Crypto

Ripple CEO highlights XRP edge in speed, fees and interest

Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse highlighted XRP's differentiation as a payment-focused design, fast processing and low costs. He said the XRP Ledger was built from the start to solve real payment problems and typically settles transactions in 3 to 5 seconds with fees well below 1 cent. The network has processed more than 4 billion transactions and handles about 1,500 transactions per second in real conditions, with growing institutional pilots and expanded ecosystem activity.

Crypto

Bitcoin stays range-bound as warnings grow of retest of lower bound

Bitcoin’s failure to turn the $82,000 area into support has revived talk of a possible short-term downtrend. Market caution is growing that the cryptocurrency could slide from the top of its recent range and retest the lower bound. Traders are split, though more are leaving room for lower prices. Some warn a break below prior support is likely, while others see scope for a rebound alongside strong U.S. stocks.