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Ripple has clinched two prestigious awards at Juniper Research’s Future Digital Awards for Fintech & Payments 2023. Juniper Research revealed yesterday, on October 3, that the fintech company has been honored with the “Sustainability in Fintech Innovation of the Year”  and the “CBDC Innovation” award. Ripple Impresses With Its CDBC Initiatives The “Sustainability in Fintech

Payment company Ripple continues to score victories worldwide and expand its services. The Brad Garlinghouse-led company celebrated two major milestones yesterday, one within its borders, the United States, and the second in Asia. Ripple Takes Over Asia According to an official announcement, the payment company received authorization from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) to

A Harvard Business School case study titled “Ripple: The Business of Crypto Case – An Analysis and Solution” that could be used in Ripple’s IPO valuation is presently sending waves across the cryptocurrency world and has caught the attention of the XRP community. Harvard’s Business School Case Study And Ripple IPO Valuation The case study

J.W. Verret is a Harvard-educated attorney who teaches corporate finance and accounting at George Mason University. His work has increasingly intersected with the cryptocurrency sector in recent years, as his legion of Twitter followers — who know him as “BlockProf,” or the Blockchain Professor — are poignantly aware. Aside from his work at GMU, Verret

Pro-XRP legal expert John Deaton has again come for the US Securities and Commission’s (SEC) Chairman Gary Gensler in its battle against Ripple. This time, he questions Gensler’s competence and calls for his dismissal from the Commission. Gensler Doesn’t Know What Security Means In a tweet shared on his X (formerly Twitter) platform, Deaton stated that

Following Judge Analisa Torres’s ruling that programmatic XRP sales did not qualify as securities, the SEC filed an interlocutory appeal with the court. This meant that the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) did not agree with the ruling, and while the interlocutory appeal has been approved by the court, pro-XRP lawyer John Deaton has

In a significant announcement, the National Bank of Georgia (NBG) has shortlisted Ripple Labs alongside eight other firms as potential technology partners for its Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) pilot project titled “Digital GEL.” Ripple Is In The Shortlist Of Nine In an official press release dated September 28, 2023, the NBG disclosed its intent

In a surprising turn of events, Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse announced that the company has decided to abandon its direct acquisition of financial institution Fortress Trust.  The decision marks a significant departure from Ripple’s earlier intention to acquire the firm, as they had signed a letter of intent just a few weeks ago.  However, Garlinghouse

Our weekly roundup of news from East Asia curates the industry’s most important developments. Chinese worker fined $145K over VPN An unnamed individual in China was fined 1.06 million Yuan ($144,907) for using a virtual private network (VPN) to access restricted websites as part of a remote work routine for a foreign employer.  According to

Ripple Labs, a prominent blockchain technology firm, has recently appointed Lauren Belive, a former US White House staff member, as Head of US Public Policy and Government. This appointment comes at a crucial juncture as Ripple executives have publicly voiced their concerns and criticisms regarding the US government’s recent position on cryptocurrencies.  In response, Ripple

Global businesses are confronting significant headwinds as cross-border payment volumes have rebounded to pre-pandemic levels while grappling with the looming challenges of escalating interest rates. Amidst these complexities, Ripple Labs’ latest insights into the shifting economic landscape reveal their crypto-enabled payment solutions as a countermeasure. Major Pain Points In The Economic Landscape In their recent

It’s been more than a decade since 850,000 BTC went missing from Mt. Gox, yet the collapse of the former exchange remains one of the most infamous black swan events of the cryptocurrency ecosystem. While creditors of the defunct exchange are edging closer to some form of restitution, Mt. Gox’s demise ended up playing an

In what could be described as a relentless pursuit for granular transparency regarding the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) prior actions vis-à-vis cryptocurrencies and Ripple, Empower Oversight Whistleblowers & Research—a rigorous watchdog entity—has spearheaded another incisive Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) endeavor. This stratagem is centered on elucidating the inter-communications of Jay Clayton, erstwhile SEC

Ripple’s CEO, Brad Garlinghouse, has secured the services of a renowned attorney as the legal battle involving him and his crypto firm against the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) continues to heat up.  Who Is Garlinghouse’s New Attorney? In a tweet shared on his X (formerly Twitter) platform, defense attorney James Filan revealed that

In the ongoing legal battle between Ripple and the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), John Deaton, a prominent lawyer supporting XRP, has recently shed light on potential conflicts of interest and regulatory capture that may have influenced the SEC’s decision to take legal action against Ripple. Ethereum is at the epicenter of these allegations.

In a recent development, pro-XRP legal experts Bill Morgan and John Deaton have taken a swipe at the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Chair Gary Gensler following his recent comments, which show his stance on the Ripple Case. Ripple Case: Gensler a “Megalomaniac” In a tweet shared on his X (formerly Twitter) platform, Deaton

On September 21, decentralized exchange (DEX) Uniswap launched an educational platform in conjunction with the blockchain education-focused Do Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO). According to the announcement, Uniswap University aims to create a structured learning pathway for onboarding users to its V3 exchange via courses, simulation, and quick guides. Via the platform, users can gain knowledge

Ethereum layer-2 scaling solution Optimism has disclosed plans to sell 116 million OP tokens to seven private buyers for treasury management purposes. At current prices, the sale will see $159 million worth of OP tokens change hands. Starting today, there will be several transactions totaling approximately 116M OP tokens. We’re sharing as a heads up

None Trading, a trading tool for cryptocurrencies and nonfungible tokens built on Discord, has shut down due to a “critical exploit” within its infrastructure. According to the September 20 announcement, None Trading developers said that it has “lost a significant amount of funding” as well as “team tokens” crucial for its operations. “Alongside this, we

Balancer, an Ethereum-based decentralized finance protocol has confirmed its user interface is currently “under an attack.” The platform notified its community on Sept. 19 at 11:49 pm UTC, urging users to not interact with Balancer’s protocol until further notice. The balancer frontend is under an attack. The issue is currently under investigation. Please do NOT