Ripple Labs

Privately held cryptocurrency company Ripple Labs and gaming platform startup Forte are setting up a $100-million fund aimed at pushing video game developers to find ways to use blockchain technology for in-game marketplaces. The fund is intended to “accelerate the mainstream adoption of...

Seagate Technology PLC (NASDAQ: STX) rallied Monday on a Seeking Alpha post that it could own $7.8 billion in Ripple, the majority owner of XRP. But the ostensible cryptocurrency play may not be as profitable as it appears. The Rating Susquehanna Financial Group analyst Mehdi Hosseini maintained...

Goldman Sachs' equity research analysts say that bitcoin and similar cryptocurrencies could be the "future of finance" as the demand for a new way to move money continues to rise. In a report titled The Future of Finance: Redefining The Way We Pay in the Next Decade, authors James...