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XRP A Complete Scam? Ripple CTO Replies

XRP News: Ripple CTO David Schwartz slammed the self-proclaimed Bitcoin inventor Craig Wright for calling XRP "A Scam"
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XRP A Complete Scam? Ripple CTO Replies

XRP News: Self-proclaimed Bitcoin inventor Craig Wright and Ripple CTO David Schwartz got into a heated Twitter debate. The cause of the altercation was a tweet by Wright in which he claimed that “XRP is a complete scam.” However, like always David Schwartz sarcastically replied to the absurd claim.

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Ripple CTO Not Falling for Craig Wright’s Tricks

nChain Chief Scientist and controversial entrepreneur, Craig Wright in a Twitter thread wrote “If you ever mention Ripple CTO call him as he is… conman Davie. He compared David Schwartz with the Maddoff and that too of the shitcoins.

Wright stated If you think this is libel, remember the truth. Davie is a conman” He didn’t stop there and also wrote that “XRP is a complete scam.”

Triggered by that statement, Schwartz replied, “It’s funny how you feel the need to attack me when, and only when, you are being criticized for your own indefensible actions.”

Earlier, Coingape reported that Ripple CTO slammed Craig Wright for starting a dumb argument over the XRP ledger. It is always seen that the self-proclaimed Bitcoin creator always has something to say about XRP or David Schwartz while he acts like things are the other way around. Read More XRP News Here

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XRP Current Market Standing

XRP is ranked as the 6th biggest crypto by market capitalization, according to CoinMarketCap. At the time of writing, XRP price is currently levitated around $0.4097, with a market capitalization of $20.8 Billion and a 24-hour trading volume down by 14.29%.

Now it stands at $778,874,551. At the same time, the circulating supply is approximately 50,799,084,881 XRP.

Disclaimer: This is not investment advice. Please do your due diligence before investing in any asset.

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