Bitcoin (BTC) is falling this Monday (2) still struggling to overcome the “wall of sell orders” that the cryptocurrency encounters whenever it approaches US$ 100 thousand per unit. The website “Coindesk” evaluated the operations sold at the digital currency’s historic high (above US$ 99 thousand) at US$ 384 million.
The highlight of the day, however, is another token, XRP, a cryptocurrency created by Ripple to facilitate cross-border payments. XRP has been soaring since it was confirmed that the current chairman of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Gary Gensler, will step down from his position effective January 20, when Donald Trump takes office.
There are at least two events that are bringing a lot of anticipation for XRP investors: the possible approval by regulators of Ripple's stablecoin, RLUSD; and the launch of XRP exchange-traded funds (ETFs) on US stock exchanges.
At around 11:09 am (Brasília time), bitcoin fell 1.5% in 24 hours, trading at US$95,775, and ether, the digital currency of the Ethereum network, fell 1.9% to US$3,636, according to data from CoinGecko. The combined market value of all cryptocurrencies in the world is US$3.57 trillion. In reais, bitcoin is down 0.7% to R$581,337, while ether is down 1.3% to R$22,067, according to figures provided by MB