The U.S. tech company that backs the third top cryptocurrency by market cap, Ripple (#XRP), has confirmed to Reuters that #AmirSarhangi is leaving his position at Google to lead Ripple’s global payments network, #RippleNet. Sarhangi reportedly joined #Google in 2015 when the tech giant acquired Jibe Mobile, a startup that he founded to develop technology for wireless carriers to implement rich communication system (RCS).