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Mega-Banks Joining Ripple Despite XRP Sell-Pressure

Mega-banks joining ripple despite xrp sell-pressure

Mega-Banks Joining Ripple Despite XRP Sell-Pressure

  • Ripple (XRP) prices find support at 30 cents
  • SABB launches Instant Cross-Border Transfer Service

With the facilitation of SAMA, the primary regulator in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, SABB, is part of the growing RippleNet family after launching Instant Cross-Border Transfer Service that will use XRP. Meanwhile, Ripple (XRP) prices are ranging with support at 30 cents.

Ripple Price Analysis

Fundamentals

The traditional global finance network is rigid. Despite what it offers—and the acknowledgment that it has been steadying world economy thanks to SWIFT and globalization, it has been 43 years since its launch. SWIFT shaped lives, easing processes but it’s about time an efficient competitor in Ripple Inc replace it.

With Brad Garlinghouse as CEO, Ripple Inc admits that it has a long way before they dominate the world. However, with they have to offer, it won’t be decades but rather years, before banks shift camps as they root for efficiency, speed and cost savings that Ripple Inc’s xCurrent, xRapid and xVia tags along. Saudi British Bank (SABB) is now part of the growing RippleNet family, and the effort of the Saudi Arabia Monetary Authority (SAMA) is paying off.

Here’s what Majed Najm, the Deputy Managing Director Corporate and Institutional Banking at SABB said:

“SABB provides its customers with faster, safer and more transparent cross-border payment services by the launch of “Blockchain” technology through “Ripple.” The Indian Rupee (INR) is a positive start to a future roadmap being the first currency to be activated in SABB. This plan aims to provide customers with a valuable service and link more countries and currencies in the near future.”

Candlestick Arrangement

Ripple xrp

If anything, it is until there is regulatory clarity on Ripple (XRP) status that prices will begin moving. Presently, prices are ranging, oscillating within a 10 cents range from a top-down approach and 4 cents in the short-term.

As aforementioned in previous trade plans, once prices edge past 34 cents with high transactional volumes, traders can begin loading up on dips with modest targets of 40 cents. On the flip side, any slide below 30 cents could invalidate our stand as bears of Q4 2018 flow back driving prices towards 25 cents or Sep 2018 lows.

Technical Indicators

Anchoring our analysis are Apr-24-25 bear bars. Even if bulls are steady and reversing losses, an effort versus result analysis point to bears. However, should there be a sharp expansion of prices with volumes exceeding Apr-24-25 average of 36 million, driving prices above 34 cents, and then aggressive traders can initiate longs on pullbacks.

Chart courtesy of Trading View

Published at Thu, 02 May 2019 19:00:23 +0000

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Billionaire Mark Cuban Buys $20 in Bitcoin, Says It’s ‘In a Bubble’

American billionaire Mark Cuban took the bitcoin world by storm when he revealed his interest in the cryptocurrency and the possibility it may be a bubble.


Shark Calls bitcoin Bubble

Mark Cuban is, among other things, an American billionaire, businessman, investor and television personality. He is also known for being one of the main investors on the ABC reality television series, Shark Tank.

Yesterday, Cuban took the bitcoin world by storm when he tweeted about his new-found interest in the digital currency:

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With an extensive resume in the business world and an estimated net worth of 3.4 billion dollars, it’s no wonder that Cuban’s interest in bitcoin has brought confidence to many traditional investors. However, Mark Cuban later tweeted his thoughts regarding a possible bubble in the current BTC price.

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It is impossible to say with certainty if bitcoin is or isn’t in a bubble as signs pointing towards both possibilities are visible. Although the current price has made Cuban see signs of a bubble, he still recognizes the value in bitcoin as a decentralized payment system, stating:

I’m not questioning value. I’m questioning valuation.

Mark Cuban & bitcoin

So why is this important at all? Another person getting into bitcoin isn’t really groundbreaking and Cuban only bought $20 dollars worth in bitcoin to see how it works. 

However, it’s worth noting that Cuban’s visibility as a businessman and as a TV personality can go a long way in expanding Bitcoin’s outreach to traditional investors. Though, the most interesting part is that he wasn’t always a fan of bitcoin.

In a 2014, Mark Cuban told USA Today that despite being “great as an encryption technology,” he didn’t think bitcoin could make it as a global currency, stating:

I think it’s got no shot as a long term digital currency.

This means that bitcoin’s endurance as an immutable and decentralized payment system is starting to pay off,  revealing the true potential of bitcoin as a “long term digital currency.” Not only that, but the value of blockchain technology itself was also underlined in another one of Mark Cuban’s tweets:

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The B-Word

While the focus created by this recent development has been received as a positive for bitcoin, it is also worth noting that the concerns of a possible cryptocurrency bubble are very real. So much so that some publications have even claimed that Cuban’s tweet regarding the possible bitcoin bubble made the price of bitcoin drop.

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So, are we in a bubble? Mark Cuban isn’t the only ‘shark’ that believes this to be true.

Vinny Lingham, a South African Internet entrepreneur, co-founder & CEO of Civic, and one of the ‘sharks’ on the Shark Tank South Africa version, has expressed similar thoughts.

When asked if bitcoin is currently in a bubble, he stated:

Yes, but people who called the bubble in 2011 were wrong. It took two years to burst.

Although it’s impossible to point out a bubble with absolute certainty until it pops, one thing is clear: at 3 to 7 transactions per second, bitcoin is nowhere near ready to be adopted by the mainstream as a global digital currency.

If scaling can be achieved, however, there is no telling how high bitcoin can go.

Do you agree with Mark Cuban? Is bitcoin currently in a bubble or is this just the start? Share your forecasts with us in the comment section.


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