XRP (XRP 3.10%) and Shiba Inu (SHIB +0.03%) don’t share much in common, but they both have passionate followings, largely because they delivered staggering returns to early buyers. They’re also trading well below recent highs amid the crypto market downturn.

If you’re weighing which one is a better buy-the-dip candidate, there’s a clear answer.

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To be clear up front, both are risky, as is usually the case when investing in cryptocurrency. However, the coins present very different levels of risk.

Shiba Inu is a meme coin that began with a publicity stunt. The anonymous founder, Ryoshi, sent half of all SHIB tokens to Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin. It worked in the sense that Shiba Inu’s price…