Honestly, I didn't pay much attention at first to the debate around $XRP , but Flare CEO Hugo Philion has now spoken up, and his perspective is genuinely worth considering.
His point is straightforward: token holders should stop pinning all their hopes on Ripple, waiting for the company to pump the price. An asset's long-term value actually depends on whether it can be put to real use and turned into deployable capital; one company's storytelling doesn't prove much. It may sound harsh, but when it comes to $XRP , it really hits the mark.
I understand how many longtime holders feel—after holding for so long, of course they want the issuer to do more. But from another perspective, the more people building in the ecosystem, the more solid $XRP 's use cases become. $FLR itself is building infrastructure for this kind of asset, and Philion isn't exactly speaking without any bias here, so that's for everyone to judge. Looking at the bigger picture, $BTC and ETH are following the same logic this cycle: narratives alone can't sustain things for long; only applications that deliver in the real world can keep capital around.
So instead of scrolling through FUD and shilling every day, why not check whether anyone is actually using it on-chain?
What do you think about this point: should we keep waiting for Ripple to make a move, or do you think the community should build real-world use cases step by step?
The above does not constitute investment advice.