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Ripple partners leading Malaysian bank CIMB while XRP value plummets

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Ripple (XRP) is one of the fastest growing and most reliable blockchain firms and digital assets in the world today. The digital asset, XRP, was not just created for retail purposes alone, but to help global remittances and cross-border payments.

In a bid to change global remittance and cross-border payments, Ripple CEO, Brad Garlinghouse, was recently caught with the head of a leading bank in Malaysia, known as CIMB. Interestingly, the partnership was revealed through an Instagram post from CIMB’s CEO, Zafrul Aziz. The Instagram photo featuring both Garlinghouse and Aziz captions:

ZafrulAziz caught up with @bradxrp from Ripple this afternoon at the #SGFinTechFest. Strategically leveraging on Ripple’s blockchain technology has enabled #CIMB to deliver instant cross-border remittances for our customers. Now, our SpeedSend truly lives up to its name! Being the first regional bank in ASEAN to partner with Ripple adds another great milestone in our digital journey! #futureofbanking #valueproposition #forward #CIMB #teamcimb.”

It is essential to know that the news was later confirmed through a Reddit post and from a tweet by a member of Ripple’s community who wrote,

“@CIMBMalaysia being the first regional bank in ASEAN to partner with @Ripple to deliver instant cross-border remittances via SpeedSend. Thank you, Alan, for the info.”

CIMB Group is one of the leading financial institutions in Malaysia. The Group has grown alongside ASEAN – from a merchant bank to a regional banking power-house today. The CIMB Group has a total asset of RM511.2 Billion. The Group has also stated that its total shareholders’ funds are around RM46.9 Billion, with a total staff strength of about 37,000.

It is also vital to know that remittance payments between Malaysia to other countries including Thailand and Indonesia are expensive. CIMB’s SpeedSend have been able to lower the cost of these transactions, but with Ripple’s technology, SpeedSend will not only continue to live up to its name, but it will be faster and efficient than it was before.

Not only that, SpeedSend will drastically reduce the cost of transactions to a minimal level, with the help of Ripple blockchain.

Most crypto-enthusiasts have acknowledged Ripple’s technology for cross-border payments. Now imagine this: Ethereum (ETH) clears transactions in 12 minutes (50 confirmations), with 53 cents as the fee; Litecoin (LTC) clears transactions in 2 minutes (1 confirmation), with 12 cents as the fee; XRP clears under 1 minute at worst (1 confirmation), with a fee of 0.7 cents.

Looking at the reports, Ripple (XRP) not only lowers costs but it imposes speed whenever transactions are being made.

Ripple’s XRP would more likely become the number one digital asset to be used in the ASEAN region. Subsequently, Brad Garlinghouse recently stated that the clear regulatory environment for digital assets in the ASEAN region would make the cryptocurrency thrive. He also stated that different countries contributed to this including Thailand, the Philippines, and Singapore.

The ASEAN region got more than $130 billion inbound remittance payments in 2017, and its market is regarded as one of the fastest in the world today. Now, Ripple can be able to tap into the ASEAN market and introduce its technology to foster remittance payments.

Conclusively, CIMB’s decision to partner with Ripple is a great leap forward not only for its banking system alone but its customers too, as they can now experience a better network with the latest technology (and of course lower fees).

Despite this latest achievement, Ripple’s native cryptocurrency’s price has collapsed badly alongside the whole market. Bitcoin is down by more than 12% as we write and that’s precisely the case with XRP (down by 12.26% in the last 24 hours). Interestingly, XRP is about to steal number 2 spot from Ethereum again since ETH is experiencing an even worse price decline currently.

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Disclaimer: This article should not be taken as, and is not intended to provide, investment advice. Global Coin Report and/or its affiliates, employees, writers, and subcontractors are cryptocurrency investors and from time to time may or may not have holdings in some of the coins or tokens they cover. Please conduct your own thorough research before investing in any cryptocurrency and read our full disclaimer.

Note: The image above was changed on request of officials from CIMB bank who reached to us via email today (November 15, 2018).

