It's not about speed, it's about utility. Hell, DogeCoin is fast too. Also nothing on DeFi runs on RippleNet as much as the XRP army claims it. Go take a look at aave, bancor, yearn, sushi, pancake, uniswap. None of them accepts XRP. For good reason, I hope that coin dies. Banks have publicly stated many times that they don't care about XRP, only RippleNet. If ripple was a publicly traded company it would've been different, right now all they do is dump on their holders. And if it's so good, why doesn't Jed keep his XRP instead of dumping immediately once he gets it from the escrow contract?