The main probable reason for the XRP price jump is still that traders are pushed away from bitcoin due to the major disagreements on the way forward (the fight over the block size issue). However, Ripple has also announced new http://www.financemagnates.com/features meant for “bringing the Internet of Value to life”, which could have positively affected its image with investors.The Ripple Consensus Ledger (RCL) and Interledger Protocol (ILP) can now communicate with each other, which the developers say is creating a network that can interconnect all the world’s value on ledgers. The developer adds that unlike other systems (alluding to the bitcoin blockchain) which can’t handle many transactions, Ripple’s payments network can now operate at volumes previously seen only by Visa.