Since the beginning of 2019, the majority of the cryptocurrency market has been on an upward trend. However, the period of rapid gains for alternate coins, otherwise known as alt season has yet to begin. Besides Bitcoin, one of the biggest risers has been XRP.

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XRP (CURRENCY:XRP) traded up 5.7% against the dollar during the 24-hour period ending at 19:00 PM ET on October 17th. Over the last seven days, XRP has traded 10.2% higher against the dollar. XRP has a market capitalization of $13.01 billion and $1.79 billion worth of XRP was traded on exchanges in the last day. One XRP coin can now be purchased for $0.30 or 0.00003723 BTC on popular exchanges including BCEX, Ripple China, Bitstamp (Ripple Gateway) and Bittrex.

Price predictions for a date in the future are ever-present in the cryptocurrency sphere. Since some individuals are interested in cryptocurrency purely for speculative purposes, following a correct prediction can attain significant amounts of profit.

The bitcoin market isn’t yet mature enough to support an exchange-traded fund (ETF). So said the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) last week when it rejected Bitwise’s bitcoin ETF proposal in a mammoth 112-page order that included more than 500 footnotes. Legal experts said the decision suggests that a bitcoin ETF may still be years away. But Matt Hougan, Bitwise’s global head of research, sees positives in the decision. The SEC has at least shown it’s willing to raise addressable concerns, rather than rejecting a product out-of-hand with little explanation.

Ripple (XRP) price is indicating a downtrend in the chart. The day opened with an uptrend, but it looks like the market pressure has pulled the price. The coin has marked an uptrend in the 15-day chart, and with this, the last quarter seems to be favorable. The current fall doesn’t seem to stay and is expected to be lifted soon.

Ripple seems to be making waves in the cryptocurrency space again as Whale Alert; the popular cryptocurrency data aggregator revealed that over 30 million XRP was transferred from Ripple to Ripple OTC distribution wallet.

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Binance’s futures exchange is raising leverage to 125x with the launch of bitcoin (BTC)/tether (USDT) contracts today. The cryptocurrency exchange first announced its futures platform in early July, at the time hinting it would allow 20x leverage. Now, futures traders can now choose leveraged positions between 1x and 125x, it said Friday.

Ripple (XRP) was trading 4.65% lower on the day at 0.2877 at 07:30 GMT. XRP/USD fails to hold break above 21W EMA, has erased most of the previous session's gains. Technical studies are inconclusive. Stiff resistance at 21W EMA (0.3006) and overbought oscillators to weigh on the upside.

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Bitcoin may be close to bottoming out, as a popular contrary indicator is teasing a bearish turn for the first time since March 2018. Potentially producing a so-called death

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XRP retraced by 4% The price broke $0.30 resistance Consolidation around $0.29 1 Hour XRP/USD price chart xrpusd 6 After breaking up a $0.30 resistance line yesterday, XRP price retraced back into consolidation and is now trades around $0.298 mark. The important support at the moment is $0.28. The price may well dip down below that level, but likely to recover immediately trapping some retail stop loss positions in the process. MACD indicator on one hour chart is yet to demonstrate weakening bearish pressure. However, long-tail candlestick that formed on well above the average volume, may suggest that such pressure will start to decrease soon.

Now that Bitcoin has broken down from the triangle formation it was trading in, putting an end to months of consolidation, crypto analysts are sifting through Bitcoin price charts hoping to find clues as to what might happen next.

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Notwithstanding the Friday dump which has just sent bitcoin price back below $8k, the global economy is in a bigger mess and is set to deteriorate even further. Central banks are pumping cash back into their systems, interest rates are going negative, and GDP figures are falling. Is BTC still a safe haven in times of financial turmoil?