Quote from: carpencod on January 23, 2018, 05:57:22 AM

No i'm not, it was just media hype.

CNBC was showing live on TV the exact steps on how to buy ripple from exchanges -

Why would someone buy Ripple? - Lots of people think that if a coin is priced under a dollar, it has potential to reach 10.000$ like Bitcoin did - but they dont take in consideration the total cap and the issued coins.

People just want to make money, they will invest in anything with blockchain on it, unfortunately Ripple does not sustain a blockchain.

South Korea was a big player in this uptrend, they where trading Ripple at a premium price difference of 1$ from other exchanges.

As i said before, even if Ripple will get mass adoption by banks, they will not influence the price, only regular investors will.

You summed it up pretty nicely and I share your view in this aspect. I am not a huge fan of Ripple, but I do support what they are trying to achieve and it seems like a coin worth investing into which is why around 1% of my portfolio is dedicated to Ripple. The media hype seriously drove its value up like crazy and I think this will happen again in the future, but for now, it will stabilize in the $1-$2 range for sometime.

You could say I am optimistic about Ripple and am expecting it to reach $6 by the end of this year if the developers continue updating it regularly and if the community support is still strong. HODLING my ripple for now!