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Ripple

Ripple CEO Intends to ‘Press Advantage’ With New Investments

CEO Brad Garlinghouse said Ripple is "in a very strong position... and I intend to press our advantage" through new investments.

Markets  ·  9 August 2019
Brexit

R3 Doubles London Office Space for Blockchain Hiring Spree

Enterprise blockchain firm R3 is doubling its office space in London to accommodate a hiring spree.

Markets  ·  1 August 2019
XRP

Ripple Sells $251 Million in XRP in Q2 Amid Spike in Institutional Buying

XRP's global trading volume dropped 28 percent after CryptoCompare filtered out inflated statistics.

Markets  ·  24 July 2019
Ripple

Ripple Could Invest Up to $50 Million in MoneyGram in XRP Boosting Deal

Money transfer giant MoneyGram will use Ripple's xRapid and the XRP cryptocurrency to settle cross-border transactions as part of a new partnership.

Markets  ·  17 June 2019
Brazil

Ripple Kicks Off South America Expansion With Brazil Launch

Blockchain payments company Ripple has launched in Brazil as the first stage of its planned expansion across South America.

Business  ·  11 June 2019
Banking

Ripple Adds SBI President To Its Board of Directors

Ripple has added Japanese financial giant SBI Holdings' president and CEO Yoshitaka Kitao to its board.

Business  ·  5 May 2019
Payments

Euronet Subsidiary Ria Turns to Ripple Tech Seeking Faster Money Transfers

Ria Money Transfer, one of the world's biggest remittance firms, has joined Ripple's blockchain-based payments network.

Business  ·  3 May 2019
XRP

Ex-Ripple CTO Launches Blogging Platform to Pay Content Creators XRP

The Coil blogging platform offers tipping via XRP and in future plans to work with a variety of assets.

Business  ·  1 May 2019
XRP

Ripple Says Sales of XRP Cryptocurrency Grew 31% in Q1

Blockchain payments startup Ripple has reported a 31 percent quarter-to-quarter increase in sales of XRP.

Business  ·  25 April 2019
Japan

Japanese Bank Abandons Work With SBI Ripple’s ‘Money Tap’ App

Resona, one of three Japanese banks working with SBI Holdings and Ripple on their blockchain app Money Tap, is pulling out of the project.

Business  ·  12 April 2019
XRP

Ripple Co-Founder Donates $25 Million in XRP to US University

Ripple co-founder Chris Larsen, his wife Lyna Lam and the Rippleworks nonprofit have donated $25 million in XRP to San Francisco State University.

Markets  ·  8 April 2019
Europe

EU Blockchain Group Launches With SWIFT, Ripple Onboard

Over 100 firms including SWIFT, IBM and Ripple have joined a blockchain association officially launched by the European Commission on Wednesday.

Policy & regulation  ·  4 April 2019
XRP

Ripple’s Xpring Helps Launch $100 Million Fund for Game Developers

Xpring, Ripple's grant network for developers, has partnered with gaming startup Forte to create a $100 million fund to support game devs.

Markets  ·  12 March 2019
JPM Coin

Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse on JPM Coin: Other Banks Won’t Use It

Ripple's CEO gave JPMorgan qualified praise for developing its own cryptocurrency before dismissing the product's usefulness.

Business  ·  6 March 2019
Ripple

Ripple Scores Minor Victory in US Securities Class Action

A judge has ruled that a class action lawsuit against Ripple must remain in federal court, potentially giving the firm a slight advantage.

Policy & regulation  ·  1 March 2019