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Ripple Swell: Crypto organization rushes full steam ahead with RippleNet Home reveal

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The past week has seen multiple updates from Ripple and XRP due to the ongoing Swell Conference 2019. The gathering witnessed various proponents from the field come together to discuss ideas as well as reveal new technologies and products. Ripple has been stealing the limelight at the show, and with the launch of RippleNet Home, it has tried to reach further than before.

The latest product is aimed to act as a point of confluence for users in the Ripple ecosystem so that transactions and requests are processed much faster. XRP Research Center also tweeted about the latest project saying:

“Ripple unveils brand new #RippleNetHome. RippleNet Home will act as a hub where RippleNet members will be able to connect and partner with each other, analyze corridors and access data analytics on their own transactions.”

Thanks to Ripple, banks will be more competitive

Many users in the space have claimed that the project will enable banking to become real-time and competitive for the first time in history. Ripple has stated that RippleNet Home provides an entirely new experience for consumers and investors with a focus on bettering the remittance market. The feature of RippleNet Home includes direct insights into the company’s payments flow with data being transmitted across regions in real-time.

The upgrade will come packaged with intelligent suggestions that are skewed to increase competitive advantage in the dog eat dog cryptocurrency world. Users and investors will be able to explore and interact with the growth parameters of their trade with the added option of improving existing corridors or expanding into new ones.

The application will allow companies to evaluate the size of other partners and get a robust assessment of their characteristics and make better decisions. During Swell, the RippleNet Home announcement stated:

“ With our latest technology , you will be able to choose a business partner that fits into your goals. Know your partners, all with the help of RippleNet Home.”

The Brad Garlinghouse led company has ensured that in the age of social media, instant access and connectivity between different parties was the norm. With RippleNet Home, users will be able to send requests to others instantly and manage their individual responses on the application. This is said to help track the network’s growth as well as the capital inflow/outflow. The announcement concluded by saying:

“RippleNetHome will allow members to track all payments on RippleNet, increase smart automation, analyse transaction history and fully optimize local payments at individual local companies.”

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Ripple’s cross border mission continues to flourish as IndusInd Bank gives it a boost

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Ripple has always committed to creating partnerships in the cross border payments sector, and recently Indusland Bank, a leading Indian bank and Ripple partner, spoke about the advantages of the tie-ups.

Biswabrata Chakravorty, the Chief Investment Officer [CIO] of the bank took to the stage at a recent economic forum where he addressed the plans for developing the cross border world.

In his words:

“As you all know we had recently partnered with Ripple to take cross border transactions to the next level and make it more seamless. A couple of large banks have already tied up with us and even conducted transactions. There are may benefits of building a product on the blockchain because it even enables the elevations of customer experience multifold.”

A majority of Ripple’s partners have revealed that they were successful in conducting transactions across countries and time zones, a task that was considered difficult by mainstream banks. Indusland is one of several native banks who have used Ripple’s native technology to jump aboard the blockchain bandwagon. Chakravorty continued:

“The main advantages of operating on the blockchain are fundamental qualities like transparency and finding out the status of payments etc. In a normal transactions users have difficulty in finding out when their payments will get settled, a concern eliminated by the blockchain technology. Our initial idea was not a world wide connection with banks but just a general area of focus but the partnership with Ripple has inherently managed to it happen.”

The IndusInd Bank official further added that the main expenditures are the costs that pertain to liquidity. According to him, the main idea is to give visibility into the liquidity solution, and the backing of the Interledger protocol is an added help. Chakravorty also elucidated on the different options that customers now have when it comes to types of transfers. He said:

“Customers now have the option of choosing RTEG or NEFT payments, and they are settled in less than 2 minutes. That is something that the customer base is not used to right now, and we want to make sure that the choice is always given.”

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The Central Bank of China is on the Look-up of Crypto Tech Experts

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China’s Central Bank appears to be launching its very own cryptocurrency sooner than later, as per the latest recruitment announcement by the People’s Bank of China (PBoC).

