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December 18, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Swissquote to offer Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, Ether, Litecoin, and Ripple

Swissquote Group Holding SA (SWX:SQN) announced that it has just launched trading of four cryptocurrencies in addition to Bitcoin: Ether, Litecoin, Ripple and Bitcoin Cash. Swissquote has been offering Bitcoin trading already since July 2017 and has launched the first actively managed Bitcoin Certificate traded on SIX Swiss Exchange. With now five virtual currencies, it is…

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October 19, 2017 BY Mariela Naydenova

The Gates Foundation and Ripple to "Bank" 2 billion people

With corporations and countries coming to invest and use the latest cryptocurrencies and exploit their benefits, The Gates Foundation is one of the first non-profit organizations to use a cryptocurrency for solving an issue. The Foundation chose Ripple's Inter Ledger Protocol to bring around 2 billion unbanked people to the modern world. Almost 60% of the…

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June 13, 2016 BY Mike Fox

Ripple receives first NY BitLicense for institutional use of digital assets

Early last year, the state of New York began requiring a license to engage in virtual currency activity. Ripple engaged with New York’s Department of Financial Services (DFS) and today received a “BitLicense” to sell and custody XRP, the digital asset native to the Ripple Consensus Ledger, for institutional investors and financial institutions in New…

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June 02, 2016 BY Mike Fox

Santander launches international payments app using blockchain

British bank Santander UK plc, wholly owned by the Spanish Santander Group (BME: SAN) announced they are the first UK bank to introduce blockchain technology which facilitates international payments, through a new app. It is currently being rolled out as a staff pilot, with the intention to expand the technology at a later date. Once the…

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