XRP’s price drop over the past few days was expected. After registering a massive bullish rally towards the end of November, the asset has declined a bit over the past few days. December hasn’t been kind and currently, the asset is looking to re-test a critical support. At press time, XRP was valued at $0.4504...Read More
Bitcoin’s dominance is one of the biggest drivers behind its institutional interest and mainstream adoption. However, in anticipation of an altcoin rally, it was observed that Ethereum and XRP’s dominance rose 1.1% and 2.6% respectively, based on data from CoinGecko’s report. Against Bitcoin’s gradual price rally, Ethereum’s price increased by over 50% in November and...Read More
XRPL Labs’ account, after coming under scrutiny, has been banned by Twitter. The founder of the XRPL Labs, Wietse Wind brought to attention the silence maintained by Twitter over the issue, despite raising multiple tickets on the matter. On 15 December, Wind took to Twitter and noted: “@TwitterSupport How about some decency for once? Reply...Read More
Bitfinex has added four new assets on Bitfinex Borrow, its peer-to-peer (P2P) digital token lending/borrowing platform. The latest digital assets added, including XRP, Litecoin LTC, EOS and Polkadot DOT, can act as collateral to obtain crypto and fiat loans. 📣 On Bitfinex Borrow you can now get a loan using the following collateral: XRP ($XRP)Litecoin...Read More
In anticipation of the airdrop of Spark tokens, the number of addresses holding XRP rose dramatically recently. At the time of writing, it was still unclear what effect this development would have on the cryptocurrency’s price. Further down the crypto-ladder, while NEM witnessed a bullish reversal and tested the $0.252-resistance level, VeChain registered a bullish...Read More
XRP holders will see an airdrop of 45 billion Spark tokens on 12 December. Any owner of XRP tokens will receive the token in a 1:1 ratio, which by extension means that there could be 100 billion Spark tokens created. This will be carried out by the Flare Network, an airdrop backed by Ripple’s investment...Read More
Ripple CTO David Schwartz Ripple is in the news after he commented on Ripple’s strategy for expansion and enterprise adoption of payment solutions during the recent Uphold webinar. More specifically, Schwartz explained the reasons why this has been Ripple’s focus for the past few years. According to the exec, the separation of payments and settlements...Read More
One of the leading International banking groups, Standard Chartered has taken its first step towards cryptocurrency. Its innovation arm, SC Ventures announced a partnership with Northern Trust to launch an institutional-grade custody solution for cryptocurrencies, called Zodia Custody. Many banking groups around the world have already ventured into crypto in some form or another. Reports...Read More
FRMO Corp., a reputed financial risk management company, is in the news today after it recently made a case for investing in cryptocurrencies, particularly XRP, via its latest Shareholder letter. Highlighting the fact that the United States’ M-2 money supply had risen to $18.259 trillion at the time of writing, FRMO claimed that the crypto-business...Read More
Disclaimer: The findings of the following article are the sole opinion of the writer and should not be taken as investment advice The XRP market has once again been moving higher up the price ladder and given the momentum witnessed in the Bitcoin market, the price could witness a boost. At press time, the XRP price...Read More
Chief Technology Officer at Ripple and XRP Ledger architect David Schwartz said that XRP community could force the burning of billions of XRP in holding. Recently, a Twitter user asked Schwartz whether the nodes, validators, and community members of XRP Ledger could burn more than 50 billion XRP in escrow. In a tweet, published on...Read More
Ripple has been working hard to increase crypto adoption using the digital asset, XRP, and striving to find use cases, beyond just an investment. As scheduled, Ripple received 1 billion XRP from escrow on 1 December, which was paid to it in three installments of 500 million, 400 million, and 100 million. Whale Alert, tracks...Read More
Bitcoin reached its all-time high on many exchanges a few hours ago and was trading at $19,371 at press time. XRP and Dash had buyer interest and momentum behind them and moved back toward their local highs. IOTA saw some indecision in the market, and at the time of writing was headed for a minor...Read More
The altcoin markets appeared ambivalent in the short-term, at press time, after registering a sharp drop followed by moderate recovery on the charts. XRP held steady over a level of support and its recent pullback was not enough to change the bullish outlook for XRP on the longer timeframe. Zcash sent some mixed signals while...Read More
With the crypto-market rally finally gathering steam over the past few months, many expect the likes of Ripple to take the next step forward. A similar thought process was recently shared by Asheesh Birla, GM of RippleNet, after he appeared on the latest edition of the Lend Academy podcast to explain why Ripple’s Line of...Read More
