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An academic report by Professor Daniel Broby of Ulster University has reintroduced discussions around Ripple’s involvement in the development of the digital euro CBDC. The report, titled “Central Bank Digital Currencies – Lessons from China,” presents a study of China’s digital yuan testing but also includes a comparison of transaction throughput among digital currency systems. This comparison connected Ripple’s private ledger to European CBDC experimentation. Ulster University Report Suggests Euro CBDC Testing on Ripple Ledger The paper, recently spotlighted by WrathofKahneman, a notable voice in the XRP community, mentions Ripple’s private ledger as one of the tested platforms for the…

Today, the US House of Representatives narrowly passed (215-214 vote) President Donald Trump’s comprehensive tax and spending legislation, known as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. This now moves to the Senate, where it faces further deliberation. The bill contains many provisions as it seeks to make permanent the tax cuts introduced in 2017. It introduces exemptions for tips, overtime pay, and car loan interests, and raises the state and local tax (SALT) deduction cap from $10,000 to $40,000 for incomes under $500,000. It also increases the child tax credit to $2,500 through 2028, which then reverts to $2,000, and…

Wall Street analysts are standing firmly behind Strategy’s (MSTR) aggressive escalation of its bitcoin (BTC) acquisition strategy after the company unveiled plans to double its capital-raising ambitions. “While the number of companies that have sought to replicate Strategy’s bitcoin acquisition strategy has continued to grow rapidly … MSTR yesterday issued a reminder of the extent of its first-mover advantage and how its ability to accelerate its accumulation of bitcoin has continued to increase as its platform has scaled,” wrote Benchmark’s Mark Palmer, reiterating his buy rating and $650 price target. Though MSTR trades at more than double the value of…

Whale nets $23.73M ETH profit via Wintermute OTC trades amid $222M transfer spree. 600 BTC bought for $56.94M remains unsold, now worth $66.5M in unrealized gains. Wintermute facilitates massive ETH, BTC, and USDC flows, signaling institutional moves. A crypto whale has executed many over-the-counter (OTC) trades involving Ethereum and Bitcoin, resulting in a realized profit of $23.73 million. The transactions were facilitated through the trading firm Wintermute, which recorded over $222 million in on-chain activity within the same 24-hour period. Blockchain data from Arkham Intelligence confirms that the Ethereum portion of the trade, 30,000 ETH, was sold just hours before…

Circle, the company issuing the stablecoin USD Coin, has announced that native USDC is now available on the Sonic blockchain. In practice, the bridged-to-native upgrade of both USDC and CCTP V2 has been completed, now unlocking new use cases for the stablecoin in the Sonic ecosystem. Circle: USDC and CCTP V2 are now native on Sonic blockchain Circle and Native USDC on Sonic: the new use cases unlocked The market cap of the stablecoin has decreased in the last month Circle: USDC and CCTP V2 are now native on Sonic blockchain Circle, the company issuing the second stablecoin by market…

The Supreme Court has officially placed a legal firewall around the Federal Reserve, blocking President Trump from removing its board members. In a major ruling issued Thursday, the court told the White House that the Fed is off-limits, even though Trump is currently allowed to fire officials from two other federal boards. This legal distinction came down in a 6–3 decision, clearly dividing which institutions the president can interfere with, and which ones he can’t. According to a full opinion published by the court, the ruling gave Trump the go-ahead to fire Gwynne Wilcox, a former board member at the…

Ethereum is trying to clean up its image just as it’s losing its grip. The Ethereum Foundation launched a campaign in 2025 called the “Trillion Dollar Security Initiative” to promote the blockchain as the only serious option for securing real-world value. But the effort comes at a time when the project is slipping across the board, from price performance to user attention and developer support, while Solana is gaining fast. The message coming from Ethereum’s leadership is all about stability, uptime, and security. But Ether, the token that runs on it, hasn’t kept up with Bitcoin since the Merge upgrade…

A recent report suggests that Shiba Inu outpaced the weekly gains of the TRUMP meme coin despite President Trump offering a black-tie dinner and White House tour for its largest holders. In a tweet, Coinpedia Markets highlighted that Shiba Inu surged 36% in the past week. However, the report claimed TRUMP reported a lower percentage weekly gain. Notably, on-chain data shows that SHIB’s price rallied from around $0.00001260 to $0.00001720 in the past period. This performance saw Shiba Inu rival other crypto assets, including Donald Trump’s meme coin. According to Coinpedia Markets, the Official Trump coin price only spiked by…

Chuck Schumer, Minority Leader of the United States Senate, Senators Elizabeth Warren and Jeff Merkley plan to add an anti-corruption amendment to the GENIUS Act. These amendments tackle President Donald Trump’s ties to the cryptocurrency world. Senator Jeff Merkley shared an X post stating that passing the GENIUS Act without including their anti-corruption amendment would show that Congress was okay with Trump selling influence and access to those who can pay the most. Chuck Schumer is expected to support changes to the stablecoin bill to limit the president’s connections to cryptocurrency. Senators propose a new amendment to the GENIUS Act…

Bitcoin traded between $96,869 and $97,057 over the last hour, maintaining a tight range near recent highs. With a 24-hour intraday range of $95,925 to $97,341, the leading cryptocurrency boasts a $1.92 trillion market capitalization and a 24-hour trading volume of $27.81 billion, signaling sustained investor interest. Bitcoin The daily BTC/USD chart reflects a strong bullish breakout from the earlier $74,000 to $84,000 consolidation zone. This breakout, followed by a surge to $97,470, is reinforced by increased buying volume, indicating robust market support. Price action shows potential for a continuation pattern, possibly an ascending triangle that predated the breakout. Current…