We’re excited about our work with @WesternUnion towards a pilot implementation of xRapid, which uses $XRP in payment flows.

https://twitter.com/Ripple/status/963854989604081664

THIS IS HUGE ! Really exciting !

So true. And maybe jealous too.


Don't give that much attention to Bitcointalk. Real cryptofans and investors know what to do.
If your decisions are based on a single forum thread, then you're burned

Can we remove IPVPIRL from the scene ? It isn't needed.

Exactly.

Even if the 55B XRP escrow news has no immediate effect on the XRP price (we will see in the following hours/days), it is 100% positive.

The lockup shows that Ripple is a trustful, reliable and strong company. It can only inpire confidence, which is the Saint-Graal in crypto.

55B XRP ESCROW !

In a word : decentralized.

In a few words : many mouths shut.

And this is BIG news.

Official announcement : https://ripple.com/insights/ripple-escrows-55-billion-xrp-for-supply-predictability/

Michael Arrington Has a New $100 Million Hedge Fund That Will Be Valued in Ripple's XRP

http://fortune.com/2017/11/28/arrington-xrp/

Also on CoinDesk : https://www.coindesk.com/techcrunch-founder-arrington-raising-100-million-ripple-hedge-fund/

XRP on CNBC !
http://www.cnbc.com/video/2017/06/28/cryptocurrency-xrp-has-risen-4000-percent-this-year.html

And the SBI is very positive about XRP in its last report :
http://www.sbigroup.co.jp/investors/library/presentation/pdf/presen170629.pdf#page=134

Very nice coverage !

http://www.afr.com/business/banking-and-finance/financial-services/imf-urges-central-banks-to-study-digital-currencies-20170619-gwtydo

IMF urges central banks to study digital currencies

With banks around the world testing blockchains such as Ripple for sending money overseas, the IMF found distributed ledger technology (DLT) could reduce international payment costs and barriers to entry, while increasing speed and traceability while making payments more secure.

(...)

Other members of the "IMF high level advisory group on fintech'' working with Mr Medcraft include Ant Financial Services chief strategy officer Long Chen, MIT professor Robert Merton, senior deputy governor at the Bank of Canada, Carolyn Wilkins, and the bosses of blockchain start-ups Ripple, Chain and Digital Asset Holdings.

This is huge 

Europe's first diversified Cryptocurrency Fund Crypto Fund AG is launching the Cryptocurrency Fund, which will be based on the Cryptocurrency Index, investing in the most important cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, Ether, Ripple, and other well-established cryptocurrencies : https://www.finextra.com/pressarticle/69604/former-ubs-innovation-lead-establishes-cryptocurrency-fund

XRP added to ALFAcashier :

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The ALFAcashier service announces - Ripple (XRP) is now supported on website!

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    Minimal commission per transaction ($0.00001).
    Possibility to make payments in any currency, including Bitcoin.
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As of 2017, Ripple has the third place by market capitalization, after Bitcoin and Ethereum.

As always, ALFAcashier provides instant automatic exchange at fixed rates.
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http://www.ibtimes.com/ripple-xrp-news-meet-miguel-vias-cuban-born-idealist-behind-xrp-cryptocurrency-2546427

Ripple XRP News: Meet Miguel Vias, The Cuban-Born Idealist Behind The XRP Cryptocurrency

Miguel Vias, head of XRP markets at the blockchain startup Ripple, is living the American dream. “My mother smuggled me out of Cuba when I was 2 years old,” Vias told International Business Times. Raised by a single mom in Miami, neither a degree from Yale nor several years at traditional corporations like Bank of America and CME Group have changed his penchant for jokes and repeating how lucky he feels.

“How do you know I don’t have a magic wand?” he replied to a question about the future of Ripple’s cryptocurrency, XRP. CNBC reports XRP is now valued at $26 billion, second only to bitcoin. Vias has a clear vision for XRP’s future. And so far, he’s pursued this overhaul with relentless focus.

Read: Coinbase Status: Cryptocurrency Price Skyrockets, Causes Outage At Largest Bitcoin Exchange

Vias joined Ripple in 2016, a company that has raised $93.6 million, Crunchbase reported. Unlike many blockchain executives today, Vias wasn’t crazy about bitcoin in the early days of blockchain experimentation. “I heard about bitcoin, but it wasn’t until XRP that I was really captured by the possibilities,” he said.

The technology that fuels XRP is slightly different than competing tokens like bitcoin and ether. For starters, Ripple still controls the bulk of its cryptocurrency and its network unlike decentralized competitors fueled by community engagement. This makes XRP controversial among cryptocurrency aficionados.

The company is also widely seen as more business-oriented than ideological. “Ripple is not the grand vision of blockchain technology realized,” Logan Kugler, a partner at the hedge fund General Crypto, wrote for the Huffington Post. “Which is why blockchain purists resent it.”

Another key difference is Ripple has a built-in mechanism that can freeze a payment in transit until certain conditions are met, such as a specific date or another online transaction gets completed. “It gets cryptographically frozen, everyone can see it,” Vias explained.

