On September 8, in the Delaware Chancery Court, R3, moved a legal action to its partner Ripple, over the options contract to buy more than $1 billion worth of XRP. As a reaction, in the same day, in a California state court in San Francisco, Ripple sued its partner as well. As a result, the two enterprises are now involved in a legal skirmish that will not be positive for either of them and can even bring a bigger regulatory focus to the cryptocurrency industry...
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Ripple is run by company so easily to sue by anyone and close by governments. Even if Ripple is right and government close them just temporary and latter let them resume working, trust in Ripple will be lost. That is main difference between Bitcoin and Ripple. Bitcoin is decentralized and cant be stopped, Ripple is centralized and can be easily stopped. I do suggest all to google about e-gold and what happen to it 10 years ago.