The Brewing Crypto Battle Over Ripple, XRP, Ripple (XRP), XRP (XRP), Ripple and XRP, and Ripple/XRP
In a tweet that set off an epic Twitter thread, crypto exchange Kraken spells out why it thinks a name change is in order to straighten out the longstanding debate over “Ripple” the company versus “XRP” the asset. Dear XRP Army, Ripple is (and was first) a payment protocol whose native currency is XRP.