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Hey Everyone!

Today I want to share some awesome news on the Ripple front. It seems like every day there's positive news coming out about Ripple and this is why I am holding XRP and also thinking of buying some more.

Now Western Union has confirmed that they are working with Ripple, they're currently testing the technology. There weren't too many details that were released but they have confirmed the partnership but the article on Bloomberg Technology page revealed this news and was also picked up by some other news outlets as well but this is big.

If you guys recall Ripple announced in early January on Twitter that they are working with three of the top five global money transfer companies which is huge and in later January they announced the MoneyGram partnership and confirmed that they are testing and using XRP. They said that all three of them would be using XRP, so I believe Western Union is testing that as well. 
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But this is big, I think about this if this type of news came out for Bitcoin or Etherium, just imagine how crazy the community would be. But I know a lot of people don't like Ripple because of whatever personal preference or whatever because of decentralization versus centralization but that doesn't matter to me, I am here to make money and I see potential in Ripple XRP in making me money and I am holding it.

Ripple is a real company making real progress with real businesses and solving real world problems.

The other major news is, Forbes released it's top 50 Fintech companies for 2018 and Ripple made the list. This is big to have blockchain on the list which is a UK company and will also be expanding to US. Coinbase will have competition but yeah Coinbase itself is also listed.

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> ***You can also check the list here:***
***https://www.forbes.com/sites/janetnovack/2018/02/13/the-forbes-fintech-50-for-2018/#5b691c185582***

This is really big, Ripple is getting recognition, it's starting to make moves in the real world as far as a business and this is why I'm holding XRP because I believe there's a lot of potential here. But we should be realistic and this is why I don't expect Ripple to skyrocket to a hundred bucks in a night, because I believe Ripple is a long term investment crypto. It might have a slow steady growth and I predict it's price by the end of 2018 to be ten dollars.

I believe Coinbase will add XRP very soon.

That's it, this is a great news and a great sign and if you are holding Ripple progress has been made and you have big brand companies that have been around for a long time, household names that are partnering with this company, they are getting recognised by Forbes, Bloomberg and these other companies. 

I wouldn't be surprised if we start seeing more banks lining up to work them. So what you guys think about this news leave your comments. If you like this article give it a thumbs up (I mean Upvote :D) and please follow me for more amazing news.

Thanks

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