Altcoins News
By Maheen Hernandez
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XRP shot up 4% today. The token hit $0.65 even though Ripple Labs can't shake its messy legal fight with the SEC, and nobody knows when that's gonna end.
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Bitcoin's pretty much stuck at $23,500, not doing much of anything while traders wait around for the Fed to make their next move on interest rates.
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The SEC sued them back in December 2020, claiming XRP was sold as an unregistered security. Brad Garlinghouse keeps saying they'll win, but the court hasn't given any timeline…
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Bitcoin's holding steady at that $23,500 level, which has caught some attention from the big money crowd.
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Ethereum developers are feeling the pressure to get Shanghai done on time. Tim Beiko said they're shooting for mid-2026, but there's a lot riding on this upgrade working right.
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Ripple won't comment on the case beyond Garlinghouse's usual confident tweets. The SEC isn't saying when they might wrap things up either.
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Some big players are still betting on XRP though. Grayscale bought more XRP on March 3, basically putting money on Ripple winning their case.
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Bitcoin's market dominance hit 44%, which shows it's still the go-to when other cryptos get too crazy.
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Vitalik Buterin was on a developer call March 4 talking up the Shanghai upgrade again. He thinks it'll solve Ethereum's scalability problems, which would be massive for getting…
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Stuart Alderoty, Ripple's top lawyer, tweeted March 6 that they're ready to fight hard in court.
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The crypto market's basically split between coins that are holding steady and others that are all over the place.
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Ripple's case could set a precedent for how other crypto companies get treated by regulators. If the SEC wins, it might go after more projects claiming their tokens are securities.
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Market participants are watching inflation data and Fed decisions closely since those macro factors tend to move crypto prices more than individual project news these days.
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XRP's 4% gain today shows some investors are willing to bet on a positive outcome for Ripple, but the volume wasn't huge so it might not mean much.
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Bitcoin mining companies are also dealing with higher energy costs and regulatory pressure in some regions.
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