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The total market capitalization of the $XRP token has grown by over $1 billion in only 24 hours, at a time in which investors’ interest in the cryptocurrency space has been surging and prices have risen significantly. According to TradingView data, $XRP’s market capitalization moved from over $20 billion to over $21.4 billion at the […]

On Monday (23 January 2023), Bill Morgan, who is qualified to practice law in both the UK and Australia, explained why he believes that the lawsuit involving the U.S. SEC and Ripple Labs could end in a settlement. On 22 December 2020, the SEC announced that it had “filed an action against Ripple Labs Inc. and two […]

On Friday (20 January 2023), David Schwartz, who is Ripple’s Chief Cryptographer and Chief Technology Officer (CTO), explained why XRP is a commodity. On 22 December 2020, the SEC announced that it had “filed an action against Ripple Labs Inc. and two of its executives, who are also significant security holders, alleging that they raised over $1.3 billion through […]

Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse has said that the fintech firm is unlikely to settle with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in the regulator’s lawsuit against it and two executives, which alleges they “raised over $1.3 billion through an unregistered, ongoing digital asset securities offering.”  At a fireside chat in Davos with CNBC, Garlinghouse […]

On Tuesday (10 January 2023), Fox Business Senior Correspondent Charlie Gasparino warned that if the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) wins its ongoing lawsuit against Ripple, the crypto community would see a bloodbath. As you may remember, on 22 December 2020, the SEC announced that it had “filed an action against Ripple Labs Inc. and two […]

On Monday (9 January 2023), Sendi Young, Managing Director for UK and Europe at FinTech firm Ripple, share her predictions for “what we can expect from crypto over the next 12 months.” On 30 June 2021, Ripple announced Young’s appointment. Ripple’s press release stated that Sendi will “oversee strategy and champion the expansion of Ripple’s global financial network […]

On Wednesday (4 January 2023), American attorney  John Deaton, the owner of the Deaton Law Firm, on the U.S. SEC’s lawsuit against Ripple. As you may remember, on 22 December 2020, the SEC announced that it had “filed an action against Ripple Labs Inc. and two of its executives, who are also significant security holders, alleging that they […]

Although the XRP community seems to believe that the U.S. SEC’s lawsuit against Ripple does not go to verdict, American lawyer John Deaton, the owner of the Deaton Law Firm, now thinks that “we will get a decision by Judge Torres.” As you may remember, on 22 December 2020, the SEC announced that it had “filed an action […]

On 30 December 2022, Jeremy Hogan, a partner at the American law firm Hogan & Hogan, who has been closely following and commenting on the U.S. SEC’s lawsuit against Ripple, explained why he owns $XRP. As you may remember, on 22 December 2020, the SEC announced that it had “filed an action against Ripple Labs Inc. and two of its executives, […]

Matt Hamilton, a former Principal Developer Advocate at FinTech firm Ripple, has defended the utility of the $XRP token and said that smart contracts are coming to the cryptocurrency’s ledger. These could be used to power decentralized applications, the way they are used on other networks such as Ethereum and the BNB Chain. Hamilton, who […]

MoneyGram International has launched a new remittance service in Brazil through a new partnership with Frente Correta, one of the main partners of fintech firm Ripple in the country. The new service was positively met by the $XRP community. According to a newly issued press release, the new partnership led to the launch of MoneyGram […]

David Schwartz, who is Ripple’s Chief Cryptographer and Chief Technology Officer (CTO), has recently revealed he sees potential in carbon credits and gaming non-fungible tokens (NFTs), while still being excited about payments. Speaking at an interview after the Decentral conference in Miami, as The Block reported, Schwartz revealed he is excited about blockchain technology on […]

Nasdaq-listed cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has revealed it intends to honor its commitment to support the Flare ($FLR) token airdrop for users who held $XRP at the time of the snapshot, which was back on December 12, 2020. According to a series of tweets Coinbase shared with its users, the airdrop will be distributed to XRP […]

On Monday (September 19), January Walker, who was United Utah Party candidate for Utah’s fourth congressional district in the 2022 U.S. midterm elections, commented on the U.S. SEC’s ongoing lawsuit against Ripple. On 22 December 2020, the SEC announced that it had “filed an action against Ripple Labs Inc. and two of its executives, who are also significant […]

On Thursday (8 December 2022), Matt Hamilton, a former Principal Developer Advocate at FinTech firm Ripple, explained why $XRP has such a loyal and passionate community. It all started when Sasha Hodder, Founder of Hodder Law, “a firm dedicated to helping clients grow their business in the cryptocurrency field”, asked on Twitter even though $XRP’s […]

On Friday (9 August 2022), crypto investor and analyst Miles Deutscher explained why he wants Ripple to win even though he is not a “huge fan” of digital asset $XRP. As you may remember, on 22 December 2020, the SEC announced that it had “filed an action against Ripple Labs Inc. and two of its executives, who are also […]

