The XRP price has jumped by 5% in the past 24 hours, after the judge presiding over Ripple's case with the SEC denied the regulator's motion to seal important documents.
At $0.446896, XRP is up by 4% in a week but down by 13% in the last 30 days, with today's spike going some way towards reversing losses suffered by the altcoin in the past couple of weeks.
And given that Ripple and the court will now have access to docs related to the famous William Hinman speech in 2018, the expectation is now that the company is in a very good position to secure a favorable summary judgment or settlement.
If so, XRP could rise much higher in the coming weeks and months, potentially becoming one of the best-performing major tokens of the year.
Unsurprisingly, XRP's price chart shows a very significant breakout today, something that was arguably overdue in light of how oversold and undervalued the altcoin had become in recent weeks.
While XRP's relative strength index (purple) has dipped again after reaching almost 90 early this morning, it's likely to maintain its momentum at a level above 50, raising the possibility of further gains.
Also raising this possibility is its 30-day moving average (yellow), which has just overtaken its 200-day (blue), reinforcing the impression that XRP is in the middle of a breakout rally.
Such a rally has been due for quite a while, especially given the expectation that the Ripple-SEC case is due to end in the near future.
And after Judge Analisa Torres denied SEC's motion to seal the Hinman documents, it now really seems that Ripple has a very good chance of getting something good out of the case.
The reason why these documents are so significant is that they could shed light on the SEC's stance on
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