{"id":114683,"date":"2019-09-30T15:59:31","date_gmt":"2019-09-30T15:59:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/?p=114683"},"modified":"2019-11-08T10:20:15","modified_gmt":"2019-11-08T10:20:15","slug":"ripple-icelandic-crypto-exchange-expand-presence-europe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/ripple-icelandic-crypto-exchange-expand-presence-europe\/","title":{"rendered":"Ripple acquires Icelandic crypto exchange to expand presence in Europe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ripple, the company behind XRP, announced the acquisition of Icelandic crypto-trading firm Algrim. The 6-person Icelandic company will help Ripple gain a foothold in Europe.<\/p>\n<h2>Icelandic crypto trading company joins Ripple<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/companies\/ripple\/\">Ripple<\/a> has been acquiring companies left and right in order to widen its grip over the international market. The latest company acquired by the blockchain giant is Algrim, a cryptocurrency trading platform based in Iceland.<\/p>\n<p>The 6-person team will play an &#8220;integral role&#8221; in Ripple's ongoing On-Demand Liquidity (ODL) product, the company <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ripple.com\/insights\/ripple-continues-acquisition-streak-expands-european-operations-to-iceland?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=organic_social\">said<\/a> in a blog post.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cWith built-in expertise in trading and exchanges, the addition of Algrim\u2019s engineering talent to our team will be instrumental in continuing the momentum we\u2019re already experiencing with On-Demand Liquidity,\u201d said Christopher Kanaan, SVP of engineering at Ripple.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Algrim is the latest company to join Ripple's acquisition streak\u2014last week, Ripple <a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/xpring\/welcoming-logos-3586dd8cb552\">announced<\/a> the acqui-hire of payment platform Logos, adding eight engineers to its <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/companies\/xpring\/\">Xpring<\/a> team.<\/p>\n<h2>Ripple's latest acqui-hire marks the beginning of European expansion<\/h2>\n<p>Kanaan said that Ripple is committed to sourcing talent from across the globe, adding that the acquisition of the Algrim engineering team is a successful example of that. Algrim has been developing its crypto trading platform for the past two years and has integrated it into over 30 markets.<\/p>\n<p>Algrim went on to develop crypto exchanges with significant experience in building traditional trading platforms. The switch to crypto came after the \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/world\/bitcoin-heist-600-powerful-computers-stolen-iceland-n852811\">Big Heist<\/a>\u201d of 2017, when the company lost hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of crypto mining equipment.<\/p>\n<p>Ripple plans on utilizing both the company's talent and its physical location. With a physical presence in New York, London, San Francisco, Mumbai, Singapore, Sydney, and S\u00e3o Paulo, Ripple's foray into Iceland will help the company expand its presence in Europe.<\/p>\n<p>It's hard to say how much of a long-term effect the news about Ripple's expansion will have on <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/coins\/xrp\/\">XRP<\/a>. While the coin has been up 7.7 percent on Sept. 30, it has been steadily <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coingecko.com\/en\/coins\/ripple\">dropping<\/a> in price since the beginning of the year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ripple, the company behind XRP, announced the acquisition of Icelandic crypto-trading firm Algrim. The 6-person Icelandic company will help Ripple gain a foothold in Europe. Icelandic crypto trading company joins Ripple Ripple has been acquiring companies left and right in order to widen its grip over the international market. 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