I bought some IOTA early December and literally nothing was working - no sending and receiving of funds - and I was not the only one. The only thing they did, was blaming users that they have done something wrong and stating, that they are just in the early phases. Well, every crypto startup is, right? Then came the PR disasters (like the one with MS) and a community, that is highly delusional and only consisting of die hard fanboys, that wouldn't allow any questioning. After some days of looking at this mess, I sold my IOTA (without ever being able to withdraw them from the exchange) and I will never look back - even when they go to the moon, I won´t care (which I seriously doubt, judging on the things I saw). While Ripple (and other coins) may only be part of a bigger game banks and huge corporations are playing, IOTA is a failure from the start. So if they would also play a role in this, I wouldn´t be surprised - also, if this year they would be exposed as a huge scam.