Ripple Jumps 20% on Wednesday as Bitcoin Falls

Ripple rose 20 percent Wednesday to an all-time high.The gains followed news that Tokyo-based financial services company SBI Holdings and its subsidiary SBI Ripple Asia announced the establishment of a “consortium” with some Japanese credit card companies to utilize blockchain technology, according to an online translation of a release. Ripple and SBI Holdings created SBI Ripple Asia in January 2016. It wasn’t clear what the extent of Ripple’s involvement would be in the new consortium.The digital currency rose 20 percent to a record high of $1.43, making it the third-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization at $54 billion, behind bitcoin and ethereum, according to CoinMarketCap.

Source: Ripple jumps after news of link to some Japanese credit card companies – CNBC

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