Interview with Securitize Co-Founder Jamie Finn – Coinbase, Ripple, Blockchain Capital Funding – IBM Partnership & More

January 30, 2019
Ethereum / Interviews / Ripple XRP
Tony E

Securitize is a company that tokenizes assets traditional securities. It was founded by Carlos Domingo (CEO) and Jamie Finn. In this interview with Securitize co-founder and president Jamie Finn, we discuss the following topics: Securitize history and servicesRecent funding of $12.75 Million from Coinbase, Ripple and Blockchain Capital and others.What capacity Securitize is working with Coinbase and RippleCurrently reviewing the potential to issue security tokens on the XRP LedgerPotential for using Ripple xRapid for paymentsRecent IBM Partnership to tokenize corporate debtWhat we can expect from Securitize for the remainder of 2019Jamie's personal outlook on…

Interview with Uphold CEO JP Thieriot – Greg Kidd – XRP Listing – xRapid Potential – New Products

January 12, 2019
Interviews / Ripple XRP
Tony E

In this interview with Uphold's CEO JP Thieriot we discuss the following topics: Uphold's history, NY Bitlicense issue, Uphold Earn and Borrow, Greg Kidd funding for listing XRP and Ripple projects, goal of doing ACH with Ripple xRapid, Uphold Fractional Shares and Virtual Mastercard / Credit Card. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFvzh91pk88

Interview With Bitrue CEO Curis Wang – XRP Base Currency & Pairs – Ripple xRapid Plans

January 10, 2019
Interviews / Ripple XRP
Tony E

In this interview Bitrue CEO Curis Wang discusses the following topics: overview of the Bitrue exchange, XRP base currency listing, goal of 30 XRP pairs, plans for fiat pairing and becoming a Ripple xRapid exchange partner. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fL1g9P_HvA

Ripple Now Has 200 + Customers & Announces 5 New Financial Institutions That Will Use xRapid

January 10, 2019
Ripple XRP
Tony E

Payments company Ripple revealed on January 8th, 2019 that it is has surpassed 200 customers worldwide. This is a major win for the company as it continues to grow and make progress with partnerships and adoption of its services. Ripple stated that 13 new financial institutions have signed up for RippleNet, the company’s payment network - Euro Exim Bank, SendFriend, JNFX, FTCS, Ahli Bank of Kuwait, Transpaygo, BFC Bahrain, ConnectPay, GMT, WorldCom Finance, Olympia Trust Company, Pontual/USEND and Rendimento. Of the 13 customers announced 5 of them will leverage Ripple's xRapid, a service that utilizes the digital asset XRP. xRapid went live on October 1st, 2018 with…

Crypto Market Predictions for 2019 – Important Launch Dates & Events

December 15, 2018
Bitcoin / General Crypto News / Ripple XRP
Tony E

The market is currently bottoming out, the SEC is cleaning up the market by going after exchanges and ICOs and low quality projects are getting weeded out. However, 2019 is gearing up to be a big year for Crypto! We have many launches and events scheduled that could catapult the market into a Bull Run! Below are the major launches and events that are confirmed with their respective dates and timelines as well as the sources. DX Exchange - Powered by Nasdaq technology - January 7th, 2019 (Source) Bakkt Launch - Powered by ICE,…

R3 Corda Settler To Use XRP As It’s First Settlement Mechanism

R3 announced today that it will utilize the crypto/digital asset XRP as the first settlement mechanism in its new Corda Settler which is a universal settler application to facilitate global payments. R3 is proud to announce the release of Corda Settler, an open source CorDapp that allows #Corda users to settle using any payment method. The first payment rail enabled for Corda Settler is the #XRP Ledger. Read the press release here - https://t.co/mxUIXPvG5R pic.twitter.com/NZgrA3BFDk — R3 (@inside_r3) December 5, 2018 Here is a new video from R3 which shows the integration of XRP.…