Category: XRP
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IRS Agents Propose Draconian Tactics to Investigate Bitcoin Users
A recently published U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) slide describes alarming recommendations on how tax agents should deal with digital currency users who are not paying taxes. The slide recommends that agents question crypto users’ friends and family, comb through social media posts and issue subpoenas to make sure U.S. residents are paying taxes on…
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Monarch Update for Android Wallet Brings Support for Storage/Sending/Receiving & Interest Earning For Ripple (XRP) In-App
Monarch Update for Android Wallet Brings Support for Storage/Sending/Receiving & Interest Earning For Ripple (XRP) In-App Monarch recently pushed out an update for their Android version of the Monarch Wallet bringing it closer up to speed with its iOS counterpart by bringing support for Ripple (XRP) in-app. Ripple or XRP is one of the more…
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Yahoo Japan-Backed Exchange Launches Crypto-Yen Markets and Margin Trading
Back in April 2018, it was revealed that Yahoo Japan was planning to launch a cryptocurrency exchange licensed by Japan’s Financial Services Agency (FSA). Now, a year later, Yahoo Japan’s trading platform Taotao is open offering BTC and ETH trading while also providing users with margin trading available in litecoin (LTC), ripple (XRP) and bitcoin…
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Bitcoin.com’s Market Cap Aggregator Adds More Informative Crypto Data
A little over a year ago, our web portal launched a new market cap aggregator, Markets.Bitcoin.com, which showcases the top 500 cryptocurrency market valuations. More recently we’ve added some great data to Markets.Bitcoin.com so people can get information on not only the price of their favorite coins, but also real-time charts featuring transactions per day,…
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Bitcoin active nodes outnumber XRP active addresses
Bitcoin has more full nodes than XRP has active addresses, observed one crypto commentator. The conversation is part of a larger debate around centralization and other fundamental differences between BTC and XRP which make them difficult to compare. As stated by crypto commentator Kevin Rooke on Apr. 5th, Bitcoin nodes exceed the number of active…
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Ripple signs-on third largest money transfer service to RippleNet
Ria Money Transfer, the third largest money transfer service in the world, joined RippleNet—a settlement layer facilitated by Ripple which streamlines payments through improved technical and operational standardization between participating institutions. Ria Money Transfer, a subsidiary of Euronet Worldwide (a multi-billion dollar payments conglomerate), operates in 155 countries with over 377,000 locations and facilitates $40…
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Markets Update: BCH and BNB Outperform Leading Crypto Assets
Despite the cryptocurrency markets appearing increasingly bullish, the leading crypto assets have posted mixed results in recent weeks. While BCH and LTC have made significant gains over BTC in recent months, ETH and XRP have lost value against BTC for much of 2019. Also Read: The Number of Crypto Exchanges Offering Margin Has Multiplied BTC…
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Review: BC Vault Is an Unorthodox Hardware Wallet With a Random Key Generator
One of the biggest responsibilities of cryptocurrency owners is safely storing their digital assets. Over the last few years, hardware wallets have become an extremely convenient security solution that has helped in this regard. The BC Vault is a new hardware device with a number of distinctive features. Also read: The Struggle to Buy Bitcoin…
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Markets Update: Bitcoin Cash Leads the Pack With Double Digit Gains
Cryptocurrency markets have seen some slight gains in the last 48-hours, with the overall market capitalization of the entire digital asset economy comprising $174 billion as of April 15. Once again, bitcoin cash (BCH) is leading the pack this Monday with a 13% gain over the last 24 hours, outshining every coin in the top…
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Markets Update: Bitcoin Cash Rockets Forward Leading the Crypto Bull Rally
Cryptocurrency prices have improved a great deal over the last seven days and many digital assets saw a significant spike in value on April 2. The entire market capitalization of all 2,000-odd coins is steadily approaching $200 billion. The market forerunner so far is bitcoin cash (BCH), which is up well over 45% in the…