If you are invested in XRP or simply interested in Ripple and its vision then the event of the year is exactly ten days away and the excitement builds daily.

The day before last year’s SWELL we wrote a blog suggesting Ripple could announce xRapid (now ODL) was live, we shared it and hours later it launched!

Swell, hosted by Ripple, brings together the world’s most trusted voices across financial services, payments, technology & policy to share the reality of what’s unfolding in global payments today — & why it matters. This event brings together leaders in financial services, technology, payments, policy, academia, central banking & other experts focused on blockchain.

Some in the XRP community feel new major bank partnerships will be announced, our guess is perhaps corridors to Billions in India opening up soon.

China’s rapid adoption of blockchain, new laws, and Gold/Yuan backed crypto will be discussed at length, a big announcement for Ripple on this too?

RISING TIDES – At last years SWELL, we heard from Ex-President Bill Clinton & xRapid launch was announced causing a big uptick in XRP value, could we see a massive announcement this year and an even bigger XRP value afterward?As yet all we can do is speculate about what will drop, many in the XRP community including us, feel Ripple could announce new payment corridors.

Last week MoneyGram CEO was frustrated with Ripple, they want to take ODL and XRP straight to fifth gear after seeing great results and savings.

BREAKING: Swell 2019 big announcement from Ripple will be 2banks holding custody of digital assets. Banks authorized to hold will be two locations: Mexico and the Asiatic territory, they will use XRP & new corridors! @GSL24236982

Adding to the excitement a handful of XRP community members have been invited for the first time, one would think there is something huge to report.

Watch out for interesting and entertaining ‘interviews’ to come from the event, in particular, look out for the Digital Asset Investor, a true XRP hero.

​Adding to the excitement a handful of XRP community members have been invited for the first time, one would think there is something huge to report.

Watch out for interesting and entertaining ‘interviews’ to come from the event, in particular, look out for the Digital Asset Investor, a true XRP hero.

In other news, Ripple made another signing to their rapidly expanding global team who are about to make a dent in the universe as Navin Gupta would say.

Former BOA Compliance Director Ben Melnicki has joined Ripple as part of the recent regulatory signings and a new office in the heart of Washington DC.

Many feel the SEC are to decide if XRP is a security, this move will see the lawsuit dismissed and open the investment floodgates to mainstream investors.

This ties in nicely with the recent compliance signings PLUS we have another huge reason the SEC decision is about to be announced.

Check out tomorrow’s blog…