Ripple

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) fined entrepreneur and co-author of the bestseller Blockchain Revolution Alex Tapscott, reports CoinDesk. Representatives of the agency say that the Canadian fund NextBlock, which specializes in crypto-investments, issued unregistered securities and provided false data in the project description, misleading investors. SEC has appointed NextBlock founder Alex Tapscott a $ 25,000 fine. […]

The price of the Ripple XRP token for the last 24 hours has shown a sharp rise, rising to a certain point to $ 0.39. Were there any specific factors behind this growth, or is it a question of a jump in the majority of cryptocurrencies related to the growth of Bitcoin in general? As it is known, the market of the most liquid altcoins traditionally follows the price of bitcoin, and to exclude this factor […]

Ripple’s payment blockchain system and its XRP token have no potential advantages for use at the state level. This was announced by the chief fintech specialist at the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), Sopnando Mohanti, Cointelegraph writes. At the same time, he noted the effectiveness of Ripple solutions in making cross-border payments. "We do not see anything special in the banking digital currency Ripple, but definitely hope […]

The Monetary Authority of Singapore and the Bank of Canada announced the successful testing of cross-border payments using blockchain technology and digital assets. This is the first such testing between two central banks, according to Coindesk. The experiment involved banks' own blockchain projects – Canadian Jasper, which is based on the Corda technology from the R3 consortium, and Singapore's Ubin on Quorum from the bank […]