I have received numerous messages asking what I think about this attempt by $XRP (Ripple) to buy Circle...

I think that Coinbase will buy it, if Circle is indeed sold, even if Ripple has supposedly offered more money in the bid. It is very likely that the purchase will not be approved by regulators, as it would put Ripple in control of a significant part of the entire Crypto ecosystem. (AntiTrust).

I see no reason for major Traders and Analysts to support such nonsense, after all, let’s not pretend we don’t know that Ripple's leadership will use this to attack and create even more FUD with various other genuine protocols, after all, ISN'T that what XRP's leadership does when they are not harming the price of XRP itself?

We have been in the Crypto Market for far too long to now have to remain silent about such idiocy.

(Note that I am not talking about the XRP project, its security, its goals, or its reliability, but rather its leadership which has no scruples).