XRP’s Social Volume Surges; Is a New Breakdown Imminent?

The performance of XRP over the previous couple of years has been woeful. However, it seems it is ready to keep underperforming, as analysts are saying that it is on the verge of incurring a fresh breakdown because it is hovering over a crucial support level. However, XRP is technically weak as it is revealing signs of recording heightened social activity from investors across social media platforms. The surge in social activity tends to have correlations with uptrends and this…

Ripple Reacts to Research Revealing Empty XRP Transactions

A research paper was published on the website of Cornell University claiming that just 2 percent of all XRP transactions resulted in value transfers. The researchers noted that the majority of transactions on the XRP Ledger had zero value (that is, empty), which is a cryptocurrency version of spam. A software engineer and PhD student at Imperial College London was in charge of the published research which revealed the predominant spam on EOS and Tezos network traffic. Ripple responded to the research paper but…