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Ripple partners with Federal Bank in India for cross-border payments

Private bank, Federal Bank Ltd. in India, has partnered with Ripple to facilitate international payments. In an announcement to the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), Federal Bank Ltd. confirmed its partnership with blockchain technology firm Ripple. The partnership will see the bank use Ripple’s blockchain solutions for cross-border remittances. Unfortunately, it remains unclear whether the partnership

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AirPods with Wireless Charging Case review: excellent wireless performance and reliability with support for Qi charging but using "Hey Siri" can be frustrating (Dan Seifert/The Verge)

Dan Seifert / The Verge: AirPods with Wireless Charging Case review: excellent wireless performance and reliability with support for Qi charging but using “Hey Siri” can be frustrating  —  The new AirPods look and sound familiar, but have a couple new tricks  —  Of the many new products that Apple announced … AirPods with Wireless

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Coinbase Custody starts offering staking services to institutional clients, starting with Tezos (Ian Allison/CoinDesk)

Ian Allison / CoinDesk: Coinbase Custody starts offering staking services to institutional clients, starting with Tezos  —  The Takeaway:  — Coinbase Custody is offering staking services to institutional clients, starting with Tezos.  — Client assets will remain inside Coinbase’s fully insured cold storage at all times, mitigating risk to investors. Coinbase Custody starts offering staking

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Ellevest, a digital investment platform focused on helping women meet their financial goals, raises $33M Series A led by Rethink Impact and PSP Growth (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: Ellevest, a digital investment platform focused on helping women meet their financial goals, raises $33M Series A led by Rethink Impact and PSP Growth  —  Ellevest, a digital investment platform specifically focused on helping women meet their financial goals, has raised an additional $33 million … Ellevest, a digital investment platform

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Mt. Gox’ Mark Karpeles to appeal data manipulation conviction

Mt. Gox‘s former chief Mark Karpelès has confirmed his intent to appeal last week’s court ruling, which found him guilty of manipulating the financial records of his embattled cryptocurrency exchange to conceal its massive losses. Tokyo‘s District Court recently handed Karpelès, a Frenchman and long-term Japan native, a 33-month suspended sentence (which means he’s likely to avoid jail). An email

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Google pulls "conversion therapy" app after prominent LGBTQ group Human Rights Campaign suspended Google's ranking from its influential Corporate Equality Index (Ina Fried/Axios)

Ina Fried / Axios: Google pulls “conversion therapy” app after prominent LGBTQ group Human Rights Campaign suspended Google’s ranking from its influential Corporate Equality Index  —  Google is pulling a controversial app that LGBTQ rights groups say engages in a form of conversion therapy … Google pulls "conversion therapy" app after prominent LGBTQ group Human

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