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Coinbase shouldn't dictate the market. It is the other way around. And sooner or later I hope they will be forced to add it.

Having an argument "Our mission is to create an open financial system for the world" and accepting >only< decentralised cryptos sounds like an oxymoron to me.

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They don't. This article is inaccurate. Ripple has gained along with the rest of the altcoin market. Has little or nothing to do with Coinbase.

In the same way that I'm not forced to invest in XRP or support Ripple, Coinbase has the right to support whatever projects it wants to support. Ripple's project is dangerous to the fundamental mission initiated by Satoshi Nakamoto. They didn't need to elbow into this space and poison the well if all they wanted to do was compete with SWIFT.

Why is ripple dangerous to the fundamental mission of Satoshi Nakamoto, and why should we care if it does undermine it (which I disagree with)?

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