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January 16, 2019 @ 7:43 pm By Cali Haan  |  

An anonymous investigator called “Crypto Reckoning” has published a video containing allegations that three banking partnerships claimed by Ripple, the world’s second largest cryptocurrency project by market cap, are thin at best. Ripple’s creators came from banking, and, according to Cryptocurrencyfacts.com, determined to create Ripple… Read More

January 10, 2019 @ 3:04 am By Erin Hobey  |  

The Gibraltar Blockchain Exchange (GBX), an institutional-grade, regulated and insured token sale platform and digital asset exchange, has added Ripple (XRP) to its Digital Asset Exchange (GBX-DAX), an exchange created with the high expectations of professional crypto-traders in mind. “Ripple is a major player within… Read More

September 10, 2018 @ 12:19 pm By Cali Haan  |  

The lawyer Brynly Llyr will be leaving her post as Lead Counsel at remittance company Ripple, a Ripple spokesperson has confirmed to Quartz: “We’re grateful for all that she did to help build an incredible team…(and) wish Brynly all the best in her next endeavor…(T)he… Read More

August 24, 2018 @ 4:23 pm By Cali Haan  |  

Thailand’s central bank, the Bank of Thailand (BOT), has announced it is trialing a version of R3’s distributed ledger system, Corda, as a means of making wholesale funds transfers more efficient. R3’s distributed ledger will also be used by the BOT to issue a wholesale Central… Read More

June 15, 2018 @ 7:30 am By Cali Haan  |  

For several weeks, the CEO of Ripple, Brad Garlinghouse, has been publicly calling out Bitcoin. The Ripple vs. Bitcoin rivalry goes all the way back to 2012, when Ripple’s founders developed the company’s services specifically to service the banks and cross-border remittance firms Bitcoin was… Read More

June 6, 2018 @ 11:42 pm By Cali Haan  |  

Ripple CTO Stefan Thomas has left the building and has taken with him a model for smart contracts shelved by the company in 2015. Thomas’s new venture, Coil, claims to have made smart contracts- literally, computer code-based contracts that can execute automatically when fed required… Read More

May 6, 2018 @ 2:42 pm By Cali Haan  |  

Ripple Labs, the company behind the cryptocurrency Ripple (XRP), are facing a class action lawsuit filed by an investor, Ryan Coffey, who alleges the company sold it’s cryptocurrency tokens to the public in violation of US securities laws. The filing also claims the company has… Read More

February 21, 2018 @ 8:21 am By JD Alois  |  

InstaReM, a southeast Asia’s digital cross-border money transfer service provider, has inked a strategic partnership with enterprise Blockchain payment solutions provider, Ripple. According to InstaReM, this partnership will facilitate quick and secure payouts for RippleNet members across Southeast Asia.  InstaReM is a Singapore-headquartered cross-border payments… Read More

November 1, 2016 @ 12:02 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

San Francisco fintech company, Ripple, announced on Tuesday it has appointed president and chief operating officer, Brad Garlinghouse, as its new CEO. Former CEO, Chris Larsen will be stepped down from the role to become executive chairman of the company’s board of director. Ripple reports… Read More

October 13, 2016 @ 2:43 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

With the American people set to vote for their next President on November 8th, CEO of Ripple, Chris Larsen, revealed why the next leader of the country needs to consider putting fintech in their agenda. Larsen stated in a blog post on Thursday that while the… Read More