The world’s third most valuable crypto asset, XRP, was trading at $0.27660 as of 2.15 am GMT today, losing over 10%. It was the biggest one-day percentage plunge since March 12, 2020, according to data retrieved from Coinmarketcap.
The sudden plunge pushed XRP’s market capitalization lower to $12.55 billion, or about 3.62% of the total crypto asset’s market capitalization. XRP had traded in a range of $0.27660 to $0.28316 in the previous twenty-four hours.
The trading volume for XRP as at the time this report was being drafted was $2.961 billion. It should be noted that XRP traded in a range of between $0.2708 to $0.3106 in the past 7 days.
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The fast-moving crypto has been fighting to stay above $0.285 in the last few days and it does show that the sellers have built s resistance around that price level.
Indeed, Ripple looks set for a bearish run after the recent decline. However, buyers will have to break the price level above $0.285 to move up.
Importance of using XRP: XRP was produced by a leading crypto payment with the aim of providing a fast, less costly, and more scalable alternative to both other crypto-assets and existing monetary payment infrastructure like SWIFT.
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Unlike its major crypto rival, Bitcoin, which was never intended to be a simple payment system, Ripple has gained the attention of major global banks such as Standard Chartered, and Barclays for international transactions worldwide.
