DOGE is up by a double-digit, while XRP has gained by 7% in the last seven days. The overall crypto market valuation is up as tokens recover post-FTX collapse.

Bitcoin and ether moved sideways for the most part last week, as some altcoins moved higher.

A new controversy over the decentralization of XRP Ledger and the cryptocurrency that powers it, XRP, has emerged and continued over the past two days. Arguments for the doubters' theses were presented by Ripple's former Director of Development Matt Hamilton and the company's current CTO David Schwartz. Main points

On Sunday (27 November 2022), Matt Hamilton, a former Principal Developer Advocate at FinTech firm Ripple, explained the origin of “most of the disinformation spread about XRP.”

Whale Alert tracking service of large crypto transactions has shared that in the past fifteen hours, the most active whales shifted nearly 400 million XRP, both between unknown addresses and from exchanges.

XRP whales have resumed on-chain activities, as over 421M XRP tokens worth $168M+ were recently moved in just 5 hours.

John E. Deaton, the founder of Crypto Law and the attorney representing more than 75K XRP holders in the ongoing Ripple-SEC case, has slammed a certain influencer Lark Davis for talking down on <a href="https://timestabloid.com/tag/xrp/">XRP</a>.

XRP rallied to a three-week high on Friday, breaking out of a long-term resistance level in the process. The token rose to its highest level since early November, as prices surged for a fifth straight session. Dogecoin also hit a multi-week high, rising by nearly 10% today.

The long-awaited Spark (FLR) airdrop distribution to eligible XRP holders is around the corner, as more crypto exchanges show preparedness and support. However, the Flare team is yet to confirm the date for the airdrop distribution event after the last postponement.&nbsp;

Attorney John Deaton, who represents XRP holders in the capacity of amicus curiae in the US Securities and Exchange Commission vs. Ripple case, has slammed crypto influencer Lark Davis for calling the value of XRP into question in a lengthy Twitter thread today.