Ripple Is Working with 10 Governments on State Digital Currencies (CBDC)

Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse says his company is now cooperating with 10 countries that want to develop a state-run digital currency. He draws parallels to the planned stablecoin, but XRP is left out.

In search of new business areas, Ripple (XRP) has been involved in the field of state digital currencies (CBDC) for several years. CEO Brad Garlinghouse now summarizes the current state of affairs in an interview and speaks of 10 governments with whom they are working on CBDC. Ripple is known to have more advanced cooperations with the Republic of Palau and Bhutan, for example.

A state digital currency is usually supposed to reflect the national currency and its value is guaranteed by the central bank

The EU is considering an e-euro. Ripple’s proven own network XRPL plays a key role in its concepts, which could also become the basis for transactions for CBDCs. At the very latest, Garlinghouse sees this as a point of contact for the stablecoin planned by Ripple called RLUSD , which is to be pegged 1:1 to the US dollar. A CBDC is actually also a stablecoin, only that it is issued by a government, says Garlinghouse.

CBDCs are controversial in the crypto scene. Critics see them as an attack on financial privacy because transactions can be fully traced and central banks reserve the right to block accounts or stop transfers.

However, there are also many voices in the Ripple community who point out that the launch of the stablecoin RLUSD later this year and the promotion of CBDCs could create synergy effects. For example, currency exchange at low fees would be conceivable. Surveys by the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) show that state digital currencies are on the agenda in almost 100 countries worldwide.

Conclusion: Ripple changes its profile – XRP is sidelined

For XRP investors, the plans for Ripple’s future that Garlinghouse has repeatedly outlined are a bitter pill to swallow. XRP used to be the undisputed center of Ripple’s business model of revolutionizing international payments with a bridge currency.

However, it has become apparent that banks, financial service providers and even governments are happy to access Ripple’s infrastructure, but leave XRP out of the equation. The price curve of XRP no longer radiates any dynamism and is stuck below $0.50, almost 90 percent away from the all-time highs of 2018.

Garlinghouse rarely mentions XRP and instead focuses on the planned stablecoin and the CBDC division. This may be the right strategy for a later IPO of Ripple, but for investors it hides the great risk that XRP will sink into insignificance.

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