After this realization I had to give up on Ripple completely, I sold my shares and am out of Ripple, I need a company that will go down with me and rise with me not one that rises no matter what while I fund them and I very likely may get screwed while they get successful. Open your eyes if you're investing in them.... you are investing in their XRP not Ripple as their employee quickly pointed out to me on twitter. Even regarding their block-chain technology big competitors are coming on the scene soon. The main point though is I need a company that will go down with me and rise with me not one that rises no matter what while I fund them and take all the risk. Why can a company I invest in be successful without me being successful as well, how is that even a possiblity!?! I'm out this is a complete scam and fraud it was obviously knowingly created that way.
DO NOT INVEST IN XRP
It's all a part of trading mate. Ripple certainly is being used by some banks and probably has more ties than central and commercial banks than most of the cryptocurrencies do(not that it's a good thing because cryptocurrencies are supposed to be anti central banking in the first place).
But there is certainly a lot of speculation, i would get out of ripple right now as well after the big pump. I don't think it's sustainable. It might not be the final pump yet but the final pump will come eventually and it will be followed by a dump(obviously).
But ripple isn't a scam. It's been #3 crypto for ages, and that's for a good reason.