she describes the testing - and I remember saying something to the effect of ‘here it is, straight from the horses mouth’ — if for no other reason than to put it up alongside your correspondence for reference - so it’s funny that you present the issue here in the way you did. Anyhow - here is the interview for those that may not have seen it. Decide for yourselves what it means and what it might point to. http://www.dtcc.com/dtcc-connection/articles/2019/january/03/settling-equities-on-the-blockchain Think Big

In another thread I think it was @Carmelita that mentioned the other picture (fireplace) and the Phoenix inside the fire. I can see that, but does it also look like eyes? Like the ends of the logs, but they're eyes. Longshot - but what if ... the Phoenix?

I didn't mean to ignore the last part of your post @XRP-JAG ... if that does have something to do with the castle, look at this press release. Venezuela will be using their Petrodollar as you mention, and they are sourcing liquidity as we speak https://cointelegraph.com/news/report-venezuela-converts-pension-bonuses-into-state-issued-crypto-petro But look at his briefcase ... and then remember the flag on the right side of the castle. How does that tie in?