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Roaring_Twenties

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  1. Great visual synopsis as usual @Stedas And while there may be those who are quick to acknowledge that it doesn't include XRP value or volume, the one aspect for growth that appears to me to be a strong indicator is your point on transactions: more transactions in October 2019 than all 2018. Clearly the needle of progress for XRP value is moving in the right direction. Many thanks!
  2. Even more reason for wanting to see this becoming successful; righting an enormously over due wrong. And their cell phones will be their great enablers to joining the ranks of the banked.
  3. Yeah Alex Holmes is bought in. Sam I Am I think said that 10% is $4M USD per day for MGI (today) so ~$40M USD per day potential for this MGI corridor running @ 100%. And if and when that happens I expect them to begin stealing customers from other providers such as their arch nemesis Western Union meaning, this number has the potential to go north even more.
  4. Ditto. Currently 7.5x my original stretch goal. So yah...on my way to achieving my 7th time of raising my own personal bar. It’s weird sometimes because I have internal arguments with myself and I fully expect that to be the last time I’ll have that argument...and then, months later, I have another “pre-rich” party and my internal raise the bar argument starts all over again.
  5. Congrats @Julian_Williams for an even 7,000. That’s hard earned as you’re always in the trenches and not a gif given machine.
  6. Thanks for being our sleuth Janna! Could this signal another sale price on XRP? Perhaps. But one of these days good news is going to be the last thing we learn before a rise in XRP. Especially with real usage taking place in more and more corridors. 🙂
  7. I don’t know if this link will work for everyone but I’ll give it a try. Ripple has just released a report titled: Findings from Ripple’s Blockchain in Payments Report 2019 The Flywheel Set in Motion It’s 20 pages and weights in at 3.6Mb. Haven’t read it and have to get to work. Hopefully this works and is a primer for all of us not attending Swell 2019. https://ripple.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Ripple-Blockchain-Report-2019.pdf
  8. IMO - no. I don’t foresee Ripple destroying any XRP to make each one worth more. I’ve heard the “utility brings value” speech enough to be under the belief that...utility brings real value. Plus - Ripple to me plays the long game. More methodical and thoughtful. Jed, while obviously brilliant seems to play the short game. A little more reckless and more reactive perhaps. This may be part of the reason for the falling out between the original team members before he went on to create XLM.
  9. Why thank you. Just passing the message on...
  10. One of the messages has changed three times that I’m aware of: Liquidity is different now Progress of crypto legislation (or similar) Blockchain in Payments: The Flywheel Set in Motion I understand how things can change in a dynamic and often dysfunctional crypto environment so not a surprise; they’ll likely look for the best news possible to present. My guess is that the flywheel set in motion will be about the progress of XRP utility within the Mexican corridor and the upcoming surge in the Asian corridor. With CL, BG and DS all going together for the Asia event following Swell this also could imply that the flywheel set in motion is about to gain even more energy. The use of the flywheel set in motion is an interesting one: “flywheels smooth the ripple in power output, providing surges of high power output as required...” https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flywheel
  11. And that’s a scary revelation from a bank’s perspective for adoption. Ripple’s technology proposal moves decades of long-held financial processes, profit models, people skills needs and organizational structures to the side and flattens the whole concept. From the banks perspective this so-called bankers coin lacking government clarity doesn’t seem like that great of an idea (to many banks). It’s too disruptive. For the group of banks that are leaning forward with it they are likely to be the ones that thrive and survive. For a perspective that will really challenge your XRP understanding and beliefs check out this recent video by the DAI. CAUTION: Tin foil wrapped around your head before viewing maybe suitable for some viewers.
  12. Here’s an update with Mark Carney last week discussing the conceptual Libra.
  13. Hey @Logchain, Have you had any conversation lately with your whale(s)? I’m just curious how their feeling, talking, etc. I’m curious as because you mention: My belief is that in the not too distant future factual progress and performance will be announced that will begin to cheer up, encourage and or eliminate XRP market depression. Just curious as to what their strategy becomes if/when depression is swept away by proven performance? Thanks.
  14. @XRPOlsonI don’t know if this is any good or not and I don’t have any intentions at the moment of exploring it but, I got the below offer emailed to me October 15th from the exchange Uphold. Maybe some here is exploring this one already? —————————————— Join our Beta team and get $50 USD to test our new debit card! Dear Timothy, As one of our best customers, you’re invited to join the beta program for our revolutionary new debit card. The Uphold Card is a world-first that will allow you to toggle between funding sources, such as fiat, cryptocurrencies, gold, and more, in order to spend or withdraw cash at nearly 50 million merchants and ATMs worldwide. A ‘true’ debit card rather than a pre-loadable ‘lite’ card, and thus far more widely accepted, the Uphold Card is the first debit card to render generally unspendable asset classes conveniently usable in everyday transactions. Our new debit card will transform the utility of your Uphold account and represents a milestone for Uphold. We would like to ask for your help in making it a success. You are invited to receive a free card before the official launch and to provide feedback so we can refine it. To say thanks, we’ll put $50 USD, or equivalent, in your account. Once you’ve joined our beta program, you’ll get new Uphold products and features early and can take part in UX testing. With your help, Uphold can revolutionize financial services, bringing better, fairer and more innovative products to a global market starved of new and exciting alternatives.