China Steps Closer to Launching New Cryptocurrency

Per the recruitment notice by the PBoC, the country wants to hire six more tech experts with an expertise in cryptography, econometrics, micro-electronics to spearhead the research and development for the country’s upcoming unnamed cryptocurrency.

The bank is majorly looking for candidates with working experience in similar fields such as systemic framework design, big data platform, research of cryptocurrency, payments and settlement systems, and blockchain tech development.

As the country is primarily looking to develop a country’s digital currency to work without an internet connection, much similar to paper notes, the new hires will be responsible for “develop the software system, conduct the research and development mechanisms, and the analysis of payment and cryptocurrency.”

With the recent reports being taken into consideration, the proposed digital currency by China might come in forth anytime soon in this year or early next year. However, China’s government official earlier stated that the currency resembles the features of Libra, a Facebook-led controversial cryptocurrency.

Alipay and WeChat Pay Shouts at Crypto Transactions

On the one hand, China seems a die-hard fan of its upcoming cryptocurrency – on the other hand, it is restricting the state-owned payment platform from dealing with bitcoin and other cryptocurrency-related transactions.

This is quite true with the latest Twitter post shared by Alipay, China’s one of the largest online payment solution provider. On October 10, 2019, Alipay officially revealed that it would maintain strict scrutiny to identify if there are crypto transactions carried out via Alipay.

The firm further mentioned that they would “immediately stop the relevant payment services” as soon as such transactions caught up.

Besides Alipay, WeChat pay also shared an official announcement, stating that they will never support cryptocurrency trading and has never integrated with any crypto merchant”. Moreover, as per the Dovey Wan, a crypto influencer states that WeChat stated;

“We welcome any whistleblower to report such behavior”

With that being said, China seems to have strict control over the country’s own payment networks in terms of crypto-related transactions.

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Ripple Shakes Hand with Finastra to Bring Blockchain Technology in Banking

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Earlier today, Ripple took to their website to announce their partnership with a financial software company, Finastra, to push its blockchain technology in banking even further.

According to the publication, Ripple will now be free to offer its blockchain settlement technology to Finastra’s banking customers following the agreement. In a bid to fuel international settlements, Ripple will provide its blockchain technology through Finastra’s settlement solution.

As per the details surrounding the partnership, Finastra’s customers will be able to transact with Ripple’s existing partners that include over 200 financial institutions. In turn, Ripple partners will have the mandate to tap into Finastra’s market reach taking advantage of its reliable banking environment.

According to the Senior Vice President of Customer Success at Ripple, Marcus Treacher,

“As a blockchain and crypto company, we are thrilled to partner with a forward-thinking business such as Finastra to avail our blockchain technology to their huge customer base.”

Treacher added,

“Finastra is not your ordinary company as it is an established fintech stakeholder who works with a majority of the world’s leading financial institutions and banks. This working agreement is poised to expand Ripple’s reach and its network’s footprint while enabling its customers to execute transactions directly with each other.”

Under the partnership, Finastra’s huge customer base will have access to Ripple’s network, Ripple’s global blockchain settlement platform, to provide faster, cheaper, and more secure settlements.

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The partnership will permit customers to transfer cross-border settlements with visibility into fees, delivery time and status, and tracking. Also, Ripple’s cloud solution will host customers promising to improve integration speed with other network partners, thus allowing for faster upgrades. All the customers will have their wallets securely stored by Ripple’s cloud service. This will improve the operational speeds associated with transactions.

For the partnership to be a win-win agreement, Ripple customers will also have to receive benefits from Finastra. And according to the arrangement present between the two companies, Ripple users will also have access to Finastra’s platform of banking institutions. This will allow Ripple customers to communicate and partner with each other in reciprocated transactions.

