I have no doubt that Ripple is being artificially pumped...it wouldn't shock me if the drop is harder than anything we've seen in cryptocurrency so far, so I'm staying the hell away from it.
XRP pumps are always fake and mostly lead by idiots not having an idea about what they are doing. If you look at XRPs charts, this is yet another common spike and it has been due for a while now, so here it is.
Good thing for crypto overall is that Ethereum is back on spot 2, but the question is for how long. Insane how it peaked at nearly $4 back in January of this year. One must be mentally ill to pick up some XRP at such levels.
We'll see where it ends, but I can't deny that it's more than interesting keeping an eye on the price developments today. Bitcoin's market cap dominance as irrelevant as it is has been eaten through by altcoins today.