😲 Is Ripple Secretly Uncle Sam’s Puppet? The Shocking Truth Behind XRPL 🕵️♂️
Pumpius waxes poetic about how Ripple, far from being the scrappy underdog fighting against Big Brother, was actually Big Brother’s favorite child all along. This isn’t your typical garage startup selling dreams of decentralization; oh no, Ripple was crafting tools for bankers and bureaucrats right out of the gate. Near-zero fees? Instant settlement? Compliance baked into its DNA faster than you can say “ISO 20022”? These aren’t traits of a rebel alliance-they’re hallmarks of a system destined to replace SWIFT, the global payments dinosaur. 🦖