Crypto tracker Whale Alert recently detected two massive XRP transactions totaling nearly 60 million tokens worth over $59 million. The transfers were sent from a wallet linked to Ripple Labs to the digital asset exchanges Bitstamp and Bitso. Each transaction carried over 29 million XRP. Ripple has moved large sums
Kristina Campbell, the CFO of Ripple Labs Inc., has left the company. Campbell updated her LinkedIn page to reflect that she had left the firm this month, but the corporation did not make the news public. Campbell’s tenure as CFO at Ripple Labs, which ended with her departure, lasted for
In a significant setback for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in its quest to regulate the cryptocurrency market, a federal judge has rejected the SEC’s request to appeal her recent ruling involving Ripple Labs, the company behind the XRP token. District Judge Analisa Torres ruled that the SEC
Ripple is backing out of its planned acquisition of Fortress Trust only 20 days after announcing the purchase in order to ostensibly increase its number of licenses in the U.S. Yesterday, Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse said on Twitter about the decision to abandon the acquisition. However Ripple will continue to
The New York Department of Financial Services (DFS) has made significant waves in the cryptocurrency world with its latest move to revamp its “greenlist” of approved cryptocurrencies. According to crypto lawyer Bill Morgan, DFS removed assets like Ripple (XRP) and Dogecoin (DOGE), while Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), and the PayPal
Ripple announced on September 8 that it plans acquisition of Fortress Trust in order to increase its portfolio of regulatory licenses in the U.S. Fortress Trust’s mission is to serve as the regulatory and technological backbone for blockchain enterprises. Moreover, the firm is licensed as a Nevada Trust, which permits
As part of its move to certify its interlocutory appeal in the XRP lawsuit, the U.S SEC issued a 20-page reply memorandum of law yesterday. The SEC is seeking to preserve face by appealing the inquiries asked in the lawsuit, on the grounds that it has an institutional interest in
In a strategic move aimed at maintaining the liquidity of the XRP cryptocurrency, Ripple Labs has released a total of one billion XRP coins from its escrow accounts. The release was executed in four transactions, with the overall transferred XRP valued at $510 million. According to popular blockchain tracker Whale
XRP rallied strongly in July, surging 47.6% on the heels of a favorable court ruling in Ripple’s ongoing legal battle with the SEC. But the winds have now shifted for the fourth-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization. Despite logging its second-best July price performance on record, Ripple appears on track for
In the current landscape, top cryptocurrencies , Bitcoin and Ethereum find themselves entrenched in a challenging period marked by a prevailing bearish trend. This trend has also cast a shadow over XRP, a prominent altcoin, as it contends with its own bout of bearish pressure. Despite clinching a legal victory