Finastra’s customer base will also have the option to access Ripple’s new On-Demand Liquidity product that utilizes Ripple’s default currency, XRP. According to a senior ranking Finastra executive:

“Partnering with a solid company as Ripple that supports innovative blockchain technologies to provide reliable and fast international settlements is particularly beneficial for our clients in regions where the cost of corresponding banking is high.”

Ripple’s network volume is poised to increase drastically following the partnership between the two companies given that the Finastra banking platform will allow Ripple customers to access and trade with each other.

Finastra’s Senior Vice President, Ritesh Singh said:

“Finastra’s partnership with the crypto and blockchain technology company, Ripple, is another strong indication that Finastra believes the future of finance is open. Our move to partner with Ripple is also an indication that we are committed to bringing the latest innovations and adoptions to our customers.”

Recently, the London-based payment service provider, Finastra, announced to the world its decision to launch its Fusion Mortgagebot Data Insights product in a bid to gather customer behavior insights. Finastra intends to avail the customer behavior insights to users to improve borrower experience through Machine Learning and Big Data.

Ripple Issues

In the past few months, Ripple has been facing some regulatory and legislative problems as several disgruntle XRP investors decided to take the company to court.

The charges assert that Ripple’s XRP should be treated as a security, which means the crypto company has violated several US securities laws. However, the Ripple legal team has rubbished the claims during the court appearances with solid arguments. Hopefully, crypto followers will see the end of the legislative challenge soon.

Ripple’s budding relationship with Finastra is sure to solidify the blockchain firm’s position as a market leader in the cross-border blockchain payment industry. Also, the partnership is situated to serve as am example of how successful blockchain and be in banking.

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Ripple CEO: The focus on cross-border payments is the best move

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The “Brad Garlinghouse Breakfast” eventually happened. For crypto enthusiasts, especially Ripple holders, it’s a week that you must be prepared to see a lot of Garlinghouse.

Today, Ripple CEO Brad had the opportunity to speak at the high-level economic club of New York. The message was dominated as you might have guessed about Ripple and its token XRP. The most crucial highlight of his interview was that the ‘banks don’t like Swift.’

The Sky is the Limit

The forum is arguably the very high level of all, and the organization has already hosted multiple US presidents as well as leaders from the global Fortune 500 companies. It’s the kind of stage that Brad needed and didn’t waste any second to explain how Ripple is making giant strides to become the best.

Over the past, the Ripple CEO has been consistently stating that it’s never a case of if Ripple will overtake Swift but instead when. Today, he went a step further to highlight how Ripple is making the cross border transactions seamless and added that Banks now don’t like Swift.

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Brad Garlinghouse’s statement can be backed by the fact that several banks in the recent past have shown interest in Ripple. Currently, Ripple has over 200 banks under its belt and still going strong.

Banks want to improve the cross-border payments, and it seems like Swift is not offering the speed that the modern world deserves. Therefore, with Ripple up to speed, it’s easy to understand why Garlinghouse is so much positive that Swift is no longer an option.

According to him, the focus on cross-border payments is the best move for the company.

More will come from Garlinghouse this week as Garlinghouse is later scheduled for a Fox Business Interview. Then later tomorrow, a full release from Anthony Pompliano will be out of an entire 90-minute interview with Ripple CEO.

The stage was big today for Brad to tell it all, after all, how could he not? Nevertheless, Ripple and its digital asset XRP are ticking all boxes, and only time will tell what the future holds.

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Ripple Reaches 250 Customers, Reveals its Regional VP (EMAI)

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The Regional Vice President (EMAI) of Ripple, Mr. Stephen Overton states that Ripple currently counts 250 banking clients. Stephen’s statement comes in a wake of Ripple’s latest partnership with the Pakitan’s Faysal bank Limited. Although Ripple has been stating that the company has 200+ customers, the exact number remained secreted for quite long.

