Ripple jumped 15% on the background of rumors about a possible addition to Coinbase

At the auction on Monday, March 5, ripple cryptocurrency jumped 15% and again exceeded the mark of $1 — for the first time since February 24. By 17:50 Moscow time its course is a $1.05. According to Business Insider analysts, growth is taking place against the backdrop of rumors that Ripple (XRP) will be added to the us stock exchange Coinbase. However, neither the company nor Coinbase has officially confirmed this information. In addition, the cryptocurrency is supported by the successful test results of the South Korean Woori Bank of cross-border payments based on Ripple technology. According to the Motley Fool, this Korean commercial Bank is going to commercialize a new way of making payments and begin to actively use it at the beginning of 2019.

In addition to the rising Ripple and other cryptocurrencies of the top 10 — with the exception of NEO (-3%). Thus, the weighted average bitcoin exchange rate at the time of publication is $11,487.8 (+2.55%). Stellar rose by 9%, Cardano — by 6%. Other cryptocurrencies are rising in price in the range from 1% to 4%. Recall that Ripple has set a record cost of Jan 4: the cryptocurrency reached $3,74. However, then its rate began to fall sharply-and by February 6 fell to $0.6. This happened against the background of the overall decline in the value of the cryptocurrency market.