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Doubling Down on XRPL Labs
In early 2019, Xpring announced its investment in XRPL Labs, led by Wietse Wind, as part of a broader effort to support companies and projects building on the XRP Ledger.
Today, we are announcing an additional investment in XRPL Labs to…
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Q2 2020 XRP Markets Report
Ripple publishes the quarterly XRP Markets Report to voluntarily provide transparency and regular updates on the company’s views on the state of the XRP market, including quarterly programmatic and institutional sales updates, relevant…
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How the U.S. Can Pave the Way for Global Digital Asset Regulation—and Why It Should
Change is brewing in the world of digital assets—and most of it is encouraging. Recent news and developments this past year signal that the industry is maturing—with sophisticated financial institutions, central banks and global standard…
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The Role of Digital Assets in a Post-COVID World
Ripple CTO David Schwartz continues to explore the wider world of blockchain and digital assets on the Block Stars podcast. In the latest episode, he talks with Professor of Economics and Political Science at the University of California,…
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How UBRI Supports Critical New Research into Blockchain Anonymity
By its decentralized nature, a blockchain is extremely difficult to hack. That does not mean that digital assets and wallets built on the technology are invulnerable, which is why the organizations behind them spend so much time thinking…
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Block Stars: How Beanie Babies Show that Digital Assets Need Smart Regulation
In episode seven of the Block Stars podcast, Ripple CTO David Schwartz is joined by Ripple General Counsel, Stu Alderoty to discuss the current state of global cryptocurrency regulation. David probably didn’t expect Ripple’s Chief Legal…
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Santander Partners with Ripple to Bring Certainty and Speed to International Payments
As well as being one of the biggest banks in the world, Banco Santander also has a reputation as one of the finance industry’s most innovative organizations. Since the launch of its innovation fund, InnoVentures, in 2014, Santander has…
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The Environmental Impact: Cryptocurrency Mining vs. Consensus
Sustainability is a conversation that many seem to prefer to avoid with regard to currency and commerce, but the environmental ramifications of producing currency are shockingly profound. In fact, the sustainability of money is a hot topic…
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Block Stars: Why Mainstream Consumers and Enterprises are Joining the Blockchain
In the latest episode of the all-things-crypto podcast Block Stars, Ripple CTO David Schwartz talks to BRD CEO Adam Traidman. BRD was the very first crypto wallet released on Apple’s App Store back in 2014, so Adam is used to explaining…
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Why I Joined Ripple
Ripple’s vision is to enable the world to move value like it moves information today—a concept referred to as the Internet of Value (IoV). It’s a goal that is close to my heart. Almost 20 years ago, I immigrated to the United States from…
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