XRP

Another day, another cryptocurrency theft. | Source: Shutterstock By CCN Markets: 7News Sydney reports that Katherine Nguyen is the first-ever Australian resident to plead guilty for cryptocurrency fraud after stealing 100,000 XRP. In 2018, twenty-four-year-old Nguyen hijacked the email account of an elderly man of the same surname for two days before handing back access....Read More

XRP has not been having a great year, in terms of price as the market reports negative YTD returns for Ripple’s native token. However, XRP has been on an adoption spree since the beginning of the year, Ripple’s recent partnership with MoneyGram being an illustrious example. Despite the technology and institutional partnerships turning heads, the...Read More

XRP had been falling since the beginning of the year, while other coins experienced their own share of ups and downs in the market. However, the YTD returns of XRP have been disappointing, with the popular altocin recording a YTD of -23.85%. The coin doesn’t seem to be finding respite, even in the short term,...Read More

Ripple, a real-time gross settlements system and remittance network, had recently announced a strategic partnership with MoneyGram, one of the world’s foremost money transfer companies. Immediately after this partnership went live, XRP/MXN volume on Bitso rose by 25%. Breanne M. Madigan of Global Institutional Markets at Ripple commented, “New (and notable) data shows that although...Read More

According to expert predictions, the Bitcoin dominance registered on CoinMarketCap has been tweaked for liquidity. Forecasting that in reality, the dominance could cripple the survival of Altcoins. As the current value of Bitcoin hovers around $10,000, it’s dominance upsurges in correspondence. According to CoinMarketCap’s estimate as at Thursday, 5th August. BTC dominance was sitting around seventy...Read More

UK-based international money transfer company Xendpay is the newest member to join Ripple Net, which will give Ripple access to markets in Bangladesh, Malaysia, Philippines, Vietnam, Indonesia, and Thailand. Ripple posted on its blog that Xendpay provides “some of the most competitive rates on cross-border money transfers” which also offering customers “the option to waive...Read More

On Aug 21, 2019, kompany announced that their API platform, BREX, had brought 5 more XRP Ledger validator nodes live, for a total of 6 nodes verifying thousands of transactions each, every day. And now there are 6 – We’re happy to announce that kompany’s #API Platform BREX has taken 5 more #RippleNet XRP Ledger...Read More

Vitalik Buterin was in the news after speaking to the newspaper, ‘Toronto Star’, and stating that “Scalability is a big bottleneck because the Ethereum blockchain is almost full.” High transaction fees are obstructing widespread adoption, he said. His words were, “If you’re a bigger organization, the calculus is that if we join, it will not...Read More

Photo: A1 Austria’s telecommunications giant and the country’s largest mobile service provider A1 has officially announced accepting cryptocurrency payments at some of its store locations across Austria. In the official announcement, A1 states that in its pilot project, they will accept cryptocurrency payments at some A1 shops while demonstrating global businesses that integrating digital currency...Read More

Cardano Price Analysis (ADA/USD) The price of ADA/USD pair has recorded an impressive price recovery over the intraday.  The price-performance is bullish with an upsurge gain of 11%. The market escalated from where it closed yesterday at $0.04719 where it is currently trading at $0.05027. Additionally, the market began the session with a bullish pressure...Read More

R3’s Corda Settler entered into a partnership with the centralized payments network, SWIFT in January 2019. R3 also commenced testing its Corda Settler payments engine with XRP, Ripple’s native cryptocurrency. The Brad Garlinghouse-led firm is often dubbed as a potential disrupter of the SWIFT network and the collaboration has been welcomed with open arms by...Read More

Ripple has been in the headlines today, as the Spanish bank Santander confirmed plans to extend the use of Ripple’s xCurrent network. The banking behemoth will be rolling out its One Pay FX mobile app to customers in Latin America, enabling a payment gateway for sending funds to the U.S. The XRP price jumped from...Read More

The Santander Group plans to establish a new payments corridor in Latin America allowing countries to make instant payments to the U.S. using Ripple’s xCurrent payment solution. Although XRP has been a poor performer so far in 2019, Ripple‘s blockchain-based money transfer and remittance solutions continue to make progress. Santander Group, the Spanish banking giant,...Read More

The weekend has been largely one of consolidation for crypto markets as Bitcoin has held on to gains to keep it in five figures. Monday morning, however, has seen some bigger moves on altcoin prices as they outperform their big brother in a rare upswing.Crypto Markets Gain on AltcoinsMost of 2019 has seen the altcoins...Read More

Fidelity’s charity arm, Fidelity Charitable, said late last month that it has received more than $100 million in cryptocurrency donations since 2015. In total, more than $106 million worth of cryptocurrencies has been granted to Fidelity Charitable since it first began accepting this form of donation, according to the firm’s annual report published late last...Read More