The Ripple Vs. SEC legal battle has been creating tension for XRP as the court sittings could end this year. The CEO of Ripple has been optimistic that the lawsuit could end earlier in 2023. However, the Ripple native token XRP has been trying to weather the storms of the case and the bearish crypto
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In a piece of news that went undetected within the crypto community for a few days, the Southeastern European country of Montenegro has announced a partnership with Ripple. The country’s prime minister, Dr. Dritan Abazović tweeted about the pilot project with Ripple already on January 18, 2023. Via the social media platform, the Montenegrin Prime
Bitcoin (BTC) has rallied nearly 40% so far in January, which is the best start to the year since 2013. The sharp up-move has turned several on-chain signals bullish, according to on-chain analyst Cole Garner. Usually, a sharp recovery from the market lows, driven by the leader, is a sign that strong hands may be
Despite the recent negative crypto and macroeconomic newsflow, the total cryptocurrency market capitalization broke above $1 trillion on Jan. 21. An encouraging sign is that derivatives metrics are not showing increased demand from bearish traders at the moment. Total crypto market cap in USD, 1-day. Source: TradingView Bitcoin (BTC) price gained 8% on the week,
Litecoin (LTC) has rebounded by 130% to almost $100 after bottoming out near $40.50 in June 2022. The primary reasons include broadly improving risk-on sentiment and euphoria around the Litecoin halving in August 2023. However, technicals suggest that LTC may wipe out most of these gains in the coming months. LTC price paints giant bear
Despite the plans to turn the region into a bustling crypto hub, the United Kingdom’s financial watchdog says it has given the all-clear to only 41 out of 300 crypto firm applications seeking regulatory approval to date. The U.K. Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) implemented the new cryptocurrency-focused regulations on Jan. 10, 2020, to supervise businesses
Although the XRP Ledger (XRP) is an open-source, public, and decentralized layer 1 blockchain run by a global community of developers, there has been a history of criticism for perceived centralization; the most high-profile case being the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission accusing Ripple Labs of issuing an unregistered security. Critics cite the original distribution
Artist name: Amber VittoriaLocation: Los AngelesDate minted first NFT: March 1, 2021Which blockchains? Ethereum, Tezos Bio: Before she even turned 30, Amber Vittoria had made a significant splash in the traditional art world with gigs with Gucci, Google, Adidas, Victoria’s Secret, Apple, L’Oréal Paris, Meta, Snapchat, VaynerMedia and The New York Times, Hailing from New
Online fraudsters are impersonating major cryptocurrency firms like Ripple and Binance by creating fake websites and email imposters pretending to provide staking services for XRP. One such website, ripple.com-staking.tech, includes a blog post titled “XRP staking set to debut January 2023 for retail users,” inviting users to “stake” their XRP with unrealistic returns on investment
The metaverse hype that began in 2021 dissolved almost entirely by the end of 2022 as the top projects in the space, Decentraland, and The Sandbox, lost 95% of their market capitalization. The most prominent reason for the fall was lack of usage growth. Still, the metaverse narrative is far from dead and will grow
In its predictions for 2023, the Ripple leadership team highlighted Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) as one of the biggest trends, as Bitcoinist reported. To drive this agenda, Ripple continues to actively work with the private and public sectors. One country where Ripple is very active is the United Kingdom. On Thursday, January 26, James
The XRP Ledger will see a new amendment go live today, without the explicit approval of Ripple (as always). The “CheckCashMakesTrustLine” amendment will be automatically activated on the XRP Ledger today with a majority of 27 out of 34 votes. The amendment will adjust the “checks” feature of the XRP Ledger that has been available
After nearly a 20% rally last week, Bitcoin (BTC) is on track to end this week with gains of roughly 10%. Bitcoin’s rally has improved sentiment and attracted buying in several altcoins. This sent the total crypto market capitalization firmly above the $1 trillion mark. The strong recovery in Bitcoin has startled several analysts who
Token Unlock, a platform that uses on-chain data to track vested tokens and inform users of upcoming unlock events, issued a 2022 annual report today showing the highest estimated locked value tokens per the current market price. The report shows 15 tokens (such as XRP, Filecoin, Optimism, Chainlink, BitDao, ApeCoin, STEPN, Hedera, Axie Infinity, dYdX,
The legal battle between Ripple Labs and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) received a slightly different schedule update yesterday, according to U.S. Attorney and former federal prosecutor James K. Filan via Twitter. In fact, as of today, no further deadlines are scheduled. All documents and all reply briefs have been submitted. “Everything is
Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse commented on the legal battle with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) during the World Economic Forum in Davos on Wednesday, again hinting at how important the Hinman documents could become to the case. As Bitcoinist reported, speculation about the relevance of the documents has been ongoing for quite some
The relationship between Ripple Labs and XRP tokens has been a controversial topic in the crypto community for quite some time. While there is evidence through older documents that XRP was also called Ripple in the past, since the XRP initiative in 2018, the company has placed great emphasis on the fact that the cryptocurrency
Apart from the court battle between Ripple and the US Securities and Exchange Commission, the airdrop of the Flare Network Token (FLR) has caused quite a stir in the XRP community in recent weeks. After more than two years, XRP holders finally received their FLR tokens on January 9, 2023, even if not completely as
Data shows an XRP whale has taken out $38 million from the crypto exchange Binance. Can this be a bullish signal for the crypto’s price? XRP Whale Has Withdrawn Almost $38 Million From Binance As per data from the crypto transaction tracker service Whale Alert, a large XRP transaction has been spotted on the Ripple
In the XRP community, a document of the Central Bank of Uruguay, in which Ripple is mentioned seven times, is currently causing quite a stir. The document dates back to March 7, 2022, but is said to have been published less than a week ago on the website of the Central Bank of Uruguay (BCU),
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