An artificial intelligence-powered chatbot created by OpenAI, ChatGPT, has alleged that the XRP Ledger, the native network of the $XRP token, is secretly controlled by fintech firm Ripple. The firm’s Chief Technology Officer David Schwartz has responded to the theory. According to a Twitter thread shared by user Stefan Huber, ChatGPT’s AI has said that […]

Fintech firm Ripple has said that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) hasn’t been able to provide that its sales of the $XRP token were investment contracts during the regulator’s lawsuit against it. The SEC sued Ripple and two of its executives in 2020, alleging they sold unregistered securities when they issued $1.3 billion […]

On 4 December 2022, entrepreneur David Gokhshtein, who is Founder and Chairman of crypto-focused media outlet Gokhshtein Media, predicted victory for Ripple Labs in its fight against the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). As you may remember, on 22 December 2020, the SEC announced that it had “filed an action against Ripple Labs Inc. and two of its […]

On Sunday (27 November 2022), Matt Hamilton, a former Principal Developer Advocate at FinTech firm Ripple, explained the origin of “most of the disinformation spread about XRP.” Hamilton, who is currently Principal Developer Advocate at Protocol Labs, still spends time on Twitter helping to clarify confusion around XRP and XRPL Ledger. Earlier today, he said that […]

Recently, a former Goldman Sachs executive explained why he had “no issue” with XRP, the native digital asset of the open-source public XRP Ledger (XRPL), which was created in 2012 by David Schwartz, Jed McCaleb, and Arthur Britto. Prior to founding macro economic and investment strategy research service Global Macro Investor (GMI) in 2005, ex-Golan executive Raoul Pal co-managed the GLG Global […]

Earlier this week, FinTech firm Ripple took a closer look at the rapid growth this year of its On-Demand Liquidity (ODL) solution. In a blog post published on 15 November 2022, Ripple started by pointing out that it has “recently announced various new ODL customers” and that “ODL payout markets” include Africa, Argentina, Belgium, Israel, […]

Stuart Alderoty, who is FinTech firm Ripple’s General Counsel, says that although his firm still has quite a lot of employees inside the U.S. (presumably since the headquarters are in San Francisco), it is “effectively” operating outside the U.S. On 22 December 2020, the SEC announced that it had “filed an action against Ripple Labs Inc. and […]

On Monday (14 November 2022), Charles Hoskinson, Co-Founder and CEO of Input Output Global (aka “IOG”), the blockchain technology firm behind Cardano’s R&D, talked about why he believes the U.S. SEC decided to allege that $XRP is a security instead of $ETH. on 14 June 2018, William Hinman, the director of the Division of Corporation […]

Recently, STASIS, the issuer of EURS, which it claims to be the largest euro-backed digital asset’, announced that it had integrated the XRP Ledger to “further shape the vision of multichain stablecoin.” The Evolution of the XRP Ledger The open-source public XRP Ledger (XRPL) was created in 2012 by David Schwartz, Jed McCaleb, and Arthur Britto; its […]

On Monday (31 October 2022), days after FinTech firm Ripple celebrated its 10th anniversary, David Schwartz, who is the firm’s Chief Cryptographer and Chief Technology Officer (CTO), gave XRP HODLers an even better reason to celebrate. Ripple’s 10th Anniversary On Thursday (October 20), Ripple, the FinTech firm that is using blockchain technology to allow “global […]

On Friday (October 28), Jake Chervinsky, who is Executive Vice President and Head of Policy at Blockchain Association, Advisor at Variant Fund, and Board Member at DeFi Education Fund, explained why the U.S. SEC’s views are “wrong as a matter of law and policy.” As you may remember, on 22 December 2020, the SEC announced that it […]

On Thursday (October 27), FinTech firm Ripple announced that its XRP holdings are now “below 50% of the total outstanding supply for the first time” and that it currently operates only 4 out of the 130+ validator nodes on the XRP Ledger (XRPL). These statements were part of Ripple’s Q3 2022 XRP Markets Report. Here […]

San Francisco headquartered FinTech firm Ripple, which celebrated its 10th anniversary last Thursday (October 20), is bringing its annual Swell conference to London this November, and it is raising awareness of its brand by placing ads at strategic locations in London’s two financial districts. Ripple, which uses blockchain technology to allow “global financial institutions, businesses, […]

In a recent interview, Deborah McCrimmon, who is Vice President of Litigation and Employment at Ripple, talked about the U.S. SEC’s ongoing lawsuit against Ripple. As you may remember, on 22 December 2020, the SEC announced that it had “filed an action against Ripple Labs Inc. and two of its executives, who are also significant security holders, […]

