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      "body": "<em>This article was originally posted on <a href=\"https://www.coingecko.com/buzz/what-is-ripple-how-to-buy?locale=en\">CoinGecko's Buzz Section</a></em>\n\n<h6><em>Follow them on:</em>\nTwitter: <a href=\"https://twitter.com/coingecko?lang=en\">@coingecko</a>\nInstagram: <a href=\"https://instagram.com/coingecko\">@coingecko</a></h6>\n\n\n<h1>What is Ripple and How to Buy It?</h1>\n\n<p>Most people on the streets know about <a href=\"https://www.coingecko.com/en/price_charts/bitcoin/usd\">Bitcoin (BTC)</a> and perhaps heard the term <a href=\"https://www.coingecko.com/en/price_charts/ethereum/usd\">Ethereum (ETH)</a> being bounced around, but crypto-enthusiast would be familiar with altcoin names such as <a href=\"https://www.coingecko.com/en/price_charts/litecoin/usd\">Litecoin (LTC)</a>, <a href=\"https://www.coingecko.com/en/price_charts/ripple/usd\">Ripple (XRP)</a> and <a href=\"https://www.coingecko.com/en/price_charts/monero/usd\">Monero (XMR)</a>.&nbsp;</p>\n\n<center><img src=\"https://img1.steemit.com/200x300/https://s3.amazonaws.com/coingecko-buzz/buy-ripple/0_RippleLogo.png\" style=\"height: 81px; width: 300px;\"></center>\n<br>\n<br>\nThese 4 altcoins, together with Bitcoin and Ethereum constitutes&nbsp;more than US$150 Billion in market capitalization at the point of writing. As more people jump onboard the crypto-wagon and more coins enter circulation, the market value for these coins and many other coins would most likely increase.\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><center><a href=\"https://www.coingecko.com/en\"><img src=\"https://img1.steemit.com/500x500/https://s3.amazonaws.com/coingecko-buzz/buy-ripple/1_CoinGeckoScreenshot.png\" style=\"width: 350px;\"></a></center></p>\n\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The team behind Ripple is based in San Francisco and has been trying hard to solve global payments through partnership with global financial players. They leverage blockchain technology to develop their own payments protocol more commonly known as XRP. As a company, they’ve been doing pretty well. Notable investors like Andreessen Horowitz and Google Ventures have put their money in this company with Forbes naming Ripple one of the <a href=\"https://www.forbes.com/sites/janetnovack/2016/11/07/the-forbes-fintech-50-for-2016/#33c132c51b10\">top 50 Fintech Companies of 2016</a>.</p>\n\n<p dir=\"ltr\">At the heart of their efforts lies their native currency, <strong>XRP</strong>. Ripple aims to revolutionise global money transfer through their real-time gross settlement system (RTGS). They want to make global banks transfers as fast and as cheap as possible. Have you ever done a wire transfer from your Local Bank account to a US bank account? The process generally takes at least a few days and banks charge a hefty transaction fees. That’s because money is routed through many other partner banks and every bank charges a small transaction fee.</p>\n\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><center><a href=\"https://ripple.com/files/ripple_vision.pdf\"><img src=\"https://img1.steemit.com/600x500/https://s3.amazonaws.com/coingecko-buzz/buy-ripple/2_IntenationalTransfers.png\" style=\"width: 700px;\"> </a></p></center>\n\nWith XRP, this painful transaction process might be gone one day.&nbsp;Ripple is actually doing the world a favour by solving this problem that banks, financial institutions and even governments couldn’t.\n\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https://ripple.com/files/ripple_vision.pdf\"><center><img src=\"https://img1.steemit.com/600x500/https://s3.amazonaws.com/coingecko-buzz/buy-ripple/3_InternationalTransfersXRP.png\" style=\"width: 700px;\"></center></a></p>\n\n<p dir=\"ltr\">As more banks adopt Ripple’s RTGS system utilising XRP as the liquidity asset, Ripple hopes to emerge as the leading industry player for global payments network. However, a word of caution for those who would like to invest: competition for industry market share is steep as other blockchain startups and industry incumbents are working equally hard to introduce their products and solutions. That being said, Ripple has significant funding from banks and major investment groups. They have successfully forged strong partnership with existing industry players, and are poised to have an edge over their competitors.