The Financial Times defines liquidity within a transaction as how easy it is to perform an exchange in a particular security or instrument, or the ease of converting an instrument into cash for withdrawal. This takes into account the stability and price of each instrument over the course of a transaction. Read the full story […]
Payment provider Fleetcor to pilot Ripple’s XRP cryptocurrency
Workforce and fleet payments provider Fleetcor Technologies has become the latest to trial Ripple’s xRapid product, which utilizes its custom cryptocurrency XRP. Read the full story at https://www.coindesk.com/payment-provider-fleetcor-pilot-ripples-xrp-cryptocurrency/ SOURCE: Coindesk
Top 9 frequently asked questions about Ripple and XRP
Editor’s Note: I have recently come across a number of opinions about Ripple and XRP and how it is a centralised cryptocurrency as opposed to Bitcoin which is lauded for its decentralised structure. People are concerned that with a centralised cryptocurrency, one company is in control of the whole ecosystem. The following article aims to […]
Ripple’s price has skyrocketed in the last week
The price of Ripple’s XRP token has been going through the roof, with prices rising more than 30% in the last 24 hours, and more than 450% in the last month, to sit at around AUD$1.80. On top of the price hikes, SBI Ripple Asia, a joint venture between Ripple and Japanese financial service company […]
Cryptocurrencies – the top 8 in the blockchain world
By Saunthra Thambyrajah Cryptocurrencies have exploded into the mainstream media recently and Bitcoin is certainly hogging the limelight. However, the cryptocurrency world is bigger than Bitcoin or the next big player, Ethereum. At the time I began writing this post, the coinmarketcap.com website claimed that there were 840 cryptocurrencies in existence. Now that number has […]