Past 2 weeks have seen Ripple (XRP) lose 18% of its value. In the crypto world where most want to reject banks like an Outlaw, Ripple appears appears to be the Bad Boy with Big Boys. Yet Ripple has proven its worth with Alpha Trials and adoption with Banks for Faster payments and settlements. Ripple…
IOTA is up huge today at over 70% and now #5 on coinmarketcap after the successful launch of the data marketplace. IOTA now sits behind Ripple (XRP), Bitcoin Cash (BCC), Ethereum (ETH), and the market leader in Bitcoin (BTC). What does the data marketplace mean and why is it driving prices higher?
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It is not often that one gets a chance to ride a bolt of lightning like the stunning rise of Ripple from obscurity to $10 billion market cap. For holders of Ripple from release that rise is now just over 50x the original investment. To put another way, $500 invested in Ripple (XRP) at launch…
In capitalism there is fierce competition but in the end there ends up being more than one company to perform similar tasks which gives customers the ability to choose. Ripple (XRP) has been signing up large banks in rapid fire succession and rapidly grown to over $10 billion in market cap as a new generation…
Ripple (XRP) is now experiencing a surge through the Japanese markets. After April’s legislation that turned Bitcoin into a legal and recognized form of payment in Japan. The approval of this legislation led to an increase in public confidence and acceptance regarding cryptocurrencies as a method of exchanging value.
Small businesses are rushing to adapt…
Waves (WAVES) is looking to build a robust decentralized exchange (DEX) and trading platform but also a launch pad for future ICOs. There is a limited ongoing closed Beta which is trading live with users prior to the expected December 13 release of the public Beta. Just yesterday the closed Beta crossed an important trading…
Our recent article ‘Could Ripple XRP Be About to Hit Mainstream Retailers,’ was received with some controversy. In that article, however, we simply looked objectively at how over 2017, Ripple (XRP) executives have been positioned in a way which is suggestive of a future attempt to dominate various world retail payment markets.
Fast forwarding just…
Ripple (XRP)--Coinbase, a web and app-based marketplace for buying and selling cryptocurrency, is one of the largest companies in the financial world. As of Sunday, the company reported having a user base of 13.3 million, up 300,000 new registrations from the previous week alone . To give those numbers perspective, the world’s second largest stock…
A major announcement was made during Coindesk's Consensus conference that marked a great achievement for cryptocurrencies. Michael Arrington, the founder of one of the internet's most successful startup, TechCrunch, announced a new hedge fund that would become the first to become denominated in a cryptocurrency. The currency that Arrington settled on was XRP, Ripple's native…
We looked at Tether and USDt recently with some skepticism about a hack that was announced with a specific number of $30 million USDt stolen and isolated to an unauthorized wallet. We advised caution and more research while we waited for further information about the hack which has not come from Tether.
Now some of…