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If You'd Invested $1,000 in Ripple (XRP) in 2018, This Is How Much You'd Have Now

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before a 2018 crash decimated it. Had you bought $1,000 of XRP in early 2018, you'd have just $185 left today. The cryptocurrency's creator, Ripple, is locked in a fierce lawsuit with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) over its regulatory status. back in early 2018.

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JPMorgan to Pay SEC Fines for Deleting Electronic Records

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Image source: Getty Images What happened The SEC has fined JPMorgan Chase & Co. $4 On Thursday, the SEC said JPMorgan accidentally deleted the records in the first quarter of 2018 as it was troubleshooting glitches. Deleted records date from January 2018 to April 2018.

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If You Invested $2,000 in Marathon Digital in 2018, This Is How Much You Would Have Today

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Back in 2018, Marathon Patent Group -- a tiny patent holding company which had been accused of being a "patent troll" -- started to buy thousands of ASIC miners to expand its Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) mining business. Second, the broader crypto market was rattled by regulatory threats and the failures of several high-profile exchanges and tokens.

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The Ultimate Cryptocurrency to Buy With $1,000

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XRP (CRYPTO: XRP) , the native cryptocurrency of the Ripple blockchain, has declined more than 80% from its all-time high in early 2018. The bulls had originally expected XRP to gain more traction as more companies routed their gross payments, remittances, and foreign exchange transactions through Ripple's blockchain.

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It May Be a Wild Ride, but This Cryptocurrency Could Generate Serious Wealth

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in early 2018, but now trades at about $0.60. Ripple claimed its protocol could facilitate secure, instant, and "nearly free global financial transactions of any size with no chargebacks," and it initially drew in smaller financial institutions like Travelex Bank, Tranglo, and Sentbe. That's why XRP's price hit a record high in 2018.

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3 Cryptocurrencies to Buy Hand Over Fist in March

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Many cryptocurrencies plunged in 2022 as rising rates, the collapses of high-profile exchanges and tokens, and regulatory threats drove investors toward safer investments. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved the first 11 spot price exchange-traded funds ( ETFs ) for Bitcoin this January.

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Should You Buy XRP (Ripple) Right Now With $100 and Hold Through 2024 and Beyond?

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But it currently is 86% off its peak from January 2018. XRP has been under scrutiny as the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) argued that its initial token sales violated securities laws. But the SEC wasn't happy with that ruling, and the agency recently filed a notice of appeal.