Tagged: ripple

June 13, 2018 @ 10:00 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Swarm, a blockchain for private equity platform, announced on Wednesday the launch of tokens representing equity in individual tech companies, allowing Swarm investors to purchase security tokens representing fractional shares in private companies. According to Swarm, the secondaries, which are sourced through partners who acquire equity… Read More

June 12, 2018 @ 6:46 am By Cali Haan  |  

Enterprise blockchain developer R3 is running out of money, sources to Fortune magazine say.   R3 began as a startup in 2014, and tasked itself with creating blockchain products for banks and finance firms. It is considered to be one of Ripple’s main competitors. Blockchain… Read More

June 11, 2018 @ 6:00 pm By Cali Haan  |  

Brett Redfearn, the Director of the Division of Trading and Markets at the SEC has criticized crypto producers and exchanges for failing to voluntarily register and report their activities to the SEC. “We’re underwhelmed by the enthusiasm for coming within the regulatory structure right now,”… Read More

June 8, 2018 @ 2:00 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

SharesPost, a provider of late-stage private company liquidity solutions and private capital markets research, announced on Friday it has appointed Vijay Chetty as its new Vice President of Business Development. SharesPost reported that before he joined its team, Chetty spent more than three years focusing… 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

June 5, 2018 @ 12:37 pm By JD Alois  |  

How times have changed. Ripple Labs, creators of the third largest cryptocurrency (CRP) by market cap following only Bitcoin and Ethereum, have hired two well known big legal guns to defend their case in the California Courts. Ripple has hired former SEC Chair Mary Jo… Read More

May 14, 2018 @ 10:55 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Monday, Ripple announced the launch of Xpring, which is a new initiative by the company that will invest in, incubate, acquire and provide grants to companies and projects run by proven entrepreneurs. According to Ripple, every entrepreneur will use the digital asset XRP and… 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

May 1, 2018 @ 3:43 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Tuesday, Oman bank BankDhofar announced it is the first bank in Oman to join Ripple’s global enterprise blockchain network, RippleNet. According to BankDhofar, the blockchain network will help its customers save both time and money when sending payments overseas. The bank joins more than 100… Read More

April 27, 2018 @ 2:00 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

California fintech Ripple announced on Thursday it has added five new xVia customers to its global payments network. According to Ripple, xVia is an API solution enabling payment originators to access and reap the benefits of RippleNet. The five companies, which are located in Europe and Asia,… Read More

April 11, 2018 @ 12:07 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Wednesday, California fintech Ripple announced it invested $25 million in XRP to Blockchain Capital Parallel IV, LP, a fund that accepts capital calls in digital assets and focuses entirely on the development of the blockchain space. According to Ripple, the $150 million, which is fund managed by Blockchain Capital,… Read More

April 10, 2018 @ 12:19 pm By JD Alois  |  

LendIt returned to San Francisco this year as it continues with its annual conference which is one of the largest Fintech focused events in the US. This year’s event is a bit different for several reasons. First of all, more traditional banks showed up in… Read More

March 28, 2018 @ 9:29 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Wednesday, DonorsChoose announced San Francisco-based Ripple donated $29 million to fund every classroom project request on the nonprofit’s crowdfunding platform. According to DonorsChoose, the donation fulfilled 35,647 requests from 28,210 public school teachers in every state. Teachers at 16,561 public schools, or 1in 6 of all the public schools in… Read More

March 8, 2018 @ 4:19 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Grayscale Investments, LLC, a digital currency investing authority, launched four new investment products including Bitcoin Cash Investment Trust, Ethereum Investment Trust, Litecoin Investment Trust and XRP Investment Trust.  As of 28 February 2018, Grayscale reported possessed $2.1 billion in assets under management. Barry Silbert, Digital Currency… Read More

March 7, 2018 @ 3:02 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Tuesday, Ripple announced that the Japanese Bank Consortium will release MoneyTap mobile app, which is powered by the company’s blockchain technology, to allow customers of the bank consortium to settle transactions instantly, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. According to Ripple, MoneyTap… Read More

February 27, 2018 @ 1:38 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Within a month of launching its de Vere Crypto cryptocurrency app and despite last week’s crypto crash, deVere Group has decided to add two new tokens to its crypto trading app. Users of deVere Crypto can now also store, transfer and exchange Ripple (XRP) and Dash (DASH), alongside… 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

February 14, 2018 @ 7:30 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Mobius, described as a “turn-key blockchain-enabling platform” using patent-pending technology, offers a range of products, including a free, universal API that allows non-blockchain developers to connect resources to smart contracts and the blockchain ecosystem. Existing web properties, apps, devices and data streams can utilize the… Read More

February 12, 2018 @ 9:15 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

UAE Exchange, a global money transfer, foreign exchange and payment solutions brand, recently announced it has partnered with San Francisco-based Ripple to enable instant, seamless and real-time cross-border payments. The organization confirmed that the partnership makes it the largest payment solutions provider in the Middle East to use… Read More

February 8, 2018 @ 3:03 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

  CoinDesk, a leading global digital media company focused on crypto assets and blockchain, released its Q4 State of Blockchain Report, a respected authority on blockchain trends research and analysis. The quarterly report comes on the heels of one of the busiest quarters in the… Read More