XRP cryptocurrency, has just enjoyed a quarter for the ages which saw its value shoot up from the price of $0.20 at the beginning of December 2017 to a high of $2.19 just before New Year.
Ripple has also announced partnerships with IDT Corporation and MercuryFX, which both handle money payments on a global scale and will now use XRP to carry out transactions at high speeds.
XRP also became available across more than 50 exchanges globally which was likely a driver of growth.
At the time of writing, Ripple is worth about $1.32..

Actually on some exchanges XRP got well above $3 in December/early Jan.