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Ripple Leads Cryptocurrencies Lower

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Cryptocurrencies led by real-time gross settlement (RTGS) system Ripple’s XRP fell in trading Monday (Jan. According to a report in CNBC, Ripple was down 10 percent while bitcoin fell 7.6 8) as investors bet its stock surge was a bubble. . percent, and lifecoin dropped 6.4 percent, however.

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In The Blockchain Race, FIs Hustle Not To Come In Last

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The Bank of England caught the financial services world’s attention when its Governor, Mark Carney, spoke about the central bank’s latest initiative to revamp and rebuild its real-time gross settlement (RTGS) system.