XRP Nears Longest Stretch as World ’ s Second- Largest Cryptocurrency

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XRP has now officially held its ranking as the world’s second
largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization for the longest
period since 2016.

On Nov. 15, the market capitalization of XRP , a cryptocurrency
long connected to San Francisco blockchain startup
Ripple, reached $19.39 billion, enough to establish it as the
world’s second largest cryptocurrency after overtaking ether
(ETH), long the market’s reigning number two asset.
This 11-day stretch is the longest XRP has spent at number two
since it held the title for 13 days from Jan. 26 to Feb. 8 in 2016.

In fact, the dominance rate for XRP, an indicator that tracks the
percent of the total cryptocurrency market capitalization
contributed by the cryptocurrency, reached a 45-week high of on
12.74 on Nov. 20 (it has since retreated slightly to just above 11
percent). For comparison, bitcoin’s (BTC) dominance rate is
currently 53.9 percent while the rate of ether, now the world’s
third-largest cryptocurrency registers 9 percent.

Notably, since XRP began its market share uptick on Nov. 15, the
broader cryptocurrency market has witnessed a significant sell-
off, losing nearly $90 billion and 40 percent of its total market
capitalization to date.

Needless to say, the market rout has resulted in significant
depreciation to many if not all cryptocurrencies against the U.S.
dollar. XRP and ETH are reporting 22 percent and 37 percent
respective losses in the 11-day span while the world’s largest
cryptocurrency is down 32 percent.

Despite XRP’s advance in the market capitalization ranks, ETH,
has recorded significantly more trading volume as of late. In the
last 24 hours alone, ETH’s exchange volume of $2.47 billion is
nearly twice as large as XRP’s $1.3 billion, according to
CoinDesk’s Crypto-Economic Explorer (CEX).

Source : https://www.coindesk.com