Bitstamp Announces the Inclusion of Ripple Alongside Its Bitcoin Offering
Bitstamp has announced the inclusion of Ripple crypto-asset to its exchange offering across the EU. Bitstamp, one of the leading cryptocurrency exchange platform has started supporting Ripple. By including Ripple, the platform now supports two different cryptocurrencies. The growing popularity of Bitcoin led to the creation of hundreds of altcoins. Among those, only a handful of them are quite popular and have a decent user base. Ripple is one of those popular altcoins, currently holding the third position in terms of market capitalization. Bitstamp announced the inclusion of new....
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In the world of altcoins, Litecoin, Ethereum, and even Monero have all had some moments in the sun. However, the one that may end up being the most successful of them all is Ripple (XRP), and they have joined Bitstamp’s digital currency exchange this week. XRP Trading Comes at Bitstamp. Beginning on Wednesday, Bitstamp users can create Ripple’s XRP deposits and withdrawals, with full-service trading to begin on Tuesday, January 17th. When full trading commences, there will be 0% in fees for the first 30 days. Bitstamp specifically cited a natural demand for Ripple that forced them to....
Bitstamp has initiated legal action over more than $1m in disputed funds related to the sale of nearly 100m XRP last month. Bitstamp, which operates a Ripple gateway and bitcoin exchange, filed a complaint for interpleader on 1st April in the US District Court in the Northern District of California. Jed McCaleb, the founder of both Ripple Labs and Stellar, and two of McCaleb's family members were named in the complaint. The $1,038,172 in disputed funds were used by Ripple Labs to purchase 96,342,361.6 XRP put up for sale through an account allegedly controlled by McCaleb, according to the....
The legal battle over roughly $1m in disputed funds continues between Ripple Labs and founder and ex-employee Jed McCaleb, with a flurry of new court filings over the past month setting the stage for conflict between the two sides. In total, $1,038,172 is currently being held by digital currency exchange Bitstamp, an amount that both Ripple Labs and the Stellar Development Foundation, McCaleb's current employer, are now seeking. Both sides have weighed in on whether the court should grant Bitstamp's request to be discharged from the case after it filed a complaint for interpleader on 1st....
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Bitstamp is launching new markets for Ripple’s XRP digital asset. The launch, set for 17th January, will see the exchange offer trading pairs for USD/XRP and EUR/XRP. The company already serves as a Ripple gateway (where money enters or leaves the network) and hosts a bitcoin-denominated market for the digital asset. Bitstamp is kicking off the new offerings with a two-part program that will see it give rebates on trading fees, as well as incentives to market makers who bring liquidity to the exchange, though Ripple says the details of the latter are still being finalized. The move comes....