On Thursday (October 20), Ripple, the FinTech firm that is using blockchain technology to allow “global financial institutions, businesses, governments and developers to move, manage and tokenize value”, celebrated its 10th anniversary. Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse said that the team celebrated the firm’s birthday at their latest All Hands meeting: Interestingly, Ripple had something else […]

On Friday (October 21), Cryptographer and software engineer Nik Bougalis, who is currently Director of Engineering at Ripple, announced that he is leaving the Californian FinTech firm in a few weeks. Bougalis, who has been working on the XRP Ledger (XRPL) for around 10 years, took to Twitter to say: “My decade-long journey at @Ripple […]

Ripple, a popular fintech firm and a major player in the $XRP ecosystem, has unveiled the second wave of non-fungible token (NFT) projects to receive funding for their work on the $XRP Ledger. The funding comes from Ripple’s Creator Fund, which aims to support those who want to “create and monetize accessible and innovative non-fungible […]

A panel of cryptocurrency experts has predicted that the price of $XRP, the native token of the XRP Ledger, could surge to $3.81 by the end of 2025 if Ripple wins its legal battle against the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The experts, however, predicted the cryptocurrency would trade at just $0.98 if Ripple […]

On Saturday (October 15), Ripple Labs CEO Brad Garlinghouse expressed how he feels about the U.S. SEC’s ongoing lawsuit against his firm. As you may remember, on 22 December 2020, the SEC announced that it had “filed an action against Ripple Labs Inc. and two of its executives, who are also significant security holders, alleging that they […]

On Tuesday (October 11), entrepreneur David Gokhshtein, who is Founder and Chairman of crypto-focused media outlet Gokhshtein Media, explained why he is wondering if he should be buying more XRP. On 30 September 2022, Gokhshtein said that those who keep dumping on XRP are inadvertently helping to grow the XRP community. This was not the first time […]

On Tuesday (October 11), Ripple announced that it has formed a strategic partnership with Paris-headquartered payment provider Lemonway, which will use Ripple’s XRP-powered solution On-Demand Liquidity (ODL) to “enhance its treasury payments processes.” Lemonway is “a pan-European payment institution dedicated to marketplaces, alternative finance platforms and other companies looking for payment processing, wallet management and […]

In a recent interview, former Goldman Sachs executive Raoul Pal explained why he is “long” on XRP. Prior to founding macro economic and investment strategy research service Global Macro Investor (GMI) in 2005, Pal co-managed the GLG Global Macro Fund in London for global asset management firm GLG Partners (which is now called “Man GLG”). Before that, Pal worked at Goldman […]

On Saturday (October 8), Charles Hoskinson, who is Co-Founder and CEO of IO Global (aka “IOG”, formerly known as “IOHK”), shared his latest thoughts on crypto regulation in general and the U.S. SEC’s lawsuit against Ripple Labs in particular. As you may remember, on 22 December 2020, the SEC announced that it had “filed an action against […]

On Friday (September 30), entrepreneur David Gokhshtein, who is Founder and Chairman of crypto-focused media outlet Gokhshtein Media, said that those who keep dumping on XRP are inadvertently helping to grow the XRP community. This was not the first time that Gokhshtein had tweeted about XRP. For example, on September 28, he tweeted: Before we […]

Last week, Ripple Labs CEO Brad Garlinghouse talked to CNBC technology reporter MacKenzie Sigalos about the U.S. SEC’s ongoing lawsuit against himself and his firm. As you may remember, on 22 December 2020, the SEC announced that it had “filed an action against Ripple Labs Inc. and two of its executives, who are also significant security holders, […]

A popular cryptocurrency analyst has predicted that the price of $XRP could soon explode upwards, at a time in which both Ripple and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) are looking for a ruling in their long-running legal battle through a so-called summary judgment. Closely-followed trader DonAlt has revealed in a video he sees […]

On Friday (September 23), a very popular crypto analyst explained why $XRP has performed so well in the past week or so. As you can see from data by TradingView, on crypto exchange Bitstamp, XRP-USD has gone from around $0.3238 on September 16 to around $0.4930 where it is today (as of 8:00 a.m. UTC), […]

Earlier this week, at an event organised by Politico, Stuart Aldertoy, who is General Counsel at Ripple, talked about the detrimental effects of “regulatory hostility” toward crypto in the U.S. Aldertoy’s comments were made on September 20 during a conversation with Cally Baute, who is a Senior VP at Politico, at an event called “Writing […]

On Wednesday (September 21), Stuart Alderoty, who is General Counsel at Ripple, commented on the ongoing lawsuit (against Ripple) that was initiated in December 2019 by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Aldertoy, who has been Ripple’s General Counsel since January 2019, made his comments while speaking to CoinDesk TV’s flagship show “First Mover”. As […]

