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Bitcoin’s Rival Shoots Up 16,000% This Year!

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Time to forget bitcoin? Some seem to think so, especially now that the word is out about Bitcoin’s rival, Ripple.  Ripple is up 16,000% this year.

According to data from CoinMarketCap, the cryptocurrency was worth just over 0.006 cents in January. Now, the price of the world’s fourth largest digital currency Ripple has passed the one-dollar milestone for the first time. Ripple’s XRP token has risen 160 times in value in 2017 and as of 14:34 GMT on Thursday, the value was $1.10, according to RT.

The rally in the relatively cheap virtual currency followed several months of sideways trading. Ripple started its upward move a week ago on positive news for the banking-oriented cryptocurrency. The surge was also triggered by a general increase in prices among rival altcoins with investors searching to move funds away from an overstretched and declining bitcoin.

Rumors that ripple may appear on Coinbase in 2018 reportedly fueled the price rise with the currency expected to cost a few dollars or more next year if widely used as a digital asset. Financial institutions such as Standard Chartered and Axis Bank announced a new cross-border payment platform built on top of technology developed by ripple. The platform connects corporates in Singapore and India.

American Express introduced instant blockchain-based payments using ripple for US corporate clients sending funds to UK-based businesses which bank with the British branch of Santander. At the same time, Michael Arrington’s $100 million cryptocurrency hedge fund will be reportedly valued in ripple’s XRP.

Ripple was started in 2012 in California and is currently listed on 30 exchanges. It’s doing a little better, as far as growth goes than another rival, PutinCoin. The ripple digital currency is closely connected to the banking world, as it was initially designed as a worldwide payment and transmission system. Ripple, the company behind the cryptocurrency, has licensed its blockchain technology to over 100 banks as of October.

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