</p>\n\nSo, if you are like me and believe in the potential of XRP, keep reading to find out how to buy and store&nbsp;XRP. &nbsp;\n\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\"><strong>How to buy Ripple (XRP)? </strong></h2>\n\nI have briefly touched on the massive potential for Ripple to transform global transaction banking. This article discusses how to buy and store the cryptocurrency in your digital wallet.\n\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The first step in acquiring XRP is to get hold of bitcoin (BTC) or ether (ETH) first.&nbsp;For most of you based in the USA and Europe, the most common way to acquire bitcoin is by using <a href=\"https://www.coinbase.com/join/coingecko\">Coinbase</a>. For those based&nbsp;in Malaysia and Singapore, you may use&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.coinhako.com/referrals/sign_up/COINGECKO_465806\">CoinHako</a> and <a href=\"https://www.luno.com/invite/ZFRK3\">Luno</a>.&nbsp;</p>\n\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The problem with these exchanges is that&nbsp;they do not offer the option to buy or trade ripple (XRP). This is why you need a separate Ripple Wallet to hold your XRP. The most&nbsp;popular Ripple wallet&nbsp;is&nbsp;<a href=\"https://gatehub.net/\">Gatehub</a>.</p>\n\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<center><img src=\"https://img1.steemit.com/200x300/https://s3.amazonaws.com/coingecko-buzz/buy-ripple/4_GatehubLogo.png\" style=\"width: 300px;\"></center>&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>\n\n<p dir=\"ltr\">For today’s transaction, we will be setting up a <a href=\"https://gatehub.net/\">Gatehub Ripple Wallet</a> to receive XRP from an <a href=\"https://www.coinhako.com/referrals/sign_up/COINGECKO_465806\">existing Coinhako Account</a>. We will use <a href=\"https://changelly.com/\">Changelly</a> and swap our ether to ripple. Here’s a chart of how the conversion will take place.</p>\n\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><center><img src=\"https://img1.steemit.com/500x300/https://s3.amazonaws.com/coingecko-buzz/buy-ripple/6_HowToBuyRipple.png\" style=\"width: 500px;\"></center></p>\n\n<ul>\n\t<li dir=\"ltr\">\n\t<p dir=\"ltr\">A verified <strong>Coinhako account </strong>with purchased ether (I will be transferring 0.1 ETH)</p>\n\t</li>\n\t<li dir=\"ltr\">\n\t<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Changelly account</strong> for exchanging ether to XRP (Sign Up is easy with only email required)</p>\n\t</li>\n\t<li dir=\"ltr\">\n\t<p dir=\"ltr\">A <strong>Gatehub Wallet</strong> with a connected XRP Gateway (Sign Up process is documented below)</p>\n\t</li>\n</ul>\n\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Creating a Gatehub Wallet</strong></h2>\n\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Step 1:</strong> Registration can be done at <a href=\"https://signin.gatehub.net/signup\">Gatehub’s Homepage</a> with email and password.</p>\n\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><em>Note: Remember to download or store your Recovery Key in a safe place. This is the only way to recover funds can be recovered in the case of lost password.</em></p>\n\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&nbsp;<center><img src=\"https://img1.steemit.com/1000x600/https://s3.amazonaws.com/coingecko-buzz/buy-ripple/7_Gatehub_SignUp.png\" style=\"height: 321px; width: 250px;\"> &nbsp;<img src=\"https://https://img1.steemit.com/1000x600/s3.amazonaws.com/coingecko-buzz/buy-ripple/8_RecoveryKey.png\" style=\"width: 250px;\"></center></p>\n\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Step 2:</strong> An activation email will be sent to the registered account. Click the “<strong>Activate Account</strong>” button. Note: Check Spam folders if email is not received.</p>\n\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><center><img src=\"https://img1.steemit.com/1000x600/https://s3.amazonaws.com/coingecko-buzz/buy-ripple/9_GatehubActivationEmail.png\" style=\"width: 350px;\"></center></p>\n\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Step 3:</strong> Upon signing in, a welcome page with a choice of Individual and Company will be displayed. <strong>Select </strong>the account accordingly. You can ignore “Start Migration” if you do not have a Ripple Trade account.</p>\n\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><center><img src=\"https://img1.steemit.com/1000x600/https://s3.amazonaws.com/coingecko-buzz/buy-ripple/10_WelcomeSelect.png\" style=\"width: 350px;\"></center></p>\n\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Step 4:</strong> Next, an<strong> Identity Verification</strong> page would appear. Only your phone number is required to proceed. The mobile phone number will be used for SMS verification so be sure to provide a mobile number with working text messaging network</p>\n\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><em>Note: Items 2, 3, 4, 5 are optional and are not necessary for transaction purposes.