Ripple CTO Says XRP Isn’t Here To Replace Banks, So What Is Its Main Use?
Ripple’s Chief Technology Officer, David Schwartz, has clarified that XRP’s core purpose is to give individuals direct control over their money. In a recent post on the social media platform X, Schwartz highlights how XRP is not intended to replace banks but rather facilitates the free movement of value without centralized control or intermediaries. Ripple […]
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Ripple Labs has sealed new partnerships that will bring its Ripple protocol to two US banks. According to the company's 24th September announcement, Kansas-based CBW Bank and Cross River Bank, located in New Jersey, will be the first American banks to adopt Ripple's open-source distributed transaction infrastructure. The news comes several months after Ripple inked its first deal with the banking sector, when German bank Fidor became the first institution of its kind to integrate the Ripple protocol. Like Fidor, CBW Bank and Cross River Bank will now be able to tap Ripple's low-cost....
Thursday, Blockchain company Ripple announced that it had raised $55 mln in funding. Accenture Ventures, SCB Digital Ventures, the venture arm of Siam Commercial Bank and Santander Innoventures are just a few of the investors who participated in the Series B funding. Additionally, Ripple has secured partnerships with major banks, including Standard Chartered, BMO Financial Group, and Shanghai Huarui Bank. In the near future Ripple plans to partner with even more banks, which are planned to use the service it provides to improve cross-border payments. Overall, Ripple has received over $93....
San Francisco-based decentralized payment network provider Ripple Labs has announced that German Internet direct bank Fidor is now using the Ripple protocol as part of its transaction infrastructure. With the announcement, Fidor has become the first bank to integrate Ripple's payment protocol, allowing its customers to instantly send money in any currency in any amount through the bank's money transfer products at a lower cost. The move is significant as it will allow Ripple to showcase how its unique open-source approach to payments can be used by banks to replace many of the common....
The Ripple XRP is quietly executing a mission of its own, transforming the global financial plumbing from the inside out. By moving beyond theory and into practical application, XRP technology is being adopted by banks, payment networks, and central institutions seeking faster and more efficient cross-border transfers. XRP As The Bridge Between Old And New Finance While most of the crypto world obsesses over price swings and short-term narratives, Ripple is quietly executing on something much larger: a structural rewrite of global finance. As Xfinancebul pointed out on X, XRP isn’t here to....
While bitcoin has been dubbed as the worst investment for last year, many enthusiasts still believe that the cryptocurrency can surpass fiat currencies as the main mode of payment around the world. Its scarcity and the use of the blockchain are its defining features but it could also be it source of weakness. Can bitcoin really replace the U. S. dollar or other currencies at some point? Fiat currencies draw their value from being backed by assets or by central banks. In contrast, bitcoin draws its value from scarcity in that there are only a limited number available in circulation or from....