Ripple’s XRP token has printed an impressive bounce from yesterday’s $0.20 low, rising above the level of resistance at $0.216.
However, it remains in a bearish posture until it can break above the $0.2252 level, which provided support during the end of February and beginning of March.
XRP is still 12% up since the turn of the year despite slumping by 37% over the past month.
The market cap of XRP has fallen back below $10 billion after peaking at $14.6 billion last month, a far cry from January 2018 when it was worth $147 billion.
From a technical perspective XRP has continued to trade in a consolidation pattern following the weekend’s gruelling move to the downside.
It is expected to carry on trading within the tight range as it attempts to regain some momentum over the coming weeks
Much of it will depend on the upcoming direction of Bitcoin, which has endured a turbulent past week itself with a dramatic 12% move to the downside.
If Bitcoin can begin to trade back above $8,450 altcoins like XRP, Ethereum and Litecoin would begin to follow
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Ripple is a real-time gross settlement system (RTGS) developed by the Ripple company. It is also referred to as the Ripple Transaction Protocol (RTXP) or Ripple protocol. It can trace its roots to 2004 when a web developer called Ryan Fugger had the idea to create a monetary system that was decentralised and could effectively allow individuals to create their own money.
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