A United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) 8-K filing by remittance processor, MoneyGram, has revealed that Ripple has been injecting a significant amount of funds into the business since its investment in the company in June 2019. But according to a report from the Financial Times, Feb. 28, until consulting with the SEC, MoneyGram had been classing these cash flows as revenue. Benefits reclassified as contra expenses The filing revealed that in the third and fourth quarters of 2019, Ripple had input $11.3 million into MoneyGram, in what was described as “Ripple market development fees.” It went on to …

Blockchain-based financial services network RippleNet provides a safe, convenient, and easy-to-use wallet for holders of the cryptocurrency XRP, and the features to their system’s ledger may be expanding. RippleNet has been developed significantly since it was created in 2012. The system’s users have long had the ability to perform transactions on a decentralized ledger. Soon they may be able to take advantage of a feature on the network which would allow them to mint asset-backed tokens like stablecoins on the XRP ledger. According to a video released by Ripple last month, Chief Technology Officer (CTO) David Schwartz said he was …

Recently, the chairman of Virgin Galactic Chamath Palihapitiya said that “everybody should probably have 1% of their assets in Bitcoin,” as it is “an uncorrelated hedge” to the excesses in the financial industry. He did not approve of the strategy to buy Bitcoin only when the equity markets are down. Instead, he said that investors should keep a long-term view on Bitcoin and consider it as “insurance”. Fundstrat’s Tom Lee said that blockchain and crypto will disrupt the financial industry over the next twenty years. For the short-term, Lee retained his bullish stance on Bitcoin. He said: “I think there’s …

A United States federal district court has decided to allow a lawsuit alleging that Ripple’s XRP crypto asset is an unregistered security. Court documents filed on Feb. 26 reveal that Judge Phyllis Hamilton of the Court of the Northern District of California ruled to only partially grant Ripple’s motion to dismiss the lawsuit against it. The lawsuit in question was initiated in August 2019 by XRP investor Bradley Sostack, who alleges that the firm misled investors and sold XRP as an unregistered security in violation of federal law. The lawsuit is looking for the recognition of XRP as a security …

While China now has more billionaires than the United States and India combined, Binance CEO might have more money than any crypto person, a new report says. Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao has overtaken a co-founder of cryptocurrency mining giant Bitmain in the latest Hurun Global Rich List, an annual ranking of the world's biggest billionaires published Chinese media Hurun Report. Issued on Feb. 26, the new Hurun Report’s list of 2,816 global billionaires includes six individuals who made their fortune from blockchain and crypto industry. Bitmain’s ousted co-founder lost over one billion dollars in a year Similarly to previous compilations …

The equity markets sold off sharply on Feb. 24 and 25. Even gold, a traditional safe-haven has stalled its rally. On similar lines, cryptocurrencies are also witnessing a period of correction. The total crypto market capitalization has dropped from about $308 billion on Feb. 15 to $248 billion at press time, which is a fall of about 19.50%. For an investor, this is a normal and healthy correction, which can provide an opportunity to buy or add to existing positions. In an interview with CNBC, billionaire investor Tim Draper said that he has shifted his money out of stocks and …

A group of South Korean money transfer and remittance companies has joined Ripple’s blockchain-based financial services network RippleNet to bolster the remittance market in the country. In a Feb. 25 announcement, Ripple revealed that South Korea-based money transfer service providers Sentbe and Hanpass, and mobile and online based cross-border remittance services firm WireBarley have begun using the RippleNet platform. The collaboration is geared to improve remittances in Korea. According to the World Bank, workers’ remittances, receipts in South Korea amounted to over $6.2 billion, in 2018. The top destination country for emigration-related remittances by South Koreans was reportedly the United …

According to filings through the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), money transmission network MoneyGram has gained over $11 million from the blockchain-based payments firm Ripple Labs. In a press release by MoneyGram, the company stated it had received funds from Ripple divided over two quarters: in the fourth quarter, $8.9 million, and $2.4 million in the third, totaling $11.3 million. Its revenue for Q4 was reported to be $323.7 million. "MoneyGram continued to expand its strategic partnership with Ripple as the first money transfer company to scale the use of blockchain capabilities." Nothing in the SEC filings state what Ripple’s …

The global equity markets are reeling under pressure as the coronavirus outbreak has spread outside China. While gold, the traditional safe haven, has been moving higher, Bitcoin has largely remained range-bound. This again puts focus on the frequently discussed perspective that Bitcoin is a completely uncorrelated to traditional markets. Sometimes it rallies with the equity markets and other times with gold but during certain occasions, such as now, it moves to its own beat. In other news, Tron founder Justin Sun paid a record $4.6 million in a charity auction to have a meal with legendary investor Warren Buffet. However, …

Justin Sun, the founder and CEO of Tron (TRX), the 15th biggest cryptocurrency by market cap, is investing in a number of cryptos other than Bitcoin (BTC). In a Feb. 23 interview with CNN, Tron CEO said that he is a long-term believer in cryptocurrencies and owns a stake in many altcoins, including the two largest coins after Bitcoin — Ether (ETH) and XRP. Tron CEO predicts that Bitcoin will cross $100,000 mark in 2025 When asked whether Sun has its crypto portfolio diversified, the Tron CEO answered: “I own a lot of XRP and Ethereum, too. I’m like a …

Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao believes that the upcoming Bitcoin halving has not been priced in to the digital asset’s current price action. The reduction in miner rewards will increase the cost of mining each Bitcoin, meaning, miners are unlikely to sell below their cost of production. Bitcoin’s supply will decrease with the halving but its demand has also been increasing, creating a situation where prices are likely to driven higher. Although CZ’s statement can be interpreted as bullish, the CEO personally believes that Bitcoin’s price might gravitate around $10,000 levels for a few more days as round numbers are known …

Up until the most recent correction, Bitcoin (BTC) price was repeatedly pushing above $10,300 and attempting to reach a 2020 high above $9,500. 2020 started with a strong upward trend and altcoins followed Bitcoin’s price action, as thoroughly reported in Cointelegraph. This aggregate trend leaves the door open for a full bullish period ahead since the last Bitcoin high growth period was between April and June 2019. The volatile behavior observed since the start of the year may be causing the traditional assumptions associated with Bitcoin and other top currencies to be challenged. One of those assumptions is the belief …