@XRPExplainer @xrpscan @HammerToe @HammerPattern @BoutWhateverBro @Belisarius2020 @CryptoWhale Abandoning and selling a commodity isn’t “manipulation” as is possible with the Yuan or USD. It was a free-market decision  made as an autocratic state to wield greater control over its citizens’ resources precisely BECAUSE  can’t be manipulated. Now China will lag.