David Schwartz, Ripple's former CTO, disputed claims that the SEC's lawsuit focused only on XRP sales, stating the SEC repeatedly called XRP itself a security before courts rejected this. The 2020 lawsuit led to a mixed ruling where programmatic XRP sales on public exchanges were not securities transactions, but institutional sales were. This ruling was seen as a partial victory for Ripple, affirming XRP is not a security in general. The case highlights ongoing regulatory debates around cryptocurrency classification.
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...
