I found it interesting that since the article has been published XRP has been on a red market. And in the last 7 days the 24 volume change was down by -4.5%
Those are usually paid articles meant to pump the price so that Ripple Labs can sell some of their stash.
XRP is not exactly a ponzi but a centralized company coin where the company sells certain number of coins every year to make money and continue running their operation. Their CEO must be earning a million USD every year. Those money have to come from somewhere.
They will never let their coin pump too much because every time it does they take profit and curb the pump.