</em></p>\n\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&nbsp;\n<img src=\"https://img1.steemit.com/400x400/https://s3.amazonaws.com/coingecko-buzz/buy-ripple/11_VerifyIdentityPhone.png\" style=\"width: 250px;\"> <img src=\"https://img1.steemit.com/400x390/https://s3.amazonaws.com/coingecko-buzz/buy-ripple/12_VerifyIdentityPIN.png\" style=\"width: 250px;\"> <img src=\"https://img1.steemit.com/400x290/https://s3.amazonaws.com/coingecko-buzz/buy-ripple/13_VerifyIdentityPhoneDone.png\" style=\"height: 312px; width: 250px;\"> <img src=\"https://img1.steemit.com/400x400/https://s3.amazonaws.com/coingecko-buzz/buy-ripple/14_VerifyName.png\" style=\"width: 250px;\"> <img src=\"https://img1.steemit.com/400x400/https://s3.amazonaws.com/coingecko-buzz/buy-ripple/15_VerifyPhoto.png\" style=\"width: 250px;\"><img src=\"https://img1.steemit.com/400x400/https://s3.amazonaws.com/coingecko-buzz/buy-ripple/16_VerifyNameDOB.png\" style=\"width: 250px;\"></p>\n\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Step 5: </strong>Upon completion, you will be directed to the homepage where you can choose to “<strong>Connect to a gateway</strong>\".</p>\n\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><center><img src=\"https://s3.amazonaws.com/coingecko-buzz/buy-ripple/17_GatehubHomepage.png\" style=\"width: 700px;\"></center></p>\n\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Step 6:</strong> To connect a XRP Gateway, select the “<strong>XRP</strong>” currency.</p>\n\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><center><img src=\"https://s3.amazonaws.com/coingecko-buzz/buy-ripple/18_ChooseConnectionGateway.png\" style=\"width: 700px;\"></center></p>\n\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Step 7: </strong>You will then be prompted to complete the identity verification by providing your <strong>passport </strong>and <strong>proof of address</strong>. (This would be the most tedious part of the signup process as scanned copies of the documents in JPG format are required)</p>\n\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><center><img src=\"https://s3.amazonaws.com/coingecko-buzz/buy-ripple/19_ConfirmIdentityPassport_POA.png\" style=\"width: 500px;\"></center></p>\n\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Step 8: </strong>Click on “<strong>Deposit/ Receive</strong>” to access the XRP Address. This is the unique address for crediting and debiting the wallet with XRP.<em> </em></p>\n\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><em>Note: Do not use this address for any currency other than XRP.</em></p>\n\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><center><img src=\"https://img1.steemit.com/600x700/https://s3.amazonaws.com/coingecko-buzz/buy-ripple/20_DepositFunds.png\" style=\"width: 700px;\"></center></p>\n\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><center><img src=\"https://img1.steemit.com/600x700/https://s3.amazonaws.com/coingecko-buzz/buy-ripple/21_DepositFundsAddress.png\" style=\"width: 700px;\"></center></p>\n\n<p dir=\"ltr\">There! You have a Ripple Wallet fully set up! Next comes the process of buying XRP!</p>\n\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Buying XRP (Ripple) with ETH (Ether)</strong></h2>\n\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Step 9:</strong> I used my personal <strong>Coinhako Wallet</strong> with pre-bought ether so I signed into Coinhako and clicked on “Send ETH”.</p>\n\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><center><img src=\"https://img1.steemit.com/600x700/https://s3.amazonaws.com/coingecko-buzz/buy-ripple/22_CoinHako_SendETH.png\" style=\"width: 700px; height: 373px;\"></center></p>\n\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Step 10:</strong> Now let’s check the rates of ETH to XRP on <a href=\"https://changelly.com/\">Changelly</a>. (For this demo, I will be converting 0.1 ETH to XRP)</p>\n\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><center><img src=\"https://img1.steemit.com/600x700/https://s3.amazonaws.com/coingecko-buzz/buy-ripple/23_Changelly_ConvertETH.png\" style=\"width: 700px;\"></center></p>\n\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Looks fine so let’s sign in and check the details, click “<strong>Next</strong>”:</p>\n\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><center><img src=\"https://img1.steemit.com/600x700/https://s3.amazonaws.com/coingecko-buzz/buy-ripple/24_ExchangeETH.png\" style=\"width: 700px;\"></center></p>\n\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Step 11:</strong> I will input the <strong>XRP address</strong> obtained from the Gatehub Wallet (shown in Step 8).