Bitcoin, Ripple, And CryptoKitties
Maximum PC|March 2018

All aboard the blockchain train, destination unknown

Bitcoin, Ripple, And CryptoKitties

BITCOIN DID RATHER WELL last year, to put it mildly. Talk and speculation is now everywhere. Bubbling under, however, we have a new hot property: Ripple. This rose 120 percent in a week, to become the second largest cryptocurrency by market value. One to watch, and there’s good reason: It can do what Bitcoin struggles to achieve.

Bitcoin remains the trailblazer for now. It started last year trading at $976 a pop, high enough to start attracting attention from pundits, investors, and less savory characters. Stories of Mafia money laundering and North Korean sanction dodging painted a somewhat unwholesome image, and major financial figures, such as Warren Buffett, were scathing. However, the new generation of tech money was hot.

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