When clouds are covering the sky
I can’t help thinking what’s behind
In a fading evening
I can feel strange thoughts in my mind
What if we aren’t alone here
there’s a clone of everyone somewhere
that duplicates all that we do
not like me not like you but our other ego
there ain’t no wars or crises
only joy and compromises
time has stood still
why don’t you take me there
wanna feel some infinity
why don’t we just dare
coz after all remains … Eternity
A landscape with no trees
and a mist arising from the distance
an illusion just for me
or a proper reward and a chance
there ain’t no wars or crises
only joy and compromises
time has stood still
why don’t you take me there
wanna feel some infinity
why don’t we just dare
coz after all remains … Eternity
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Riding the wave of recent positive news for Ripple, the XRP token is roaring with a 200% price surge over the weekend as the cryptocurrency market is reaching higher highs. But is Ripple for real or is it being fueled by confusion among new investors?
Is Ripple For Real?
Jokes were abound this weekend as the cryptocurrency industry embraced April Fool’s Day in usual fashion. Meanwhile, Ripple experienced a serious surge with its market cap soaring from $360,000 USD to over $2.3 billion.
The price of Ripple XRP token experienced a whopping seven-fold increase in the past few days, and easily outperformed recent stalwarts such as Dash, Monero and the Litecoin in the past week. Even bitcoin, which managed to break the $1,100 barrier on news of becoming a in Japan, could not match yesterday’s 200% rise.
The rise comes amid news of Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Ripple’s Based on Distributed Financial Technology.
“We are pleased to join Ripple’s Global Payments Steering Group,” said Hirofumi Aihara, General Manager, MUFG Digital Innovation Division. “…Collaborating with other members of GPSG, MUFG will contribute to the creation of standards for Ripple’s network.”
Ripple is positioning itself as a cheaper payment network, particularly for large banks and enterprises, with a much higher throughput compared to bitcoin. CEO Brad Garlinghouse that Ripple could rival traditional systems such as Visa with nearly 70K transactions in just 3.7 seconds and at a lower cost than bitcoin.
However, the token might be setting up for a reality check as some the price surge has been fueled by a “misunderstanding.” Critics on Bitcointalk.org to the meteoric rise, pointing out that Ripple, the company, is not the same as the XRP token and its Ripple Consensus ledger.
to Ripple, its Global Payments Steering Group (GSPG) is where “leading banks are working with Ripple to reduce the time and cost of settlement, while also enabling new types of high-volume, low-value global transactions.”
By coming together to form the GSPG, these banks are laying the foundation for a new payments network, underpinned by Ripple’s solutions and supported by rules and governance for global settlement.
In other words, new demand for the XRP token could merely be speculative at this point as banks would be able to bypass transactions on the Ripple Consensus Ledger with their own Ripple-inspired platforms.
The commentator also noted:
Check the volumes, [Poloniex] currently stands for $150M+ volume, RCL only 20. What now is happening is a pump, driven by people misunderstanding the news.
The Rise and Rise of Cryptocurrencies
Overall, April is getting off to a hot start for cryptocurrencies as the total market capitalization is now a record $27 billion. It has been on an uptrend, particularly accelerating as of late following the ETF in mid-March.
Though has remained relatively stable oscillating between $900 and $1,200 amid scaling uncertainty, its overall dominance of the market has seen a huge drop from 84% to 68%.
Nevertheless, while the rejection of the first ever ETF might be seen as a setback for bitcoin to some, the media attention received in the run-up to the decision appears to have attracted new investors to the crypto space as a whole.
What is the real cause for Ripple’s price rise? Is bitcoin waning dominance a temporary phenomenon? Let us know in the comments below!
Images courtesy of coinmarketcap.com, Shutterstock, twitter, MUFG
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