Litecoin likens XRP to rotten eggs as Ripple community floats lawsuits and flaunts White House access

The XRP community has launched a strong pushback against Litecoin after the project’s official X (formerly Twitter) account compared the token to rotten eggs in a widely criticized post.

On Aug. 29, Litecoin’s handle shared a sarcastic “fun fact” noting that a comet smells like rotten eggs, urine, burning matches, and almonds.

The account then linked the analogy to XRP, suggesting that its promotion as a banking solution misleads retail investors into believing the system itself is more valuable than the money it transfers.

In the same post, Litecoin mocked Ripple’s long-standing narrative that XRP could serve as a digital replacement for SWIFT, while also ridiculing CEO Brad Garlinghouse by rebranding him “Brad Garlicmouse.”

The commentary struck a nerve among XRP supporters, who viewed it as both dismissive and inflammatory.

Within hours, the XRP community fired back, with some members even hinting at potential legal action. Others sought to compare...

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