Digital currency ripple soars nearly 56 percent, becomes second-largest cryptocurrency by market cap

Digital currency ripple soars nearly 56 percent, becomes second-largest cryptocurrency by market cap – Ripple surged nearly 56 percent Friday to an all-time high, surpassing ethereum as the second-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization.  Officially called XRP, ripple climbed 55.9 percent to a record high of $2.23 Friday afternoon, according to CoinMarketCap.  The digital currency had … Read more

EU Finance Commissioner: The Political Body Has No Plans to React to Bitcoin

European Union financial affairs commissioner, Pierre Moscovici. EU Finance Commissioner: The Political Body Has No Plans to React to Bitcoin – Some members of the European Union have been discussing the popularity of the decentralized currency bitcoin, and the EU’s political body recently added “digital currencies” to its anti-money laundering statutes. However, the EU commissioner for … Read more

Will Bitcoin Price Plummet Further? 10 Things To Know

Bitcoin price: As the speculative price jump of bitcoin ahead of its futures launch by the US-based exchanges CBOE and CME Group abates, the bitcoin price has started sliding with almost same alacrity with which they rose early this month.  At 11:57 pm, the bitcoin on Thursday was priced at $15,503 on Coindesk.  At the … Read more