Ripple (XRP) Price Explosion, Bullish Bitcoin (BTC) Predictions, and More: Bits Recap Jan 17

TL;DR

• Ripple (XRP) neared its ATH while its market cap surged past $190 billion. Analysts see the price rising to as high as $15.
• Bitcoin (BTC) hit $102,000, boosted by market optimism and potential pro-crypto policies tied to Trump’s upcoming presidency.
• Shiba Inu (SHIB) rose 10%, possibly fueled by meme coin market recovery and milestones on its Shibarium network.

XRP Goes Wild

Ripple’s native token has been on fire lately, with its price soaring by 45% in the past week. On January 16, XRP reached $3.39, thus standing just 1% away from its all-time high registered at the start of 2018.