Western Union Announces Ripple Trial for USD and MXN Payment Corridors
Over the past eighteen months, there has been a severe uptick in companies trying to use Ripple’s technology. This will lead to some pretty interesting use cases, assuming the …
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Austrian Startup Partners Ripple to Rival SWIFT’s Money Transfer Rails
The year 2018 has been one of many interesting developments affecting cryptocurrencies, tokens, and digital assets. One of the more notable trends was the growing number of companies willing …
Ripple Announces $50M University Blockchain Research Initiative
June 5, 2018
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Ripple has announced that it’s partnering with 17 global universities to support research and development of blockchain technology. In a blog post published yesterday, the company hailed universities as “major …
Bitcoin Price Watch: Currency Jumps to $8,500
At press time, bitcoin has risen $200 higher from where it stood yesterday. Signs of recovery are now showing themselves as we inch away from the repeated drops of …
What Is Xpring?
The Ripple team is working hard on bringing blockchain technology to the financial industry. While its xRapid solution has already been pretty well-received, it now seems the company has …
Ripple Releases First Pilot Results for xRapid, and They Are Impressive
May 12, 2018
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Ripple has released its first pilot results for its remittance solution, xRapid. xRapid is one of the three solutions the company offers – the other two being xVia and …
Ripple Labs Faces a Class-Action Lawsuit for Violating Securities Laws
In the past few weeks, there has been a lot of talk of existing cryptocurrencies potentially being labeled securities. Two currencies are of particular concern in this regard, as …
Positive Outlook as Ripple Releases Q1 XRP Markets Report
April 27, 2018
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XRP’s share of the industry’s total market capitalization doubled in the first quarter of 2018. This was one of the many positive highlights of Ripple’s XRP Q1 report released via a …
Former CFTC Chair: Ethereum and Ripple Are Non-Compliant Securities
April 25, 2018
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Ethereum’s Ether and Ripple’s XRP should be categorized as non-compliant securities, according to the former head of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Gary Gensler. Bitcoin is exempt from this …