In this article, I will present some results of a basic analysis of presumed ODL (On Demand Liquidity - formerly branded as xRapid) traffic on the XRP ledger. The aim to give an idea of how much money is being transacted across borders and the trends so far since the system first started at the end of 2018. Please be aware that the data presented in this article is derived from ledger analysis and is almost certainly inaccurate in some of the finer details. It is not possible to be 100% certain which transactions are genuine ODL traffic and which are not, however we can be reasonably confiden ..read more

Disclaimer: this work is provided "as-is" and is not endorsed by or affiliated with Ripple Inc. in anyway. RippleAPI was one of the APIs (the other one is core API) in ripple-lib before version 0.13.0 which was released in 2015 and has been the only API since 0.13.0. ripple-client-desktop was abandoned by Ripple Inc. in 2015. By the time it was abandoned, it could only work with core API. I started porting it to RippleAPI in late 2018. The progress was recorded in this twitter thread: https://twitter.com/r0bertz/status/1074570561366323200 You can download the executable files at this link: h ..read more

Late last year, Xi Jinping gave a speech declaring that blockchain technology presented an important breakthrough on several key areas within China and that the government intended to utilize the technology. Xi Jinping claimed that the development of distributed ledger technology provided a pivotal moment in which it allowed the Chinese state to reform and improve the inefficiencies found within the Chinese financial market. Stating that “It is necessary to explore the application of ‘blockchain’ in people’s daily life, and actively promote the application of blockchain technology in the fiel ..read more

So, earlier this week I wrote a blog (https://xrpcommunity.blog/riding-the-red-wave-with-a-smile) regarding @XRP_Productions' Satire Blogs on Coil - https://coil.com/u/XRP_Productions David Schwartz responding on one of his tweets was absolutely in the top of his most favorite moments, but only 1 day later, there is something else that can be added to this list: His blog mentioned on a crypto websites: https://beincrypto.com/xrp-community-trolled-for-two-years-by-fake-treasure-map/amp/?__twitter_impression=true One of his blogs was all about Bearableguy 123 with the title: XRP Community ENRAG ..read more

If you have bought XRP at the end of December 2017, January 2018, chances are part of your XRP holding is still under water, if you would sell this moment. Yes, I know Dollar Cost Averaging (Dollar-Cost-Averaging is a simple technique that entails investing a fixed amount of money in the same fund or stock at regular intervals over a long period of time; 401K's use this technique). Still, many people still have a red portfolio (I know in Macau this is considered good, you guys read GREEN)... Investing in Crypto Currency, your bank, investor or neighbor who is NOT invested, will all tell you ..read more

A company that has a lot of liquidity doesn't need money; or do they? the world, the cryptocurrency industry, the XRPCommunity were fed with the following tweet: Why does a company with a lot of money need ... money ... Why a Series C and why 200 million dollars ?!?!? The round was led by Tetragon together with SBI, well-known by the XRPCommunity, and @route66ventures. A lot rumours, everybody "knows" what is happening ... but what is happening. What is a Series C investment round. Let's take a look at all the different Series Fundings and let's discuss what a funding could be for Alhough th ..read more

Last week a friend went on a business trip to New York .... told her we were able to exchange some dollars, laying around in the house. She traded her Euros for Dollars and without thinking, the trade was done .... Euros for Dollars within minutes ... Our little corridor. Thinking about this in the international banking business this is absolutely unheard of. Many obstacles are standing between an easy transaction what many people are forgetting ... why doesn't Ripple just open corridors all over the world and let those transactions lead the way ... let those XRP do what they were designed fo ..read more