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Mercy Corps: Leveraging the Potential of Fintech To Accelerate Financial Inclusion in Emerging Markets

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Posted on October 15, 2020January 30, 2021

Among the founding ideas for Ripple is to expand global financial inclusion for everyone—not just those in wealthy nations. The existing financial system is antiquated, broken and poorly designed to serve the needs of those in emerging markets, which are too often overlooked by financial service providers. As the pandemic spurs an increasing shift toward

Fund Instant Cross-Border Payments With a Line of Credit From RippleNet

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Posted on October 8, 2020January 30, 2021

Today, Ripple launched Line of Credit, a new beta service on RippleNet that allows customers using On-Demand Liquidity (ODL) to source capital on demand to initiate cross-border payments at scale using the digital asset XRP. Limited access to working capital is one of the biggest barriers to growth for many companies. Unlike incumbents who have

Lemonway Leverages RippleNet To Unlock Faster Euro-To-Euro Payments

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Posted on October 6, 2020January 30, 2021

Marketplace businesses are expanding access to new global customers and consumer access to new products—allowing sellers to grow their business faster than ever before. Yet, while these platforms meet consumer’s requirements for simple and efficient purchases, today’s slow, complex global payment processing and settlement experience is unable to shoulder the needs of businesses in this

Ripple’s Mission in Action

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Posted on October 5, 2020January 30, 2021

Today’s economies are increasingly global. The advent of new technology has transformed the standardization, speed and cost of the transportation of goods and information exchange. Yet, financial services and the exchange of value remains unreliable, slow and expensive. Ripple is changing this status quo. Through our robust suite of products and services, we’re eliminating the

Atari Preparing to Begin Selling Ethereum-Based Crypto Asset in November

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Posted on October 4, 2020January 30, 2021

California-based gaming firm Atari has teamed up with Bitcoin.com Exchange ahead of the sale of its Ethereum-based crypto asset ATRI. Globally recognized as a pioneer in interactive entertainment, the company behind classic video games like Pac-Man, is now betting heavily on blockchain as it creates a cryptocurrency specialized in the video game industry. In a

Venezuela Rolls Out Ethereum-Based Stock Exchange to Help Skirt US Sanctions

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Posted on October 2, 2020January 30, 2021

Oct 2, 2020 at 09:00 UTCUpdated Oct 2, 2020 at 13:27 UTC Nicolas Maduro, Venezuelan president(StringerAL/Shutterstock) Venezuela has launched a “decentralized” national stock exchange built atop the Ethereum blockchain. Enabled under a new law listed in the country’s Official Gazette on Tuesday, the exchange comes as part of new measures announced by President Nicolas Maduro

Will Securities Clarity Act Boost Crypto Assets Like XRP? Compound Lawyer Jake Chervinsky Weighs in

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Posted on October 2, 2020January 30, 2021

ADVERTISEMENT Congressman Tom Emmer has introduced the Securities Clarity Act, which aims to provide regulatory clarity for digital assets and blockchain networks. The bill would eliminate “fear of additional regulatory uncertainty,” for companies hoping to distribute digital assets, as long as they have complied with current securities registration requirements or qualified for an exemption, according

First Mover: Nine (Bullish) Bitcoin Predictions for Final Months of (Awful) 2020

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Posted on October 1, 2020January 30, 2021

Oct 1, 2020 at 13:18 UTCUpdated Oct 1, 2020 at 13:44 UTC Even after bitcoin’s outperformance over the first nine months, analysts remain bullish on bitcoin. (Metropolitan Art Museum, modified by CoinDesk) First Mover: Nine (Bullish) Bitcoin Predictions for Final Months of (Awful) 2020 A lot of crypto investors like to think of bitcoin as

Record $166M Ethereum Fees Last Month Were 6 Times Bigger Than Bitcoin’s

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Posted on October 1, 2020January 30, 2021

Oct 1, 2020 at 10:57 UTCUpdated Oct 1, 2020 at 12:55 UTC Ethereum art (CoinDesk archives) Ethereum miners earned over six times more in fees compared to those working on Bitcoin in September. Glassnode data shows Ethereum’s total transaction fees stood at an all-time high of $166 million for the month – far more than

Leading the Way on Global Crypto and FinTech Sustainability

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Posted on September 30, 2020January 30, 2021

The world is in the midst of a global climate crisis—one that is impossible to ignore. To avert the worst-case climate scenarios, countries around the world have committed to reach carbon net-zero by 2050. Addressing sustainability across all industries is a worldwide priority, and global finance is no exception. The blockchain and digital asset industry

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