However, in an earlier report circulated in this month alone, Stuart Alderoty, the General Counsel at Ripple revealed that the company has secured 220 customers. While the number 220 seems impressive for the whole XRP community, the latest interview snap of Stephen Overton who said Ripple has 250 customers – baffled few members of the XRP community.

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Whether the report of Ripple hitting 220 banks is true or 250, the fintech firm has not confirmed via an official statement of Ripple (neither from the website nor via its twitter handle). And, Tron Weekly Crypto didn’t receive an official confirmation yet, too. But notably, the giant has been active in garnering the attention of a range of banks and financial institutions from across the various parts of the world.

Ripple’s Latest Partnerships

Faysal Bank Limited from Pakistan, South Korea’s two largest banks Shinhan and Woori Bank, National Bank of Fujairah (NBF) from the Middle East, Interbank from Peru and Vitesse are few of the latest financial entities that have recently appeared on top bulletins with Ripple.

By partnering with these and other new financial institutions, Ripple is broadening the reach of its blockchain-payment products. The banks are apparently sharing how Ripple’s partnership is adding a feather on their hat and help their customers with the cheapest and efficient cross-border payment transfer services.

As such, Ripple’s existing customer Xendpay expressed their excitement of being a part of Ripple. The company’s head of Product Innovation, Bhavin Vaghela says that “Ripple has helped them reduce the transfer processing time by 99%.” In his continuous note, Bhavin said;

“We needed a partner that could introduce us to local banks and have the infrastructure for quick implementation. That’s happened with Ripple.”

Another example that witnessed Ripple is enabling its customers with the effective blockchain payment solution is Faysal Bank Limited. The bank revealed the brief details of signing up with Ripple on its Twitter handle, reading;

Faysal Bank introduces a digitally enabled solution for its customers through partnering with Ripple. With this partnership, fast, secure and convenient cross border payments can be made.

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Ripple Signs Up Second Most Significant Korean Bank Shinhan

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RippleNet, a global payment network, which is run by the crypto giant Ripple, has added yet another bank in Korea. Shinhan, the second-largest bank in Korea, is now a confirmed ripple client.

According to a presentation from Sagar Sarbhai at Ripple, Shinhan bank joins another 5th largest bank in Korea, Woori bank, in the growing list of Ripple’s banking partners.

In 2017, Shinhan ran a trial with Ripple but never confirmed of being onboard with the Ripple technologies. For instance, it was not apparent when institutions ran a test will they surely buy the idea and utilize it.

However, now it’s clear that Ripple has on-boarded the 2nd largest bank in Korea. It now means that the number of banks working with Ripple is growing exponentially without showing any signs of stopping.

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But the big question should be, why are significant banks partnering with Ripple?

Why Ripple is Winning the Banks

One thing has always been clear and consistent with the CEO of Ripple, Brad Garlinghouse. Brad has had a clear vision that Ripple will overtake Swift as a dominant banking infrastructure provider.

The fact that a plethora of banks has already accepted to utilize Ripple means only one thing; that they see a massive opportunity in its technology as well as its digital asset XRP.

So, what’s Ripple secret?

Ripple has xRapid solution, which helps the banks with liquidity while trying to send funds to the emerging markets. Basically, the ripple solutions allow cross-border transactions between banks in a cheaper and faster way than most systems can offer.

The solution is based on blockchain technology and has numerous products. For instance, xCurrent makes it quicker to check the information needed for making transactions.

Moreover, XRP token is continuously growing and is traded publicly on the cryptocurrency exchanges. With demand for the xRapid product increasing, theoretically, the need for XRP will rise with the large-scale transactions and could potentially affect the price.

Ripple is indeed making the right strides to becoming the best in the fintech industry. Recently, the company teamed up with National Bank of Fujairah (NBF) from the Gulf region. With over 200 banks already on board, Ripple and its token XRP are destined for greatness (as things stand).

