XRP

XRP is now a supported asset on Coinbase Custody, suggesting institutions are placing more faith in the asset. Coinbase Custody lists XRP as one of the nine supported assets for its service. Although the exchange has not revealed when…

What Is Ripple? Ripple Labs is a blockchain business founded in 2012, and is one of the oldest cryptocurrency-based technology companies. It developed the Ripple payment protocol, a transaction network meant to replace SWIFT and other…

Cryptocurrency could make a surprise showing at the 2020 Olympic Games. At least, that's what some XRP hodlers are hoping. An online petition to the International Olympic Committee has raised over 13,800 signatures to “make XRP the official…

The National Bank of Kuwait (NBK), one of the largest banks in the Middle East, could be about to go live with Ripple's xCurrent payment solution in the coming weeks. A source familiar with the matter told Crypto Briefing in an email…

Crypto markets may be in the doldrums, but Ripple is still staying afloat. In a week of red marks, XRP hit quite a few promising signs.  Gates Gives XRP a Bump….Or at Least a Nod Bill Gates is not a fan of Bitcoin, but XRP might be a…

Say what you like about the folks at Ripple Labs, but they sure know how to organize a party. The creators of the XRP token are expected to open the annual Swell conference in San Francisco with several major deliveries, including a keynote…

Sagar Sarbhai is not a household name. Not even a cryptocurrency name. As Head of Regulatory Relations for Asia-Pacific and the Middle East, his role at Ripple Labs is senior enough to merit attention, but not C-level stuff. In an…

XRP is now the second largest cryptocurrency by market cap, as its value surpassed that of Ether (ETH) today. At around 15:00 GMT on Friday, the market cap for XRP became worth more than that of ETH, according to CoinMarketCap. At the…

A casual $2bn market cap boom is something that most observers thought began, and ended, in December last year. Not so. The XRP price took the market by storm with a cool $1.93bn surge after word got out - again - that Ripple was planning…

Is XRP A Security? The XRP token has been the subject of much debate in the cryptocurrency world as investors grapple with the question of whether it qualifies as a security under the existing Howey Test. While there is currently no…

The XRP token continues to confound critics, remaining in lockstep with most of the crypto market as Bitcoin rises and falls. While diversification is a strategy beloved of Wall St. investors, the fact that a token as loved - and almost…

Morgan Creek Capital Management has excluded XRP, Tron, XLM, NEO and more from its new Digital Asset Index Fund. Any coin that had a bigger than 30% premine has been excluded: but what's the issue? Big Business Frowning On Big Premines?…

Ripple scored a small victory in its ongoing legal defense when a San Francisco judge ruled against a motion to remand the case of Coffey vs. Ripple Labs to California state courts. However, the company associated with the third-largest…

XRP is one of the most controversial cryptocurrencies on the market. Crypto Briefing has reported on the problems currently plaguing Ripple and (completely separately) XRP tokens as the SEC continues to contemplate the “security issue.”…

XRP is not Ripple, and Ripple is not XRP. That's the message from The Hatch Agency, a PR firm that represents Ripple - the technology company. XRP is an "independent digital asset" according to the email, echoing an earlier tweet from…

Ripple has a problem. Their token has lost five-sixths of its value since December. That's not the problem. Ripple is facing a couple of class action lawsuits. That's not the problem either. Possible classification as a security by the SEC,…