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According to Ripple, XRP is 1/10th as volatile as fiat for cross-border payments. The current SWIFT system is so slow it exacerbates international payment risk. XRP payments clear so fast that the exchange rate risk is negligible. The math busters over at Ripple have crunched the numbers and conducted a study that concludes that XRP is 10 times safer for making international payments – or as Team Ripple explains, one-tenth as volatile as fiat for cross-border transactions. Ripple’s...

With the development of blockchain, the competition between various fields has become very fierce. As one of the few traffic entrances of blockchain, exchanges have always been such places for strategists to fight for, and their competition has already entered a serious stage. Moreover, even under the attack of three giants, namely, Binance, Huobi and OKEx, there are still many new trading platforms constantly showing their heads, injecting more innovative and fresh elements into this already...

Today, October 31, marks the 11th birthday of Bitcoin after its founder Satoshi Nakamoto unveiled the whitepaper back in 2008. Over the last 11 years, Bitcoin has established its supremacy in the crypto market as the world’s largest cryptocurrency by market cap.On 31 October 2008, Satoshi Nakamoto published the #Bitcoin Whitepaper.Happy Anniversary $BTC!Test your Bitcoin knowledge?https://t.co/JECDzwxCnIDiscover the history behind #Blockchain?https://t.co/EhvS2nH6BR...

Photo: 3iQ Corp / Twitter3iQ Corp (3iQ), Canadian investment fund manager received approval from the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) to launch a closed-end Bitcoin fund to retail investors. OSC panel has not placed any conditions on the Bitcoin fund, such as restricting the entities with whom the fund could purchase and sell Bitcoin, and addressing insurance requirements for the fund’s bitcoin held in wallets.3iQ has taken reasonable steps to mitigate the risks associated with the fund...

Photo: PixabayBlockchain startup Ripple is once again in news for investing in a cybersecurity startup called Keyless in the latest $2.2 million seed funding round. Keyless specializes in creating security products that can unlock access to users’ biometric data and private keys.Based in London, Keyless claims itself to be the first global company combining biometrics with multi-party computation. With its unique product offering, Keyless has attracted major investors like venture fund...

Token offering platform CoinList raised $10 million with a little help from Twitter and Square CEO Jack Dorsey. CoinList was founded back in 2017 as a spin-off of AngelList, and it acts as an ICO exchange platform that at first received support from investment company Polychain Capital, and upraised more than $9 million in its virgin funding tour. Since then, the company is directing regulatory rules concerning initial coin offerings (ICOs), a popular capital acquisition vehicle for emerging...

Authoritarian China has unironically banned criticism of blockchain technology. The move comes after President Xi Jinping publicly called for more blockchain research. The crypto industry remains divided about China’s sudden pivot. In one of the biggest U-turns in crypto history, China professed its love for blockchain. Now, the nation is going as far as to penalize anyone who dares oppose it. Chinese President  Xi Jinping recently rocked the crypto industry with a speech exalting...

Photo: ShutterstockBy Dmitriy Gurkovskiy, Chief Analyst at RoboForex.The buyers managed to demonstrate a good bounce upwards. Currently, such assets as the Bitcoin or Bitcoin Cash promise interesting growth. While on the BCH/USD chart there seems to be a reversal Head and Shoulders pattern forming, hinting on further growth, the Bitcoin is yet preparing for leaving the borders of the channel and go on rising confidently.Unfortunately, the Ethereum, Litecoin, and EOS remain under pressure....

The blockchain startup Ripple is currently facing some major regulatory hurdles as investors have raised questions over the state of XRP being securities. To tackle this matter at hand, Ripple has brought some financial industry heavyweights to its board.In one such move, Ripple has recently appointed ex Bank of America executive – Benjamin Melnicki – as its head of Regulatory Affairs. Melnicki’s job at Ripple will be communicating and maintaining absolute transparency regarding Ripple’s...

In a follow up to what is seen as a follow up to the Chinese blockchain technology buildup, the People’s Bank of China has introduced a regulatory unit under the auspices of the central bank to regulate digital payments, blockchain products and fintech services that center around decentralized finance within the country.Sources indicate that under the new agency, a new system has been put in place to certify about 11 different categories of financial products which are both hard and soft....