Ripple Price (XRP) News and Talking Points
- Ripple unable to beat support – jumps higher.
- Coinbase adoption rumor may be fueling the latest XRP price rise.
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Ripple Price Bounces off Technical Support Level
After spending two weeks probing the $0.86 - $0.93 support level without success, Ripple accelerated higher Monday, posting gains of nearly 20% to trade around $1.07 with heavy Asian buying leading the way. The chart now shows the February high around $1.20 as the next upside target ahead of the 61.8% Fibonacci retracement level at $1.38. On the downside the support zone identified in the chart below will become much harder to break through after the recent price action and may attract additional buying. The stochastic indicator is also indicating a further move higher and should provide additional support for XRP.
Ripple Price Chart Daily Time Frame (November 2017 – March 5, 2018)
Ripple Price Rise on Coinbase Adoption Talk
The twitter rumor mill is awash with stories about Coinbase potentially adopting Ripple – opening the way to a potential new client base running into many millions – although these rumors may be based more on circumstance than fact. Coinbase announced Monday that the first 90 of 500 new personnel will start at the company to help deal with heavy demand from its 14 million users. Coinbase currently list just four tokens – Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), Litecoin (LTC) and Bitcoin Cash (BCH) – and the market is betting that the increase in personnel is predicated on the exchange adopting Ripple, which is currently the third-largest coin by market capitalization ($41.8bn) and the subsequent surge in turnover.
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--- Written by Nick Cawley, Analyst.
