Ripple’s CTO, David Schwartz, tweeted this comment. “Tether and XRP Have Different Usage Cases” On Twitter, someone asked Ripple CTO David Schwartz about the ongoing situation between Tether and XRP. The question was asked if the USDT, which dropped XRP from its top 3 position, thought it had more usage areas than XRP. As is known, Tether is frequently used by traders and entrepreneurs (especially the Chinese) to transfer funds between cross-border money transfers and crypto exchanges. Schwartz said that these two cryptocurrencies have completely different use cases. Tether is not used for direct remittance like MoneyGram or other Ripple partners that take advantage of the Optional Liquidity platform. Ripple CTO implies that USDT cannot be a universal cryptocurrency as it is centralized and linked to the fiat currency. Nevertheless, he admitted that XRP is also not perfect and its volatility is generally higher than USDT.
— David Schwartz (@JoelKatz) May 22, 2020 Was USDT Originally An XRP Alternative? Tiffany Hayden, a crypto phenomenon and member of the XRP community, said that Tether was trying to introduce itself as an alternative to XRP at first. However, David Schwartz did not comment on this. https://twitter.com/haydentiff/status/1264804755148341258
