In a case that has taken three years to reach a verdict, XRP token is found not to be a security. But Ripple isn't completely off the hook.
XRP is the third largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization; it will be added to Coinbase Pro in transfer-only mode which...
Peter Renton, Founder of Lend Academy and Co-Founder of LendIt reflects on first interacting with Chris Larsen back in 2010; the co-founder and former CEO of Prosper is now trying to solve a massive multi trillion dollar challenge: enabling instant global payments. Source
MoneyGram is testing XRP for reducing both the cost of transferring money and the settlement times; Both MoneyGram and XRP traded higher on the news; Ripple has signed on about 100 banks as customers, but is also targeting remittance companies; Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse also tweeted that three of the five largest money-transfer companies would begin to use XRP this year. Source
Ripple is a leading innovator in the current internet of value market also currently involved with the Federal Reserve's payments task force initiatives; the firm has enhanced its XRP product suite and rebranded it as RippleNet; their blog post provides more details on RippleNet's product offerings. Source
The way we move money around the world has, for the most part, not changed much in many decades. But...
Euro Exim Bank in London has announced it has embraced XRP and Ripple’s xRapid software which aims to help with...
According to Bloomberg, Ripple attempted to provide financial incentives to exchanges Gemini and Coinbase for its XRP cryptocurrency to be listed; Some believe that the exchanges are reluctant to include XRP because the token could be deemed securities because it is controlled by one single company; the article by Bloomberg shares that a Ripple executive offered a $1 million cash payment to Gemini which was followed by other incentive offerings; Ripple also offered lending Coinbase $100 million of XRP to let users trade the asset. Source
Chris Larsen, Ripple’s co-founder and executive chairman is benefiting from Ripple’s (XRP) recent rise; CNBC reports that his net worth climbed to $59.9 billion yesterday, at least on paper; this puts him high on the Forbes 400 list, just head of Larry Ellison; Larsen owns 5.19 billion of the digital currency and has a 17% stake in the company; he was previously a founder of Prosper. Source