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RE: Why RIPPLE is going to be BIGGER AND BIGGER!
The reason why they own these 60 billion coins is because they are used in the transactions made trough Ripple. Xrp isn't a by-product, is a necessary part in how their technology is used and and why it's so fast and cheap.
The fact that anyone can trade in these coins is the by-product.
Actually XRP isn't a coin at all. It's a piece of code. Each XRP is divided into a million drops, which are also bits of computer code akin to a private key. It is these drops which will support the transmission of USD, GBP, EUR etc via the Ripple system. A typical bank won't need more than a few dollars worth of XRP to be able to carry out tens of millions of transactions. That's not enough to cause any impact on the price.