Ripple launched On-Demand Liquidity using XRP in 2018. Since then, the firm now has over 24 clients including Azimo and MoneyGram.
Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse insisted that the company is committed to the XRP token as the “key behind RippleNet”. He was speaking in the opening keynote at the 2020 Swell conference. Brad confirmed that in the 3 years that RippleNet has been live, more than two million transactions have been completed with a nominal value of at least $7 billion. Ripple ODL and XRP were utilized in almost 20% of all these transactions.
They represented a nominal value of almost $2 billion. According to Garlinghouse, the two are essential to Ripple’s global expansion and longevity. He commented:
“It’s also clear to me that XRP is the key behind RippleNet. Its speed, its scalability, and its low cost per transaction make it perfect for instant settlement and exchange of value. It was built for payments. It has real utility; that’s why it works.”
Ripple launched On-Demand Liquidity using XRP in 2018. Since then, the firm now has over 24 clients including Azimo, Flash FX, SendFriend, and MoneyGram. These are the high profile clients that are using On-Demand Liquidity in production. Interestingly, Ripple has great pulling power in Asia.
Target Regions for Ripple ODL
As Garlinghouse said, the majority of the RippleNet volume comes from the Asia Pacific region, both receiving and sending. He also highlighted that Ripple’s clients are increasingly attracted to the emerging markets including Africa, Latin America, and the Asia-Pacific region.
Generally, these regions have been ‘largely abandoned’ by the traditional banking systems in the past ten years. Azimo is a highlight in the terms of on-demand liquidity that Garlinghouse focused on. He commented on the ODL partner and reviewed how 2020 has been.
The Ripple CEO said that Azimo has been saving 30% to 50% when arranging various currency transfers between clients in Europe and the UK and those in the Philippines using On-Demand Liquidity. Thus, 2020 has been a fruitful year for Ripple ODL and there is rapid growth witnessed in the second half of the year so far.
Line of Credit Introduced
The interest from clients has not dwindled and Ripple is excited that even during these quarantine times customers still see value from that. Garlinghouse commented on the Line of Credit (LOC) product unveiled several days ago. He said that companies will benefit greatly from it helping them adapt Ripple On-Demand Liquidity (ODL) which will enable their business to thrive.
Ripple has now taken a bold step into the financial services world with LOC striving to help in the adoption of XRP. LOC helps the hyper-scale firms since they do not need to engage in separate credit agreements in various countries in different parts of the world. However, they can concentrate on investing in their business and enable repayment at a later date.
The unveiling of Line of Credit represents a major milestone in the evolution of RippleNet. Ripple is therefore doubling down on XRP and providing financial services powered by the network. It means that cross-border payments remain the core of their business.
Ripple Is Growing
Currently, Ripple has more than 500 employees. Adding that onto a recent restructuring, the company appears to be better equipped than ever to face the future as it comes. Garlinghous is confident that the company has the best team to take it forward. Also with the new streamline business units that include RippleX and RippleNet, the company is gradually evolving but its core DNA remains the same.
Ripple promises to be the builder and not the disruptor. Its success is notable in the growing number of employees especially during the quarantine period where they added 50 people to their payroll.
LOC and the Bank of America Rumor
This year’s Ripple Swell conference was held in private, but some interesting news and comments have leaked. Also, Ripple shared Brad Garlinghouse’s opening remarks at the conference. According to the CEO, the financial sector has not experienced innovations at such high levels in decades. PSPs (Payment Service Providers) and digital banks are putting a lot of pressure on the current system.
Also, digital wallets are seeing a ‘meteoric surge’ and Ripple is at the center of it all with its Internet of Values vision. The company’s Line of Credit product is managed by Barry Joseph. It substitutes a pre-financing process that took 2-3 months previously. Line of Credit streamlines that process to get completed within 48 hours and RippleNet members buy XRP at pre-determined prices.
In attendance at the Swell conference was an On-Demand Liquidity (ODL) panel with 3 partners. These partners include a “new face” with Sigue Group CEO Guillermo de la Vina, Bitso from Mexico, and Flash FX from Australia.
