Ripple announced on Tuesday that the London-based Euro Exim Bank would be using XRP for cross-border payments. The bank, which provides financial services to import and export companies, will be the first to announce that it is using XRP for such payments.
Cryptocurrency Market Updates
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Market Update 1.08.19 – CoinfloorEX Relaunching Next Month as CoinFLEX
Last updated: January 8, 2019, 4:55 am Cryptocurrency Market UpdatesCoinflooxEX, which was a Bitcoin futures marketplace, is being spun off from Coinfloor Group, its parent company, and will be relaunched next month as CoinFLEX (Coin Futures and Lending Exchange).
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Market Update 1.07.19 – Ledger Goes Mobile with Crypto Wallet
Last updated: January 7, 2019, 5:33 am Cryptocurrency Market UpdatesThe cryptocurrency wallet company Ledger has now gone mobile with the launch of its new Nano X device. The company revealed its new Bluetooth-enabled product at the yearly Consumer Electronics Show that was held in Las Vegas on Sunday.
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Market Update 1.06.19 – ETH Devs Give ‘Tentative’ Greenlight
Last updated: January 6, 2019, 4:08 am Cryptocurrency Market UpdatesMembers of Ethereum’s open-source development community tentatively agreed recently to implement a new algorithm meant to block specialized mining hardware, or ASICs, pending further testing on the proposed code.
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Market Update 1.05.19 – New Gemini Ad Says Crypto Needs New Rules
Last updated: January 5, 2019, 4:15 am Cryptocurrency Market UpdatesThe cryptocurrency exchange founded and led by the Winklevoss twins, Gemini has launched a new ad campaign which calls for better regulations in the cryptocurrency industry.
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Market Update 1.04.19 – Ireland Approves the EU AML Directive for Cryptos
Last updated: January 4, 2019, 5:11 am Cryptocurrency Market UpdatesThe Irish Cabinet, the executive arm of the country’s government, has approved a bill that will put into effect the EU’s Fifth Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Directive.
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Market Update 1.03.19 – Indian Police Warns Against Buying Cryptos
Last updated: January 3, 2019, 5:13 am Cryptocurrency Market UpdatesThe police in the Indian state of Jammu & Kashmir (J&K) have issued a warning against investing in cryptocurrencies. The police warned the public that cryptocurrency investments were not sanctioned by the Indian government and also highlighted the increased risk in such investments.
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Market Update 1.02.19 – HitBTC Account Freezed In Spotlight
Last updated: January 2, 2019, 5:05 am Cryptocurrency Market UpdatesCryptocurrency exchange HitBTC has yet to respond to accusations it deliberately froze account withdrawals on Jan. 1, days prior to entrepreneur Trace Mayer’s Proof of Keys event. In a series of tweets, Mayer joined names such as crypto advocate John McAfee in voicing concern and even suspicion about HitBTC after users reported being unable to withdraw their funds.
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Market Update 1.01.19 – Bitcoin Startup Announces Massive Fundraise
Last updated: January 1, 2019, 6:20 am Cryptocurrency Market UpdatesBakkt has raised $182.5 million to build out its global digital assets platform and bitcoin futures product. The round, which is the company’s first, included 12 partners. The crypto startup is owned by Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), which is best known as the parent company of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE).
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Market Update 12.31.18 – Survey Shows Interest Towards Crypto
Last updated: December 31, 2018, 5:43 am Cryptocurrency Market UpdatesA Chinese survey of 4,200 respondents has shown that 40 percent are willing to invest in crypto in the future. It was PANews that conducted the survey. According to the answers gathered during the crypto-related survey, about half of all the respondents had heard of the following terms: cryptocurrency, digital currency, or Bitcoin (BTC).