On an Oct. 15 podcast, Welfare discussed potential bank use of XRPL and said network adoption alone would not determine whether XRP’s price rises.
He described XRPL as capable of supporting banking institutions.
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Former Ripple adviser Antony Welfare made the remarks during a podcast episode on Oct. 15.

On an Oct. 15 podcast, Welfare discussed potential bank use of XRPL and said network adoption alone would not determine whether XRP’s price rises.
He described XRPL as capable of supporting banking institutions.
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