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Faysal Bank Partners with Ripple, Becomes First Bank in Pakistan to Employ xCurrent

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Faysal Bank Limited – which claims itself as one among the premier banks in Pakistan – has penned a partnership with Ripple, the blockchain payment firm. It has now become the first bank in Pakistan to employ Ripple’s technology xCurrent.

First Bank in Pakistan Adopts Ripple

Today, On September 6, 2019, official social media handle of Faysal Bank confirms that they’ve recently introduced digitally enabled solutions for its customers following the partnership with Ripple.

Though the crypto community is quite familiar with Ripple’s approach towards the banks and its partnership with multiple financial institutions so far, for Pakistan, it is the first initiative to work with Ripple.

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Subsequent to the partnership, Faysal Bank has now become the first bank in Pakistan to sign up a contract with Ripple and to employ xCurrent for its cross-border and other financial services. The bank officially states that the ceremony of a successful partnership between Faysal Bank and Ripple was held in Karachi, the largest business city of Pakistan. The Bank tweeted;

Faysal Bank introduces a digitally enabled solution for its customers through partnering with Ripple. With this partnership, fast, secure and convenient cross border payments can be made. The ceremony was held in Karachi, under the leadership of Mr. Yousaf Hussain, P&CEO- FBL.

What’s More in the Box?

As always, XRP community was quick to react with their positive opinions and also quick research on the latest partnership. While one member of XRP community recalled Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse’s statement who once said, “we’re entering the walking phase,” other member said, “Ripple has 250 banks”.

Moreover, Dato’ Arif Siddique – who is according to his Linkedin profile – a Banker, CIO, CDO, digital inclusion innovator, and digital Transformation – says, the partnership will help Pakistanis to access to faster, secure and affordable remittance service from Faysal Bank. Besides appreciation on Twitter, the bank also engrossed many admiring views from the community on Linkedin social media network. One such user on LinkedIn says; “very encouraging to see Pakistani banks Taking such initiatives.”

Founded in 2012, Ripple’s products have become the alternative yet most affordable solution for global banks and institutions in offering convenient cross-border services to their customers.

While Ripple is joining hands with new market players across various countries of the world, it has also recognized as the hottest company in the United States to work. Accordingly, LinkedIn featured Ripple in its yearly list of “50 hottest US companies,” and the recognition was the second time in a row.

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Ripple partner SBI Holdings Encourages Fourth Megabank Concept with Fintechs in Japan

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Yesterday, Yoshitaka Kitao, SBI Holdings (HD) president and who recently joined Ripple as one of its Board of Directors spoke about his plan to create “fourth megabank concept” at FINSUM 2019.

Ripple Partner Creating Fourth Megabank Concept

Organized by NIKKEI INC, and Japan’s Financial Services Agency (FSA), FINSUM 2019 is a 3-day mega fintech blockchain event held in Tokyo, the capital city of Japan. The event kicked off yesterday with visionaries presenting their views on the future of finance and decentralized technologies.

Yoshitaka Kitao, President of one of the most significant Ripple partners, SBI, talked about the creation of a “fourth Megabank concept” by utilizing Fintech with regional financial institutions. He says;

“We will use various fintechs in Japan and overseas to realize the“ fourth megabank concept with regional financial institutions.”

Following the concept, SBI intends to support local banks with various facilities such as infrastructure, asset management products, and services alongside human resource development. The member of Ripple’s boards of directors further asserts that SBI is seeking investment in significant banks, venture capital, and leading regional banks. Adding to that, SBI will own the majority of the holding company. Kitao said;

“The holding company provides the system to regional financial institutions at a low cost. The system cost can be changed from a fixed cost to a variable cost and a high-cost structure can be solved.”

As a holding company, SBI Group will enhance the “operation of regional financial institutions,” Kitao elaborated. Moreover, it will also introduce “Fintech as a joint platform” that will undertake various measures to eliminate money laundering and improve work efficiency. That’s where Ripple blockchain fits in.

