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 <p class="paragraph">Shortly after a now-deleted X post by BitPay, in which the cryptocurrency payments platform said that Roblox (NYSE: RBLX) would introduce support for crypto payments – specifically XRP – the gaming platform quickly refuted these claims, impacting the <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="price" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/price.html">price</a> of the token in question.</p>
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 <p class="paragraph">Specifically, the <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="price" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/price.html">price</a> of XRP briefly soared to over $0.50 on October 16, around the time of the original post, which claimed that users could begin using the crypto for Xsolla payments in supported games, including Roblox and Smite, according to the data retrieved on October 18.</p>
 <figure class="wp-block-image aligncenter is-resized"><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" src="https://thebittimes.com/image/getimage/?url=https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/PP7QWOkV8HCsfYXegAYRXkEJZaOqe7nqmgjB_vOhi8Fd5AiXdbIXAE133H3UrLrMOroWDOGeLJarKxhSeP2lta_0DUUqAW7M2t2Mo94NzoUtmFDPVoKkgVcPleE6AFmITbzxxoh56EbfOByJzmykVAY" alt width="834" height="271">
  <figcaption class="wp-element-caption"><em>XRP price after BitPay’s X post. Source: </em><em>CoinMarketCap</em>
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 <p class="paragraph">Indeed, as the post claimed:</p>
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  <p class="paragraph">“Xsolla now accepts XRP with BitPay as a payment method for their games such as Smite and Roblox. (…) You can use your favorite cryptocurrency to buy, play, and enjoy gaming like never before.”</p>
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 <p class="paragraph">However, Roblox soon denied any claims that it plans to integrate XRP payments with Xsolla, a global video game commerce company, first in a response to the original X post by BitPay and later for crypto media, stating that the information was “inaccurate.”</p>
 <p class="paragraph">That said, a representative from Roblox shared that Xsolla is indeed one of the gaming company’s payment providers but that Roblox does not enable cryptocurrencies like XRP or Bitcoin (BTC) as a payment method, noting that BitPay had removed the post due to incorrect information.</p>
 <p class="paragraph">Subsequently, in the several hours following the revelation of the misinformation shared in the BitPay post, the XRP <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="price" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/price.html">price</a> started to decline and returned to its pre-announcement amount in the area of around $0.4915, as the chart data indicates.</p>
 <figure class="wp-block-image aligncenter is-resized"><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" src="https://thebittimes.com/image/getimage/?url=https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/cuhmm45Ea2leg-a9VwzZjnq7bTsnmg4x5gPx3uW45ELbhMVHc1fuAjsTYycmu4VZC2baxw0F-QQdJMS5Y9SFxf0MW9MJsU6hpZHHfRo_IX49R_YkA3AM4dgpBMgH7C04wVUUkPfs-WmqqhJIMI1B2FU" alt width="834" height="283">
  <figcaption class="wp-element-caption"><em>XRP price after BitPay’s X post is debunked. Source: </em><em>CoinMarketCap</em>
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 <p class="paragraph">Commenting on the development, BitPay CMO Bill Zielke said that “there was an error in the tweet” and announced “more tweets about merchants accepting crypto in the near future,” urging those interested to “stay tuned.”</p>
 <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-xrp-price-analysis">XRP price analysis</h2>
 <p class="paragraph">As things stand, XRP was at press time trading at the <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="price" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/price.html">price</a> of $0.4898, which demonstrates a decline of 0.04% in the last 24 hours, a 0.56% gain across the previous seven days, and a 2.76% drop on its weekly chart, according to the most recent data retrieved on October 18.</p>
 <figure class="wp-block-image aligncenter"><img decoding="async" src="https://thebittimes.com/image/getimage/?url=https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/ed2UY0gQ7gs1hVQD5jDw4rqmRxaG8xkK3Jlnapw1htrRndzQeumbIgK2kezgCr36B5E7IOfh-MmoYEjXgmexV-8M6cht74jZOUL0bqPQxfLjlf3L6ZXvNVdBYQ2Qn9ZwIyxlieOzyP_qncLOlQvdSpY" alt>
  <figcaption class="wp-element-caption"><em>XRP 24-hour price chart. Source: </em><em>Finbold</em>
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 <p class="paragraph">Evidently, developments surrounding XRP can have enough strength to move the <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="price" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/price.html">price</a> in either direction, which has also become apparent during the legal standoff between the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and blockchain company Ripple which has close ties with the token.</p>
 <p class="paragraph"><strong><em>Disclaimer:</em></strong><em> The content on this site should not be considered investment advice. Investing is speculative. When investing, your capital is at risk.</em></p>
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