An XRP validator has suggested that once the community bootstraps the native DEX with Deep liquidity, it's "game over." The XRP Ledger (XRPL) is seeing steady growth following recent upgrades, but a major gap remains. Vet stressed that building deep liquidity and bringing in high-quality assets to its native DEX could be the deciding factor.

Frustrations are continuing to boil over in the crypto industry as it finds itself again at an impasse over the treatment of stablecoins.

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