'A class-action lawsuit was filed against Ripple in May 2018 "alleging that it led a scheme to raise hundreds of millions of dollars through unregistered sales of its XRP tokens. [creating] billions of coins 'out of thin air' and then profited by selling them to the public in 'what is essentially a never-ending initial coin offering'.
Just thought I'd put this out there, in case anyone doesn't already know (so many Ripple, hard to count :-)