While bitcoin falls, one cryptocurrency jumps 20% after new link to some Japanese credit card companies: Ripple rose 20 percent Wednesday to an all-time high. The gains followed news that Tokyo-based financial services company SBI Holdings and its subsidiary SBI Ripple Asia announced the establishment of a “consortium” with some Japanese credit card companies to … Read more
Bitcoin, Ethereum and other major cryptocurrencies slip while Ripple briefly surges to third place: Alternative digital currency Ripple made some significant gains Friday, despite the wider market for cryptocurrencies seeing a sharp pullback. Also known as XRP, it soared to $1.24 at 1:14 a.m. ET, and was up 25 percent over a period of 24 … Read more
Bitcoin falls by more than $3,000, dropping through $13,000 mark: Bitcoin and several other major cryptocurrencies plunged Thursday evening New York time as the end of an exponential year of growth neared. The slashing decline triggered temporary, built-in trading halts in the bitcoin futures traded on the CME and Cboe. Bitcoin plunged more than 20 … Read more