US cryptocurrency company Ripple is opening an office in Dublin to launch services in Ireland and to serve the wider European market. Ripple, which is reportedly valued at $15bn ($13.4bn) develops ...

With ODL, XRP is used as a bridge currency. The problem is that the majority of Ripple Labs' bank partners -- and all of the major ones like Bank of America -- don't have a need for ODL.

The price of the XRP coin is up more than 8% after the CEO of cryptocurrency company Ripple said the U.S. securities watchdog has dropped its four-year-old case against the company.