Bitcoin is coming to hundreds of U.S. banks this year, says crypto custody firm NYDIG! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTBd2f6KyHI

Tech Giants Jack Dorsey and Elon Musk Say Bitcoin Incentivizes Renewable Energy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vMQm_1oDnQ

This was counter-intuitive compared to the narrative out there, so I thought it was interesting.

Mark Cuban Believes Bitcoin Will Replace Gold & Sacramento Kings to Offer BTC Option to All Players https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XT6GPjeqTBQ

Ripple Adds Sandie O’Connor To Board of Directors & a CBDC Interoperability Discussion

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Ripple Planning Aggressive Expansion of XRP Remittance Platform in 2021

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Ripple’s senior vice president of product management and corporate development says the payments firm is planning a major expansion of its XRP remittance platform next year.

In a new interview on the Lend Academy Podcast, Asheesh Birla outlines the state of Ripple’s XRP-powered On-Demand Liquidity (ODL) product and what’s planned for the future.

“With the cryptocurrency product, you can send into I believe three destinations around the world. We’re expanding that aggressively in 2020 and 2021…

We are going to continue to expand ODL, On-Demand Liquidity. I mentioned this is in a few countries as destinations. We want to get global coverage of that where possible by the regulators.”

Financial Giant SBI to Test XRP in $6.6 Trillion Per Day Foreign Exchange Market

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Ripple CTO: There won’t be a one world fiat, but XRP might be the bridge currency

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Central bank digital currencies are taking up much of the attention in crypto space. Representatives from financial institutions around the world have expressed interest in digitizing or tokenizing their currencies. Ripple’s CTO, David Schwartz, has taken a position on the possibility of the emergence of a “global stablecoin” and the role of the digital asset XRP in that context.

Ripple Exploring Prototype Use Cases for XRP, Maps Out Vision for Future of Crypto Ecosystem

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Ripple is launching a fresh hiring spree for its investment and development arm, RippleX, offering new insight into how the company plans to develop the XRP ecosystem.

Previously called Xpring, RippleX is a newly rebranded division of the San Francisco payments startup. Headed by Ripple executive Monica Long, the division is focused on boosting the adoption of Ripple’s native asset, XRP, with a focus on supporting developer efforts to build on the XRP Ledger and expand the digital asset’s use cases beyond the world of remittances.

Ripple Launches New Service Utilizing Crypto Asset XRP to Fund Instant Cross-Border Payments (Line of Credit)

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Ripple’s new “Line of Credit” service is now live, giving the company’s customers an opportunity to borrow XRP for cross-border transactions.

Financial institutions and money service providers using the San Francisco startup’s XRP-powered, cross-border payment product, On-Demand Liquidity (ODL), can borrow Ripple’s native currency for a one-time fee via an approval system that will move faster than legacy financial options, according to a press release.

Ripple Wins US Patent for New Oracle-Based Smart Contract Design...Good for XRP too?

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Blockchain payments technology firm Ripple has won a patent for a design that can execute smart contracts based on data collected from the outside world.

Ripple (XRP) will complete global expansion into 195 countries by 2021

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Ripple has more than 350 partners worldwide who use the company’s payment technologies to process cross-border payments inexpensively and in a short time. Ripple employs more than 500 people worldwide and is currently striving to further expand its own presence, especially in Asia. In an exciting interview, Marcus Treacher now gave an outlook on the company’s future expansion efforts.

VISA reveals plans to offer Ripple (XRP) pmts & Ripple launches beta for XRP-based P2P pmt platform

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XRP Ledger Foundation Launches to Drive Growth and Development of the Core XRP Ledger and Community

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Thursday, September 24, 2020 - The XRP Ledger Foundation, an independent and non-profit entity,
today announced its mission to accelerate the development and adoption of the decentralized XRP
Ledger. In addition, the XRP Ledger Foundation received an initial donation of over $6.5M from Coil,
Ripple and Gatehub to help expand the Foundation’s work and serve the growing number of developers
and other community members building on the XRP Ledger.

