Found an article purporting to prove that it does, but not sure if I believe:
https://decryptmedia.com/2018/11/28/infographic-how-crypto-news-generates-fake-ripple-hype/Have always thought this, thoughRipple, according to the shittest of the shittest crypto sites, is literally ALWAYS "poised to rally" or whatever, and it never does. Yeah, it's the best performing crypto, but the hype that swirls around it (and other currencies) is, like, 90% fabricated.
Well I would say that ripple was probably the most bought coin by people who entered the cryptocurrency market in 2017. Since then there have been a number of crypto related news sites that have popped up that were not around from 2013-2016 so it makes sense that these website owners may be ripple holders.
Ripple has one of the most active subreddits also, its no surprise that news is blown out of proportion because there are a ton of bagholders.
Now this doesn't mean XRP is a shitcoin, far from it, even though it generates alot of hype it still is a viable crypto for the future.
The bad holders of ripple would never say this is a bad coin but but faketoshi doesn it. lol It's a coin without any usefulness that i can't get it from hold my ripple.
Ripple was following the news about the development and it never give any use case. Basically this coin is almost a security.