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Ripple (XRP) CEO: Bitcoin (BTC) price dominance about to end
Not many people can generate the amount of excitement among ‘cryptonites’ as Ripple chief executive officer, Brad Garlinghouse. Speaking on Wednesday to CNBC’s Power Lunch, Garlinghouse declared that Bitcoin could be on the verge of experiencing an influence and price downfall in the cryptocurrency community as markets are gradually becoming aware of the different currencies and alternatives available to them.
When Bitcoin was initially offered in 2008, it was a game changer. For the first time, people could initiate transactions, trade, and trust in a medium of exchange without having banks or governments behind it. And with Bitcoin being the initial, most known, and largest virtual currency by market capitalization other cryptocurrencies including XRP are highly interdependent to it even though they are independent open-sourced technologies.
That’s something Garlinghouse believes is going to change over time as more people become aware of the other cryptocurrencies available through media coverage.
First, forward to 2018, Bitcoin, the almost a decade old currency, is not the default currency of choice in moving value. It is slowly evolving to be more of an asset than a currency; investors trade it like stocks or bonds, rather than as a medium of exchange of daily goods and services.
Its transaction costs have reached $4.50 taking days to complete a transaction instead of a few minutes. Garlinghouse jokes,
“How are you going to use Bitcoin to buy a cup of tea? By the time the transaction is complete, it’s going to be hours later, your tea’s gonna get cold”
Be that as it may, Ripple, the San Francisco-based company, has developed a speedier financial payment system that enables cross-border transactions with XRP being the electronic coin financial institutions use on to transact swiftly.
Barely a month passes without Ripple making huge inroads on Bitcoin’s influence. On Wednesday, Ripple signed a partnership deal with Kuwait’s largest bank (The Kuwait Finance House) adding the financial institution to its long list of partners such as MoneyGram and Visa that are now piloting XRP for cross-border transactions.
As some countries introduced new regulations and rules for using cryptocurrency early this year, Bitcoin, XRP, and other digital currencies took a beating in their market performance with the market capitalization falling by more than 50%. XRP was the worst performer shedding 70% of its value and Bitcoin losing about 50% in those few months. However, with large amounts of Ripple’s currency kept in their reserves, price fluctuations are kept to a minimum with the company controlling the currency’s value.
Last month, South Korea introduced a raft of requirements including banning all anonymous trading Bitcoin allows on its platform in a bid to neutralize all possible criminal activities. Also, the Indian government refused to acknowledge cryptocurrency as a legal tender saying they were going to put measures in place that are going to phase out payments using the virtual money.
Ripple does not operate with the same level of anonymity that bitcoin does, making the virtual coin more favorable to investors and banks. With over 100 financial institutions around the world using the blockchain, Ripple’s dominance seems to be on the rise challenging Bitcoin’s influence.
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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…
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
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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