</p>\n\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><em>Note: For Gatehub, no destination tag is required so I went ahead to removed it. However, for other XRP Wallets, a Destination Tag&nbsp;might be required. Please check accordingly.</em></p>\n\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><center><img src=\"https://img1.steemit.com/600x700/https://s3.amazonaws.com/coingecko-buzz/buy-ripple/25_Changelly_XRPAddress.png\" style=\"width: 700px;\"></center></p>\n\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><center><img src=\"https://img1.steemit.com/600x700/https://s3.amazonaws.com/coingecko-buzz/buy-ripple/26_Changelly_XRPAddress_RemoveDTag.png\" style=\"height: 367px; width: 700px;\"></center></p>\n\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><center><img src=\"https://img1.steemit.com/600x700/https://s3.amazonaws.com/coingecko-buzz/buy-ripple/27_Changelly_ConfirmMakePayment.png\" style=\"width: 700px;\"></center></p>\n\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><center><img src=\"https://img1.steemit.com/600x700/https://s3.amazonaws.com/coingecko-buzz/buy-ripple/28_Changelly_ETHSendingAddress.png\" style=\"width: 700px;\"></center></p>\n\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Step 12: </strong>Now let’s head back to Coinhako to send the 0.1 ETH to the address provided by Changelly.</p>\n\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><center><img src=\"https://img1.steemit.com/600x700/https://s3.amazonaws.com/coingecko-buzz/buy-ripple/29_CoinHako_SendETH.png\" style=\"width: 700px;\"></center></p>\n\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><center><img src=\"https://img1.steemit.com/600x700/https://s3.amazonaws.com/coingecko-buzz/buy-ripple/30_CoinHako_ConfirmSendEth.png\" style=\"width: 700px;\"></center></p>\n\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><center><img src=\"https://img1.steemit.com/600x700/https://s3.amazonaws.com/coingecko-buzz/buy-ripple/31_CoinHako_ETHSent.png\" style=\"width: 700px;\"></center></p>\n\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Step 13:</strong> The ETH sent out from Coinhako Wallet will be processed by Changelly before being sent to the Gatehub Wallet.</p>\n\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><em>Note: Remember to keep the Changelly browse open. This transaction would usually take a short while to clear so sit back and relax.</em></p>\n\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><center><img src=\"https://img1.steemit.com/600x700/https://s3.amazonaws.com/coingecko-buzz/buy-ripple/32_Changelly_ProcessingPayment.png\" style=\"width: 700px;\"></center></p>\n\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><center><img src=\"https://img1.steemit.com/600x700/https://s3.amazonaws.com/coingecko-buzz/buy-ripple/33_Changelly_PaymentConfirmed.png\" style=\"width: 700px;\"></center></p>\n\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Step 14:</strong> Lastly, <strong>login </strong>again to Gatehub Wallet to confirm the XRP has been received.</p>\n\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Yes, it’s there!</strong></p>\n\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><center><img src=\"https://img1.steemit.com/600x700/https://s3.amazonaws.com/coingecko-buzz/buy-ripple/34_Gatehub_WalletReceived.png\" style=\"width: 700px;\"></center><br>\nThat's all for now! If you happen to have further queries about this topic or issues buying XRP, please feel free to ask us at the comments section below!</p>",
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      "body": "<h1>3 reasons why we shouldn’t fret about the China ban on ICOs:</h1>\n\n<p>If you are like me and are have been closely monitoring the cryptocurrency world this past month, you would have witnessed the drama created by China as they <a href=\"https://www.coindesk.com/china-outlaws-icos-financial-regulators-order-halt-token-trading/\">began a crackdown on ICOs</a>. This news shook the market with many cryptocurrencies taking a dive. 