ripple already net themselves an early victory in court . court granted Ripple access to U.S. SEC documents
so i assume that ripple's case with sec is now over and maybe for the ripple team/community to celebrate this epic event they pump the price up to 1 dollar , add in the positive speculation/fomo's which also contribute in the surge
No, it's not fully over yet but it's almost there.
They are granted to access SEC documents to prove about the unregistered security offerings.
This could end up to be an attack from SEC. Just my own assumption. But. if they can prove that fact then the value of XRP could even explode than just $1 per coin.
Price surge could also be because of investors coming back after a big dump since the alleged complaint.
They put a big scar against Ripple but at the end it made them stronger. Bad move for SEC.