XRP's price increased by about 1.6% following SWIFT's announcement of a blockchain payments pilot involving 17 banks, including those connected to Ripple. The pilot aims to test distributed ledger technology for international payments, but analysts caution it may not directly boost XRP demand since SWIFT plans to use tokenized bank deposits rather than XRP as the settlement asset. Despite the price uptick, institutional investors withdrew $7.29 million from XRP spot ETFs, the largest outflow since March 2026, and derivatives data show bearish sentiment remains. Technical indicators also suggest sellers still dominate, indicating XRP faces resistance despite short-term gains from the partnership news.
In a snapshot of perpetual futures on October 18, Dogecoin (DOGE) showed the highest positive funding rate among five major cryptocurrencies, at 0.0085% per eight hours (9.3% annualized). This means traders holding long positions in DOGE pay those wi...
Despite XRP's price decline since mid-2025, institutional adoption and developer activity on the XRP Ledger remain strong. Key drivers include real-world asset tokenization, a $2 billion stablecoin market cap, and upcoming lending features that could...
XRP's price increased to $1.29, up 2.14% in the past hour and 0.26% over 24 hours, according to Binance spot data. During the same hour, $240,000 worth of short positions were liquidated, while no long positions were closed. XRP's market capitalizati...
Crypto analyst Ali Charts highlights critical support levels for Bitcoin at $81,000, Ethereum at $2,350, and XRP at $1.25. Holding these levels could trigger rebounds toward higher targets: Bitcoin to $84,000-$86,500, Ethereum to $2,700-$3,000, and X...
Bitcoin fell 0.85% to $80,967, while the overall cryptocurrency market capitalization declined 4.85% to $2.70 trillion. Ether, XRP, BNB, Solana, and Dogecoin also saw notable losses, with Dogecoin dropping the most among major coins at 4.30%. Bitcoin...
