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XRP has a few things going for it that most other cryptocurrencies don't, starting with its rapid speed and low transaction fees. Perhaps the most important factor driving its long-term viability is that by design it aims to cater to financial institutions rather than investors specifically. Financial institutions are a good class of customers to have because they tend to be relatively stable and conservative with their funds rather than being flighty.

As the biggest and most popular cryptocurrency, it's a surprise to nobody that Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) is subjected to all sorts of different trends, pressures, risks, and influences. Historically, Bitcoin has been criticized for its mining process. Mining requires a lot of computing power, which means that it requires a lot of energy.

As a Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) investor, it can be confusing to make sense of all the information out there. A lot of very smart people on Wall Street think that Bitcoin is going to hit a price of $1 million by the year 2030. Cathie Wood of Ark Invest, for example, recently doubled down on her prediction that Bitcoin is going to hit $1.5 million within the next five years.

XRP (CRYPTO: XRP) and Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) are proven cryptocurrencies that aren't going to go to zero. Bitcoin and XRP are valuable for different reasons, and the differences matter even more than usual for portfolios that are meant to be safer than average. XRP is valuable because it's a financial technology that's in active use and development.

Bitcoin's price stability above March lows in the wake of Trump tariffs suggests seller fatigue.

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CLS Global, a UAE-based financial services firm, has been fined $428,059 after admitting to wash trading in U.S. cryptocurrency markets.