The growth of Ripple, and its token, XRP, has been phenomenal in a market that is used to seeing astronomical growth. The XRP token closed out the second financial quarter of 2017 on June 30th priced at $0.26 USD. That is a 1,159% increase for the quarter alone and an impressive 3,977% increase for the year to date.

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Read the full story here:  http://bitcoinist.com/ripple-outshines-bitcoin-ethereum-almost-4000/