Concurrently, an unconfirmed rumor emerged which confirms previous leaks that there is a possible partnership between Ripple and Bank of America. The XRP community is divided on that issue. But, footage and screenshots have emerged on Twitter showing an ODL demonstration video of the Bank of America. Nevertheless, that presentation is not confirmed with other sources writing ‘Fast Remit’.
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In one of the biggest attacks in the DeFi space, hackers exploited the DeFi project Cover Protocol by liquidating nearly 12K COVER coins and injecting an additional supply of 40 quintillion Cover “coins”.
DeFi project COVER staking protocol has recently been the victim of a suspected attack while artificially inflating the COVER token supply. The hackers have reported exploited the Cover protocol with millions of stolen cover tokens amounting to a massive $2 trillion.
Allegedly, the hackers infused an additional supply of over 40 quintillion Cover “coins”. This resulted in the COVER coin price crashing nearly 90%. On Monday, December 28, the COVER token price crashed all the way from $735 to $53, as per the data on CoinGecko.
The hacker – may be an individual or a small group – has taken responsibility for the attack. In a dramatic, the suspected attacker also returned the funds saying “Next time, take care of your own shit”.
Ethereum wallet explorer Nansen also presented some key details of the event. Soon after inflating the token supply in the initial exploit, the attacker liquidated nearly 12K COVER coins on decentralized exchange aggregator 1inch. In a message on the Discord Group, the Cover Protocol noted:
“The Blacksmith farming contract has been exploited to mint infinite $COVER tokens. We have restricted minting access to the farming contract in order to stop the attacker. If you are providing liquidity for $COVER token (uniswap or sushiswap) please remove it immediately.”
The Cover Protocol team said that the issue has only affected the token supply. However, the funds in the “claim/noclaim” pools are still safe.
Exploring a New Cover Protocol Token
Soon after the attack on Monday, Cover Protocol also announced that it is exploring a new Cover token after a snapshot of the LP token holders. In a message on its Twitter handle, the Cover Protocol team noted.
Hello everyone, we are exploring providing a NEW $COVER token through a snapshot before the minting exploit was abused. The 4350 ETH that has been returned by the attacker will also be handled through a snapshot to the LP token holders.We are still investigating. Do NOT buy COVER
Interestingly, soon after getting the alert message, all developers from Yearn Ecosystem came to support the Cover team. The team noted that they “are working with multiple teams and individuals within the Yearn Ecosystem. We will provide updates as they come. We can not thank everyone enough for their help in this unfortunate situation.”
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Altcoin Rally Dimming Bitcoin’s Shine, Polkadot Gains 34% in One Week
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Polkadot (DOT) saw daily gains of 22.5% wrapping up an impressive week with an almost 34% rise in its value.
Bitcoin bullish run looks to have come to a halt amidst an altcoin rally which has seen relatively lower coins put up impressive performances in the past few weeks. Bitcoin dominance is gradually fading as many experts believe the biggest digital coin is backing down as some top altcoin are showing strong “moves” or signals.
Bitcoin hit an all-time high over the weekend, the third time its price has done so in just over 2 months. The price of the biggest digital coin touched $28,400 on December 27, before a lightning drop took it to $27,000 just hours of that incredible feat.
Bitcoin failed to hold onto the $27,000 mark as its price further dropped to $26,000 a day after and is now testing lower levels centered on $26,000 as immediate support. Reports from crypto exchanges revealed BTC/USD trading at lows of $25,830 during the early hours of December 29.
While Bitcoin has seen red over a couple of days, some altcoins are putting up impressive numbers, giving off signals of a strong altcoin rally. Despite XRP’s current issues, the altcoin market is showing glimpses of its glory days as some digital coins are poised to see major gains over the next couple of weeks. Ethereum (ETH) is at the forefront of the rally, with its price climbing above $700for the first time since May 2018.
