Ripple Labs’ UBRI Connect To Debut XRPL Banking Interface Prototype
In a recent revelation, Wrathof Kahmeman, a prominent figure in the XRP community, highlighted an intriguing development concerning Ripple Labs’s UBRI initiative on Twitter. He shared, “Interesting resume from the University of Waterloo touting recent CBDC research based on the XRPL. Notes they prototyped a banking interface to be presented at UBRI Connect 2023! Lots […]
Related News
In an effort to advance the growth and adoption of the XRP Ledger (XRPL), Ripple Labs Inc. has partnered with Frankfurt-based Tokentus Investment AG, an investment company specializing in the blockchain sector. As part of Ripple’s XRPL Accelerator Program, the German investment firm will support emerging start-ups by offering mentorship and guidance. The XRPL Accelerator […]
The firm emphasized that its rather large XRP ownership is decreasing and that it only “operates 4 out of 130+ validator nodes on the XRPL.” Ripple Lab’s XRP token holdings have dropped below 50% of the total circulating supply for the first time in the company’s history. Ripple has faced criticism in the past by some that have raised questions over the firm’s significantly large ownership of XRP tokens, arguing that it gives the company centralized control over its XRP Ledger (XRPL). In a Q3 report published on Oct. 27, Ripple once again refuted that criticism, while also pointing out....
The cryptocurrency powering the XRP Ledger (XRPL), XRP, will be accessible via other blockchains. According to an official post, Multichain has added support for the XRPL to connect it with Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) and non-EVM compliant blockchains. Related Reading | Ethereum Whale Snaps Up $6 Million Worth Of SHIB As Accumulation Trend Continues Formerly […]
The XRP Ledger (XRPL) is on the brink of a significant evolution, with the XLS-30 AMM amendment now open for voting on the mainnet. Ripple CTO Schwartz has expressed his enthusiasm for this feature, retweeting RippleX’s announcement and commenting, “One of my favorite XRPL features ever, explained in my keynote at Apex Development Summit, is […]
In lieu of expanding the main ledger's functionality, Ripple's developers argue that using federated sidechains will help preserve the blockchain's leanness and efficiency for payments. Ripple's developers have been engaging with feedback and suggestions that they expand the XRP Ledger, or XRPL, to integrate functionalities such as smart contracts. The latter have become a major feature of the booming decentralized finance space, but Ripple's creators claim that a different solution is better for the payments-focused XRPL.This solution comes in the form of what they term “federated....