Key Takeaways
- Numerous crypto news platforms disclosed some vital takes on an edited Simpsons screenshot, projecting that XRP would rise to $589 by year's end.
- In recent times, a fake Simpsons screenshot has been circulated, and it has deceived many Ripple investors.
Numerous crypto news platforms disclosed some vital takes on an edited Simpsons screenshot, projecting that XRP would rise to $589 by year's end. Interestingly, the Simpsons writers have become quite famous in the contemporary world as a result of their accurate predictions of events that ended up happening. Thus, the episode that they dedicated to cryptocurrency in 2020 gave many a false impression about XRP; meanwhile, the XRP price prediction was insubstantial—it was never a thing.
In recent times, a fake Simpsons screenshot has been circulated, and it has deceived many Ripple investors. A lifeless image covering Bart Simpson scribbling "XRP" to rise to $589+ when the year comes to an end on his school's chalkboard began stirring up several outbursts on social media this week. Unfortunately, those who shared the image did not assess the authenticity of its prediction. A good number of crypto media platforms have mentioned that the fake screenshot is just a type of the show's popular predictions.
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“XRP To Hit $589”: How A Fake Simpsons Screenshot Fooled Ripple Bulls
In the course of producing 34 seasons, the Simpsons have made several headlines for predicting significant global happenings. One of their most noteworthy predictions included the election of Donald Trump as U.S. President and the purchase of 20th Century Fox by Disney in 2017. For a long time, the Bart chalkboard has been a significant reference point for several accurate predictions. However, the XRP prediction making rounds is merely an edited screenshot and never mentioned in the show's run of 72 episodes.
The fake screenshot has been around since as far back as 2020, when a YouTube channel known as "XRP Talk and speculation" mentioned it in a brief video. One year later, amidst the several discussions about XRP, the Twitter account confessed that the screenshot was created by them majorly for a video of theirs. Surprisingly, the tweet did not go viral, allowing for the spread of false information about the fake image.
Incidentally, The Simpsons had already created an episode which was all about cryptocurrency at the exact time that the fake screenshot appeared. Although in the series of scenes recorded on the show, there were no obvious crypto attachments that verified and credited the episode for the XRP prediction. In that episode, there were no opening credits that contained a chalkboard analysis where Bart drew an XPR price projection.
This week, XRP tokens and Ripple Labs have been in the news, spurring several reactions from investors because of the new developments in the Securities and Exchange Commission's case against the company. Ripple and the SEC have decided to draw the curtain and choose to not go ahead to court and just be judged by judge Analisa Torres.
The reaction from this has heightened the XRP token by 50%, showing that the market aligns with Garlinghouse's perception of a win for Ripple. However, the token has retraced its gain and this is because of the falling crypto ecosystem. Let us know what you think about this in the comment section below.