FSA is a Big Fan of Bitcoin and Lightning Network

Besides Kitao, Bitcoin bull Anthony Pompliano (aka Pomp) was also a part of the event to deliver a keynote on “Defining the Future of Money.” Shortly, he took to Twitter and shared his picture which got captured with two key executives of the Financial Services Agency (FSA) – the FSA’s Commissioner Mr. Toshihide Endo and the Director of Fintech and Innovation, Mr. Jumpei Miwa.

Concerning Pomp’s latest tweet, FSA is a big proponent of Bitcoin and Lightning Network (LN). Besides, Japan is hoping to be a world leader in adopting BTC as well as LN with the fairly clear regulatory frameworks already set in place.

As for the vital Ripple partner SBI Holdings (HD), it has always been an active market player to embrace and adopt blockchain technology across its financial services.

Significantly enough, the bank’s subsidiary had recently announced a new initiative that will enable its shareholders to receive dividends in XRP, the native token of Ripple. Also, only a couple of days ago, SBI’s Ripple powered MoneyTap extended its reach with four new partners that resulted in 29 banks in total which will reportedly support MoneyTap.

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Ripple Puts the Whole Finance Industry in a Fascinating Predicament

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Ripple and its cryptocurrency XRP appear to be on the way of something big which might impact not only the company and the asset but the entire finance industry. XRP sees more and more adoption among businesses; as we write this, it is set to see an increase of Latin American and US users already.

Although it doesn’t seem to be gaining as much attention as it deserves, Ripple continues to make waves in the financial industry. Certainly not as much as projects such as Facebook’s Libra, or even as the recent price shifts of Bitcoin.

Even so, Ripple and its XRP did make quite a few significant moves recently. One of the biggest ones doesn’t actually come from Ripple itself but from a Spanish bank called Santander.

Santander is a bank that not too long ago issued a mobile payment app known as One Pay FX, which is powered by Ripple blockchain. This is an interesting app that can use XRP as a payment method, although it is not one of Ripple’s products. It is worth noting that the app doesn’t depend on XRP at all, but it does offer it as an option.

So far, the app has been quite popular in several European countries, including Poland, Spain, the UK, Italy, and alike. However, the bank aims to expand the app’s user base to Latin America next, and even to the US. This would allow Latin American and US users to send money internationally as well instantly.

The move was inspired by One Pay FX’s major increase in transaction volume in 2019. It pretty much tripled from January to June of this year, while volumes for Spain grew by around 120% in a single year, as measured in April 2019.

So far, Santander did not reveal when the technology will reach Latin America, or even which countries it plans to target. However, regardless of when and which, XRP’s user base is likely about to increase significantly shortly.

Why it makes sense for the companies to use Ripple (XRP)

While this is a huge move for XRP and Ripple, it is still only one area in which the project is progressing. Thanks to the fact that Ripple is so popular among banks around the world, XRP might become the first cryptocurrency to reach mass adoption. It is clearly becoming more than a purely-speculative asset and is being adopted by businesses around the world — yes, carefully and hesitantly, but they are still making that move.

These companies will have to use XRP to achieve speed/cost benefits, because, without XRP, there will be no fast settlements, only quick payments. Using RippleNet but not using XRP does not give firms the true advantage since the money will still have to move either through traditional banking systems, or 3rd party partners. In both cases, non-XRP transactions will be slow for the end-users.

Once any company partners with Ripple and gains access to RippleNet, it only makes sense for them to start using XRP and make use of all the benefits. In other words, the more partnerships Ripple enters, the more payments it will see. At the same time, As Ripple continues its alliances’ streak, more payment corridors will switch to faster XRP settlements, which will allow for higher liquidity.

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That is most likely the reason why the XRP price moves, and the only explanation for its performance that really makes sense. That is also the reason why many in the crypto industry expect that Ripple’s XRP price will surge as soon as the market allows it. In any event, Ripple and XRP seem to be on the precipice of something big which, as things stand, will define the future of both, the company and the asset with a golden pen.

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