Ripple Acquires Palisade to Expand Institutional Crypto Services
Ripple acquires Palisade to strengthen its institutional crypto custody and payment services as corporations enter the digital asset market.
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Nik is a content and public relations specialist with an ever-growing interest in Crypto. He has been published on several leading Crypto and blockchain based news sites. He is currently based in Spain, but hails from the Pacific Northwest in the US.
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