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Federal Reserve Governor Michael Barr has backed a decisive interest rate increase if inflation fails to ease, as Polymarket traders place the chance of a 2026 hike at 72%. Barr supports a Fed rate hike if inflation stays high The Federal Reserve said in Barr’s Sept. 1 prepared remarks that inflation remains too high after more than five years above the central bank’s goal, leaving policymakers to decide whether current rates are restrictive enough. Speaking at the Second Chance Lending Forum in Washington, Barr said the Fed has time to review the data before its Sept. 15–16 Federal Open Market…

Ripple Head of Engineering J. Ayo Akinyele has sparked optimism that $XRP could eventually be added to Elon Musk’s X platform. The comments came after Akinyele received a $25 payment through X Money. While expressing appreciation on X, he asked Musk when $RLUSD support might be added. “$XRP Will Be in” An $XRP community member replied that Akinyele should have asked for $XRP support instead. Akinyele responded: “Trust me—if we get Elon’s attention, $XRP will be in as well. No doubt.” Trust me – if we get Elon’s attention, $XRP will be in as well. No doubt. — J. Ayo…

Kraken delayed its initial public offering (IPO) on Wednesday to at least April 2027. If the reader has lost count of how many times it has delayed, Protos is here to help. The exchange has been hyping its IPO for over half a decade, and was previously very confident it would IPO in 2022. In April 2021, Kraken CEO Jesse Powell told CNBC, “We’re looking at being able to go public sometime next year.” He’s still looking. By June 2021, according to Fortune, Powell reconsidered a direct listing after Coinbase’s debut. He delayed slightly to a “second half” of 2022…

India has started settling corporate bonds using blockchain technology and central-bank digital money, taking tokenization deeper into the country’s traditional financial markets. The Securities and Exchange Board of India this week launched Demat 2.0, a pilot built around the electronic accounts Indian investors already use to hold stocks and bonds. Under the program, corporate bonds can be issued as digital tokens on a distributed ledger run by regulated market institutions. State-owned power-sector lender REC raised ₹500 crore, about $56 million, through the system earlier this month. Engineering and construction giant Larsen & Toubro followed with another ₹500 crore, while non-bank…

As of July 22, 2026, the Bitcoin price today sits at $65,901.68 — a level that tells two very different stories depending on the timeframe you consult. On the daily chart, $BTC appears to be recovering. On the hourly, it is already stalling. $BTC/USDT — daily chart with candlesticks, EMA20/EMA50 and volume. Key takeaways Bitcoin trades at $65,901.68 on July 22, 2026, below the daily pivot of $66,114.19, leaving bulls without structural control. The daily MACD histogram at 377.62 signals building momentum, yet hourly indicators reveal fading short-term strength. The Fear & Greed Index sits at 33, reflecting cautious positioning…

Spot $XRP exchange-traded funds have seen about $1.6 billion in net inflows since they began trading. Investment advisers are the category buying the most, second-quarter 13F filings show. Seyffart puts the tally at $1.8 billion The funds stretched their inflow streak to nine consecutive days, taking in $26.2 million on August 28, according to SoSoValue data. The products pulled in over $725 million over that nine-day window. Cumulative net inflows reached about $1.6 billion. Total net assets were about the same. Daily hauls have been spotty, anywhere from about $2.4 million to over $28 million. “$XRP ETF flows have been…

Flash.Trade founder Anas Khader gave three reasons for shutting down his Solana perps exchange on Aug. 7, and the second one named the Solana Foundation. Four days later the Foundation’s president was publicly rejecting the word “kingmaking.” The underlying discussion is how an organization with a treasury and a large audience should behave in a category where several teams are competing. It can concentrate support behind the product it judges best for the chain, or spread support across all of them and let volume settle the question. Solana’s perps market cleared $1.34 billion in 24-hour volume on Wednesday with $445.11…

The price of lumber has declined 35% since crypto exchanges first listed crypto-native lumber contracts for trading. At the time, using blockchain technologies to tokenize, trade, or track an off-blockchain commodity seemed like a welcome revolution. The price of lumber, in early 2021 during the COVID housing boom, had been rallying amid soaring demand for home renovation projects and limited supply from quarantined workers and broken supply chains. BREAKING 🚨: LumberLumber falls to its lowest price of the year and is approaching a bear market after plunging 17% from July’s high 📉 📉 pic.twitter.com/V6dUXMqUeO — Barchart (@Barchart) September 2, 2026…

$NEAR Protocol has launched its AI Cloud infrastructure, leveraging Intel and NVIDIA technologies to enhance user data security. This new offering utilizes TEE-hosted inference, ensuring that memory is sealed from the host machine and operator. The announcement made by $NEAR Protocol highlights the importance of user data protection, a crucial aspect in today’s digital landscape. For more details, check the official announcement here. The Key Development The broader crypto market shows mixed signals, with many assets experiencing volatility. Amid this backdrop, $NEAR Protocol’s new AI Cloud infrastructure stands out as a significant development. The integration of Intel TDX and NVIDIA…

While Bitcoin is showing signs of recovery recently with its recent rise and renewed capital inflows into spot ETFs, analysts say it’s too early to say whether the current movement has turned into a permanent uptrend. Bloomberg Senior ETF Analyst Eric Balchunas said Bitcoin has gained approximately 8 percent in value since the 250th anniversary of US independence, outperforming many assets during that period. Balchunas noted that, in parallel with the recovery in $BTC price, demand for spot Bitcoin ETFs traded in the US has also strengthened again. According to the data, spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded net inflows of approximately…