Bitcoin Mining for Dummies: How to Mine Bitcoin (The Basics for Newbies) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZeGdzypTg8

Bitcoin is coming to hundreds of U.S. banks this year, says crypto custody firm NYDIG! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTBd2f6KyHI

Tech Giants Jack Dorsey and Elon Musk Say Bitcoin Incentivizes Renewable Energy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vMQm_1oDnQ

This was counter-intuitive compared to the narrative out there, so I thought it was interesting.

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Ripple Adds Sandie O’Connor To Board of Directors & a CBDC Interoperability Discussion

Check out the discussion here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iiRLzp0yHm8

Ripple Planning Aggressive Expansion of XRP Remittance Platform in 2021

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Financial Giant SBI to Test XRP in $6.6 Trillion Per Day Foreign Exchange Market

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Ripple CTO: There won’t be a one world fiat, but XRP might be the bridge currency

Check out the discussion here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGVAIiJQWNI

Central bank digital currencies are taking up much of the attention in crypto space. Representatives from financial institutions around the world have expressed interest in digitizing or tokenizing their currencies. Ripple’s CTO, David Schwartz, has taken a position on the possibility of the emergence of a “global stablecoin” and the role of the digital asset XRP in that context.

Ripple Exploring Prototype Use Cases for XRP, Maps Out Vision for Future of Crypto Ecosystem

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Ripple is launching a fresh hiring spree for its investment and development arm, RippleX, offering new insight into how the company plans to develop the XRP ecosystem.

Previously called Xpring, RippleX is a newly rebranded division of the San Francisco payments startup. Headed by Ripple executive Monica Long, the division is focused on boosting the adoption of Ripple’s native asset, XRP, with a focus on supporting developer efforts to build on the XRP Ledger and expand the digital asset’s use cases beyond the world of remittances.

Ripple Launches New Service Utilizing Crypto Asset XRP to Fund Instant Cross-Border Payments (Line of Credit)

Check out the discussion here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQohayyGECA

Ripple’s new “Line of Credit” service is now live, giving the company’s customers an opportunity to borrow XRP for cross-border transactions.

Financial institutions and money service providers using the San Francisco startup’s XRP-powered, cross-border payment product, On-Demand Liquidity (ODL), can borrow Ripple’s native currency for a one-time fee via an approval system that will move faster than legacy financial options, according to a press release.

Ripple Wins US Patent for New Oracle-Based Smart Contract Design...Good for XRP too?

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Blockchain payments technology firm Ripple has won a patent for a design that can execute smart contracts based on data collected from the outside world.

Ripple (XRP) will complete global expansion into 195 countries by 2021

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Ripple has more than 350 partners worldwide who use the company’s payment technologies to process cross-border payments inexpensively and in a short time. Ripple employs more than 500 people worldwide and is currently striving to further expand its own presence, especially in Asia. In an exciting interview, Marcus Treacher now gave an outlook on the company’s future expansion efforts.

VISA reveals plans to offer Ripple (XRP) pmts & Ripple launches beta for XRP-based P2P pmt platform

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XRP Ledger Foundation Launches to Drive Growth and Development of the Core XRP Ledger and Community

Check out the discussion here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wFySz3jOmk

Thursday, September 24, 2020 - The XRP Ledger Foundation, an independent and non-profit entity,
today announced its mission to accelerate the development and adoption of the decentralized XRP
Ledger. In addition, the XRP Ledger Foundation received an initial donation of over $6.5M from Coil,
Ripple and Gatehub to help expand the Foundation’s work and serve the growing number of developers
and other community members building on the XRP Ledger.

Ripple Joins Mojaloop-Pushes Svcs to 1.7B & Largest private bank in India (HDFC) joins RippleNet.

Check out the discussion here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qg1FGEufkwM

Ripple says it’s joining Mojaloop Foundation as a sponsor member to bring world’s unbanked and vulnerable populations into an inclusive and affordable financial ecosystem.

Mojaloop is an open-source software platform that aims to make sending and receiving money easier and more affordable by connecting mobile money providers and banks for anyone to use. It aims to provide ‘one loop for everyone’ by reducing upfront and maintenance costs, allowing secure same-day settlements and enabling continuous adaptation and development through its community of users.

The startup, which uses XRP token as bridge currency for its cross-border remittance solutions, cites how blockchain and crypto help improve payment systems.

Why Ripple (XRP) might be the future of digital payments

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Ripple, the world’s fast-growing crypto payment powerhouse, works with bank regulators and policymakers in several governments for the adoption of digital payments.

CryptoWhale, a crypto analytic firm, in a series of tweets, recently spoke on the odds of giving XRP the edge, as it works with government regulators on compliance.

Former Ripple Executive Says Banks Need XRP After Global Settlement Platform Suffers Major Delay

Check out the discussion here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzejpH3-xjw&t=583s

A recent delay to an international bank-led payment settlement initiative is just more evidence that legacy financial institutions need to adopt XRP, according to a former Ripple executive.

Brazil’s Chief Central Banker Says National Digital Currency Could Be Ready by 2022

Check out the discussion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSV3yZrYPX0&feature=youtu.be

The president of Brazil’s central bank thinks the country’s national digital currency will be ready for launch by 2022.

At a Bloomberg-promoted event, Banco Central (BC) president Robert Campos Neto said that two years from now, Brazil will have the infrastructure for interoperable instant payments and an international, convertible and credible currency required for a central bank digital currency (CBDC).

In a recent press release, BC announced that digital currency will improve “commercial transactions between people and even between countries.”

Venture Capital Giant Marc Andreessen Joins Coinbase Board. Coinbase IPO? Crypto space momentum!

Check out the discussion here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYCTiUMlPpY&feature=youtu.be

Silicon Valley venture capitalist Marc Andreessen has been appointed to the board of directors at the leading crypto exchange Coinbase.

Coming amid reports that the crypto giant is preparing to go public, the appointment of Marc Andreessen to the Coinbase Board was announced by CEO and co-founder Benjamin Armstrong.

“As Coinbase continues on its path to growing the cryptoeconomy and creating an open financial system for the world, we’ll look to leaders and experts from a range of fields to help guide us. Of primary importance is our Board of Directors. We look to our Board members and Observers to draw from their areas of expertise to counsel us on everything from product development to world-class governance practices.”