Bitcoin price shot 4% on Thursday to surpass $9800 levels along with a sudden spike in the Open Interest. The community is enthusiastic about the upcoming Bitcoin halving event, however, the coronavirus outbreak in China is severely hurting the region’s mining business.In the last three days since February 5, Bitcoin price has added over $500 to its price taking it closer to $10,000 levels. On Thursday, February 6, BTC price surged above $9800 with nearly 4% gains. Moreover, with this move,...
Read More »XRP Has Outperformed Bitcoin in 2020, Ripple CEO Answers Mike Novogratz on His Skepticism
Ripple CEO Brad Gralinghouse has lashed out at Novogratz’s comment on XRP. Galinghouse said that so far in 2020, XRP has successfully managed to outperform Bitcoin. He also pointed out some of Novogratz’s failed predictions from the past.Ripple‘s XRP cryptocurrency remains in the news after it jumped 20% in the last seven days with a sudden volume surge. XRP, the world’s third-largest cryptocurrency has been the talk of the town after its poor show in 2019.While almost all other top-ten...
Read More »Ripple’s XRP Underperformance in 2020 Is Highly Likely, Says Mike Novogratz
While some experts are rather bullish about the performance of Ripple’s XRP in 2020, Mike Novogratz believes that the coin will underperform again this year.XRP’s underperformance in 2020 is likely. It is the world’s third-largest cryptocurrency by capitalization. But by this moment, it has failed to meet expectations. Many in the crypto space are even wondering if the cryptocurrency token deserves mention. The past few years have been harsh for XRP price. Some experts are laying blame on...
Read More »Ripple’s XRP Price Is Up as BitMEX Launches Perpetual Swaps against U.S. Dollar
Just recently BitMEX has launched XRPUSD swaps. At the very beginning Ripple’s XRP price hasn’t reacted, staying stable. However, now XRP seems to be climbing up.The third-largest cryptocurrency by market cap XRP is now supported for perpetual swaps with the United States Dollar on the crypto derivatives exchange, BitMEX. The XRP price at first failed to react positively. It stayed at the same level. However, now the situation has changed. The price seems to be climbing up. BitMEX confirmed...
Read More »XRP Price Jumps More Than 10% with Sudden Volumes Surge, Breaks Its Downtrend Momentum
Ripple’s XRP has surprised the market and the investors as its price jumped 10% due to a sudden surge in trading volumes. With today’s move, the XRP price has gained 35% year-to-date.XRP that us actively used by Ripple in its solutions has witnessed a sudden inrush of volumes today gaining over 10%. Despite the majority of top-ten cryptocurrencies showing only minor movement, XRP has successfully broken its downtrend.At press time, the XRP price is 11.84% higher in the last 24 hours and is...
Read More »XRP Price Is Stable as BitMEX Launches XRPUSD Perpetual Swap
BitMEX is the largest exchange offering cryptocurrency derivatives, according to some outlets. Users will get one more trading opportunity on 5 February 2020, 04:00 OTC. The XRP swaps will be available, with the coins traded against USD with up to 50x leverage. It is said in the BitMEX announcement from 4 February 2020. Per the announce:“Symbol: XRPUSDExpiry Date: PerpetualBitcoin Multiplier: 0.0002 XBT (20,000 Satoshis)XBT Contract Value: XRPUSD Price * Bitcoin Multiplier (20,000...
Read More »XRP Price Can Hit New All-Time High in 2020 as 750-Day Bear Market Is Slowly Ending
Most of the crypto assets in the market performed reasonably well last year, on average. Considerable price jumps were seen for the top assets even if a correction eventually followed. However, the market’s 3rd most valuable asset, XRP, did not have a lot of glory days. Regardless, it looks like 2020 just might be a great year for XRP price as the long bear market that has lasted 750 days, might be ending.XRP Set to RiseCurrently, XRP is trading at $0.25. The price, while not exactly...
Read More »XRP Price Surges Beyond $0.25 after Ripple Unlocks 500 Million Tokens from Escrow
The XRP token had a great start to the week following a 2.82 percent surge in price after Ripple, the company that is using the cryptocurrency in its solutions, released 500 million tokens from an escrow account on Feb. 1, at least according to data provided by resource monitoring website Whale Alert.In the last 24 hours, XRP price has spiked from $0.2460 to its current price of $0.2522, CoinMarketCap data shows. XRP’s gains extended across the board to other altcoins particularly those in...
Read More »Ripple and XRP Earn Mentions at Recent Hearing in U.S. Congress
Ripple and XRP were directly mentioned at a United States Congressional Hearing that was held on Thursday 30, January 2020. The hearing, which was titled ‘Is Cash Still King?’, was set by U.S. lawmakers to decide the fate of cash with relation to the rise of XRP and other cryptocurrencies.During the hearing, Congress directly mentioned blockchain firm Ripple and the efforts it has made with the adoption of XRP. So, someone eventually got it to spot on by recognizing that there is a popular...
Read More »XRP Price Could Reach $14 Breaking Out from Two-Year Bear Market
XRP, that is widely used by Ripple Labs in its advanced solutions, is on the verge of breaking out from the downtrend resistance that got it hooked at low prices for more than two full years of the bear market.The crypto world has been dominated by headlines of the imminent rise of the XRP within the last couple of hours. People are anticipating a breakout from the asset that could produce a huge shock to the crypto market with fast and massive gains that could raise the XRP price to as high...
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