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After waiting for over a month now on my Coinbase purchase being stuck in Pending status, with absolutely no response from their Support, I'm getting tired of seeing Coinbase being seen as a leader in the Cryptoverse.
fake news?
> XRP, being issued by a company, is less decentralized than many other cryptocurrencies. For instance, Ripple itself holds 61.3 billion XRP, including 55 billion that it keeps in escrow. Only 38.7 billion XRP tokens have been distributed.
> Cofounder and former CEO Chris Larsen, who stepped down in November 2016 and now serves as executive chairman of Ripple, has 5.19 billion XRP in his personal holdings and a 17% stake in the company, according to sources at Ripple. That gives him a net worth of $37.3 billion, using Monday’s exchange rate.
The crazy part is how much XRP is concentrated in the company and its founders: > XRP, being issued by a company, is less decentralized than many other cryptocurrencies. For instance, Ripple itself holds 61.3 billion XRP, including 55 billion that it keeps in escrow. Only 38.7 billion XRP tokens have been distributed. > Cofounder and former CEO Chris Larsen, who stepped down in November 2016 and now serves as executi…
i.e. they're not just going to suddenly add it and then tell everyone like with BCH.
After waiting for over a month now on my Coinbase purchase being stuck in Pending status, with absolutely no response from their Support, I'm getting tired of seeing Coinbase being seen as a leader in the Cryptoverse.
Why exactly did Ripple start going up in the first place?
Having an argument "Our mission is to create an open financial system for the world" and accepting >only< decentralised cryptos sounds like an oxymoron to me.
Here is the crazy ripple chart https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/ripple/#charts