Ripple Fans Rise Up After Analyst Calls XRP a Scam

Enthusiasts of Ripple and XRP are countering a scathing op-ed in a recent Forbes article that asks whether Ripple is a scam.

Jason Bloomberg, the president of IT research and analysis at Intellyx says that, at its core, “the Ripple business model is a pump and dump scheme, as it undergoes numerous activities to increase the value of the XRP cryptocurrency (crypto).”

“One of the strongest indicators that Ripple is a going concern is the dozens of customers it touts. Look more closely, however, and most such companies are ‘partners,’ not customers – and to make matters worse, Ripple pays companies to become partners. Ripple calls this arrangement the RippleNet Accelerator Program. ‘Starting [October 13, 2017], Ripple will offer a unique reward for financial institutions that are the first in their markets to process and promote commercial payments on RippleNet.’ The reward will come in the form of rebates through the new RippleNet Accelerator Program.”

The Ripple community was fast to fire back, calling the claims baseless FUD and accusing Forbes of promoting a stream of attacks on XRP.

Is Forbes a scam? - At its core, the @Forbes business model is an obsolete model that relies on FUD. (Not financial advice). #xrp #xrpthestandard #XRPcommunity #xrpthebase @digitalassetbuy @XRPTrump @haydentiff @XRPcryptowolf @SgtObiWan @C3_Nik @marvin_xrp @Ripple @nbougalis pic.twitter.com/wGkujXCtd7

— Oskar Arnarson (@oskararnarson) March 1, 2019

The new Forbes article has also triggered a discussion on Reddit, with one of the top comment saying that Bloomberg has been negative on all of the cryptocurrency in the past and penned an article last May called “We Need To Shut Bitcoin And All Other Cryptocurrencies Down. Here’s Why.” Redditors also crafted a point-by-point review of Bloomberg’s argument.