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Ripple co-creator Chris Larsen believes that unless bitcoin changes itself to be more environmentally friendly, all hope for the world’s largest and most popular digital currency is lost. Chris Larsen: BTC Needs to Change Modules Bitcoin has been taking a lot of guff in recent weeks given that its constant price increases have led to boosts in energy usage for crypto miners. The higher the price of bitcoin goes, the more expensive it becomes to mine and extract. Right...

According to a new op-ed by Chris Larsen – the co-founder and executive chair of Ripple – the United States is losing the tech war against China and other nations.Chris Larsen: China Holds a Strong PositionRipple is presently the fourth-largest cryptocurrency by market cap after bitcoin, Ethereum and Tether. According to Larsen, nations such as China are way ahead when it comes to cryptocurrencies and are potentially putting lots of money into ensuring miners have everything they need to stay...

Ripple, the company widely associated with XRP cryptocurrency, spent $170,000 in the first nine months of 2019 on the American government to shape crypto regulation in the world’s economic powerhouse. This is known from the information published by the Center for Responsive Politics.Data sourced by the Washington D.C.-based non-profit organization from the Senate Office of Public Records reveal that the cryptocurrency firm used the money to lobby the Executive Office of President Donald...

Ripple co-founder Chris Larsen said he thought digital assets such as XRP would play a major role in the movement of money around the world. Recently, Larsen discussed the role of digital assets in the economy and the regulatory environment that must exist to advance blockchain and crypto.Ripple is the blockchain that has the highest number of transactions recorded on its blockchain in recent days. Having 1,151,101 more transfers which were almost 54% higher than the transactions executed on...