Last year, a lot of people had doubts about the future of Ripple’s XRP. The company had seen some tough times as it had to face lawsuits and some people from the crypto community were sure that its tokens would be deemed as securities, which would have been a heavy blow. However, now the second largest crypto network in the world by market cap has reached a very important milestone: XRP Ledger has more than 1.5 million users now, as shown by XRP Stats. This is a very signific

Traders of XRP have something to smile about as we usher in the new year. One of the world’s leading cryptocurrency exchanges, Kraken has announced its support for XRP margin trading. The announcement was made via a press release sent to various news outlets and stated: "We have enabled margin trading for Bitcoin Cash (BCH) and Ripple (XRP)! The addition expands our margin offering to 8 assets." Meanwhile, Ripple’s XRP is closing the year while trading in the red following th

VCTRADE, a new cryptocurrency exchange run by Japanese banking giant SBI Holdings, says it is now accepting deposits in Bitcoin (BTC), XRP and Ethereum (ETH). It is not yet clear exactly when trading will begin on the platform. SBI Holdings says it expects to onboard customers from its huge user base of more than 23 million people. “At the launch of full-scale services, expecting customer inflow from the SBI Group’s customer base of 23.47 million, specifically, SBI SECURITIES

Leading website offering travel related services, Travala.com, recently announced that they are officially accepting Ripple (XRP) as a payment method. Company made the announcement on December 14, confirming that their users can now already purchase their services using XRP. The original message by the company stated: “you can now book 550,000 + hotels in 210 countries using Ripple (XRP). Travel to 82,000 + destinations worldwide on Travala.com”. Travala is a blockchian based

Banks are hesitant to use Ripple’s XRP-powered cross-border payment solution xRapid – or any other cryptocurrency – due to regulatory uncertainty, according to Ripple’s global head of banking. At the Euro Finance Tech conference in Frankfurt, Marjan Delatinne explained why non-banking financial institutions and payment providers are the early adopters of the new technology. “Just to make clear, no banking institution is using that, because as you’ve probably heard about, the

It was the announcement that ripple (XRP) investors had been anticipating for more than a year, but the news that crypto exchange giant Coinbase was “exploring” support for the second-largest cryptocurrency failed to elicit even a microcosm of the sort of rally that even the mere rumor of a Coinbase listing frequently catalyzed during the 2017 bull run. As seen in the chart below, the ripple price failed to secure any sustained momentum following the Dec. 7 announcement, as a

Ripple has held its ground in the second position for the longest time in history. Technical indicators are positive; the MACD is maintaining position in the positive territory. Ripple is steadily becoming the go-to platform for digital banking solutions. The San Francisco-based company aims to become a global leader in cross-border and micropayments. Its solutions, RippleNet and xRapid are currently being used by both commercial banks and payment institutions around the worl

Ripple (XRP) is following the exact same fractal it formed back in 2017. The similarities were visible since the beginning of September but now the big picture is clear without any doubt. Ripple (XRP) has already completed the Oval and Circle phases of the fractal. It is about to enter the triangular phase that it is expected to break out of in early 2019 to possibly reach a new all time high. Considering that 2018 has been a heavy bear market and sentiment will take some tim

XRP enthusiasts have been waiting for a bullrun of the coin as soon as it was announced that Ripple’s product utilizing it, known as XRP, was in production. This is due to the general idea that the use of the product will result in an increase in the price of the asset, which has led to a general sense of suspense in the community. As the end of the year draws close, it becomes clear that some theories, such as the “XRP $589 EOY”, are not going to come to fruition. Even in th

What are we, as a society, if we aren’t able to build robust relationships based on trust? That, and honor should be in front of every social interaction involving human beings, including financial transactions. As the world shifts towards a more digital, cryptography-protected way of doing business, traditional banking platforms are being slowly phased out the financial scope. Only those willing to adjust and including more efficient payment system, which is both faster and