According to a new report from e-commerce giant Rakuten, the new version of its payment app will support “all payment solutions” — evidently including crypto Japanese e-commerce firm Rakuten announced that a major update of its Rakuten Pay mobile app will be released on March 18, according to the firm’s 2018 earnings release, published on […]
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A look into the crypto part of Forbes’ fresh “Fintech 50” list Recently, Forbes published the fresh edition of its “Fintech 50” list, counting the world’s top financial technology firms. Notably, there are just six crypto and blockchain companies featured this year, while the 2018 list contained 11 players from the field. Given that the […]
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World’s largest crypto exchange Binance “definitely want[s] to add” Ripple’s xRapid as a partner in future, the firm’s CEO revealed. The world’s largest crypto exchange Binance is considering a partnership with Ripple to use its cross-border payment platform xRapid, the company’s CEO Changpeng Zhao revealed in a Periscope live stream on Feb. 6. Speaking in […]
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The Wall Street Blockchain Alliance will partner with R3 to develop solutions on their Corda blockchain platform. The Wall Street Blockchain Alliance (WSBA) has joined blockchain consortium R3 to develop applications and solutions on their Corda platform, a Feb. 5 press release reports. According to a statement made by the CEO of R3, David E. […]
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The Forbes “Fintech 50” list for 2019 of top fintech firms features little over half as many blockchain companies as before. The Forbes 2019 “Fintech 50” list of the world’s top financial technology firms published on Feb. 4 features six blockchain companies, little more than half the amount listed in the 2018 edition. Released in […]
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Despite the bear market, some coins are still managing to outperform the overall trend. Although Bitcoin (BTC) has managed to maintain its dominance throughout the bear market, we are seeing some major cryptocurrencies outperform it. This shows that the market has started to favor some coins and disregard the others. We believe that some cryptocurrencies […]
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Cryptocurrency payment processor CoinGate hаs added Ripple’s native token XRP to its payment options for merchants. Cryptocurrency payment processor CoinGate has added Ripple’s native token XRP to its payment options for merchants, a company tweet revealed Feb. 1. According to the firm’s accompanying blog post, using the service “XRP coin owners can now use it […]
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SBI Holdings has published its nine-month financial report, recognizing Ripple’s potential in cross-border payments. Japanese finance giant SBI Holdings has released its nine-month financial report today, Jan. 31. In the report for the period ending on Dec. 31, 2018, SBI notes Ripple’s potential for cross-border payments. SBI outlines the implementation of technologies by Ripple (XRP) […]
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The world’s second-largest stock exchange Nasdaq has revealed that seven crypto exchanges are already using its market monitoring technology. The world’s second-largest stock exchange Nasdaq has revealed that seven crypto exchanges are already using its market monitoring technology, Forbes reported Jan. 30. Just two of these seven collaborations have to date been publicized — the […]
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Japan finance giant SBI Holdings and enterprise software firm R3 have established a joint venture for business expansion in Asia. Japanese financial services company SBI Holdings has officially announced a joint agreement with the United States blockchain consortium R3 to work in Japan, according to a press release published on Jan. 29. Back in December, […]
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