什么是瑞波币？自唐纳德·特朗普获胜以来，Ripple Labs 的加密货币一直处于令人难以置信的增长势头

自美国大选以来，加密货币的市值已增加 1000 亿美元。通过为企业提供跨境支付和加密货币流动性服务

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

自唐纳德·特朗普获胜以来，Ripple Labs 的一种加密货币 XRP 一直处于令人难以置信的增长势头。

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

自美国大选以来，加密货币的市值已增加 1000 亿美元。

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日为300亿美元，目前为1500亿美元。

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

周一该代币价格上涨 32% 至 2.87 美元。

But what do we know about XRP?

但我们对瑞波币了解多少？

Let's take a closer look:

让我们仔细看看：

What is it?

它是什么？

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

首先，我们先简单了解一下瑞波币。

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

据 Investopedia 称，Ripple 是一家基于区块链的数字支付公司。

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

它使用 XRP Ledger 作为其平台，并使用 XRP 作为其加密货币。

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.

它通过向企业提供跨境支付和加密货币流动性服务来赚钱——就像环球银行金融电信协会（SWIFT）系统为银行和金融公司所做的那样。

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 于 2012 年创立。

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

它最初被称为 OpenCoin。其现任首席执行官是布拉德·加林豪斯。

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

有趣的是，Ripple 并不拥有 XRP——这是一种开源加密货币。

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

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

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

XRP 背后的想法是找到解决比特币内在局限性的解决方案。

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

XRP Ledger 于 2012 年推出，不久之后又创建了 XRP 代币。

XRP has a total supply of 100 billion tokens.

XRP 的总供应量为 1000 亿枚。

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

根据 Investopedia 网站的说法，它比比特币更具成本效益，交易时间更快，而且能源密集度更低。

Why is the price of XRP increasing?

为什么XRP的价格上涨？

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

自 11 月 5 日特朗普获胜以来，XRP 的价格一直在飙升。

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

据《福布斯》报道，XRP 超越 Solana 的 SOL，成为全球第四大加密货币。

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

此后，它已超过 Tether，成为全球第三大加密货币。

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.

彭博社援引 Parataxis Capital 联合创始人 Edward Chin 的话说，价格上涨是在海外（尤其是韩国）人们大量购买 XRP 后发生的。

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

Chin 表示，过去 24 小时内清算了约 6000 万美元的 XRP 空头头寸。

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

这不仅仅是比特币和以太币的空头清算总和。

"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：“此举似乎完全是零售驱动的，因为 XRP 本身没有发生根本性的变化。” “考虑到 XRP 现在是排名前三的数字资产，此举看起来有些过分，但这并不意味着鉴于这个市场的反射性，它不能继续下去。”

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.

福克斯商业频道报道称，纽约最高加密货币监管机构可能会批准在该州推出其稳定币，以提振 Ripple 的发展。

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 于 10 月推出了与美元挂钩的稳定币，一年前，该公司赢得了针对美国证券交易委员会 (SEC) 的具有里程碑意义的诉讼，该诉讼称其在公共交易所出售 XRP 代币并未违反联邦证券法。

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.

该裁决指出，Ripple Labs 在公共交易所出售的代币不符合证券的法律定义，因此该代币的销售不受 SEC 执行的投资者保护法的约束。

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

稳定币是旨在保持恒定价值的数字代币。它们由美元或欧元等传统货币支持。

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.

它们更适合支付以及将加密代币转换为传统货币，因为它们不受比特币和以太币剧烈价格波动的影响。

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

总体而言，自特朗普当选以来，加密货币一直在大幅上涨。

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

CoinGecko 的数据显示，自 11 月 5 日以来，市场价值已增加 1.2 万亿美元。

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

上个月，比特币的交易价格首次接近 10 万美元，而全球第二大代币以太币的交易价格为 3,613 美元。

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

比特币的市值接近 1.89 万亿美元，而以太坊的市值约为 4360 亿美元。

With inputs from agencies

根据机构的意见