2023-10-7 23:00 |
Highlighting the considerable limits of traditional banking systems, a former banker has placed XRP at the top of payment services in the financial sector, predicting that cryptocurrency will disrupt the payments industry. origin »
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Rather than attempting to disrupt banks and other traditional payments systems, these high-profile blockchain developers are looking to court their business.
2023-10-4 18:00 | |
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The XRP ecosystem could face more vigorous opposition to its expansion from Stellar and native cryptocurrency XLM. The company recently acquired a minority stake in payment processor MoneyGram. Related Reading: Ripple Vs.
2023-8-16 19:04 | |
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Payments could soon be streamed in real-time rather than paid out on a monthly or weekly basis, according to Maxime Desalle, Operations Lead at Sablier, in a recent talk at EthCC. Desalle discussed the concept of “token streaming” from the perspective of Sablier, a company aiming to provide more time-efficient and immediate access to funds.
2023-7-18 18:45 | |
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Have you heard about Taro? It’s an improvement proposal for the Lightning Network that Lightning Labs introduced in April. “Taro makes Bitcoin and Lightning multi-asset networks,” the company claims in the latest edition of their newsletter.
2022-8-13 15:13 | |
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Terra LUNA/USD is a decentralized finance blockchain that aims to build a powerful global payments network. It was specifically developed to disrupt the traditional banking system through the mass adoption of stablecoin cryptocurrencies alongside decentralized finance (DeFi) infrastructure.
2022-5-11 16:17 | |
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While CBDCs could help central banks address the decline in cash payments, some risk factors remain.
2021-5-19 11:12 | |
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Big tech and stablecoins could disrupt the European financial system, says ECB Executive Board Member, Fabio Panetta. In a speech at the “Future of Payments in Europe” conference, Panetta stateThe post ECB says 'big tech and stablecoins' a risk to the European Financial System appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2020-11-27 19:30 | |
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Blockchain technology can bring about major changes for cross-border payments, says Ripple’s former chief market strategist.
2020-7-16 21:00 | |
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According to a Coindesk report published on June 19, 2020, the National Bank of Cambodia is poised to go ahead with its blockchain-based payments system dubbed ‘Project Bakong’ to disrupt the dollar’s hegemony in the country.
2020-6-20 17:00 | |
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It’s a commonly used refrain by the Ripple supporters: The blockchain-based payments firm will eventually replace archaic systems like SWIFT for cross-border payments. This should, ideally, boost the use-case of the world’s third-largest cryptocurrency, XRP.
2020-4-28 23:23 | |
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Finally, after four months of Facebook unveiling its payments move to disrupt the world economy as we know it, CEO Mark Zuckerberg stepped into the ring. Libra was the centre of attention in Washington D.
2019-10-24 16:30 | |
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The commotion around Libra and other stablecoins has caught the attention of a lot of regulators from across the world. The idea of a virtual asset backed by a fiat currency to facilitate payments has taken flight among several mainstream financial institutions, including the likes of JPMorgan.
2019-10-5 23:30 | |
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The Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT) has recently talked about cryptocurrencies. According to the organization, cryptocurrencies are useless because they are too unstable.
2019-9-10 21:27 | |
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Facebook has had quite a run operating in the completely unregulated, wild world of social media, finally ending with a mea culpa that it needs government regulation in order to manage the massive social and democratic disorder it has created.
2019-8-19 18:00 | |
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Rakbank CEO Peter England says that traditional banks have to work towards empowering companies that are working to develop blockchain technology. England said that APIs and distributed ledger technology present an opportunity to change the way international payments are handled, adding: “Blockchain technologies do have the potential to disrupt the financial services industry and create […]
2019-7-11 21:26 | |
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Along the ongoing crypto drive, leading businesses have begun fusing crypto-related services to harness an edge in the marketplace – a clear indication of mainstream adoption. While some have aims to disrupt and dominate cross-border payments, businesses like Opera and other Chromium-based web browsers are leading their niche markets in terms of enabling a crypto-friendly environment.
2019-7-11 13:30 | |
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By CCN: Facebook’s cryptocurrency ambitions could translate into reality as soon as next year. The BBC reports that the social media behemoth is on track to start testing its bitcoin rival – known internally as GlobalCoin – by the end of the year before its digital payments system comes online across 12 countries in the first quarter of 2020.
2019-5-24 12:29 | |
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Facebook’s stablecoin remains secretive, but new details continue to surface. According to the latest reports, Facebook Coin aims to disrupt the online payments market, potentially rivaling WeChat, Visa, WesternUnion, etc
2019-5-9 09:35 | |
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Ripples Xrapid Coins. ph Here To Disrupt The System Says Roger Ver Shaking up existing systems would undoubtedly be the outcome of mass cryptocurrency adoption, said the Bitcoin cash supporter Roger Ver, and crypto celebrity Lark Davis.
2019-3-1 23:42 | |
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One of the longtime fears that the traditional financial world seems to have about cryptocurrency is its potential for overtaking payment systems. People who are comfortable with the archaic system do not want to see a broader market, which is partially due to the lack of faith that they have in cryptocurrency. However, as the […]
2019-2-28 03:33 | |
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Ripple is already synonymous with blockchain-fueled cross-border payments, and now it’s about to disrupt content creation. Cinnamon, a new content platform built on Coil, is thanking Ripple for the upcoming launch of a video streaming service.
