Jake Claver Live - XRP & Digital Assets Q&A Livestream. Jake Claver in this recording: “There's a lot of speculation that the IMF takes over the escrow or there's all these pre-negotiated options.”
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What this recording covers
In this Wednesday-night livestream, Claver covers several topics across a long Q&A format. A central point is why Ripple cannot be the direct cause of XRP's value growth: if institutional demand from Ripple's own business activity drove that value, XRP would meet the criteria for a security under the Howey test. Claver argues the legally coherent mechanism is third-party institutions driving liquidity into XRP independently. He also discusses Ripple's escrow structure, monthly unlock amounts, and how the company generates revenue separately from those escrow sales. Other topics include whether XRP could qualify as a tier-one asset under BIS standards, the reverse carry trade as a risk that most financial advisers discount, and how institutional custody onboarding works for new clients.
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