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It depends whether you assess short or long term price action. Short time, XRP is just doing its own thing. While some other high market cap alts seem to follow BTC to some extent on down and upward movements, XRP only follows when BTC's value dwindles. From a long term perspective, we are however still at the mercy of BTC.

A contradictory proposition

Sub .30$ price action caught me by surprise as well. It's disappointing to see that XRP is still completely at the mercy of BTC. As a result of this, we are almost back at pre bull run prices, which I find absolutely mind boggling given the progress that has been made over the course of the last 1.75 year.

I would like to see a prediction on a date for XRP to reach its ATH by @Molten. Just like Eric's 29th of November prediction.

This is another example of crappy journalism by Coindesk, creating news for sake of "clicks". The first paragraph goes: "A leading bank technology provider in Latin America is partnering with cryptocurrency exchange Bitex to facilitate cross-border payments over the bitcoin blockchain.". But if you scroll a little further, the the article states: "Federico Ast, CEO of Buenos Aires-based arbitration startup Kleros, agreed – adding that regulatory uncertainty and seeing cryptocurrencies “as a fad” are still major barriers to entry for Latin American banks. (...) “I have to be honest. I think this is just the first conversation,” said Olivera. “It’s too early to say whether banks will choose to operate with Bitex but it’s a good first step.”.

I believe the next alt bull run will, again, be fueled by BTC, so I chose the third option. I do believe xRapid volume will have an impact on the price, but it's effect on the trading volume goes slowly, and will therefore take a significant amount of time to ramp up. I am bullish on XRP as a digital asset, but for some decent gains in the coming bull run we can only hope BTC goes to new records heights.

The interesting thing is that this chart corresponds well with Eric's prediction of BTC reaching its all time high near the end of the year, resulting in a horrendous XRP/BTC valuation (or a steal, depending how you look at it). Anyways, exciting times are finally closing in. The down trend sure is getting old..

Indeed. If the price of XRP only goes a little lower, it will take another few weeks or months to reach the the apex.

What percentage is considered to be resistance for BTC's dominance?

I doubt it (bouncing off with a huge rise), but consider me a pessimist. I feel as if something greater/fishy is at play here. It does not make sense anymore to see us gain a few percent (1-2%) every time most of the top coins turn green. We haven't had a decent gain in a pretty long time, while other coins have gained substantially on modest news.

The BTC/XRP chart has been defying all logic for a while now doc

Welcome!

Excellent reply!

1/ Good health for the people I care about 2/ Any price above the previous ATH 3/ I'll buy myself a bicycle to go cycle the world and invest the rest of the money in less risky investments, such as bricks. 4/ a fellow holder of XRP 5/ a non-security (hopefully!)

Another victim of the prolonged altcoin bearmarket. A moment of silence for @10millionplus