Ripple is an open-source Internet protocol: it is not owned or operated by any entity, but it facilitates operational processes between its members. Cross-border payments require settlement in multiple

An apparent Ripple insider, barableguy123 /u/bearableguy123 seems to point to: Coinbase suppressing the price of XRP. Here's one post on the day CoinMarketCap.com decided to exclude Korean cryptocurrency

Think of XRP “like the oil you put in [a car] engine”, says Greg Kidd, Ripple’s former chief risk officer who runs Synthetic Liquidity, a liquidity provider that is trialling XRP by moving small amounts.

Here are the top 5 (as of 2016, and still?) given by Tearsheet Western Union Money Gram Ria TransferWise WorldRemit Cleary there're 2 barriers to wide-scale use of RippleNet and XRP for Remittance. One,