There might be no popular dapp, however, it does not change the argument that creating a dapp and smart contracts in Ripple's new XRPL is very much possible.
Also, very much similar to my very wrong prediction on Tether, XRP will not bye bye for good. I predict that XRP will continue to exist for many more years. We might witness a higher price on XRP and we will return in this thread again to larp about XRP's doomage heheheheheheee.
Only time will tell us what will happen with XRP. No one can predict the future. Especially with how strange and bizarre crypto land is. Ripple is a company. It depends on the regulators to survive. The XRP Ledger is tied to such company, so if one day Ripple goes bankrupt or gets seized by the government, it will be "bye-bye" to XRP for good. Assuming it stays centralized. If it becomes truly-decentralized, there's a high probability it will last a lifetime.
Stellar (XLM) also has smart contracts, but it hasn't gained traction yet. Investors prefer giants such as Ethereum and Solana for "decentralized" applications. We'll see how far will XRP go in market price. Anything's possible, right?

Hehehehe you created this thread on November 09, 2024. The price of XRP was only on $0.56, however, presently it appears to have pumped to $3.00 hehehe. I am not quite certain where your pessimism for XRP came from after witnessing a positive market movement.
Also, you are speculating that the regulators might crackdown on Ripple? They have won a case against uncle Gary that created a precedent that the tokens by themselves are not illegal securities. The company might also be on a very good advantage under the Donald's presidency heheeheh. Brad Garlichouse is close to the Donald heheeh. A new stage in the cryptospace is being created and the biggest leading actor on this stage might be Brad Garlichouse.
