"Garlinghouse wants Ripple to be Amazon of Payments" August 15

Daily Crypto Report · Aug 15, 2020 · 4m

Today's blockchain and cryptocurrency news

Bitcoin is up 1% at $11,880

Ethereum is up 2% at $436

and XRP is down 1% at 29 cents

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:

Synthetix up 32%

Digibyte up 17%

and Aave up 16%

Brad Garlinghouse, the CEO of Ripple told the financial times that the company aims to be the Amazon of payments.

The Boston Federal reserve is partnering with MIT on a research effort focused on central bank digital currencies

The Winklevoss Twins met with Barstool founder Dave Portnoy in a wide-ranging conversation about Bitcoin.

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Barstool Sports' Dave Portnoy buys bitcoin…