Ripple Labs provides and operates a blockchain-based payment network, which connects banks, payment providers, digital asset exchanges, and corporates to send money globally. Its native cryptocurrency is called Ripple (XRP). Patent data show that Ripple is currently enhancing the security of decentralized electronic payment networks using neural network techniques. It was announced on 2/1/2019 that CoinGate, a global cryptocurrency payment gateway providing reliable crypto payment infrastructure to more than 4,500 merchants around the world, now supports Ripple (XRP) payments. XRP coin owners can now use XRP as a means of payment at more than 4,500 shops online.