  15. @WarChestand crew, I guess we’re having a conversation like this because the pace of progress as measured by XRP price appreciation is what it is. And that growth in price, or the lack thereof, is influenced by the successful actions of the company Ripple that Brad heads. This is perhaps a simplistic analysis. Ripple is creating the equivalent of the 4th industrial revolution. It’s not so much that it’s an extremely heavy lift and that Ripple is being held back perhaps because they need a man or woman who will garner more attention when walking into a room than Brad does. Jobs, Gates, Ford, Edison, etc. all were on a trajectory equal to where he is today. I’m sure they at one time were all viewed in a similar light on their journey to greatness. Perhaps viewed far worse. But something I’d like to point out is it’s not completely tied to the company Ripple and how far Brad can take it when it comes to delivering this 4th industrial revolution. It takes time for other industries to understand, adapt, train, equip, implement and sustain for this to happen. People need to be retrained, removed or retired as the old way of doing business goes out and the new way becomes the new norm. Think how disruptive steam power and the delivery of electricity must have been at the turn of the century ushering a host of changes. No one would have the needed skills at first. The same can be said for the internal combustion engine and how it revolutionized travel. Delivering the internet and the various advances in telecommunications all caused massive changes in the way we work, the materials that we had to develop and the new skills we needed to acquire. Yes I think having the right person on point is critical for Ripple and our beloved XRP. And a key strength Brad has that’s enabled the progress made to date is ensuring Ripple has a laser-like focus staying on target for banking and remittance. But no matter who we have on point at Ripple it’s really all about the total team and that total team is vastly much larger than just Ripple. This is very disruptive and getting through all this fintech disruption is going to take some time. I think the good news is we’re fairly down the path to start seeing some of the tangible developments and once we do and XRP gets up to say $3.00 as we saw previously, Brad is suddenly going to be that guy that everyone wants to be at the table with. It won’t take much to suddenly be perceived as being say Bezos-like. Replacing him now with someone else wouldn’t be fair and could also be detrimental when it isn’t obvious (to me anyway) that it needs to happen. For what it’s worth, I was fortunate enough to have met Brad and Michelle Bond briefly this Wednesday in DC and I will tell you that he definitely got a lot of attention when he walked into and out of the room. Far more than SEC Chairman Jay Clayton or anyone else did that day. Brad may simply be doing better than is perceived. And I appreciated his reaction with me (his reaction below) for asking the SEC Chair about if and when the SEC would rule on XRP...even though all I got was his typical “non-answer”.
  16. Really glad I made the effort to get to the event yesterday and that I was fortunate enough to be called to ask Chairman Clayton the question. Thanks @strikerjaxfor finding the clip and to all for feedback on what his answer means. I tried to be clear and direct in my question (if and when) unlike the moderators academia style of questioning...in hopes of getting us a clear and direct answer from the SEC. Also glad to see Brad addressed the 400 number. It’d be nice to learn its actually north of that number at Swell.
  17. In the video posted by Alex, the academia host is referring to the question I asked the SEC Chairman. Loved Brad’s response.
  18. Thanks @King34Maine. Yeah I heard that but hadn’t heard it before the person in the audience said it so I guess it was announced earlier in the day or sometime. I was reluctant to mention the “400” here because Brad really didn’t respond to it and I didn’t really understand why. I wish he would have, perhaps it will be big and bold at Swell.
  19. Would love to find a record of the live stream for this as I did get to ask my question to the SEC Chairman and would love for you to see his response. I asked “will” and “when”. As Brad Garlinghouse follows you I’ll ask this question: Will the SEC make a ruling on XRP and if yes, when might that be? He answered for about 60 seconds but he basically didn’t answer the question and said that he really couldn’t (but I don’t know why). I was going to ask Brad: As the global economy is experiencing a liquidity crisis as evident by the Federal Reserve pumping billions to assist in liquidity, could this be the catalyst for truly launching XRP usage? I wasn’t able to be called on in asking my question by the moderator but another person asked a like question. Brad said he could see XRP as a part of the solution. If someone can find a record of these two live streams that will give the clearest information.
  20. Listening to Jay Clayton, Chairman, Securities and Exchange Commission. Clearly very guarded on the topic of things that can be both a commodity and a security. Talking only about financial assets and not crypto at the moment. I’ll see if I can ask about XRP if I get the opportunity. Brad Garlinghouse follows him.
  21. Seems like clarity for a digital asset that doesn't yet have regulatory clarity. He doesn't seem like a person who would join the team otherwise.
  22. And if it does... I must.backup.thetruck...and buy MOAR!
  23. I think the Libra white paper has been a blessing and that we’ve likely experienced it’s best use case to date. I don’t see the Libra proposal much helping or hurting XRP going forward.
  24. See if this image shows XRP as third in volume...
  25. Well @Hodor, Your alter ego will be missed. I’ve become convinced that the avatar you’ve used is in your likeness. To suddenly see the real man behind the brilliant writing may take a bit of getting used to (unless of course you’re a gorgeous stacked blonde in actuality) then this gets even better. Some how though... I don’t think that’s how this all pans out. And referring to you in your real name? Ugh...many things to relearn. Best wishes in your new approach, I look forward to seeing you cover the growing explosive developments and growth of XRP as the guy who used to be @Hodor
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