Attorney John E. Deaton has asserted that the Bitcoin payments app based on the XRP Ledger, SpendTheBits, represents all that is wrong with the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s case against Ripple.

Ripple investors and XRP holders are not the only ones with a keen eye on the ongoing battle with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Big banks are also taking a keen interest.

In a piece of news that went undetected within the crypto community for a few days, the Southeastern European country of Montenegro has announced a partnership with Ripple. The country’s prime minister, Dr. Dritan Abazović tweeted about the pilot project with Ripple already on January 18, 2023.

Crypto whales are suddenly relocating their XRP and Dogecoin (DOGE) troves as the two altcoins continue to lag behind Bitcoin (BTC).

$XRP holders have finally received an airdrop from Flare Network after two years. So what is Flare Network? Why is it giving out airdrops to $XRP holders? Let's find out.

Brad Garlinghouse, the CEO of financial technology company Ripple Labs, has expressed confidence in the SEC vs Ripple lawsuit being settled this year, noting that a final ruling might come before June 30.

Cryptocurrency whales have continued to show significant interest in XRP 

SpendTheBits naturally see “Bitcoin country” as its next stomping ground.

Monica Long has been named the new president of Ripple, moving up from the general manager position. Long joined the company in 2013 as director of communications and expanded her role last year from general manager of RippleX, the blockchain development side of the business, to general manager of the company as a whole, adding RippleNet, the company’s financial network, to her purview.

Monica Long, the newly-appointed president, has been with the company for over nine years.

Investors’ confidence in XRP is now in the hands of the crypto market as they wait for verdicts in the legal dispute between Ripple and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

SpendTheBits is onboarding Canadian merchants interested in receiving Bitcoin payments via the XRP ledger to its first pilot test.

Investment Banker Declarant has filed a response to Ripple’s opposition to the motion to redact his personal information from the declaration submitted in support of the SEC. The development was shared yesterday on Twitter by prominent Ripple Pro lawyer James K. Filan.

XRP is facing a prolonged consolidation phase, a trading pattern that offers possible hints regarding the token’s subsequent price trajectory. 

As the FLR airdrop saga continues, members of the XRP community have thrown allegations at Hugo Philion, claiming that the Flare Networks founder is influencing the voting outcome of the FIP.01 proposal.

XRP is facing a prolonged consolidation phase, a trading pattern that offers possible hints regarding the token’s subsequent price trajectory. 

Cryptocurrency whales have shown significant interest in XRP as the ongoing lawsuit between Ripple and the SEC edges closer to an end.

A Chinese firm is developing a new payment system interoperable with stablecoins and CBDCs –  that acts as a link for central banks to transfer and swap regulated digital currencies – recently unveiled at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

Schwartz finds one glitch with the Xumm app feature but says it is “really nice” still.

The value of XRP is now targeting new highs, profiting from the ongoing crypto market rally while ignoring any uncertainty around the regulatory outlook. Notably, the token has breached new resistance levels amid sustained buying pressure.