Ripple

Ripple

Finance

Ripple's share buyback program values the firm at $50 billion

Despite the bear market, today's report suggests a higher valuation than the $40 billion at which the firm raised funds in November.

Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Videos

Why Binance is suing the Wall Street Journal

Binance has filed a defamation lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal over a February article claiming the U.S. Department of Justice is investigating the exchange for transactions linked to Iran. CoinDesk's Jennifer Sanasie hosts "CoinDesk Daily."

CoinDesk

Finance

Binance, PayPal and Ripple join Mastercard’s massive new push into blockchain payments

More than 85 partners will work with Mastercard to connect on-chain payments with banks, merchants and global commerce as part of the payment giant's recent crypto program.

CoinDesk

Videos

Ripple doubles down on institutional derivatives after $3T year

Ripple is expanding its institutional reach, adding the full range of crypto futures listed on Coinbase Derivatives to its Ripple Prime platform. After clearing $3 trillion in volume last year, the move allows clients to trade regulated futures for Bitcoin, Ether, and XRP. CoinDesk's Jennifer Sanasie hosts "CoinDesk Daily."

CoinDesk

Finance

Ripple adds Coinbase crypto futures to its $3 trillion clearing platform

Ripple Prime institutional clients can now trade Coinbase's bitcoin, ether, solana and XRP futures in a regulated U.S. market.

Brad Garlinghouse at DC Fintech Week (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Markets

Ripple expands payments platform into end-to-end stablecoin infrastructure as processed volume tops $100 billion

The company added managed custody, virtual account collections, and fiat-to-stablecoin settlement capabilities, positioning itself as a single provider for enterprise digital asset payments across 60 markets.

Ripple

Markets

XRP outruns bitcoin, ether after investors piled into the recent crash

XRP is outperforming bitcoin and ether following signs of dip buying during recent crash.

Hands rest on the keyboard of a laptop showing trading graphs, data. (Kanchanara / Unsplash modified by CoinDesk)

Policy

Crypto execs Armstrong, Garlinghouse among many named to U.S. CFTC advisory group

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission's new chief, Mike Selig, repurposed the agency's previous CEO innovation council, almost tripling its members.

U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman Mike Selig (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Finance

Aviva Investors to tokenize funds on XRP Ledger in Ripple partnership

The U.K. asset manager teamed up with Ripple to bring traditional fund structures onchain in its first tokenization push.

Nigel Khakoo and Jill Barber

Tech

The Protocol: Vitalik Buterin’s stark warning on layer-2 roadmap

Also: Open-source alternative for bitcoin miners, EF’s quantum-computing team and a new lending protocol for XRP

Vitalik Buterin