Like the title says, everything XRP!
4 Nov 2019 3 minute read 4 comments Gustas_X_R_P
The short answer is No. It's not dead at all. The long answer is... Ripple Labs has been very busy since their inception back in 2012. They wear a lot of hats, with Ripple meaning very different things to different people. The company oversees a rea...
17 Oct 2019 5 minute read 2 comments Gustas_X_R_P
The financial revolution spurred by cryptocurrencies and Distributed Ledger Technologies (DLTs) has shaken incumbent financial institutions and systems, forcing an existential crisis upon them. Are they relevant anymore when there is a technology tha...
11 Oct 2019 5 minute read 13 comments Gustas_X_R_P
Over the past week or so, I’ve been comparing Ripple and other tokens (just Bitcoin and Ethereum to start with), and how it could fit into someone’s investment portfolio. With Ripple, Bitcoin and Ethereum, it’s quite obvious to me that if you’re ser...
11 Oct 2019 4 minute read 2 comments Gustas_X_R_P
By now, if you’ve paid a little attention to developments in the cryptocurrency space, you would have heard of the RippleNet. It’s probably the most significant things about the network and one that constantly gets featured in the news. That news you...
7 Oct 2019 4 minute read 5 comments Gustas_X_R_P
I ought to make it clear from the get go that I don’t consider Ripple’s XRP and Bitcoin to be competitors - they are two coins with extremely different use cases and target audiences. The point of this whole write up is that I want to point out the k...
1 Oct 2019 5 minute read 3 comments Gustas_X_R_P
Both Ripple and Ethereum are two cryptocurrency initiatives with a lot going for it. They both have solid development teams with well-outlined visions, strong connections to incumbent businesses, enterprises, and, increasingly, the support and goodwi...
26 Sep 2019 6 minute read 1 comment Gustas_X_R_P
Functioning primarily as a cross-border payments network that can facilitate large international transfers in a matter of seconds, Ripple‘s XRP token has stirred much debate as to its status as a security. Indeed, the token has several distinctions f...
18 Sep 2019 3 minute read 1 comment Gustas_X_R_P
The whole blockchain space has been picking up in terms of awareness, adoption and development since the jump from the $3000 - just like most people said it would. The price is irrelevant, the overall development of the space is the key factor behind...
8 Aug 2019 1 minute read 0 comments Gustas_X_R_P
Ripple has had an excellent 2019 so far, and even the latter half of 2018 has been special. It’s got multiple members on its RippleNet (over 200!) and many banks are conducting pilot programs with the project’s tech. The XRP token has not been sho...
7 Aug 2019 1 minute read 2 comments Gustas_X_R_P
In an interesting development, the United States Federal Reserve has announced that it will launch a real time payments and settlements system. The press release by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve states that Federal Reserve Banks will...
