Vitalik Buterin Sparks Debate After Demeaning XRP 

Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin sparks debate after making demeaning tweets about XRP.

In a recent tweet, Vitalik Buterin said he is glad to see people pushing against regulations that privilege ETH over other legitimate cryptocurrencies.

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Vitalik tweeted on the latest crypto regulations in Canada that restrict some cryptocurrencies.

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Ethereum co-founder further tweeted, “XRP already lost their right to protection when they tried to throw us under the bus as "China-controlled."

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Ripple CTO replied to Vitalik’s comments saying, "The government should punish projects that disagree with our narrative" seems pretty on brand for ETH.”

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US SEC sued Ripple for allegedly issuing unregistered security in the form of XRP.

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Vitalik Buterin also tweeted that he opposes banning Proof of Work mechanism.

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XRP lawyer also questioned Vitalik that if 72K XRPHolders that he represents don’t deserve to be protected?

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