2019-2-23 23:01 | |
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Ripple is one of the most popular companies in the cryptocurrency space. Indeed, it is trying to solve some of the main problems that companies and financial institutions face when trying to send funds between different countries.
2019-1-30 16:11 | |
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The presidential election in the Ukraine will soon commence in March, but this occasion is not being surrounded with news of candidates or even their stances on different issues. Instead, the news is plagued with reports from the cyber police, who say that hackers are attempting to disrupt the authenticity of the election, attacking electoral […]
2019-1-25 21:58 | |
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The XCOYNZ Exchange enables Individuals to set their own fee when exchanging their Crypto assets. This will be based on a recurring annual allowance from the time of first registration, with further loyalty bonuses being awarded based on periodic exchange activity volume.
2019-1-19 21:03 | |
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For decades, cash has been the primary tool used by people to pay for items in Europe. The use of paper currency, as well as coins, is set to continue in the continent, but the increase in electronic payments could well disrupt the norm.
2019-1-3 07:39 | |
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Yet another tool is being added to Bitcoin’s growing number of privacy solutions. Thought up at a brainstorming event attended by Bitcoin developers and privacy researchers last summer, Pay to Endpoint (P2EP) is a relatively new trick that utilizes the well-known CoinJoin mixing technique to make blockchain analysis much harder.
2019-1-1 19:31 | |
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CoinSpeaker Exploring the New Way of Disrupting the World of Blockchain at Shift Money Shift Money, a conference floor jampacked with content and amazing after-parties, has become famous for its atmosphere.
2018-11-28 10:52 | |
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Cryptocurrency startup Veem just completed a new funding round that includes investors such as Goldman Sachs and Google Ventures. This is not surprising, given the exponential growth of the company, as it seeks to disrupt the global payments sector.
2018-9-28 11:57 | |
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A handful of projects brought their tech to life this week, introducing new payment systems and coins to the industry’s offerings. Meanwhile, Bitcoin’s Lightning Network makes headway for the dev community, and one of crypto’s older and more respected exchanges (arguably) takes a step against the space’s principles.
2018-9-11 17:57 | |
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Update (September 7): Goldman Sach’s CFO Martin Chavez has since called reports of dropping the bitcoin trading desk “fake news. ” (The original Business Insider report quoted unnamed sources as the basis of the information.
2018-9-8 21:57 | |
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Eastads Marketplace & Credits aims to disrupt the old system of buying and selling in Nigeria and Africa. We built a crypto powered marketplace for the largest market in Africa and after ICO we will develop our African Marketplace also integrated with blockchain payments.
2018-9-3 14:33 | |
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A new decentralized reputation and payment system Ink Protocol set to disrupt traditional marketplaces allowing users safely send and receive payments in P2P marketplaces while earning a public reputation for every completed transaction.
2018-8-24 15:37 | |
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Independent DJ Justin Blau (known on stage as 3LAU) didn’t exactly stumble into the cryptocurrency industry — to say so would misrepresent how much thought he’s put into his blockchain-based event network, Our Music Festival (OMF).
2018-8-8 19:23 | |
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As with brick-and-mortar industries that are slowly fading away to the globalism of the online world, so too will the traditional prediction market industry have to innovate to keep up with the sheer efficiency, reliability and security that the decentralized prediction markets promise to bring.
2018-7-31 15:58 | |
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Jack Ma remains skeptical of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies and believes that they could be a bubble. Having taken that stand for quite some time now, Ma still thinks cryptos haven’t proven themselves to be better alternatives to fiat currencies so far.
2018-6-28 17:00 | |
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XRP price started a strong increase above the $2. 850 zone. The price is now correcting gains and showing positive signs above $3. 00. XRP price started a downside correction from the $3. 220 zone.
Price action in the past 24 hours has seen XRP break below the $3 mark again. XRP initially managed to cross above the $3 mark on January 15, a move that marked a notable milestone in trading above this level for the first time in seven years.
XRP, the native cryptocurrency of the Ripple network, has seen its price grow massively in recent months, allowing it to overtake many other large-market cap cryptocurrencies. At the time of writing, XRP is the third-largest crypto by market cap, and current buying trends suggest it might stay there for a while.
The XRP price is in the spotlight again, as a crypto analyst has shared his short—to long-term prediction for the third-largest altcoin. While the asset has experienced a series of bullish events that have driven its price to its current level, the analyst strongly believes that the cryptocurrency can jump even higher to reach $20.
XRP price struggled to continue higher above the $3. 25 level. The price is now correcting gains and might find bids near the $3. 00 level. XRP price started a downside correction from the $3. 250 zone.
XRP is currently navigating a pivotal phase, trading within a well-defined consolidation range of $2. 9 to $3. 4. This narrow band reflects a balanced struggle between bullish optimism and bearish caution as neither side has yet mustered the strength to trigger a decisive price movement.
XRP is currently trading around the $3. 10 level after a weekend marked by significant volatility and a lackluster market response to President Donald Trump’s inauguration day. Hopes had been high among crypto investors that the new U.