In 2019, MoneyGram has received $11.3 million worth of XRP, $8.9 million in the fourth quarter only. In 2020, this number seems to be increased.Recently, money transfer company MoneyGram has released its 2019 annual report. According to MoneyGram, it has sold $11.3 million worth of XRP received as a result of its commercial partnership with Ripple.As MoneyGram has revealed in its filing to the SEC, its loss in the fourth quarter of 2019 has totaled $11.9 million. However, the company assured...
Read More »Ripple’s XRP Approaches Major Inflection Point as India Reverses Its Crypto Ban
All technical indicators convinced commentators that Ripple’s XRP has taken on a bullish path after the Supreme Court of India reversed a bitcoin ban imposed by Reserve Bank of the country.Currently, Ripple‘s XRP is following a bullish path that has formed above the $0.2320 support zone. It attempted to break the $0.2380 resistance level, but it failed. For now, the XRP price has corrected lower below the $0.2350 handle and the 100-hourly simple moving average (SMA). A low has now formed near...
Read More »Ripple Releases One Billion XRP from Escrow Worth $226 Million
Once a month, one billion XRP coins get unlocked from Ripple’s escrow wallet, which ensures that the company’s large stash of the cryptocurrency (over one-third of the total supply of the asset) does not get depleted too fast.Ripple just unlocked one billion XRP from escrow. The amount is worth approximately $226 million. This move has been spotted by cryptocurrency whale watchers and now the question is up again regarding the quantity of the XRP the San Francisco-based startup is selling on...
Read More »XRP is 10X Safer than Fiat for Cross-Border Payments
Ripple‘s XRapid system is 10 times safer and is only one-tenth volatile if compared fiat for making international payments. Fiat cannot compete with XRP’s speed and security.Ripple is a real-time gross settlement system and a form of currency exchange. Banks and financial institutions have the cryptocurrency XRP which is used in a row of Ripple’s solutions, as a settlement infrastructure technology. Payments done using it are irreversible, and there are no chargebacks.In its study Ripple...
Read More »Ripple Opens Up a New Office in Washington D.C.
Recently, Ripple announced a new office in Washington, D.C. which will be lead by Michelle Bond. As they describe the new premises, they chose this location deliberately in order to be closer to the White House and the U.S. government, in general. They want to educate the policymakers on the massive benefits that cryptocurrencies and blockchain offers to the world of finance and technology. Ripple has previously set a plan for a global expansion in order to “spread the word” about their new...
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