I doubt if ripple can be dead easily because they keep on expanding and thy have some unknown financial backing.
This happened just 8 hours ago https://www.coindesk.com/ripple-expands-into-iceland-with-acquisition-of-crypto-trading-firm another one https://www.coindesk.com/ripples-xpring-looks-to-build-xrp-defi-products-with-new-acquisitio