Ripple overtakes litecoin as the 4th largest cryptocurrency
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2) Ripple and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Partner to Create Open Source Payment Platform [2 months ago] - https://ripple.com/insights/ripple-the-gates-foundation-team...
3) Michael Arrington Has a New $100 Million Hedge Fund That Will Be Valued in Ripple's XRP [ 2 weeks ago] - http://fortune.com/2017/11/28/arrington-xrp/
Plus there is a lot of FOMO going on since the past month or so over Crypto, esp. Bitcoin and people are trying to 'get in early' on the next big thing like Bitcoin, hence Litecoin, Etherium and Ripple have had hockey stick rise in price...