什麼是瑞波幣？自從唐納德·川普獲勝以來，Ripple Labs 的加密貨幣一直處於令人難以置信的成長勢頭

自美國大選以來，加密貨幣的市值已增加 1,000 億美元。透過為企業提供跨國支付和加密貨幣流動性服務

A cryptocurrency from Ripple Labs, XRP, has been on an incredible streak since Donald Trump's win.

自從唐納德·川普獲勝以來，Ripple Labs 的一種加密貨幣 XRP 一直處於令人難以置信的成長勢頭。

The cryptocurrency has gained $100 billion in market cap since the US election.

自美國大選以來，加密貨幣的市值已增加 1,000 億美元。

Its market cap, which was valued at $30 billion on November 5, is currently valued at $150 billion.

其市值在11月5日為300億美元，目前為1500億美元。

This, after the price of the token rose 32 per cent to $2.87 on Monday.

週一該代幣價格上漲 32% 至 2.87 美元。

But what do we know about XRP?

但我們對瑞波幣了解多少？

Let's take a closer look:

讓我們仔細看看：

What is it?

它是什麼？

First, let's take a brief look at Ripple.

首先，我們先簡單了解一下瑞波幣。

As per Investopedia, Ripple is a blockchain-based digital payment company.

據 Investopedia 稱，Ripple 是一家基於區塊鏈的數位支付公司。

It uses the XRP Ledger as its platform and XRP as its cryptocurrency.

它使用 XRP Ledger 作為其平台，並使用 XRP 作為其加密貨幣。

It makes money by providing cross-border payment and crypto liquidity services to businesses - like the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunications (SWIFT) system does for banks and financial firms.

它透過向企業提供跨境支付和加密貨幣流動性服務來賺錢——就像環球銀行金融電信協會（SWIFT）系統為銀行和金融公司所做的那樣。

Ripple was founded in 2012 by Chris Larsen, David Schwartz, Author Britto, and Jed McCaleb.

Ripple 由 Chris Larsen、David Schwartz、作者 Britto 和 Jed McCaleb 於 2012 年創立。

It was originally called OpenCoin. Its current CEO is Brad Garlinghouse.

它最初被稱為 OpenCoin。其現任執行長為布拉德·加林豪斯。

Interestingly, Ripple does not own XRP - which is an open source cryptocurrency.

有趣的是，Ripple 並不擁有 XRP——這是一種開源加密貨幣。

XRP was founded by David Schwartz, Jed McCaleb, and Arthur Britto.

XRP 由 David Schwartz、Jed McCaleb 和 Arthur Britto 創立。

The idea behind XRP was to find a solution to the intrinsic limitations of Bitcoin.

XRP 背後的想法是找到解決比特幣內在限制的解決方案。

The XRP Ledger was launched in 2012 and the XRP token created shortly afterwards.

XRP Ledger 於 2012 年推出，不久後又創建了 XRP 代幣。

XRP has a total supply of 100 billion tokens.

XRP 的總供應量為 1000 億枚。

It is more cost-effective, has faster transaction times, and is less energy-intensive than Bitcoin, as per the website, as per Investopedia.

根據 Investopedia 網站的說法，它比比特幣更具成本效益，交易時間更快，而且能源密集度更低。

Why is the price of XRP increasing?

為什麼XRP的價格上漲？

The price of XRP has been shooting up since Trump's victory on November 5.

自 11 月 5 日川普獲勝以來，XRP 的價格一直在上漲。

According to Forbes, XRP leapfrogged Solana's SOL to become the world's fourth-largest cryptocurrency.

根據《富比士》報道，XRP 超越 Solana 的 SOL，成為全球第四大加密貨幣。

It has since passed Tether to become the world's third-largest cryptocurrency.

此後，它已超過 Tether，成為全球第三大加密貨幣。

Bloomberg quoted Edward Chin, co-founder of Parataxis Capital, as saying that the price increase occurred after people overseas, particularly In South Korea, bought XRP in droves.

彭博社引述 Parataxis Capital 聯合創始人 Edward Chin 的話說，價格上漲是在海外（尤其是韓國）人們大量購買 XRP 後發生的。

Chin said around $60 million in XRP short positions were liquidated over the past 24 hours.

Chin 表示，過去 24 小時內清算了約 6,000 萬美元的 XRP 空頭部位。

That's more than short liquidations for Bitcoin and Ether taken together.

這不僅僅是比特幣和以太幣的空頭清算總和。

"The move seems to be entirely retail driven as nothing has fundamentally changed for XRP itself," Chin said. "The move looks to be excessive given XRP is now a top-three digital asset, but that doesn't mean that it can't continue given the reflexivity in this market."

Chin 表示：“此舉似乎完全是零售驅動的，因為 XRP 本身沒有發生根本性的變化。” “考慮到 XRP 現在是排名前三的數位資產，這一舉措看起來有些過分，但這並不意味著鑑於這個市場的反射性，它不能繼續下去。”

The development also came after Fox Business reported that the New York's top crypto regulator, in a boost for Ripple, may approve the launch of its stablecoin in the state.

福克斯商業頻道報道稱，紐約最高加密貨幣監管機構可能會批准在該州推出其穩定幣，以提振 Ripple 的發展。

Ripple had launched a stablecoin pegged to the US dollar in October - a year after winning a landmark case against the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) which stated that it did not violate federal securities law by selling its XRP token on public exchanges.

Ripple 於10 月推出了與美元掛鉤的穩定幣，一年前，該公司贏得了針對美國證券交易委員會(SEC) 的具有里程碑意義的訴訟，該訴訟稱其在公共交易所出售XRP 代幣並未違反聯邦證券法。

The ruling stated that the token sold by Ripple Labs on public exchanges did not meet the legal definition of a security and the sales of the token were thus not subject to investor protection laws that the SEC enforces.

該裁決指出，Ripple Labs 在公共交易所出售的代幣不符合證券的法律定義，因此該代幣的銷售不受 SEC 執行的投資者保護法的約束。

Stablecoins are digital tokens designed to keep a constant value. They are backed by traditional currencies such as the US dollar or euro.

穩定幣是旨在保持恆定價值的數位代幣。它們由美元或歐元等傳統貨幣支持。

They can be more suitable for payments and for converting crypto tokens into traditional currencies as they are shielded from the wild price fluctuations seen in Bitcoin and Ether.

它們更適合支付以及將加密代幣轉換為傳統貨幣，因為它們不受比特幣和以太幣劇烈價格波動的影響。

Crypto, on a whole, has been on an absolute tear since Trump's election victory.

總體而言，自川普當選以來，加密貨幣一直在大幅上漲。

The market has gained $1.2 trillion in value since November 5, data from CoinGecko shows.

CoinGecko 的數據顯示，自 11 月 5 日以來，市值已增加 1.2 兆美元。

Bitcoin last month for the first time traded near $100,000, while Ether, the world's second largest token, was at $3,613.

上個月，比特幣的交易價格首次接近 10 萬美元，而全球第二大代幣以太幣的交易價格為 3,613 美元。

Bitcoin has a market cap of nearly $1.89 trillion, while Ether has a market cap of around $436 billion.

比特幣的市值接近 1.89 兆美元，而以太坊的市值約為 4,360 億美元。

With inputs from agencies

根據機構的意見