Ashton Kutcher surprised Ellen DeGeneres with a donation of $4 million (£3m) to the talk show host’s Wildlife Fund in the form of Ripple’s XRP coin, the third most-valuable cryptocurrency after Bitcoin and Ethereum. With a push of a button on his phone, Ashton Kutcher and his business partner Guy Oseary were able to transfer the full amount into the bank account of The Ellen DeGeneres Wildlife Fund instantly on the NBC show. Ashton Kutcher surprised Ellen DeGeneres with a donation of $4 million to the Wildlife FundWhat is Ripple? Ripple also offers an alternative in XRP, which can be used as a common currency for money transfers between different currencies. Since then, Ripple’s virtual currency XRP has been adopted by many banks and financial institutions around the world.

Source: Daily Mail May 24, 2018 15:11 UTC