According to Chris Larsen, co-founder and executive chairman of Ripple Labs, the company is likely to move its headquarters overseas because due to the regulatory stance of the federal government towards the crypto industry. Larsen made the comments at the LA Blockchain Summit on Tuesday. He argued that almost every country besides Read more…
US Congressman Tom Emmer, known to be a proponent for blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies, presented the “Securities Clarity Act” in the middle of last week to provide the long-awaited legal clarity in the United States. The Securities Clarity Act introduces a new definition for the term “token”, which is to exist in Read more…
In a new blog post entitled “Interoperability Will Determine CBDC Winners and Losers”, Ripple discussed the need for a networked system of Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs). As the San Francisco-based company explained, the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic has encouraged the use of contactless payments instead of cash. The pandemic has changed the Read more…
Over 1.1 billion XRP coins have been designated by investors to receive free Spark governance token by Flare in an upcoming airdrop to hold this December. As announced, only registered and eligible accounts qualify to get the free Spark token. Flare, in partnership with one of the top crypto giants, Ripple, says one Read more…
The price of Ripple (XRP) currently stands around $0.24 which is still far away from the XRP price predictions for 2020 year. Ripple has found strong support above the $0.20 level and the technical picture implies that the price may recover in the upcoming period. If you want to buy Ripple, the Read more…
Azimo’s blog post says that the platform for digital cash wires, which uses Ripple’s On-Demand Liquidity service (ODL), has recently joined forces with Chinese giant Alipay. The partnership has been up and running for a while already. Azimo has been using Ripple’s ODL service since late February of this year. The partnership was Read more…
A cryptocurrency exchange in Slovakia is the latest platform to be victimized by hackers. This time, hackers made off with more than 5 million dollars according to early assessments by researchers at The Block. The victim, Eterbase, is a relatively small exchange with a trading volume of around $3 million Read more…
Binance pioneers XRP derivatives Bitcoin Futures turns one Binance Futures, the futures trading platform of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange by reported trading volumes, is set to launch two new perpetual contracts for XRP and Ethereum Classic (ETC), according to its Tuesday announcement. The contracts will be paired against the USD Read more…
In a series of recent tweets, Blockstream CEO Adam Back put several prominent altcoins on blast in the light of the SushiSwap drama. XRP ripple: swift network but blockchain, 100% premine, affinity scam pump, dump on retail & repeat. — Adam Back (@adam3us) September 5, 2020 Apart from taking his usual Read more…
Japanese financial giant SBI Holdings is preparing to launch contract-for-difference, or CFD, trading for major cryptocurrencies. Starting Aug. 31, SBI Holdings will start CFD trading service for crypto assets, including Bitcoin (BTC), Ether (ETH) and XRP, Cointelegraph Japan reported on Aug. 28. As officially announced, the new service will be offered through SBI’s foreign exchange-focused arm, SBI FX Read more…