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Ripple XRP price picks up pace as demand for xVia API increases
Although the price of Ripple’s XRP faced a shaky start at the beginning of 2018(as was the case with other cryptocurrencies), there seems to be growing interest for the coin in the second quarter of the year as Ripple announces more partnerships with fintech companies not to mention an upcoming Ripple (XRP) Blockchain week where Snoop Dogg is set to perform.
Snoop Dogg to perform in ripples Blockchain week
The Blockchain week is set to be a private event set to take place in New York. On Twitter, Ripple gave the XRP community a chance to win 10 tickets in an online trivia that was opened on April 26th. The private event will take place on March 15th and Snoop-Dogg (a top tier rapper in the U.S) will be performing. In addition to the planned Blockchain week, Ripple’s price has also been on a steady rise, gaining traction as well as the attention of leading fintech companies.
In fact, the long-standing third largest cryptocurrency in terms of market capitalization recently moved to announce five more new partnerships with fintech companies such as FairFx, 4Free, UniPay, MoneyMatch and RationalFX as the five new financial payment firms set to use Ripple’s xVia API to improve their global payment solutions.
What is Ripple’s xVia API solution?
According to Ripple’s website, the xVia package is reserved for corporate payment providers that are looking to use a standard interface across various networks. The xVia API is designed with a simplicity that requires no software application yet enables seamless global transactions on a transparent information-rich platform.
Growing need for xVia by fintech companies
According to Asheesh Birla (Ripple’s senior vice president), there is a growing need for seamless digital global transactions with a growing number of customers (especially in emerging markets) looking for access to global digital payment solutions while having to deal with the inefficiencies of the existing fragmented platforms.
Through xVia, fintech companies looking to offer global payment markets can maintain “single standard connection” over RippleNet and lower the rate of failure as a result. Furthermore, apart from the fact that RippleNet has the capacity to reduce costs incurred during manual reconciliation of global transactions, its xVia and xRapid solutions are capable of providing friction-less cross-border payments between banks and other fintech entities.
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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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