Market Update and Ripple XRP Price Analysis: May 6, 2019

The total crypto market cap lost $5 billion of its value since May 3, 2019, and now stands at $180.7.

The top ten cryptocurrencies are all in red for the 24 hours with Litecoin (LTC) and Cardano (ADA) being the worst performers losing 5.9 percent and 4.1 percent respectively. At the time of writing, bitcoin (BTC) is trading at $5,625, ether (ETH) at $159 and Ripple’s XRP hovers around $0.293.

bitcoin gained five percent on May 3, 2019, and entered the weekend at $5,660. It formed its fifth consecutive green candle on the Bistamp daily chart as bulls were already eyeing the $5,800 mark. It closed the week 10.8 percent higher at $5,708.

The Ethereum token, on the other hand, climbed up to $164 on May 3, but saw a small correction during the weekend of May 4 to May 5 and dropped down to $161. The ETH/USD ended the seven-day period with a 5.2 percent price increase.

XRP/USD

The Ripple company token dropped below the $0.30 support line on May 2, 2019, and closed the session at $0.295. The breach of an essential psychological level suggested further decline as the XRP/USD pair was under immense pressure.

On May 3, buyers managed to push the price two percent up and formed a green candle to $0.301.

On May 4, the coin was trading as high as $0.312 during the day, only to close with a loss to $0.299. The highly volatile session saw the ripple token moving between the $0.312 to $0.294 levels. XRP ended the week even lower, at $0.296, which represented a 2.4 percent price increase for the period.

In the early hours of May 6, XRP is trading $0.293 and is dangerously close to the 2019 low of $0.2855 registered on January 30 and recently tested on April 26.

Ripple announced a new partnership with Ria Money Transfer on May 1. The company, which is a subsidiary of the U.S.-based Euronet Worlwide is one of the largest payment service providers in the world with operations in 155 countries. Now Ria has joined RippleNet to enable instant global payments on the blockchain while making them faster, more transparent and secure.

“Ria’s integration with Ripple serves to build rails for an innovative payment infrastructure that seeks to provide easier access to potential partners, while delivering faster and cleaner payments to its users,” Added Juan Bianchi, CEO of Euronet’s Money Transfer Segment.

Coil, the blockchain-based blogging platform, announced the launch of its open public beta services. The company, which was founded by former Chief Technical Officer of Ripple Labs Stefan Tomas, allows users to earn XRP for writing articles and adding content to the website. Coil creators are also working on enabling fiat and stablecoin-like forms of payments for participants to promote the use of their blogging services and tackle competitors like Steemit.

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Published at Mon, 06 May 2019 11:09:04 +0000

November 1, 2017

Paycent – The Easiest Way to Connect Crypto and Fiat

Holding cryptocurrency is all very well, but these days it hardly seems to be used to pay for anything. Merchant uptake is slower than the momentum needed to reach the mainstream. The merchants still take cash, but transferring between the two is an extra step that we could do without. Paycent may just be the crypto-fiat bridge we are looking for, with a whole host of other benefits too.

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What is Paycent?

Paycent is, in essence, a mobile payment system. It functions as a dual e-wallet which can be funded by both cryptocurrencies and fiat within the same app. It also allows conversion from crypto to fiat and vice-versa, in real time and from within the wallet, acting as an internal exchange.

Over a thousand online merchants and counting already accept Paycent as a method of payment. However, the option of having a debit card linked to your wallet opens up 36 million points of sale in over 200 countries. This includes withdrawing local currency from ATMs worldwide.

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How is Paycent different?

Paycent already has an established fiat network and is collaborating with mainstream financial institutions and governmental regulators, to both expand this network and push into the world of cryptocurrencies.

They already have regulatory licenses in UAE and the Philippines, along with approval in principal in Hong Kong and Singapore. Negotiations are also underway to host the Paycent Realtime Exchange in Dubai, with the oversight of the Central Bank of UAE.

In addition to this, Paycent is in tier 2 talks to acquire a physical banking presence in the Philippines. Paycent would function as the online channel for the bank, providing financial services to the unbanked.

They are also in advanced talks with Egypt and Jordan to develop and host a unified digital payment infrastructure for their banking and government services.

Why should I invest?

Investors in the ICO starting on November 2nd will receive PYN tokens. Holders of these tokens will receive rewards paid in ETH. These rewards will initially be paid quarterly and are as follows:

33% of the aggregate exchange rate profit for crypto to fiat and fiat to crypto, converted using the Paycent dual e-wallet.
33% of the total interest profit on microloans to Paycent lenders.

Users of the Paycent Debit Card will also receive an additional 0.1% of each spend in PYN tokens. Investors of 100 or 500 ETH or more are eligible for special debit cards which increase these loyalty rewards to 0.5% and 1% of each spend.

These ‘cash-back’ reward tokens will create a secondary distribution of PYN tokens, creating an open market for PYN, with price support and increase.

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How can I invest?

Paycent already concluded their pre-ICO, reaching the hard cap of 22,500 ETH in 10 days. Around 857 contributors took part from over 41 countries.

The main ICO is being held in 8 separate phases over the course of four years. There is a minimum investment purchase of 15 PYN and investors can participate using Ethereum, bitcoin, or Litecoin.

The first phase of the ICO begins on November 2, 2017, at 9 am Singapore time (UTC+8) and will last for 7 days or until the Phase 1 hard cap of 30 million PYN has been reached.

Bonus incentives are being given to encourage participation:

First 24 hours: 27% bonus PYN
Days 2 – 4: 18% bonus PYN
Days 5 – 7: 12% bonus PYN

Subsequent ICO phases are scheduled as shown below, with existing token holders receiving generous bonuses:

Phase 2 (Last week of May 2018)
Hard cap: 35 million PYN
25% bonus to PYN token holders

Phase 3 (2^nd week of November 2018)
Hard cap: 35 million PYN
23% bonus to PYN token holders

Phase 4 (Last week of May 2019)
Hard cap: 35 million PYN
21% bonus to PYN token holders

Phase 5 (2^nd week of November 2019)
Hard cap: 35 million PYN
19% bonus to PYN token holders

Phase 6 (Last week of May 2020)
Hard cap: 30 million PYN
17% bonus to PYN token holders

Phase 7 (2^nd week of November 2020)
Hard cap: 30 million PYN
15% bonus to PYN token holders

Phase 8 (2^nd week of November 2018)
Hard cap: 22,045,000 PYN
13% bonus to PYN token holders

For more information about Paycent please visit paycent.com.

Do you think a ‘bridge’ between cryptocurrencies and fiat currency is something that the crypto community needs? Let us know in the comments below.

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