$XRP Ripple’s lending system for banks and payment companies has picked up three XRP Ledger validator votes in as many weeks, leaving it seven short of the 29 it needs to start a two week countdown to launch.

The XRP Ledger changes its rules through amendments. An amendment goes live only after more than 80% of the 35 validators on the network’s default list (29 of them) back it for two straight weeks.