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Why Real-time Cross-Border Payments Are Poised to Breakthrough
If the COVID-19 pandemic has taught us one thing about payments, it’s that speed, reliability and on-demand access to money is critically important in a world powered by digital interaction. Our world may be forever changed, but with that…
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Why Unifying Payments Infrastructure Will Boost Financial Inclusion
The latest episode of Block Stars is the conclusion of current Ripple CTO David Schwartz’s two-part conversation with former Ripple CTO, Stefan Thomas. Stefan is now the founder and CEO of Coil, a Web Monetization service that streams…
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UBRI Expands To New Global Markets With More Than 35 University Partners
The blockchain industry is making significant strides in terms of innovation and technological advancements. Much of this progress can be attributed to academia helping to drive the industry forward by turning its attention toward new…
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How Does DLT Engender Greater Financial Inclusion?
Distributed ledger technology (DLT) will have an incredible impact on financial services and engender greater financial inclusion and, therefore, economic growth, especially in emerging economies.
That’s the opinion of Adrienne Harris,…
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Ensuring That Our Digital Future Is a Sustainable One
The economic shutdown carries with it some surprising—and welcome—reverberations beyond just the stock market. Case in point: the resulting environmental impact.
The world is bearing witness to massive reductions across nearly every energy…
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Back to the Future: An Interview with David Schwartz and Stefan Thomas
On the latest episode of Block Stars, David Schwartz aka “JoelKatz”—as he’s known online—the creator of the XRP Ledger and current CTO of Ripple, sat down with Stefan Thomas, former CTO of Ripple and current CEO of Coil, to discuss the…
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How Bitcoin’s Limitations Inspired the XRP Ledger
The latest episode of Block Stars is the first of a two-part conversation between current Ripple CTO, David Schwartz and former Ripple CTO and current CEO of Coil, Stefan Thomas. David and Stefan first met at Ripple after Stefan was hired…
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Announcing the Winners of the PayString Hackathon
On June 18, 2020, PayString was launched with a coalition of over 40 companies.
After the PayString Developer Conference on June 25, 2020, Ripple kicked off a six-week long $25K+ virtual hackathon on Devpost in order to continue momentum…
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What’s at Stake for the U.S. When It Comes to Digital Asset Regulation
Our last post discussed the importance of smart digital asset regulation and why the U.S. is falling dangerously behind. We are encouraged that some U.S. agencies are acknowledging and welcoming the benefits of this new technology to…
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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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