In spite of confirmed XRP testing, SWIFT’s CIO dismisses Ripple’s legal wins as survival instinct rather than resilience.
SWIFT’s Chief Innovation Officer (CIO) Tom Zschach has just thrown shade on Ripple (XRP), as the popular blockchain survives another lawsuit. “Surviving a lawsuit isn’t resilience. Neutral, shared governance is. Institutions don’t want to live on a competitor’s rails”, – nailed an answer to one of Ripple coin’s proponents on LinkedIn.
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Roasting Ripple (XRP) for lawsuit survival rather than resilience, this paints a very different narrative from the recent talks of XRP Ledger’s chain testing on the 50-year old financial conglomerate’s ecosystem. Delving deeper into the topic, Tom Zschach said “it’s about an entire industry agreeing on shared standards that no single balance sheet controls”.
Coming off a fresh $50 million settlement with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Ripple (XRP) has definitely survived one of the century’s most complicated legal lawsuits. Ripple was blamed for selling XRP coins as unregistered securities, but now it’s considered for a Strategic Crypto Reserve in the United States (USA).
As for SWIFT’s CIO comment, the recent push towards compliance with the ISO 20022 standard was among the key catalysts for Ripple’s XRP Ledger to get tested on SWIFt along with Hedera Hashgraph (HBAR), as reported by CoinBureau on August 20, 2025.
Despite the harsh comments, XRP coin remains among the most-used crypto currencies in the cross-border field. Tapping on a $3.65 all-time high at the beginning of Summer, Ripple coin garners up to $10 billion in daily trading volume, solidifying the OG altcoin’s status as a popular payment option.
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