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XRP traded within a narrow range on Tuesday as the crypto market showed mixed momentum, with liquidity remaining relatively high across major exchanges.

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Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto's 1.1 million BTC fate hangs in balance with the early “patoshi” mining pattern is back in the spotlight. Recent developer proposals and a new hard fork could lead to the possibility of reallocation, restriction or even freezing of those coins.

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Bitcoin developer and Drivechain architect Paul Sztorc announced a new Bitcoin hard fork called eCash, set to launch this August, giving every BTC holder an equal number of eCash coins at the time of the split.

 

Bitcoin market participants favored a short-term return to $73,000 as resistance stayed in place, with some analysis seeing even lower levels.