Ripple’s Rumored Circle Takeover—Is This XRP’s Rocket Fuel?
Whispers hit the crypto-sphere that Ripple might be eyeing a play for Circle—and XRP holders are already pricing in the moonshot.
Why it matters: A merger could bulldoze regulatory hurdles and stitch together fiat rails with crypto’s wild west. Suddenly, those ‘useless’ cross-border payments look like a Trojan horse.
The cynical take: Because nothing screams ‘decentralization’ like two centralized giants playing monopoly with regulators on speed dial. But hey—if it pumps the bag, who’s complaining?