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The crypto market saw whipsaw price action in the early Friday session, with various crypto assets seeing a surge in trading activity.
XRP likewise saw its volume rise as much as 44% to reach $6.57 billion, according to CoinMarketCap data.
The broader crypto market rose in response to a weaker jobs report released Friday, which seemed to boost the potential of a rate cut in the upcoming Fed meeting scheduled for September.
Cryptocurrencies returned to green afterward, but the rise was shortlived, followed by a drop.
At press time, XRP was down 0.85% in the last 24 hours to $2.80 after reaching an intraday high of $2.88.
XRP news
CME futures recently gave a recap of August growth, which saw a record $36 billion in OI for Crypto futures and options. XRP stole the spotlight as it reached an all-time high in open interest as institutional activity expanded beyond Bitcoin.
Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse took to X to highlight the recent milestone, noting XRP's impressive surge in open interest: "Per CMEGroup data, XRP Futures contracts were the fastest-ever (just over 3 months) to hit $1B in open interest."
This week, the credentials amendment was activated on the XRP Ledger mainnet. Credentials (XLS-70) are designed to be a lightweight feature additive to the DID standard and are a framework for issuing, managing and verifying user credentials directly on the XRP Ledger. This standard introduces a new "Credential" ledger object along with new transaction types for creating, accepting and deleting credentials.
Dan Burgin
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U.Today Editorial Team