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Ripple developed a new form of payments processing, letting banks and companies wire money at faster speeds than legacy solutions, all while removing intermediaries that often charge a fee.
In 2020, XRP's parent company, Ripple, was sued by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The regulator claimed that the company sold XRP as an unregistered security, a pretty big no-no.
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The firm funds accepted startups with up to US$50,000 (equivalent to $66,411 in 2024) in XRP, Ripple's native currency, in exchange for a 3% to 6% stake in diluted common stock. Mentorship and support is provided by CrossCoin and Ripple Labs, Inc. [19] Ripple also developed early partnerships with companies such as ZipZap. [20] [21]
In 2014 Ripple was the second-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization, after Bitcoin. [28] Also that month, Ripple Labs was named one of the 50 Smartest Companies by MIT Technology Review. [29] Ripple Labs was then ranked No. 4 on a list by Fast Company of the World's Top 10 Most Innovative Companies Of 2015 In Money. [30]
The SEC brought the suit in 2020, accusing Ripple of illegally raising money by selling XRP without registering it as a security. The XRP price surge also comes as investors bet on the future of ...
The open-source project was originally called "Ripple", the unique consensus ledger was called the Ripple Consensus Ledger, the transaction protocol was called the Ripple Transaction Protocol or RTXP and the digital asset (known as "ripples") using XRP as the three-letter currency code to follow the naming convention of BTC for Bitcoin.