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Ripple community unloads on Litecoin over 'rotten eggs' comment

Litecoin earned the ire of XRP holders after the project’s official account on X tweeted in mockery of Ripple XRP and its CEO, Brad ￰0￱ post, which started as a fun fact about comets, quickly escalated due to the comparison with ￰1￱ to the post , the idea that XRP would grow substantially in value because it would become an on-off ramp for traditional institutions in the future is nothing but a smelly ￰2￱ opening part of the post reads: “Fun fact: A comet smells like rotten eggs, urine, burning matches, and ￰3￱ scientists say the closest comparison to this phenomenon on earth is the idea that tokens called XRP would be sold off to retail investors with the illusion that a digital bank drive-up tube is worth more than the money it transfers.” It went further to lampoon the idea that Ripple will replace SWIFT as the dominant banking rail, sarcastically referring to speculations about other factors that could drive XRP’s future growth, including the limited number of tokens and Ripple’s CEO’s close association with Donald ￰4￱ community hit back at Litecoin Whatever Litecoin’s intention might have been, the post has been met with massive negative reaction, mostly from XRP community ￰5￱ focused their criticisms on Litecoin itself, noting that the founder of Litecoin, Charlie Lee, sold the token back in December 2017, noting that this as a sign of a lack of ￰6￱ focused on how Litecoin’s value has declined over the ￰7￱ peaked at around $412.96 back in 2021 but now trades at $109.61, representing over 73% decline in ￰8￱ attorney Bill Morgan said: “Remember when Litecoin was a top 5 coin?

Me ￰9￱ was so long ￰10￱ when XRP was a top 3 ￰11￱ ￰12￱ today.” Meanwhile, others warned that Ripple could file a defamation or trade libel lawsuit against Litecoin, given that LTC is a competitor for ￰13￱ also noted that Litecoin itself has faced criticisms from the broader crypto community in the past, but it is now doing the same to other crypto assets. However, the wave of criticisms has not stopped the Litecoin account handler and its ￰14￱ account also countered that Ripple founders sold the tokens while adding that it is not a competitor for XRP like ￰15￱ initial post has also generated significant engagement with over 700,000 views on ￰16￱ the latest sign of doubling down, the Litecoin account observed how it has roasted other crypto projects with little pushback, but its criticism of XRP was enough to ignite a ￰17￱ posted: “I roast Solana: We laughed, we cried, little pushback.

I roast MYSELF: Funny, but true. I roast XRP: Diarrhetic vitriol for 2 full days, threats of legal action, horrible takes on market cap and sitting at a paid for seat at a crypto council as the only measuring stick for success” Meanwhile, Litecoin supporters are backing the project, noting that it is nothing like XRP and does not serve a similar ￰18￱ and LTC decline in the last 24 hours Despite the strong animosity that the members of both camps have against each other on X, the two tokens have had a similar price performance in the past few ￰19￱ to CoinMarketCap, XRP and LTC are both down more than 1% 24 hours, while XRP saw a more significant drop in the ￰20￱ their declines might be due to the broader crypto market performance, both tokens have also seen more than 20% gains in the last three months, indicating that they are on a ￰21￱ is up 23% while XRP gained 25%.

XRP is also the clear leader for year-to-date gains with 19.28% even though Litecoin is up 4.30%. KEY Difference Wire helps crypto brands break through and dominate headlines fast

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