Ripple (XRPUSD) has broken out of the triangle pattern in the four-hour chart.
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Elliott Wave Analysis
In Elliott Wave terms, Ripple began a wave one advance on July 16, 2017. The red wave one finished on October 16, 2017, and the red wave two correction ended on November 12, 2017. The red wave three (blue sub-waves i-ii-iii-iv-v) advance finished on January 4 this year, and the red wave four (blue sub-waves a-b-c) correction ended on January 16. If this wave count is correct, Ripple should be heading next towards the January 4 peak in the red wave five.
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In the weekly chart, Ripple is most likely in the red wave three (blue sub-wave v). The blue sub-wave five began on July 16, 2017.
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Funnymentals
Ripple is enabling real-time global payments anywhere in the world. Here is a 10 minute video "Ripple and XRP in a Nutshell" by Boxmining.
(Sources: https://ripple.com/ and YouTube)
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