Disclaimer: The findings of the following article are the sole opinion of the writer and should not be taken as investment advice XRP’s value has moved up the price scale after months of restricted movement. The value of the third-largest digital asset reached $0.7852, after which the value began to decline. The world’s third-largest crypto,...Read More
Ripple and MoneyGram announced a strategic partnership in 2019. A year later, Ripple is selling roughly one-third of its stake in MoneyGram. This was the first time Ripple has taken such a step. According to a filing with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission [SEC], Ripple owns 6.22 million shares [8.6% of outstanding shares]...Read More
With a drop in Bitcoin’s price in the past 48-hours, most of the market’s altcoins have been facing strong corrections. At press time Bitcoin was being traded at $17,058, with a trading volume of $33 billion. Source: CoinStats For popular altcoins like XRP, Monero, Dogecoin this bearish pressure in BTC’s movement has resulted in major...Read More
CEO of Ripple, Brad Garlinghouse spoke about crypto regulation today and shared his views about what it would mean to Ripple if US regulators were to declare XRP as a security. Garlinghouse went on to state that if the SEC deems XRP a security, US citizens would require a broker-dealer license to trade the crypto....Read More
Ripple has been the torchbearer of crypto-related payment solutions using the digital asset XRP. With Ripple expanding its reach globally and connecting niche countries, it has been gaining more and more prominence with every passing year. Interestingly, it would now seem that Ripple’s growing reach has been intimidating existing solution providers like SWIFT. In fact,...Read More
The bullish sentiment has not yet abated in the altcoin markets as many coins saw a dip in price. The sellers were not yet out in force and XRP and Dash still had the legs for another move upward. XRP Source: XRP/USD on TradingView XRP rose to $0.78 before facing selling pressure (although Coinbase saw...Read More
The XRP community has been eagerly waiting for the Flare network airdrop scheduled for December. While the network was still awaiting support from major exchanges, Binance today announced its support for the airdrop. According to the announcement by Binance: “Binance will support the Spark (SPARK) Airdrop Program for XRP (XRP) holders. The airdrop snapshot will...Read More
XRP has found its major use in the remittance market through Ripple’s On-demand liquidity [ODL] service. The service has been able to boost financial access between countries with an underbanked population and among those was Latin America too. Bitso has been a prominent cryptocurrency exchange in Mexico and its partnership with Ripple has managed to...Read More
Disclaimer: The findings of the following article attempt to analyze the emerging patterns in XRP’s short-term market and its impact on the price The XRP market has been grabbing all the attention in the market after being pronounced dead on multiple occasions. The cryptocurrency has reclaimed its third spot on the CoinMarketCap list, as its...Read More
While it may have escaped the attention of many, Bitcoin is not the only cryptocurrency rallying right now. While Bitcoin’s price stood at $18,600 at press time, the combined market capitalization of all cryptocurrencies was north of $548 billion. In fact, Bitcoin’s dominance was down from 66% to 63.2%. In fact, some altcoins like XRP,...Read More
Bitcoin’s recent rally has been driving up much interest in the crypto market at large, with BTC attracting several notable investors. In that regard, CEO of Ripple, Brad Garlinghouse acknowledged in a recent tweet that institutional investor interest in cryptocurrencies has been on the rise. In his tweet the CEO said: Never a dull moment...Read More
Over the past few months, the perception and the sentiment around the crypto-market have changed dramatically. Not only are institutions jumping in, but some regulators have had a change of heart too. However, while some of the previous frostiness has thawed lately, it should be noted that what is catching the eye of most are...Read More
Disclaimer: The findings of the following article are the observations of the writer alone and should not be taken as investment advice As is more or less a tradition in the crypto-market, Bitcoin’s positive price action on the charts ended up benefitting many of the market’s altcoins. The previous week wasn’t any different as altcoins like...Read More
There is a sense of bullish urgency in every top digital asset at the moment, and XRP is no different. After taking a back seat for much for the rally, XRP breached above $0.254 on 13th November, and over the past-24 hours, it tested $0.30. XRP is currently consolidating near the present high and collectively,...Read More
If Ripple shuts down, would XRP still trade? Yes, said CEO Brad Garlinghouse recently, using Litecoin’s success after its founder stepped away from the project to make his case. During a recent podcast, the Ripple exec stated that while he doesn’t intend to step away from Ripple anytime soon, he might move the company overseas...Read More
