There is no confusion if you read it as it is stated. They are referring to banks investigating Ripple, not Bitcoin. So no, the article is not confusing the two

There is no confusion if you read it as it is stated. They are referring to banks investigating Ripple, not Bitcoin. So no, the article is not confusing the two. Bitcoin technology (blockchain) is completely different from Ripple (consensus). The only thing they have in common is the "crypto" moniker. You can see an article with a Vice President of the St Loius Fed who is aware of the differences: https://ripple.com/blog/5-questions-for-st-louis-fed-economist-david-andolfatto/ https://ripple.com/blog/5-questions-for-st-louis-fed-economi...