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$XRP Ledger’s (XRPL) newest server release defines a future lending market in which depositors could commit assets to a vault for a fixed term and wait until a set redemption date to withdraw. For $XRP holders, the design introduces a possible liquidity lock that can last from minutes to years. The $XRP Ledger Foundation released xrpld 3.4.0 on Sept. 16 with LendingProtocolV1_1 code for closed-ended vaults and cash-basis accounting. The first feature fixes the period during which deposited capital can fund loans, and the second recognizes interest when a borrower pays it. Availability still depends on the amendment process and…

South Korea-based cryptocurrency exchange Upbit has announced it will offer new trading support for Renzo ($REZ). According to the announcement, $REZ will be listed in the $USDT trading pair, and transactions will be conducted via the Ethereum network. Upbit announced that $REZ deposit and withdrawal operations are planned to open within 1 hour and 15 minutes of the announcement’s publication. Trading on the $REZ/$USDT pair is expected to begin on September 10th at 3:00 PM. The exchange warned users that the start time of trading may be delayed if sufficient liquidity levels are not reached. With the start of trading,…

The institutional demand around Bitcoin strengthened as Morgan Stanley expanded MSBT holdings while ETF inflows remained positive. Reportedly, Morgan Stanley’s MSBT Bitcoin ETF received another 51.58 $BTC, valued at around $4 million, from Coinbase Prime. Notably, the latest transaction followed a series of transfers into the fund for the previous two weeks. Across these transfers, MSBT has now received a total of 641.87 $BTC, worth roughly $50.6 million. Therefore, Morgan Stanley’s persistent accumulation enhanced Bitcoin’s institutional demand narrative as its price consolidated after a rapid expansion. Importantly, the transfers showed several additions across the two-week period, rather than reflecting a…

Cardano’s decentralized finance (DeFi) activity has picked up recently, with decentralized exchanges recording a sharp increase in trading volume over the past week. According to DeFiLlama data, Cardano’s DEX volume has surged 148% over the past seven days to $17.49 million. The increase points to stronger trading activity across Cardano-based DEXs. Nonetheless, current volume remains well below the $101.89 million recorded in mid-August, when DEX volume surged 1,434% in a week. While the latest increase signals renewed activity, it has not yet returned to the levels seen last month. Cardano currently records $2.18 million in 24-hour DEX volume, while its…

Privacy-centric coin Zcash ($ZEC) was the best performer among the top 10 cryptocurrencies at press time, after surging 10% in the day to trade at $1,467. Other than recent whale activity catapulting upside past 1,300, the coin has also benefited from the recent endorsement by Matt Huang, co-founder of Paradigm venture capital and tech investment firm. Source: CoinMarketCap Zcash rallies on developer funding model According to Huang, the network’s inflation-funded developer fund is “an elegant mechanism” to tackle the public goods funding dilemma or long-term project funding. Notably, the inflation-funded model redirects a portion of block mining rewards away from…

Coinbase recently tweeted about Grok learning how to use its platform, implying new user-friendly features that may attract institutional interest. This tweet has garnered significant attention, including 713 likes and 99 retweets, indicating a growing curiosity surrounding Coinbase’s offerings. As more traditional banks engage with cryptocurrency, Coinbase’s innovations could play a pivotal role in shaping investor sentiment. Inside the Move The broader crypto market currently exhibits mixed signals, reflecting varying momentum among major assets. Coinbase’s mention of Grok learning to navigate its platform could signal enhancements that appeal to both retail and institutional users, especially as banks like JP Morgan…

Jiang Zhuoer, founder of the B.TOP mining pool, stated in his assessment of Bitcoin’s short-term price movements that a significant correction could occur after the liquidation of highly leveraged positions in the market. According to Zhuoer, in the most likely scenario, Bitcoin will first clear the intense liquidation zone above $76,000. During the same period, Ethereum is also expected to test the liquidation zone around $2,665, liquidating a significant portion of short positions at higher levels. After Bitcoin cleared liquidity above $76,000, Zhuoer noted that two different scenarios emerged. In the first scenario, Zhuoer states that if Bitcoin recovers without…

$XRP’s expansion into decentralized finance has reached a new milestone one year after Flare launched FXRP, with roughly 145.2 million FXRP minted and 130 million already deployed across DeFi. That second number may matter more than the headline supply figure. About 89.5% of the reported FXRP supply is being put to work rather than simply sitting in wallets, suggesting holders are increasingly using $XRP as collateral, in lending markets and inside yield strategies. In its one-year FXRP update, Flare said the asset has generated around 7.8 million DeFi transactions, while roughly 21 million FXRP is now sitting on other chains…

None of the 15 institutions interviewed by asset manager Bitwise cut their crypto allocations during a roughly 50% market drawdown, while several bought more. Every institution in the group that owned crypto held Bitcoin ($BTC), usually as its largest and longest-held position, while Ether ($ETH) and Solana ($SOL) were smaller bets with shorter investment horizons and conditions for selling. Bitwise’s Institutional Crypto Adoption Report draws on interviews conducted in late March and April amid a market decline that began in October 2025. The interviews included investment professionals at endowments, foundations, public pensions, sovereign wealth funds, multi-family offices, investment consultants and…

The integration of AI into crypto has been a defining theme of the 2026 cycle. Ripple looks set to capitalize on this momentum. So far, several Layer 1 networks have been integrating AI agent models on their blockchain to facilitate smoother transactions. In this vein, it seems that Ripple is now looking to position XRPL to tap into this growing AI-agent economy. In a recent update, Ripple has expanded its XRPL developer kit to support Stripe and Tempo’s Machine Payments Protocol. This feature allows AI agents to pay for data, computing, and other services. Additionally, it supports the Open Wallet…