After a survey among its users, who had the opportunity to vote for the currency of their predilection to be incorporated into its platform, the Chilean exchange Orionx starts the purchase of the Ripple cryptocurrency as of today.
In a message sent today to its clients, the exchange explains:
We thank the thousands of users who participated in the voting of the new currency to add to our exchange.
The next currency to enter Orionx is Ripple and from today you can enjoy this new market.
The Ripple wallets are now available so you can bring them from other exchanges, and at noon (12:00), the Ripple market in Orionx will be activated. You can follow the countdown on the site.
Ripple is the third currency with the largest "market cap" (more than 40 billion US dollars) and its main qualities are that the shipping fee is only $ 0.04 USD and can perform each transaction in about 3 seconds.
Last September, Ripple had raised 55 million dollars from its first investors and, since then, dominant participants of the global financial system have joined. Among them are Accenture Ventures, SCB Digital Ventures, Siam Commercial Bank, Santander, Bank of America / Merrill Lynch, UniCredit, Standard Chartered, Westpac, the Royal Bank of Canada and, more recently, BBVA. Last November, Ripple partnered with American Express (AMEX) to create the infrastructure of a payment system based on blockchain technology focused on Business to Business (B2B) payments ".
Source: Orionx Statement