LATAM: Low Interoperability Highlights Crypto’s Big Potential
Across Latin America, a fragmented payments landscape has resulted in low interoperability, often leading to high fees for both senders and receivers of payments. Regulators in the region are working…
Read More »Ghana to explore offline transactions for upcoming CBDC
Offline CBDC functionality will help bring financial services to Ghanans who lack access to bank accounts or an internet connection.
Read More »To Understand The Bitcoin Ark, You Must Understand The Fiat Flood
Bitcoin is a lifeboat for escaping a broken system, but one needs to understand that system in order to see that. In the story of Noah’s Ark in the Book…
Read More »Unlocking Financial Inclusion with CBDCs
The global pandemic exposed many existing government distribution channels for financial aid as inadequate. With roughly one quarter of the world’s population unbanked, a number of stimulus programs faltered and…
Read More »Bitcoin: Our Only Hope To Separate Money From State
In a world where power structures seem endlessly intertwined, Bitcoin offers an alternate pathway. Discussion around Bitcoin for years relegated it to being a bubble, tulipmania or some Ponzi scheme,…
Read More »Setting the Stage for Digital Global Payments
In the evolution of digital payments, it’s clear that financial institutions and payment providers will continue to adopt blockchain technology to drive real-time, cross-border payments growth. This digital ledger infrastructure,…
Read More »Nigerian Protest Group Finds Sovereign Lifeline In Bitcoin
This article also appeared in our Down The Rabbit Hole newsletter. If you want our news and analysis straight to your inbox, make sure you subscribe now! Since mid-October, protestors…
Read More »Grandmas On Lightning
Is Bitcoin Too Hard To Understand? I’ve spent a huge part of the last three years explaining Bitcoin to general audiences and the most common form of resistance I encounter…
Read More »Giving in Place: Ripple Is Proud to Be Part of the Tech Community’s Response to COVID-19
COVID-19 is disrupting the lives of nearly everyone around the world in profound ways. From the tragic loss of lives and livelihoods to the less serious challenges of working from…
Read More »Block Stars: Why Mainstream Consumers and Enterprises are Joining the Blockchain
In the latest episode of the all-things-crypto podcast Block Stars, Ripple CTO David Schwarz talks to BRD CEO Adam Traidman. BRD was the very first crypto wallet released on Apple’s…
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