Thomas: Ripple raised $94M in VC funding and sells XRP
Stefan Thomas · 836: Crypto: $94m Raised to Be Enterprise Blockchain for Global Payments · Nov 7, 2017 · at 16:36
Ripple CTO Stefan Thomas discusses the company's funding history and revenue mechanisms with Nathan Latka.
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“So we raised ninety four million dollars through sort of VC funding. And then we also sell some of the digital asset XRP.”
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