- John Deaton shared in an X post yesterday that he cannot wait for XRP to have its own identity separate from Ripple.
- In related news, XRP has been added as a payment option within the gaming platform Roblox.
- At press time, XRP was down 0.10% and was trading hands at $0.4904.
John E Deaton, a pro-cryptocurrency lawyer, shared in an X post yesterday that he looks forward to the day when XRP is able to establish an identity of itself, apart from Ripple. This was a response to a video created by Coin Bureau, wherein Guy revealed that “Ripple’s XRP” is a newly-added payment method within Roblox – a leading gaming platform.
It will be cool when XRP is only referenced as XRP, instead of “@Ripple’s XRP.” To be fair to Guy, Ripple does own a lot of XRP, although it is now under 50%. I don’t believe Ripple had anything to do with this announcement or the integration so, maybe one day, the reporting will… https://t.co/FeDawtknZr— John E Deaton (@JohnEDeaton1) October 17, 2023
Deaton did, however, mention that Ripple does currently hold a large amount of XRP tokens. Therefore, he does not blame Guy for referring to the altcoin as “Ripple’s XRP”…
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