A 2021 Citibank document that used the phrase \u201cRegulated Internet of Value\u201d sits at the center of a new XRP debate, after researcher Jesse of Apex Crypto Insights argued the wording was later shifted to \u201cRegulated Liability Network\u201d because the link to Ripple was too obvious.<\/p>\n
He says that paper trail, along with years of weak price action, points to a token<\/a> that may be held down for reasons that are bigger than ordinary market trading.<\/p>\n XRP\u2019s chart is the first thing Jesse points to. The token reached $3.84 during the 2018 bull run and later touched $3.60 earlier in this cycle, yet it has spent much of the past decade moving sideways while Bitcoin climbed far higher.<\/p>\n Jesse called that mismatch hard to explain under a normal market setup and said, in his view, suppression<\/a> is one possible answer.<\/p>\n The claim is not presented as proof. Jesse frames it as his opinion, but he ties it to a wider argument about how the financial system may change if XRP ends up in a deeper role than simple payments.<\/p>\n Jesse says XRP should be viewed as part of an \u201cinternet of value\u201d rather than just another crypto asset. He links that idea to Ripple\u2019s Interledger Protocol<\/a>, which he says is meant to move value in the same way the internet moves information.<\/p>\nA Price That Would Not Move<\/h2>\n
The Internet Of Value Thesis<\/h2>\n