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In mid-July, a federal court settled a years-long battle between Ripple Labs and the SEC to decide if Ripple’s XRP token was a security or not. Southern District of New…

SEC bites back, to appeal federal court ruling in XRP case

A judge ruled that the crypto token does not make up illegal securities sales, but only in some cases.

Ripple’s XRP case ‘underscores the need for regulatory clarity’

Ripple has announced that it has acquired Metaco, a cryptocurrency custody company based in Switzerland, for $250 million in cash and Ripple equity. With this move, Ripple will expand its…

Ripple acquires crypto custody startup Metaco for $250 million

If you’re a university- or college-level student who believes the future of finance is crypto — or even if you’re just crypto curious — pack a bag and head to…

TC Sessions: Crypto is in Miami — and 5 more reasons students should go

Mining cryptocurrency is no easy task, but neither is finding a co-founder who is savvy and resilient enough to withstand the sector’s volatile nature. Whether you’re mining for a co-founder…

Go mining for opportunity at TC Sessions: Crypto

If blockchain, cryptocurrency, decentralized finance (DeFi) and web3 get your entrepreneurial motor running, do not miss our TC Sessions: Crypto daylong deep dive on November 17 in Miami. We have…

Launch price TC Sessions: Crypto tix going, going…

Ripple has raised a $200 million Series C funding round. Tetragon is leading the round, with SBI Holdings and Route 66 Ventures also participating. According to Fortune, the company is…

Ripple raises $200 million to improve global payments

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300M-user meme site Imgur raises $20M from Coil to pay creators

On Tuesday, Coinbase announced that XRP will be the latest cryptocurrency to hit its pro-level trading platform. Coinbase Pro will allow users to transfer XRP to the platform right away…

XRP is the latest cryptocurrency to hit Coinbase Pro

One of the longest-standing crypto exchanges has new owners after Europe-based Bitstamp was sold to South Korea’s Nexon, marking the gaming firm’s second such acquisition. The acquirer is NXMH, a Belgium-based…

One of crypto’s longest-running exchanges has been sold

“I think any company scaling today has to have a crypto strategy. This is the start of ours,” Omni founder and CEO Tom McLeod tells me. His on-demand property storage…

After raising $25M in XRP, Omni lets you earn it renting stuff out

Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse and Arrington XRP Capital founder (and TechCrunch founder) Michael Arrington will be joining us at TechCrunch Disrupt SF in September to talk money. Garlinghouse has had…

Ripple’s Brad Garlinghouse and Michael Arrington to talk cryptocurrency at Disrupt SF

Payments company Ripple says it plans to invest in startups and technology companies to develop more uses for XRP, its cryptocurrency that is currently the third largest digital token behind bitcoin…

Ripple wants to invest in startups that can put its XRP cryptocurrency to work

Coinbase just threw a bit of cold water on Ripple enthusiasts eager to see their coin hit the popular mainstream exchange.  Rumors that Ripple’s XRP would be next in line…

Coinbase addresses Ripple rumors, says it has made no decision on adding new coins

Earlier this month, I wrote that crypto companies are going to become investors in 2018. I didn’t quite imagine that happening as quickly as mid-January, but here we are. Ripple,…

Ripple turns investor as execs lead $25M round for storage and rental startup Omni

Well, well, well. Ripple, the company behind the controversial XRP cryptocurrency which has been criticized for obfuscating the nature of its partnerships with financial organizations, has announced a tie-up with…

Ripple announces XRP trial with cross-border remittance firm MoneyGram