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Rise of Bitcoin Competitor Ripple Creates Wealth to Rival Zuckerberg

FILE — An exchange office for Bitcash, a cryptocurrency exchange, in Seoul, South Korea, Nov. 28, 2017. The exploding valuation of a new virtual currency called Ripple is the starkest illustration yet of how the mania around Bitcoin has spilled over into the broader financial universe. (Woohae Cho/The New York Times)