When the broader cryptocurrency market fluctuated and investors worried about a blockchain bubble destined to burst, Ripple countered by announcing it will hold 55 billion XRP tokens in escrow to protect the currency’s long-term liquidity. “This gives the market much more clarity about supply,” Vias said. Next on his agenda, Vias is spearheading a push he described as “radical and aggressive decentralization.”

Decentralization includes partnerships with a variety of virtual marketplaces and financial service providers beyond Ripple's ties to banks and corporate clients. Reuters reported Nejc Kodrič, the CEO of one of Europe’s leading bitcoin exchange markets, Bitstamp, said the demand for XRP is particularly strong.

“The core center of our strategy is partnering with enterprise grade institutions who have a vested interest in making sure the XRP network is as healthy as possible,” Vias said. “A prime example is our partnership with BitGo.” BitGo’s digital wallet recently added XRP support. “In conjunction with that support, they are also running a node on the network,” Vias said. “Because now part of their business now relies on XRP, they have a vested interest in making sure the network is robust.”

Ripple is still focused on payment transfers, first and foremost. But while bitcoin traders are often fiercely anti-capitalist compared to more business-minded XRP users, philosophy still factors into Vias’ vision. “Imagine a world where the price of sending payments is almost zero,” he said. “If you could, I think there are some pretty positive effects something like Ripple could have in terms of the challenges immigrants face.”

Don't worry, XRP is a long-term investment. But if you are in a hurry, so sell it, it will give us even cheaper XRP 

https://twitter.com/Chan_Maddanna/status/870255992604381184

 Chandan Maddanna‏ @Chan_Maddanna

#Ripple @Interledger demo Pymt across 7 ledgers, 8 hops inc #ETH #XRP #btc & #chain, settled end to end- #Fintech & #Payments #History made!

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DBPEfsaXcAAqvPF.jpg

NOW 1ST IN VOLUME ! 

Not sure it was posted :

https://twitter.com/bitfinex/status/865627827466403840

Bitfinex.com‏ @bitfinex

We have added support for Ripple (XRP) exchange trading through XRP/USD and XRP/BTC pairs. Margin trading of XRP to follow.

And this :

https://twitter.com/xrptips/status/865572137888645120


 XRP.tips‏ @xrptips

BX Thailand adds to growing #Ripple $XRP marketplace by adding a Thai Baht market https://bx.in.th/THB/XRP/

https://translate.google.fr/translate?hl=fr&sl=ja&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sbigroup.co.jp%2Fnews%2Fpr%2F2017%2F0519_10673.html

(Google Translate) :

May 19, 2017
SBI Holdings Corporation
SBI Ripple Asia Co., Ltd.
"Notice of addition of participating financial institutions" "consortium for domestic and foreign exchange"
~ 3 rows newly joined, participating financial institutions to 59 lines ~
SBI Holdings Co., Ltd. (Head office: Minato-ku, Tokyo, president and CEO: Yoshitaka Kitao)
SBI Ripple Asia Co., Ltd. (head office: Minato-ku, Tokyo, President:
Representative Director: Takashi Okita), "consortium of domestic and foreign exchange consolidation" (hereafter "this consortium, secretariat:
SBI Holdings · SBI Ripple Asia), Akita Bank, Ltd., Nagoya Bank, Ltd., Mitsubishi UFJ
I will inform you that trust banking corporation has decided to join the newly.
With the recent innovative change in ICT (Information and Communication Technology) and changes in customer behavior and social life, 24 hours of payment
Transfer needs such as conversion and real-time, small settlement, etc. are diversifying. Cross-border e-commerce and days
Due to the corporate brought to Asia through advancing to Asia, the needs of foreign exchange have also undergone significant changes.
This consortium is a block chain · Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT)
Utilizing new technologies such as domestic currency exchange and foreign exchange to unify, 24 hours real-time remittance infrastructure construction
We aim to. Last October, it was launched with 42 lines including regional financial institutions and Internet specialized banks,
With participation of each line this time, the participating financial institutions became 59 rows.
In this consortium, discussions on both technological and operational aspects of business required for foreign exchange in Japan and overseas
In March 2017, in addition to foreign exchange, the settlement platform "RC
The cloud "demonstration experiment is completed, we are planning more practical discussion and environment improvement in anticipation of commercialization in the current fiscal year
In addition, we will conduct advanced experiments on virtual currency and block chains in parallel.
This consortium is continuously accepting applications for participation by financial institutions, and participating financial institutions continue to increase
It is expected to add.
that's all
********************************************
For inquiries regarding this press release:
SBI Holdings Corporation Corporate Communications Division 03-6229-0126
For inquiries from financial institutions concerning this consortium:
SBI Ripple Asia Co., Ltd. Public Relations Officer 03-6229-0710

Don't waste your time with him

Fake
And I don't know why the drop will eventually be stronger than Polo "DDOS".

Not sure it was posted, so :

https://twitter.com/RyanZagone/status/864559397250445312