ZKSync, an Ethereum layer-2 platform designed to scale transaction throughput using zero-knowledge (ZK) proofs and Rollups, has released a new software development kit (SDK) in Swift. ZKSync Releases SDK in Swift In a tweet on January 17, ZKSync said the goal is to make their features more accessible to developers and dApps. With a Swift SDK,…
Russian rubles are now flooding into Tether, while rubble-denominated crypto pairs are on the rise on major crypto exchanges. Between February 20 and February 28, Bitcoin volume surged by 243%, from 522 to 1,792 BTC traded via Binance’s BTC/RUB combo. A Russian government study claimed Russians held 2 trillion rubles ($20 billion) in cryptocurrencies. Related…
Ripple (XRP) is steady, adds 5.3 percent SWIFT, in a global trial, settled a cross-border transaction from Australia to Singapore in 13 seconds In a test, the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT), achieved speeds closer to those of Ripple. A possible threat to Ripple’s global expansion, XRP prices are firm, adding 5.3 percent…
The Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication, better known as SWIFT has successfully completed a cross-border payment from Australia to Singapore, in only 13 seconds in a new trial the international payments prcoessing giant is experimenting with, reaching speeds closer and closer to what Ripple – the crypto asset aiming to distrust SWIFT and the…
Ripple (XRP) is up 2.6 percent Footprints in the Middle East and Southeast Asia highlight Ripple’s advantages SWIFT is dominant, but Ripple’s progress is noticeable. Even though most of their partners use xCurrent, clarity in the future will ease their transition to xRapid. That will drive demand for XRP and therefore prices above the current…
The Japanese government has started developing a crypto payments platform similar to SWIFT according to reports. The effort has come as part of a wider spread initiative to combat money laundering. SWIFT Not So Swift According to Reuters, citing ‘a person familiar with the plan’, the international network for crypto currency payments will rival SWIFT…
Ripple price cool off after yesterday’s eruption SWIFT using XRP unlikely even after Corda test phase Bull momentum building up as transactional volumes increase After impressive gains, candlestick arrangement supports XRP bulls. To that end we expect bull momentum to build up as uncertainty around SWIFT using XRP after Corda test phase mills. Ripple Price…
Ripple price surge 10 percent SWIFT GPI Link proof of concept with R3’s Corda Transactional volumes picking up, spikes above averages SBI Holdings may be behind an audacious plan of integrating SWIFT GPI with RippleNet via R3’s Corda Settler. The latter use XRP, and if that is the case, our previous XRP/USD trade assertions will…
SWIFT, the global messaging system to settle cross border payments, today announced that it would integrate R3’s open source blockchain solution at a proof-of-concept stage. “Later today we are announcing integration with R3,” confirmed SWIFT’s CEO Gottfried Leibbrandt during the Paris Fintech Forum. He added that the trial would see the interaction of SWIFT’s payments standard…
As the crippling US government shutdown rolls into its fifth week major crypto exchanges are looking at alternative markets. They don’t come much bigger than Coinbase which has just expanded trading options for big traders in Europe and Asia. High Volume Traders Only The new options are not available to everyone though as only Coinbase…