While it undoubtedly made a lot of money for those who invested in in early and while the price was low (read, mostly bankers), a lot more people have been burned with its hype and then sudden price drop.
See, this is not the first time people got burned on Ripple. It happened before, it happened now and it will happen in the future when they see the chance to grab more money.
This time a lot of new investments came in late 2017 and the money flowed yet again into bankers pocket.
If you really want that new house and be free from bankers influence, the best way is to vote with your money and choose something else.
Ripple should be removed from coinmarketcap.com
You think that Ripple should be removed from coinmarketcap because its not a real cryptocurrency right? I somehow agree, because it really isnt a crypto and its scary how much of the coins the founders and the foundation itself is still holding, but as so many people are invested in XRP as well it would be hard to just exclude it from cryptocurrency trading. What would be the right thing to do? List it on wall street? Ive also been holding some XRP that I bought when it was still around 20 cents, but Im totally with you that its not a cryptocurrency and therefore shouldnt be treated as such.