Vitalik Buterin Takes Aim At Ripple (XRP): ‘They Tried To Throw Us Under The Bus’

Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) co-creator Vitalik Buterin says he is glad that people are pushing against regulations that give privilege to ETH over other “legitimate cryptocurrencies” — but he singled out Ripple Labs associated XRP token saying they’ve “lost right to protection.” What Happened: Buterin’s comments were made in response to a tweet by Bankless DAO founder David Hoffman, who shared a help page from Canadian crypto trading platform Newton.