Monica Lengthy has been named the brand new president of Ripple, shifting up from the final supervisor place. Lengthy joined the corporate in 2013 as director of communications and expanded her function final yr from common supervisor of RippleX, the blockchain improvement aspect of the enterprise, to common supervisor of the corporate as an entire, including RippleNet, the corporate’s monetary community, to her purview.
The presidency of Ripple has been a considerably nebulous place till now, with the title being ascribed to each co-founders Brad Garlinghouse and Chris Larsen at varied instances.
Lengthy’s promotion comes at a very good second for the corporate, Lengthy informed Cointelegraph:
“It’s a job of continuous to scale. […] We’ve weathered many [crypto] winters, and with this one, we’re coming off a file yr of enterprise and buyer progress.”
On this surroundings, “we’re persevering with to develop our group,” she added.
Over half my skilled profession has been in crypto – and extra importantly, at @Ripple. I’m extremely honored and able to hit the bottom operating as President. Thanks @bgarlinghouse and @chrislarsensf for the chance of a lifetime! https://t.co/7gXZJZwLNN
— Monica Lengthy (@MonicaLongSF) January 27, 2023
Lengthy joined Ripple when the corporate had solely 10 staff. She spearheaded the event of the corporate’s On-Demand Liquidity resolution, described as “Ripple’s flagship product,” which was launched in 2018. Ripple added an adjoining service referred to as LiquidityHub final yr, and the corporate will proceed to increase that service, Lengthy stated. Over 60% of RippleNet’s cost quantity was despatched by means of ODL final yr.
On the RippleX aspect, Lengthy stated an Automated Market Maker specification will go up for a vote by the validators this yr.
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Ripple is usually within the information as a result of its ongoing court docket case with the US Securities and Change Fee (SEC). The SEC has accused Ripple and co-founders Garlinghouse and Larsen of conducting an unregistered securities providing of $1.38 billion and promoting XRP to retail buyers as an unregistered safety with the launch of its XRP (XRP) coin.
Garlinghouse informed CNBC on Jan. 18 that the corporate expects a call on the case this yr.
