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Reasons why this might be the year for Ripple (XRP)

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Ripple XRP 2018

Ripple (XRP) has been characterized as being a cryptocurrency that is in the spotlight constantly. It has slowly become a very important coin because of its technology and astonishing features, and to say the least, this could definitely be the year for the crypto to hit never before seen performances.

As of today, the token is ranked as the number 3 by Coinmarketcap, with a value per coin of $0.55, and a total market capitalization of $21,908,093,615. The cryptocurrency has managed to deploy the most solid partnerships in the industry, being at the moment the only platform based on the blockchain being adopted by bank entities around the world.

Understandably, the expectations are certainly very positive around the likely results for the token. Here in this post, I’ll try to mention the most notable ones and the reasons why I believe Ripple (XRP) will conquer the world this year!

The answer to major problems of the financial industry

If there’s something to highlight about Ripple (XRP) that differentiates the coin from the rest of the cryptocurrencies is the solutions it offers regarding two of the main issues in the financial industry, the speed in transactions, and the fees charged per operation.

In this matter, Ripple has shown a very solid platform offering operations that last 3.3 seconds only (the time Ripple needs to complete a transaction, usually), and one of the lowest fees per transaction in the market ($0.0004 per operation).

Current listings of the coin

Ripple has managed to appear listed in several exchanges in the industry. In fact, it was recently added to the UK-based banking application Revolut. The same way, another UK-based LMAX Exchange recently listed the coin, a fact that increases, even more, the possibilities of Ripple to attract institutional investors, which is the target of the trading platform.

Additionally, the awaited and long-promoted SBI Virtual Currencies exchange, has decided to support the crypto, and if all goes as the CEO of SBI Holdings, Yashitaka Kitao forecasted, then it definitely represents a huge opportunity for the coin.

xRapid experiments

xRapid is the incredible solution Ripple has developed to treat liquidity issues in the industry. This cutting-edge product has been tested recently, showing astonishing results with respect to the reduction of costs and times in transactions.

This way, Ripple found a reduction from 40% to 70% in the cost of a transaction by just eliminating the middleman figure, and in addition, the previous time it took to transact (1-2 days), was reduced to 2-3 minutes.

Current and potential partnerships

The Islamic giant of the banking Kuwait Finance House announced a partnership with the Ripple (they will be using the platform’s RippleNet) just a couple of days ago on its Twitter account. The message on social network established:

This strategic alliance can definitely shoot Ripple (XRP) to the moon, as it represents a huge milestone being the first time the blockchain-based platform that is used in the region.

Furthermore, rumors have grown regarding the possibilities of Amazon adding Ripple (XRP) as a payment method to its platform very soon. Although none of this has been confirmed yet, we believe it is a possibility that may open the horizons for the coin even further.

So, Ripple’s ability to solve real problems of the financial sector, current listings, xRapid and strong partnerships, it all backs up the fact pretty well that 2018 could be the year for it. And yes, we are approaching the middle already, but the coin hasn’t done that bad so far either, and there still is time left for it to ‘dent’ the market positively.

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XNO Token of Xeno NFT Hub listed on Bithumb Korea Exchange

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January 25, 2021

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Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 25th January, 2021, // ChainWire //

Xeno Holdings Limited (xno.live ), a blockchain solutions company based in Hong Kong, has announced the listing of its ecosystem utility token XNO on the ‘Bithumb Korea’ cryptocurrency exchange on January 21st 2021.

Xeno NFT Hub (market.xno.live ), developed by Xeno Holdings, enables easy minting of digital items into NFTs while also providing a marketplace where anyone can securely trade NFTs.

The Xeno NFT Hub project team includes former members of the technology project Yosemite X based in San Francisco and professionals such as Gabby Dizon who is a games industry expert and NFT space influencer based in Southeast Asia.

NFT(Non-Fungible Token) technology has recently gained huge focus in the blockchain arena and beyond, making waves in the online gaming sector, the art world, and the digital copyrights industry in recent years. The strongest feature of NFTs is that “NFTs are unique digital assets that cannot be replaced or forged”. Unlike fungible tokens such as Bitcoin or Ether, NFTs are not interchangeable for other tokens of the same type but instead each NFT has a unique value and specific information that cannot be replaced. This fact makes NFTs the perfect solution to record and prove ownership of digital and real-world items like works of art, game items, limited-edition collectibles, and more. One of the ways to have a successful…

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Should Crypto Projects Devote Resources to Community Growth and Marketing?

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December 31, 2020

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2020 has been an incredible year for crypto as investors have generated windfall profits and crypto projects have seen their businesses gain the spotlight they’ve been looking for.  While Bitcoin has received most of the attention after major institutional investors announced they were accumulating the increasingly scarce asset, many altcoins have also seen their fair share of glory.  When looking at all the big winners of the past year, the first project that probably comes to mind is Chainlink, having appreciated by more than 550% YTD and now valued at over $4.5 billion.  But, the actual biggest winner of the year is HEX with a YTD return of over 5,000%.

I mention both of the above projects as they have each taken slightly different paths to achieve greatness.  Chainlink has devoted resources toward building a fundamentally sound business with many strategic partnerships while HEX has spent vast sums of money on marketing and promotion.  Both approaches are valid, but one thing is certain, it is absolutely imperative for crypto projects to let the crypto community know what makes them special.  Of course, one of the reasons that makes crypto so valuable is the powerful blockchain technology that most projects are utilizing.

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XENO starts VIP NFT trading service and collaborates with contemporary artist Hiro Yamagata

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December 24, 2020

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Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 24th December, 2020, // ChainWire //

The XENO NFT Hub (https://xno.live) will provide a crypto-powered digital items and collectables trading platform allowing users to create, buy, and sell NFTs. Additionally it will support auction based listings, governance and voting mechanisms, trade history tracking, user rating and other advanced features.

As a first step towards its fully comprehensive service, XENO NFT Hub launched a recent VIP service to select users and early adopters in December 2020 with plans for a full Public Beta to open in June 2021. 

“NFTs are extremely flexible in their usage, from digital event tickets to artwork, and while NFTs have a very wide spectrum of uses and categories XENO will initially focus its partnership efforts and its own item curation on three primary areas: gaming, sports & entertainment, and collectibles.”, said XENO NFT Hub president Anthony Di Franco.

He also added “This does not mean we will prohibit other types of NFTs from our ecosystem However, it simply means that XENO’s efforts as a company will be targeted into these verticals initially as a cohesive business approach.”

Development and Procurement Lead, Gabby Dizon explained, “Despite our initial focus, we found ourselves with a unique opportunity to host some of the works of Mr. Hiro Yamagata. We are collaborating with Japanese artist Hiro Yamagata to enshrine some of his artwork into NFTs.”

Mr. Yamagata has…

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