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These series of events, coupled with the <a href=\"https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/video/jamie-dimon-continues-to-criticize-bitcoin-cryptocurrency-falls/vp-AArSImd\">unnerving comments</a> of some big names in the finance industry sent the crypto market into a further tailspin losing about 45% of market value from its recent highs. </p>\n\n> ![Coingecko Dashboard.png](https://steemitimages.com/DQmbQ91ZHdrZD8zuhRYD7BGiz3iYc7ssW1XQ5rzhz1oJeVX/Coingecko%20Dashboard.png)\n\n<p>At the time of writing my <a href=\"https://www.coingecko.com/en/dashboard\">CoinGecko’s Dashboard</a> shows a big fat red. Just when I thought the crypto market cap could push past its previous high of $170B, the domino effect caused by the happenings of late pushed the market in just the opposite direction. </p>\n\n<p>During these turbulent times, I find myself periodically pondering about the future of cryptocurrency with questions that might affect my investment decisions like: </p>\n\n> *  *Is the current price a good entry point or should I wait longer?*\n> \n> * *How much lower would crypto get before getting better?*\n> \n> * *If there was really a crypto bubble and it bursts, what would the price of Bitcoin be?*\n> \n> * *How much savings would I be willing to set aside for crypto?*\n\n<p>So far my answers to these questions seem to be based largely on how I feel and my personal wishes for the market. Therefore, in my attempt to be more objective in my ponderings, I have decided to put aside my speculative tendencies to objectively view blockchain and cryptocurrencies.</p>\n\n<h2>Here are 3 reasons I believe investors shouldn’t FUD <em>(Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt)</em> the turbulence of the crypto market of today.</h2>\n\n<h4>1. Blockchain is here to stay.</h4>\n\n* Blockchain Tech ain’t goin’ anywhere - it is here to stay. In fact, Bitcoin - the first blockchain application has defied all odds to emerge a global winner. From hacking attempts to hard forks, from being a joke to one of the big boys, Bitcoin has been around the block for a while now.\n\n* The regulatory enforcement of late is just but a maturing process for blockchain technology which will eventually grant cryptocurrency a seat alongside mainstream finance. This brings to mind two similar examples which are Airbnb and Uber, two big names of today who were not really on good standing with the authorities during their inception. Uber stepped on the toes of the local taxi industry and faced hefty penalties and crippling threats while Airbnb had to navigate through the thicket of lawsuits and regulatory hurdles. Today, their reputation speaks for itself and the model of sharing-economy has given rise to many companies sharing the same vision. The time for blockchain has come and cryptocurrency will be the future.\n\n<h4>2. In the long term, central authorities deal no hurt to decentralisation.</h4>\n\n* The ban on ICOs might deal a blow to exchanges and set back months or years of hard work but the ban cannot cripple the fundamentals of blockchain because blockchain is decentralised.\n\n* In fact, this was exactly why decentralisation was created ie. to get around the meddling hands of regulators who seek to serve interests other than the masses. \n\n* Therefore, the crypto community shouldn’t be worried about how regulators would hurt cryptocurrency in the long term. In the long term, blockchain provides a scalable solution to enforce trust in our society. That being said, I believe also that in the long term, decentralisation might have to coexist with centralisation, for example, taxes might be imposed for transactions and purchases made. \n\n<h4>3. A lot of cryptos are well backed and a lot of blockchain applications and cryptocurrency have real-world use cases.</h4>\n\n* Let me just list out a few blockchain applications and hands up if you own more than 3 of them: \n\n  * Ethereum – Platform for Smart Contracts \n  * Augur – Platform for the prediction market\n  * Qtum – Building Business applications\n  * Omisego – Payment Processor\n  * zCash – Allows private transactions\n  * Golem Network – Decentralised Supercomputing network\n  * Steemit – Social Media Platform (You Are here!)\n  * Ripple – Solving global transactions\n  * Litecoin – Bitcoin’s younger brother\n\n\n* These are great companies and platforms that have really strong backing both in the form of cash and human capital. The guys working on these projects are brilliant and hardworking and currently they have only shown to be promising.\n\nWhat I just wrote was mainly a reminder to myself to: \n\n> \"Keep calm and hodl\" \n\nEspecially when the sentiment is poor because blockchain and cryptocurrency is not a speculation, it's an investment.\n\n**Have fun investing!**",
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