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Cryptocurrency startup Ripple raises new funding.

Google buys a game development studio, and the U.S. Senate passes a bill designed to crack down on robocalls.

Here's your Daily Crunch for December 20th, 2019.

First up, Ripple has raised $200, 2019.

First up, Ripple has raised $200 million to improve global payments.

Ripple has focused on improving cross-border payments and other money-transmitting activities using XRP, a cryptocurrency

that has its own blockchain, the XRP ledger.

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