The money was intended to add to Bankman-Fried’s political influence and goodwill and did not benefit FTX or Alameda Research.

The money was intended to add to Bankman-Fried’s political influence and goodwill and did not benefit FTX or Alameda Research.
The double-digit percentage gains for XRP (XRP) this month may have reached the exhaustion point, reflecting the trends elsewhere in the cryptocurrency market.
This follows the euphoria surrounding Ripple's partial win versus the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, resulting in bullish calls for as high as $15 in the coming months.
Nonetheless, fractal analysis of XRP's recent candlestick and price momentum patterns hints that a sharp market correction is not off the table, particularly if history repeats.
Notably, certain XRP market signals preceded a 65% price decline in Q2, 2021. These are now flashing again, namely the multi-year descending trendline resistance and an "overbought" relative strength index (RSI), as illustrated below.
XRP/USD weekly price chart. Source: TradingViewThe descending trendline resistance (marked as "upper trendline resistance" in the chart above) has limited XRP's upside since January 2018. This price ceiling is helped by another horizontal trendline resistance (purple) near $0.93.
According to the FCA, the sandbox will be open to businesses, start-ups and data providers, including those involved in banking, investment, lending and payments.
BTC price fails to protect the $30,000 mark after a brief resurgence, and Bitcoin traders are not confident of new highs.
Chingari started the migration to Aptos in July, seeking an enhanced experience for users following Solana's network outages in 2022.
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New York Representative Ritchie Torres had an exclusive interview with Cointelegraph to discuss why retail investors are still at risk following the XRP court ruling.
New York Representative Ritchie Torres had an exclusive interview with Cointelegraph to discuss why retail investors are still at risk following the XRP court ruling.
A Binance spokesperson highlighted that there are things to be wary of when liquid staking, including smart contract vulnerabilities, slashing risks and price fluctuations.
Former globe-trotting DJ Scott Melker — The Wolf Of All Streets — worries about the circumstances leading to Bitcoin topping $1 million.
Scott Melker is the host of The Wolf Of All Streets Podcast and author of The Wolf Den newsletter.
“If I tweeted about a small cap [crypto] of some sort right now, the price would probably change by like 50%,” says Scott Melker, better known to his 904,800 Twitter followers as The Wolf Of All Streets.
Melker says he takes this responsibility seriously and won’t share tweets that might “impact the market” – but this makes Twitter “a lot more boring” from his end. In fact, Melker declares that Twitter “stopped being fun” when he reached 100,000 followers.
“That’s when I went through a phase of a real love-hate relationship with Twitter because that’s when I guess 10% of the people who respond to comments were trolling at any given time.”
All you can really post to 900,000 followers is “Bitcoin and inspirational quotes” because “everything else” will land you in hot water.

Scott Melker is the host of The Wolf Of All Streets Podcast and author of The Wolf Den newsletter.
“If I tweeted about a small cap [crypto] of some sort right now, the price would probably change by like 50%,” says Scott Melker, better known to his 904,800 Twitter followers as The Wolf Of All Streets.
Melker says he takes this responsibility seriously and won’t share tweets that might “impact the market” – but this makes Twitter “a lot more boring” from his end. In fact, Melker declares that Twitter “stopped being fun” when he reached 100,000 followers.
“That’s when I went through a phase of a real love-hate relationship with Twitter because that’s when I guess 10% of the people who respond to comments were trolling at any given time.”
All you can really post to 900,000 followers is “Bitcoin and inspirational quotes” because “everything else” will land you in hot water.

Former globe-trotting DJ Scott Melker — The Wolf Of All Streets — worries about the circumstances leading to Bitcoin topping $1 million.
Former globe-trotting DJ Scott Melker — The Wolf Of All Streets — worries about the circumstances leading to Bitcoin topping $1 million.
Former globe-trotting DJ Scott Melker — The Wolf Of All Streets — worries about the circumstances leading to Bitcoin topping $1 million.
Scott Melker is the host of The Wolf Of All Streets Podcast and author of The Wolf Den newsletter.
“If I tweeted about a small cap [crypto] of some sort right now, the price would probably change by like 50%,” says Scott Melker, better known to his 904,800 Twitter followers as The Wolf Of All Streets.
Melker says he takes this responsibility seriously and won’t share tweets that might “impact the market” – but this makes Twitter “a lot more boring” from his end. In fact, Melker declares that Twitter “stopped being fun” when he reached 100,000 followers.
“That’s when I went through a phase of a real love-hate relationship with Twitter because that’s when I guess 10% of the people who respond to comments were trolling at any given time.”
All you can really post to 900,000 followers is “Bitcoin and inspirational quotes” because “everything else” will land you in hot water.

The fourth episode sees StarkWare president Eli Ben-Sasson and Giza co-founder Cem Dagdelen explore the role of AI in smart contracts.
The fourth episode sees StarkWare president Eli Ben-Sasson and Giza co-founder Cem Dagdelen explore the role of AI in smart contracts.
Bitcoin bears are closing in on a rare win as they have the advantage in this week’s $600 million BTC options' expiry.
The co-founder of the liquidity protocol said the zk roll-up-based scalable solution has the potential to solve the scalability dilemma put forward by Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin.
