Ripple Gains A New Bank On A Weekly Basis (CryptoDaily.co.uk)
In some of the most important news surrounding Ripple this year, the firm’s Global Head of Banking has stated that Ripple is partnering with a new bank or payment service provider every week. Marjan Delatinne, who has previously worked at SWIFT, made the revelation at a recent cryptocurrency summit. She has previously outlined her vision for Ripple, praising its ability to instantly move money around the world and discussing her satisfaction with the so-called “internet of value” – the ability to move funds instantly around the world using the exchange of data.
Nvidia May Launch New Graphics Cards Designed for Cryptocurrency Miners (TechRadar.com)
Word from the GPU grapevine is that Nvidia will soon be launching new dedicated graphics cards aimed at cryptocurrency miners. This might lead you to hope that pressure could be eased when it comes to miners pushing prices up by purchasing gaming GPUs. But sadly, we’re inclined to believe that may prove to be a false hope… At any rate, the rumor from Crypto Mining Blog is that Nvidia is about to release new graphics cards based on the firm’s GP102 GPU (as used in the Titan X and Xp cards, and GeForce GTX 1080 Ti), with one specific board mentioned which is coming from Inno3D.
Tom Lee Predicts Bitcoin Will Hit $25,000 In 2018 (CryptoDaily.co.uk)
The price of Bitcoin is currently hovering at around $10,700, which is around 53% of the cryptocurrency’s value back in late 2017. Towards the end of last year, Bitcoin’s value hit $20,000 across some markets, with a widely accepted average high of $19,300. During early 2018, it suddenly began to drop in price, causing widespread panic for investors, and lending people to speculate wildly on the currency’s future. There are many people who feel that the Bitcoin bubble has well and truly burst, and that the cryptocurrency will never again reach the highs it enjoyed last December. However, many others think that Bitcoin is still getting started, and that the best is yet to come for the digital currency’s investors.
JP Morgan’s Amber Baldet On What Enterprise Wants from Ethereum (CoinDesk.com)
What do private blockchain builders really want? According to JP Morgan blockchain lead Amber Baldet, they’re faced with the same concerns as anyone building public blockchains today. “These problems really aren’t so far apart, it’s just that people are trying to solve the problems in different ways,” Baldet told the audience at EthCC, an ethereum conference in Paris on Friday. In a tightly packed lecture hall, Baldet laid out the mechanics of her company’s private blockchain network, Quorum, while seeking to put forth a broader message about how her bank, one of the largest globally, is looking to foster collaboration across blockchains.
Thai Bank Extending Ripple Remittances to Euro and Pound (CoinDesk.com)
Thailand’s Siam Commercial Bank (SCB) is adding two new currencies to its Ripple-based blockchain remittance platform. According to a report from the Bangkok Post on Tuesday, SCB, one of the largest commercial banks in the country, is now adding euros and British pounds to its cross-border remittance system powered by tech from Ripple, the San Francisco-based blockchain startup. According to the bank’s chief strategy officer, Arak Sutivong, in an interview with the Post, the decision to add the new currency options came after the SCB noticed significant euro and pound inflow to the country.