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Smart MFG Tech Announces its First Liquidity Mining Rewards Program on LINKSWAP

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Manufacturing Industry 4.0 company Smart MFG Tech has announced that it is launching its MFG Liquidity Mining Rewards on LINKSWAP today.  LINKSWAP is a decentralized, community-governed Decentralized Exchange (DEX) and an AMM platform, which was created by YF Link (YFL). The team at YF Link says it aims to address “the pain points of second-generation AMMs” by offering such features as Reduced Impermanent Loss, RugLock, SlipLock that are not offered by other platforms.

Smart MFG Tech has said that the first integration of the MFG liquidity mining rewards will use the LINKSWAP LP (Liquidity Provider) Rewards service. It will allow LPs to deposit their LP token(s) (UNI-V2) to the participating rewards pool (ETH|MFG) and earn MFG rewards seamlessly.  Smart MFG said it will continue to work with the YF Link team to provide support for other pairs and expand services.

LINKSWAP’s Rewards is a liquidity mining service that enables LPs to earn rewards for providing liquidity in a participating pool. YF Link has implemented a custom frontend solution for Smart MFG LP rewards pool on LINKSWAP.  This will allow LPs to add liquidity to Smart MFG’s existing ETH|MFG pool on UniSwap v2 and deposit their LP token(s) (UNI-V2) to their LINKSWAP rewards pool (ETH|MFG).

Smart MFG explained how the rewards can be earned:

“LPs get a share of the transaction fees on Uniswap v2. This is calculated by how much liquidity is provided relative to the percentage…

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Building Your Nest Egg Brick By Brick: Are Micro-Investments Here to Stay?

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No matter what our goals are, sometimes just getting started can be the most difficult part of building our savings up. When it comes to investing, many of us are wary of parting with our money to generate more financial security in the future. But what if you can build significant savings without even noticing?

That’s the aim of the micro-investing apps that have come to dominate online stores across Android and iOS. Today, more fintech startups are working on delivering refined solutions that encourage minuscule investments at a more frequent rate. 

Micro-Investing apps will look to make saving more accessible to young people – many of whom in the UK have little-to-no money tucked away for a rainy day. 

However, the prevalence of money-saving technology and the disruptive chaos of the COVID-19 pandemic appears to have prompted a widespread increase in households saving more of their disposable income:

With micro-investing platforms playing a role in bringing UK household savings back up to five-year highs, is it fair to say that little-by-little investing is here to stay? Let’s take a look at how micro-investment platforms could revolutionise how we manage our finances:

What is Micro-Investing

Micro-investing, or sparse change investing, is a relatively new development in fintech. It effectively enables users to put away small amounts of money towards their long, or short, term goals. The idea…

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Decentralized Insurance Platform Bridge Mutual to Launch BMI Token on Polkastarter

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Bridge Mutual, a decentralized platform that allows users to insure stablecoins, has announced that its native BMI token will be launched on Polkastarter tomorrow, January 30.  The Polkadot’s decentralized exchange will host an Initial DEX Offering (IDO) for Bridge Mutual.  

“Even the most sophisticated digital asset investors are at risk of losing their funds through various malicious and negligent activities in the blockchain ecosystem. With Bridge Mutual, we believe it doesn’t have to be this way. Using Bridge, people can control the risk exposure of their digital asset investments, just as they do with real-world assets. The Bridge Mutual platform allows people to offer and purchase coverage in a decentralized p2p way. We’re excited kickstart the launch of the BMI ecosystem with a launch on Polkastarter and creating a better way of protecting digital assets for users all over the globe,” Bridge Mutual CEO Mike Miglio said in a statement. 

Bridge Mutual allows users to buy and sell insurance for smart contracts, stablecoins and crypto exchanges, peer-to-peer. Users can purchase insurance via the Bridge Mutual app and then file a claim if their digital assets are lost after a hack. “When users lock stablecoins in Bridge Mutual’s coverage pools, those funds are reinvested into popular (and safe) yield generating platforms that return yields to coverage providers. When a claim is approved, stablecoins from the coverage pool goes…

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