Ripple has donated another $25 million to pro-cryptocurrency political action committee (PAC) Fairshake. And there’s more where that came from, the blockchain payments company’s CEO told Axios in an interview published Wednesday (May 29). “This isn’t a one-time thing,” said Brad Garlinghouse, pledging to give Fairshake $25 million annually,...
There might be as many opinions about crypto as there are cryptocurrency tokens. And with tens of thousands of digital assets populating the crypto market, that’s certainly a lot of opinions. That sheer scale of noise is in part why it can be so challenging...
Stablecoins, as their name implies, offer the benefits of cryptocurrency without the volatility. And with Visa having launched on April 25 the Visa Onchain Analytics Dashboard to showcase how fiat-backed stablecoins move via public blockchains globally, the stablecoin category is increasingly top of mind for CFOs...
The next iteration of the internet, Web3, has been around for a while now. Meta’s Reality Labs division — the arm of the tech giant that focuses on metaverse, mixed reality (MR), augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR), and artificial intelligence (AI) initiatives — is...
October 06, 2023
Innovative technology is on the cusp of transforming existing global payments infrastructure. But unlocking the full potential and capturing the true impact of next-generation value transfer solutions like blockchain-based payment technology will require a winning convergence of behavioral trends, regulatory evolutions and technical transformations. Pat Thelen, vice president of global account management at Ripple, and […]
September 05, 2023
As currency becomes increasingly digitized, more end users are able to reap its benefits, in turn feeding an underlying network effect of increased market participants and inclusion. “There are many...
August 16, 2023
Small- to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) help economies across the world go ’round. But despite their significant contributions to global commerce, local SMEs have long been underserved by traditional financial institutions when it...
June 09, 2023
Payments as we know them today involve unnecessary pain points, dysfunction and archaic technology. Blockchain and digital asset technology have the potential to transform and transcend industries — particularly financial...
June 05, 2024
Ripple and Clear Junction have partnered to facilitate instant payout coverage in British pounds and euros for Ripple’s payments customers. This collaboration will bring together Clear Junction’s cross-border payments solutions and Ripple’s enterprise blockchain and crypto solutions, the companies said in a Wednesday (June 5) press release. Beyond pounds and euros, the companies plan to […]
April 08, 2024
Will this be the year that cryptocurrency’s market capitalization surpasses the $5 trillion mark? Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse seems to think so. Speaking to CNBC Sunday (April 7), Garlinghouse said he expects the value of...
April 04, 2024
Blockchain/cryptocurrency company Ripple plans to launch a dollar-pegged stablecoin. The coin will be backed 100% by U.S. dollar deposits, short-term U.S. government treasuries, and other cash equivalents, according to a Thursday (April...
February 13, 2024
Blockchain and crypto company Ripple has agreed to acquire Standard Custody & Trust Co., a regulated platform for digital assets, the company said Tuesday (Feb. 13). The terms of the...
