Brad Garlinghouse, the CEO of Ripple, a FinTech company focusing on cross border payment systems, said that Ripple has zero inflation. In an interview on CNBC, Brad Garlinghouse said that the Ripple’s consensus algorithm is better than the Bitcoin and ethereum since it is developed to have zero inflation dynamic.
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In the same interview where he declared his preference of ethereum over bitcoin, American billionaire, Carl Icahn unveiled his intention to invest in the cryptocurrency business. Commenting on Ether (ETH), he said that it is both a store of wealth and medium of exchange.
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A professional and popular crypto trader Lark Davis said that Ether is set to rise by over 500% from its current position. He also believes that ETH’s market cap will surpass one trillion dollars in the near future.
In a sudden development, tether displaces Binance as the top three cryptocurrency, following its minting of more coins, breaking its $60 billion market cap. Tether, the world’s largest stablecoin by market capitalization, reached this milestone on 23 May, 2021.
In his exclusive interview with CNN Business, Vitalik Buterin, the co-founder of the Ethereum blockchain said that “cryptocurrency is not a toy”. His remarks follow the recent crush of various cryptocurrencies which affected many investors.
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Algorand launches the first blockchain powered digital passport to track COVID-19 Vaccination programmes in Latin America. Colombia is the first country to get this service. However, it will spread to other Latin American countries in the very near future.
Some BlockFi users woke up to a bitcoin windfall, after the company made a payment mistake. The company made the error while paying its clients who participated in a promotion. According to the company, BlockFi, the situation is under control and has contacted the affected clients.
China Merchants Bank subsidiary (CMB International) and Nervos Foundation launch a $50 million blockchain fund called Innervation, in order to invest in emerging crypto projects which are developing DeFi protocols, non-fungible token (NFT) marketplaces and blockchain platforms.