Polkadot (DOT) also saw daily gains of 22.5% wrapping up an impressive week with an almost 34% rise in its value. The coin is now the seventh-largest token by market cap. Kusama (KSM), a cousin of Polkadot, also saw its price gain 46% last week, pushing its price from $43.1 to $63. The digital token is currently trading at $56 but experts are adamant a breakout above $65 is possible as the token has rebounded off the 20-day exponential moving average ($50.90)
Speaking on the possibility of a long term altcoin rally, analyst Van de Poppe stated that altcoins are next in line to see greens. He added that the next “impulse wave” on Bitcoin next year should be able to take the market to $40,000 or $50,000, but until then, the possibility of a continuance altcoin rally is very much likely.
Although many factors could be in play with regards to the latest Bitcoin price dip, it’s recent fallout with Ripple’s XRP leads the way. Ripple was hit with a lawsuit from the United States Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) and subsequently suffered drops that left its price in a pit. XRP, the fourth-largest cryptocurrency by market cap, is now trading at $0.20 as news broke that Coinbase, a major US cryptocurrency exchange has decided to suspend its trading from next month.
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XRP Crashes Below $0.25 as Coinbase Announces XRP Trading Suspension
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Some of the popular crypto exchanges have announced XRP trading suspension following the SEC lawsuit. This is seriously going to hurt XRP investors’ interest over a long period of time.
XRP investors have met with an unfortunate fate. It has been a rocky ride for XRP investors as the cryptocurrency has been heading south after the SEC lawsuit. From its monthly high of $0.66 on December 1st, XRP has reduced to only 1/3rd of the price. At press time, XRP is trading 20% trading at $0.22 with a market cap of $10.3 billion. The latest price crash comes amid crypto exchange Coinbase announcing its plan to suspend XRP trading starting January 19, 2020.
Coinbase Chief Legal Officer Paul Grewar writes that the latest suspension comes amid the SEC lawsuit against Ripple Labs. Also, in the official announcement, Grewar writes:
“We have made the decision to suspend the XRP trading pairs on our platform. Trading will move into limit only starting December 28, 2020 at 2:30 PM PST, and will be fully suspended on Tuesday, January 19, 2021, at 10 a.m. PST. The trading suspension will not affect customers’ access to XRP wallets which will remain available for deposit and withdraw functionality after the trading suspension. We will continue to support XRP on Coinbase Custody and Coinbase Wallet”.
Coinbase joins Bitstamp as one of the top crypto exchanges to suspend XRP trading in recent times. There have been several other exchanges that have announced XRP trading suspension in recent times. Following the Coinbase announcement today, another major crypto exchange Crypto.com also announced its decision to delist the crypto asset.
$XRP will be delisted from the https://t.co/vCNztABJoG App in the U.S. effective Jan 19th, 2021 at 10am UTC.
The Road to XRP Recovery Isn’t an Easy One with Measures by Coinbase and Others
It looks like XRP’s road to recovery ain’t going to be an easy one! Over the last few years, the SEC has conducted a crackdown on several such crypto projects. Speaking to CoinTelegraph, Bybit CEO Ben Zhou said:
“SEC and Ripple will have their day in court with due process of law, so we shall not prejudge the case in the court of public opinion. It is of course likely that the case will take up much of Ripple’s attention and resources. […] We hope a clear precedent and framework emerge from these proceedings.”
Furthermore, the SEC has accused Ripple of selling unregistered XRP securities under Section 5 of the Securities Act of 1993. Also, the case will proceed further in the New York Federal Court. Todd Crosland, CEO of cryptocurrency exchange CoinZoom said that the lawsuit will have a long-lasting impact on XRP price.
XRP which has already been a laggard performer over the last two years will continue trading at lower levels even further. While institutional players have been betting big on crypto, they will refrain from having any exposure to XRP.
“Lack of institutional support will hurt liquidity. Institutions will not bet against the SEC, and will be unloading their positions and will avoid taking new positions in XRP until the lawsuit is resolved,” said Crosland.
The only hope for XRP currently is the appointment of new crypto-friendly SEC chairman Elad Roisman. Soon after filing the lawsuit complaint, previous SEC chairman Jay Clayton submitted his resignation. However, we don’t expect things to improve anytime soon.
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