Ripple has confirmed that its Ripple Payments platform supports interoperability with SWIFT messaging, allowing banks and payment providers to use blockchain technology alongside traditional financial infrastructure. This integration means financial institutions can continue using familiar SWIFT messaging standards while benefiting from Ripple's faster settlement and liquidity solutions via XRP. The move highlights Ripple's strategy to complement, not replace, the global banking system, offering a practical upgrade path amid SWIFT's own modernization efforts. This development strengthens Ripple's role in enhancing cross-border payment efficiency without requiring banks to abandon current workflows.
Ripple's Chief Legal Officer Stuart Alderoty criticized votes against the bipartisan CLARITY Act, saying they perpetuate unregulated crypto conditions that bad actors exploit. The Act aims to clarify regulatory boundaries between the SEC and CFTC, cl...
Data from CryptoQuant shows a historic drop in the activity gap between large XRP holders (whales) and small investors on Binance, reaching its lowest level in two months. Despite XRP's price drop below $1.15, large deposits to Binance have dried up,...
Cryptocurrency markets show a general downward trend with Bitcoin trading around $64,396, down nearly 1%, and Ethereum falling over 2% to about $1,876. Other major coins like Binance Coin and Solana also saw slight declines. Stablecoins remain steady...
Coinbase and Ripple have secured licenses in Luxembourg granting them EU-wide access under the new MiCA regulations, which took effect July 1. This regulatory shift forced Binance and other unlicensed platforms to reduce services, creating an opportu...
XRP's whale-to-retail trading gap on Binance has dropped to 35.1%, the lowest in about two months, indicating whales and retail traders are behaving more similarly on this exchange. However, across other crypto exchanges, the gap remains significantl...
