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Ripple (XRP) possesses enough strength to keep going strong

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Ripple’s XRP was last year’s most profitable cryptocurrency by a long shot. No other digital asset came even close. It reached an incredible $3.00 peak last January only two weeks after surpassing the $1.00 mark.

That didn’t happen in isolation; the whole cryptocurrency market went up big time in January. Just in case you didn’t notice it was in January when Bitcoin exploded, which didn’t happen in a vacuum either. The whole market erupted at the time. And then, there was an adjustment, just as it was bound to happen.

Ripple felt that adjustment as well and it went down. As I write this XRP is valued at $0.60, which is a far cry from the $3.00 it reached last January. While this could seem like a big hit for Ripple, you’d be wrong to think it was a setback.

The whole market went down after January, and it only started to go green again in April but, even within that context, Ripple’s XRP remained one of the best performing coins in the world. And it still is.

So how is Ripple managing to keep ahead of the pack when things go down for everybody?

Well, there are several reasons. It’s liquid, it’s reliable, and there’s a massive supply in the market. That helps with stability. Also, it’s listed in more exchanges than any other cryptocurrency (yes, that includes both Bitcoin and Ethereum). 

It’s supported by Ripple’s many platforms that cater to the financial industry, so through Ripple’s solutions, XRP is compatible with debit and credit cards and can be traded directly in thirty-four different currencies. As things stand, no other alt-coin can rival Ripple in terms of liquidity. That’s one reason.

And then there are the numerous partnerships Ripple has been able to secure.

Keep in mind that Ripple designed its technology and its cryptocurrency to be a means to carry out international transactions. 

No, Ripple doesn’t really want only the Amazon or Alibaba to start accepting XRP payments, not at all. What Ripple aimed for from the very beginning was to create a cryptocurrency that banks, remittance services, and other financial institutions could use to settle transactions across borders.

The thing is: they’re actually doing it. During the last Consensus conference (a crypto event organized and sponsored by CoinDesk), Ripple’s Chief Cryptographer made a live demo of an international transaction (100 USD transferred from the US to Mexico) that was completely settled, receipt and all, in two minutes only and at a ridiculous cost (about 1/10,000 of a cent).

If you’re not impressed yet, it’s because you’ve never tried an international transfer. Those things usually take a lot of red tapes, they are very error-prone, and they’re never settled in fewer than three days.

Ripple’s tech results are so impressive that they’ve persuaded seventy-four of the world’s biggest banks to join the Ripplenet, and use it to carry out all their international transactions. This creates demand for XRP because all the transfer fees must be paid in XRP.

Among Ripple’s current biggest partners are Banco Santander (substantial global presence all through the world, and it’s thought to be the best bank in the world in current times), Oman’s BankDhofar, Japan’s SBI holdings and Western Union among other giants.

Ripple’s XRP is a crypto coin that is already making itself useful in the real world, and some of the world’s biggest banks are creating demand for it as they do business.

That’s why, despite market fluctuations, Ripple is still going strong (potential wise on the whole) in the crypto world, and even though it is currently in the red alongside the whole market, the coin will more likely bounce back to green-bag shortly (quicker than the big guns).

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XNO Token of Xeno NFT Hub listed on Bithumb Korea Exchange

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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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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.

Cryptocurrency vs. Blockchain Technology

It’s important to make a distinction between blockchain technology and cryptocurrency.  Although they are often used interchangeably, they are different.  Blockchain technology and crypto were both created after the 2008 financial crisis, but cryptocurrency…

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

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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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