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XRP gave back 8% this week after a violent August melt-up. Here is what really drove that rally, what the chart says now, and what buying here depends on.

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A multi-million Wall Street fund chose Ripple Labs equity as the star of a solid crypto company line-up.

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The number of payments on the XRP Ledger is surpassing the 650,000 mark as multiple network indicators rise concurrently, indicating yet another significant increase in activity.

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Five major US spot XRP products held XRP with a combined fair value $746.1 million below accounting cost at the end of June, but investors kept buying anyway. According to SEC filings, Bitwise, Canary Capital, Franklin Templeton, 21Shares, and Grayscale recorded roughly $629.9 million in primary-market share creations against $309.