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Crypto index funds potentially adding XRP to their holdings could mean additional buying pressure for the token, one analyst said.
Today’s downside breach below the current low point of Bollinger Band bears watching for even weaker prices in the near future.
Thursday's rally to a new 13-month high of $31,800 has now more than been fully nullified.

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for July 18, 2023.

Reddit changed its Terms of Service recently where it now explicitly allows for trading Reddit's tokenized Community Points, one observer said while explaining the price rally.


The sale comes a day after ARK sold $50.5 million of the crypto exchange’s stock.

PLUS: A day in the life of Binance’s head of law enforcement training – petty crooks, fake subpoenas, and dodging politically sensitive requests.

The jobs market remains strong, a concern for the U.S. central bank which seems intent on raising the Federal Funds rate 25 basis points.

Ripple's XRP, Solana's SOL and Lido Finance's LDO lost more than 4% in the last 24 hours.
- 06:24The Federal Reserve to Announce Rate Decision Tonight, June Rate Cut Probability Only 0.1%According to ChainCatcher, based on CME "FedWatch" data, the Federal Reserve will announce its interest rate decision tonight (2:00 a.m. on June 19, Beijing time). The probability of a 25 basis point rate cut in June is 0.1%, while the probability of keeping rates unchanged is 99.9%. Currently, the probability that the Federal Reserve will keep rates unchanged through July is 85.5%, while the probability of a cumulative 25 basis point rate cut is 14.5%.
- 06:18Ethereum’s New Privacy Solution: cWETH Draft ReleasedAccording to ChainCatcher, a proposal titled "Confidential Wrapped Ethereum Privacy" has been published on the Ethereum Research Forum. The proposal introduces the concept of Confidential Wrapped Ethereum (cWETH), aiming to achieve privacy protection for ETH transactions at the application layer. cWETH combines the Twisted ElGamal elliptic curve commitment mechanism with the Diffie-Hellman protocol, and utilizes zk-SNARKs to verify transaction validity, enabling users to make peer-to-peer payments without disclosing balances or transfer amounts. Compared to existing solutions, cWETH allows access to encrypted balances without solving the discrete logarithm problem, thereby improving efficiency. This solution is expected to evolve into a comprehensive confidential token standard (EIP).
- 06:18Asset Management Giant Evolve Funds Group Launches Evolve XRP ETFAccording to Jinse Finance, asset management giant Evolve Funds Group has announced the launch of the Evolve XRP ETF. The final prospectus has been submitted, and the ETF will be listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX), with trading expected to commence on June 18 local time. The ETF’s net asset value will be based on the daily published CME CF XRP-USD reference rate.