Ripple May Not Be Able to Fund XRPLF Legally: Developer

• Matt Hamilton from Protocol Labs tweeted that Ripple may not be able to fund XRPLF legally.
• According to the post, Ripple donating funds to XRPLF may be seen as influencing the market by the SEC.

The principal developer advocate at Protocol Labs Matt Hamilton expressed in a tweet yesterday that Ripple is in a “tough situation” when trying to fund XRPLF given the SEC case. According to Hamilton, Ripple giving too much funding may be seen as the company influencing the market by the SEC.

He added that XRPLF was meant to bootstrap itself to an elected board of directors and the initial team was meant to step down. However, Hamilton noted that this never happened. Furthermore, he doesn’t believe that the team published any financial reports or updates relating to their proposed plan.

As a result, Hamilton concluded that Ripple will not even be able to donate funds to XRPLF without drawing XRPLF into the SEC lawsuit. He also does not think that XRPLF would be able to use any funds from Ripple operationally.

At press time, XRP was trading at $0.4684 according to CoinMarketCap. This is after the remittance token’s price increased 0.48% over the past 24 hours. This positive daily performance was not, however, able to flip XRP’s weekly performance into the green. As a result, XRP was down 0.44% for the past week.

In addition to strengthening against the Dollar, XRP was able to outperform the two market leaders Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) by 0.12% and 0.31% respectively over the past 24 hours. This meant that XRP was worth 0.00001548 BTC and 0.0002512 ETH at press time.

From a technical perspective, XRP was trading below the 9-day and 20-day EMA lines after it dropped below the two technical indicators on Wednesday. Technical indicators suggested that XRP’s price may drop in the next 24-48 hours.

There was a bearish chart pattern present on XRP’s daily chart after the altcoin printed lower highs over the past few weeks. Should this chart pattern be validated, XRP’s price may test the base of the pattern at $0.4607 in the next few days. A drop below this level may result in XRP’s price falling to $0.4434.

Disclaimer: The views and opinions, as well as all the information shared in this price analysis, are published in good faith. Readers must do their own research and due diligence. Any action taken by the reader is strictly at their own risk. Coin Edition and its affiliates will not be held liable for any direct or indirect damage or loss.