On Monday (January 7th), cryptocurrency exchange Bitrue announced that by the end of this week it would be adding support for four new XRP trading pairs: HOT/XRP; NPXS/XRP; NT/XRP; and PRO/XRP.
Bitrue, which was founded in 2018, has quickly become a favorite with members of the XRP community because of the enthusiasm and support shown by its management towards XRP. What is interesting about Bitrue is that it supported XRP as a base currency on the day that its trading platform was launched (19 July 2018).
Here is how the exchange announced today’s news on Twitter:
🎉#2 Week of 2019 @BitrueOfficial 🎉
We're happy to bring to you: $HOT/ $XRP, $NPXS/ $XRP, $DNT/ $XRP, & $PRO/ $XRP! 4 NEW XRP Base-Pairs which shall arrive by end of the week! @Curis_Wang
👉https://t.co/i7RmZi2Lxh pic.twitter.com/WoOFc0Wh8L
— Bitrue (@BitrueOfficial) January 7, 2019
We have to remember what Bitrue announced on 27 December 2018:
🔥We're happy to announce that we will be on-boarding all #XRP trading pairs in the next couple of months! 🔥
We're planning to add 5 pairs in the 1st week of 2019, so please give us a shout on your most needed #XRP pair! #xrpthebase https://t.co/i7RmZi2Lxh pic.twitter.com/8aDF796wPv
— Bitrue (@BitrueOfficial) December 27, 2018
And “true” to its word, for the first week of 2019, Bitrue announced on January 3rd five new XRP pairs:
Bitrue in the house! Thanks @sentosumosaba 💕
Bitrue adds 5 new XRP PAIRS! TRX, XLM, NEO, GAS and OMG. https://t.co/z8SMunQ7gL— Bitrue (@BitrueOfficial) January 3, 2019
Another XRP trading pair, BEE/XRP was added on January 4th, bringing the total number of XRP trading pairs offered by Bitrue to 22 (with 19 of those XRP-based):
👏👏👏Welcome onboard $BEE @thebeetoken!🎉🎉🎉
Another XRP-Base Pair is added: $BEE/ $XRP!We've launched 22 XRP Pairs as of today! @Curis_Wang @jonchouofficial 💪💪💪🥂
👉https://t.co/AW8FqoIWF9 pic.twitter.com/iWEuPj59gR
— Bitrue (@BitrueOfficial) January 4, 2019
This means that by the end of this week, there will be 26 XRP trading pairs on Bitrue: BCH/XRP; ETC/XRP; GTO/XRP; GUSD/XRP; KNC/XRP; LINK/XRP; LTC/XRP; PAX/XRP; QKC/XRP; TUSD/XRP; WAN/XRP; WTC/XRP; ZRX/XRP; XRP/BTC; XRP/USDT; XRP/ETH; XRP/TRX; XRP/XLM; XRP/NEO; XRP/GAS; XRP/OMG; BEE/XRP; HOT/XRP; NPXS/XRP; DNT/XRP; and PRO/XRP.
According to a post published a short time ago on Bitrue’s Medium blog, currently, Bitrue’s most popular trading pairs are BCH/XRP, ETC/XRP, LTC/XRP, ETH/BTC, and BTC/USDT.
XRP is currently trading, according to data by CryptoCompare, at $0.3659, up 2.84% in the past 24-hour period.