I do not think that Ripple will be able to influence the entire market. Rather, the opposite. Although it is worth considering the company's strengths - marketing. When they need to, they know how to arrange a grandiose pump. This may be indicated by currency charts.
Only bitcoin can but its good to hear a news like this from XRP, the up trend already started right before the announcement of XRP so I also think XRP is a not a sole cause of this pump. The market is getting better, we have to consider so many indicators for this one and right now, we cant tell the real reason for the pump.