Ripple would be one of the crypto-coins that would bring a lot of bad press for the cryptomarket.

Having said this, the world would look very different in a few years due to the blockchain technology.

Ripple enabled entrepreneurs to create more disruptive products, for instance, 0chain, which is providing fast decentralized storage solutions matching current cloud providers at zero cost.
So ripple future seems to be promising and a profitable into the market.