XRP on track for biggest weekly gain in 21 months as Treasury buyback spurs 'curve control' hopes
XRP’s price has surged by 50% this week, the best performance since November 2024. Here’s what’s driving the rally.
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A $2 million bet on XRP volatility crosses the tape as prices surge
An options trader opened a large straddle on XRP, betting on wild price swings by Aug. 28.
New XRP Ledger proposals target $530 million in tokenized Wall Street assets
There is already money on the chain for the feature to serve. Onchain data aggregator RWA.xyz tracks about $1.38 billion of distributed real-world assets on XRPL, including $845.7 million of RLUSD. Ondo accounts for another $212.6 million, followed by VERT Capital at $116.1 million and… Read More
Japan’s collapsing yen is pushing companies into bitcoin and XRP
The yen is trading near its weakest level in four decades, and Japanese companies are moving crypto onto their balance sheets to escape it. SBI VC Trade on Tuesday said corporate demand for bitcoin and XRP is climbing as the currency’s slide pushes firms to… Read More
XRP price jumps 8%, Ripple-linked token may provide great risk-reward at these levels
XRP holders are underwater by more, on average, than they have ever been, according to onchain data that some traders treat as a contrarian floor signal. The reading comes from MVRV, or market value to realized value, a ratio that compares XRP’s price with the… Read More
XRP Ledger’s design blocks the flash loan attacks costing DeFi hundreds of millions
The two biggest DeFi exploits of the past two months have one thing in common. They used a tool that does not exist on the XRP Ledger. Thorchain lost roughly $10.8 million on May 15 to a cross-chain attack that drained funds across Bitcoin, Ethereum,… Read More