In yesterday's episode, Ashton Kutcher was waiting backstage as an uninvited guest, and crew informed Ellen that someone wanting to speak to her. No one told Ellen ahead of time. When it appeared that it was in fact Ashton Kutcher, she was surprised and excited about what Ashton Kutcher wanted to talk about.
Little background, on Ellen's birthday this year she stated she didn't want any gift from anyone. But her spouse started The Ellen DeGeneres Wildlife Fund. She has a heart for wild life gorillas and she wants to help save from disappearing of the face of the earth.
It was then revealed that Ashton Kutcher's business partner was also backstage, and he asked Ellen to invite him out to stage. This individual had worked Madonna, Amy, and NFL Stars, who is now a partner in Ashton Kutcher's business arm that invests into tech start up.
He went on to talk about Ripple and its founders. He said he had met them they told him that Ripple is creating this platform for not only easy, but safe money transfer service. While seated he announced that he would donate $4 million dollar to The Ellen DeGeneres Wildlife Fund. Ashton Kutcher than showed the app to Ellen and told her to with the press of one button she would have $4 million with in secs.
This was the first use case I have seen and the transaction is play out live. This is Great news for Ripple because $4 million got them in front of 25 million of Ellen's fan. Ripple's Platform is promising and with name like Ashton Kutcher and Ellen tied to it in way, I think it will top previous high of $3.80.
