@tradewonk, In my opinion when Ripple entered into the market it came with lot of potential and project also sounded great.
But after that we saw the downtrend to some extent, may be there would many reasons because we know how dynamic is Crypto market.
But, these two Transactions are really huge and in my opinion these reflecting that may be big updates are going on.
And no matter which coin, we have to see the growth because, Crypto Sphere is in Infant Stage and if see growth of particular project it will going to give boost to Crypto Sphere.
Wishing you an great day and stay blessed. 🙂