On Wednesday (September 21), Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse talked to Ryan Selkis, Co-Founder and CEO at Messari, at Messari’s annual conference Mainnet (September 21-23, 2022) — in New York City — about the U.S. SEC’s lawsuit against Ripple. First, the Ripple CEO talked about Ripple’s mission and where it stands today: “Today, I believe… we […]

Recently, former Goldman Sachs executive Raoul Pal explained why he is bullish on Ripple and the XRPL Ledger (XRPL). Prior to founding macro economic and investment strategy research service Global Macro Investor (GMI) in 2005, Pal co-managed the GLG Global Macro Fund in London for global asset management firm GLG Partners (which is now called “Man GLG”). Before that, Pal […]

Jeremy Hogan, an $XRP proponent and a U.S. legal counsel, has recently said that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s lawsuit against Ripple and two of its executives alleging they “raised over $1.3 billion through an unregistered, ongoing digital asset securities offering.”  Responding to a user on social media, Hogan noted that the lawsuit could […]

On Thursday (September 1), Emi Yoshikawa, Ripple’s VP of Corporate Strategy and Operations, talked about an important new strategic partnership for her firm. Earlier today, Yoshikawa, who has been working at Ripple for nearly six years, tweeted about a new strategic partnership between Ripple Labs (which is headquartered in San Francisco, California) and Web3 Design Lab, […]

During a recent interview with UK-based news outlet Financial News, Sendi Young, Managing Director for UK and Europe at FinTech firm Ripple, shared her thoughts on the regulation of the crypto space. On 30 June 2021, Ripple announced Young’s appointment. Ripple’s press release stated that Sendi will “oversee strategy and champion the expansion of Ripple’s global financial network technology, RippleNet, […]

The education arm of the world’s largest crypto exchange (by trading volume) has a lot of nice things to say about decentralized public blockchain XRPL Ledger (XRPL) and its native token XRP. The XRP Ledger was created in 2012 by David Schwartz, Jed McCaleb, and Arthur Britto. On 27 February 2020, during an episode of “The Ripple […]

Recently, Grayscale Investments (“Grayscale”), which is one of the world’s largest digital currency asset managers, made some questionable claims about XRP. As Stefan Huber pointed out yesterday (August 21), in an Information Statement for Grayscale Stellar Lumens Trust (XLM) that the firm filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) last Tuesday (August 16), here […]

On Friday (August 19), Emi Yoshikawa, Ripple’s VP of Corporate Strategy and Operations, reported a meeting with the mayor of Fakuoka City and his team at Ripple’s headquarters. Fukuoka is the capital city of Fukuoka Prefecture in Japan. It is also Japan’s sixth-largest city with a population of around 1.6 million (as of June 2021). […]

American FinTech firm Ripple has announced that Travalex Bank — a subsidiary of Travelex, which is the world’s largest exchange business specialist — in Brazil has started using its XRP-powered On-Demand Liquidity (ODL) solution. ODL uses XRP as a bridge currency, “enabling instant and low cost settlement without the need to hold pre-funded capital in a […]

It seems that Californian FinTech firm Ripple is considering purchasing the assets of bankrupt crypto lending firm Celsius Network. According to a report published by Reuters earlier today, a company representative told them: “We are interested in learning about Celsius and its assets, and whether any could be relevant to our business.“ The Ripple spokesperson […]

Matt Hamilton, a former Principal Developer Advocate at major fintech firm Ripple, has said that the XRP Ledger, whose native token is $XRP, “just works” and has been running for nearly a decade now. Hamilton’s words came during an exchange with another user on the microblogging platform Twitter who defended Bitcoin and its layer-2 scaling […]

Barcelona-headquartered blockchain startup Peersyst has made an important announcement about the first National Land Registry system built on the open-source public XRP Ledger (XRPL). XRPL was created in 2012 by David Schwartz, Jed McCaleb, and Arthur Britto, and its native digital asset is XRP. On July 1, Peersyst announced the launch of Colombia’s first National Land Registry on top of […]

On Saturday (July 30), digital asset $XRP is the highest percentage gainer (vs USD) among the top 30 cryptoassets by market cap, which has helped it to overtake $ADA and take 6th place. According to data by TradingView, on crypto exchange Bitstamp, at 4:29 p.m. UTC on July 30, the $XRP price hit $0.40954, which […]

Ripple’s $XRP-powered On-Demand Liquidity (ODL) solution has seen its volume grow 9x year-over-year in the second quarter of the year, and the company has sold a total of $408.9 million worth of the token in the quarter, compared to $273.27 million in Q1. According to Ripple’s Q2 2022 XRP Markets report, Q2 was a “record […]

On Tuesday (July 26), crypto analytics firm Santiment talked about the XRP Network reaching “a huge milestone.”  According to Santiment’s tweet, “the amount of unique addresses currently interacting on the network has exceeded 247k in just a 4-hour window.” The following chart by Messari (based on data from Coin Metrics) shows how XRP’s Active Address Count has […]