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XRP Predictions, LTC Updates, and Market Highlights: Bits Recap for January 31

TL;DR Ripple (XRP) holds strong above $3, with analysts eyeing a new ATH in the near future. Litecoin experienced a substantial revival, boosted by the SEC’s acknowledgment of a potential spot LTC ETF. Targets range up to $350. Bitcoin (BTC) has fluctuated between $98K and $106K, recently rebounding after Jerome Powell’s FOMC speech. One popular analyst suggests the price could reach over $184K before the current cycle ends. Is XRP Preparing for Another Major Rally? Ripple’s XRP remains one of the best-performing cryptocurrencies since the election of Donald Trump as America’s next president. Recall that the asset’s price was hovering below $0.55 before the voting on November 5 last year, while two months later, it skyrocketed to almost $3.40 or just 1% away from reaching its all-time high (according to CoinGecko’s data). In the past few weeks, XRP witnessed some turbulence, with its valuation briefly plummeting below $2.80 on January 27. In the following days, the bulls managed to recover some of the lost ground, and the price is currently set at around $3.10. XRP Price, Source: CoinGecko Numerous pro-XRP analysts, who did not lose hope even during the bear market, have recently filled X with optimistic predictions. Some examples include JackTheRippler and EGRAG CRYPTO. The former claimed the price “ has never been so long in the $2-$3 range in its entire history, ” envisioning a major bull run once the consolidation ends. For their part, EGRAG CRYPTO believes XRP could go into uncharted territory if it breaks above $3.40. Interestingly, some industry participants who have not been so kind to Ripple’s native token have also changed their stance. The X user Crypto Beast predicted that XRP might skyrocket to $15 if banks around the world integrate the token into their systems. “I used to be an XRP hater.. now I love it, ” they said. Veteran trader Peter Brandt is another example. Earlier this month, he apologized to the XRP community for his past criticism, making several bullish forecasts. Most recently, he spotted the formation of a bull flag on the asset’s price chart, indicating potential gains in the near future. LTC in the Spotlight While most leading cryptocurrencies have underperformed in the past week, this is not the case with Litecoin (LTC). It is up by 12% for that timeframe , currently trading at roughly $130. LTC Price, Source: CoinGecko Perhaps the most important factor contributing to its rally is the US SEC’s acknowledgment of Canary Fund’s intention to launch a spot LTC exchange-traded fund (ETF). The product (if officially approved by the regulator) will enable additional options for investors to gain exposure to the asset and could positively affect the price in the long term. Several market observers have noted the resurgence, envisioning further gains for LTC. The X user Mac assumed the price could rise to $200, whereas JAVON MARKS set a potential target of over $350. Those curious to explore additional forecasts, please look at our article here . BTC Price Outlook Lastly, we will touch upon the primary cryptocurrency, which has been hovering in the wide range of $98K – $106K in the last seven days. The local bottom occurred at the start of the business week when many other digital assets suffered losses due to the overall market decline. However, Bitcoin (BTC) witnessed a substantial recovery and touched $106,000 following Jerome Powell’s press conference after the latest FOMC meeting. As of writing these lines, it is trading at approximately $104,300. BTC Price, Source: CoinGecko Meanwhile, many analysts believe the asset has yet to hit new peaks during this bull run. Ali Martinez, for instance, claimed the valuation could surpass $184,000 before a potential cycle shift. The post XRP Predictions, LTC Updates, and Market Highlights: Bits Recap for January 31 appeared first on CryptoPotato . CoinOtag

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Elon Musk’s Dad Eyes $200M Raise From `MUSK IT` Memecoin to Go ‘Beyond Rockets’

Elon Musk’s dad is promoting a memecoin that capitalizes on the family name to raise upto $200 million for various engineering projects, despite the father-son duo apparently being estranged. Errol Musk, alongside business partner Nathan Browne, will officially back the “MUSK IT” token with the ambitious goal of establishing the Musk Institute, a new for-profit think tank that Errol aims to spearhead, per Fortune . The Musk Institute plans to “go beyond rockets” and build flying vehicles and other scientific pursuits. It is unclear how Elon Musk will be involved in this, if at all. "I’m the head of the family. It really started with me in our family—I’ve been ‘Musking It’ for years,” he told Fortune, dismissing any concerns about leveraging his surname for this project. The Musk Institute plans to collaborate with nobility in the UAE to foster innovative engineering projects, though specifics on timelines or project details are still forthcoming. A Middle East-based crypto company initially launched the token in December. Errol and Browne were later onboarded and attached themselves after conceiving the idea for the Musk Institute. MUSK IT boasts a $25 million market capitalization as of Friday, CoinMarketCap data shows, with $79 million in trading volumes and a 130% price rise in the past 24 hours. The token was issued on Solana platform Pump.fun, its contract address shows, with one billion tokens in circulation. Token data shows 44,000 MUSK IT holders and the top ten addresses hold over 20% of the token’s total supply — cumulatively worth over $7 million at current prices. It zoomed from 1 cent to 20 cents shortly after Fortune’s publication on the low liquidity and muted trading volumes and is back to just over 2 cents during Asian afternoon hours. However, the specifics of how "Musk It" will operate, particularly its "tokenomics," remain shrouded in mystery. Neither Errol Musk, Browne nor the Musk It website provided detailed insights into the token`s structure or distribution plans. Errol’s promotion is the latest in a long list of so-termed celebrity tokens, or typically short-lived memecoins that ride the hype of a known personality before eventually dying out. As such, one of the conditions laid out by Errol and Browne before the partnership was that the MUSKIT token “cannot be a pump and dump.” But despite the distance from Elon Musk’s projects, the Musk It site prominently features several of his innovations — from a SpaceX rocket to a Tesla Cybertruck with only a “Mars Base; Opening Soon” note on the homepage . CoinOtag