Ripple Joins Mojaloop-Pushes Svcs to 1.7B & Largest private bank in India (HDFC) joins RippleNet.

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Ripple says it’s joining Mojaloop Foundation as a sponsor member to bring world’s unbanked and vulnerable populations into an inclusive and affordable financial ecosystem.

Mojaloop is an open-source software platform that aims to make sending and receiving money easier and more affordable by connecting mobile money providers and banks for anyone to use. It aims to provide ‘one loop for everyone’ by reducing upfront and maintenance costs, allowing secure same-day settlements and enabling continuous adaptation and development through its community of users.

The startup, which uses XRP token as bridge currency for its cross-border remittance solutions, cites how blockchain and crypto help improve payment systems.

Why Ripple (XRP) might be the future of digital payments

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Ripple, the world’s fast-growing crypto payment powerhouse, works with bank regulators and policymakers in several governments for the adoption of digital payments.

CryptoWhale, a crypto analytic firm, in a series of tweets, recently spoke on the odds of giving XRP the edge, as it works with government regulators on compliance.

Former Ripple Executive Says Banks Need XRP After Global Settlement Platform Suffers Major Delay

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A recent delay to an international bank-led payment settlement initiative is just more evidence that legacy financial institutions need to adopt XRP, according to a former Ripple executive.

Venture Capital Giant Marc Andreessen Joins Coinbase Board. Coinbase IPO? Crypto space momentum!

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Silicon Valley venture capitalist Marc Andreessen has been appointed to the board of directors at the leading crypto exchange Coinbase.

Coming amid reports that the crypto giant is preparing to go public, the appointment of Marc Andreessen to the Coinbase Board was announced by CEO and co-founder Benjamin Armstrong.

“As Coinbase continues on its path to growing the cryptoeconomy and creating an open financial system for the world, we’ll look to leaders and experts from a range of fields to help guide us. Of primary importance is our Board of Directors. We look to our Board members and Observers to draw from their areas of expertise to counsel us on everything from product development to world-class governance practices.”

Records Reveal Ripple CEO, Brad Garlinghouse, Met With Senior Trump Administration Official in 2018

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Newly-discovered White House records show the head of Ripple met with a senior Trump administration official twice in 2018.

Documents from the U.S. Office of Management and Budget show Ripple’s Brad Garlinghouse met with special assistant to the President Caroline Moore on September 26th and October 3rd. The documents were unearthed by XRP enthusiast and investor Steven Diep. Both meetings appear to have lasted for the better part of the day.

In addition to being special assistant to the President, Moore is also director of the Office of the Chief of Staff, according to ProPublica.

Although the subject of the meetings remains under wraps, former Ripple chief marketing strategist Cory Johnson referenced direct talks between the San Francisco startup and the Trump administration that same year.

Banking Giant DBS Hails Bitcoin & Crypto As Brave New Frontier in Report on Future of Finance
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DBS, the Singaporean banking giant, has just released an in-depth report on the buzz around Bitcoin, the future of cryptocurrency, and the impact of digital assets on traditional finance.

The 28 page report describes the growing demand for crypto assets and the advantages they offer in a digital world.

“Call it speculative, precautionary, or simply a part of portfolio diversification, digital currencies have captured the investor zeitgeist. Ever since central banks around the world embarked on unprecedented expansion of their balance sheets to combat the Covid-19 pandemic-related economic headwinds, interest in cryptocurrencies, along with gold, has resurged.”

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Ripple Explores Ten Instant Payments Platforms, Including App to Send XRP Via Telegram, Discord, Matrix and Slack
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Blockchain startup Ripple is exploring new platforms that use its native cryptocurrency XRP and the universal payments platform PayID.

As one of the 40 companies that launched PayID, a platform-agnostic payments network that allows users to send and receive money instantly, Ripple kicked off a virtual hackathon that drew in 360 developers and 40 project submissions worldwide.

This week, Ripple head of developer relations Warren Paul Anderson is revealing the top 10 finalists.

Ripay, an app that allows users to send XRP through popular messaging platforms like Telegram, Discord, Matrix, and Slack received an honorable mention.

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