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More and more large holder wallets have continued to accumulate $XRP, and this has ultimately led to the number of $XRP Ledger wallets holding at least 10,000 $XRP hitting a record 332,230, according to on-chain data from Santiment. This steady accumulation of $XRP by $XRP Ledger wallets is a trend that began in mid-2024, and has extended till present. Santiment posted on X about the milestone, noting that wallets holding 10,000 or more $XRP tokens have seen a consistent increase since June 2024. These increases have come without any sharp wallet spikes that usually signal purchases driven by speculation. The…

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TORONTO, CANADA — In a significant development for both traditional finance and digital assets, Canadian-listed fintech firm Delphx Capital Markets has announced a bold plan to acquire approximately $50 million in Bitcoin. This strategic reserve initiative, first reported by BitcoinTreasury, represents a calculated move by the company to diversify its corporate treasury assets. Furthermore, Delphx aims to secure a long-term store of value through phased purchases of the leading cryptocurrency. Delphx Bitcoin Purchase Strategy Explained Delphx Capital Markets operates as a sophisticated financial technology company. The firm provides advanced trading solutions and capital markets infrastructure. Consequently, its decision to allocate…

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Shortly before a wave of resignations by senior contributors, the Ethereum Foundation published a bizarre governance document. Obviously influenced by Vitalik Buterin’s beloved $NFT collection Milady, whose floor price has declined 90% from its December 2024 peak, the illustrated “Mandate” PDF features lingerie-clad archers, a cartoon pledge carrying a penalty of death by suicide, and a headline on its front page, “HOPE SPRINGS ETERNAL IN THE HUMAN BREAST.” The Ethereum Foundation Mandate document arrived on March 13, 2026. Its board signed it, crediting two artists for their artistic rendering of the text. On the cover, an anime girl asks, “Ever…

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Most crypto investors are not trying to avoid the IRS. They just do not know the rules. That is the central finding of the 2026 Crypto Tax Readiness Report, a new survey of 3,000 US crypto investors conducted by CoinTracker and Coinbase. The data shows a striking disconnect: 65% of respondents had already reported crypto on their taxes, yet more than half could not correctly identify basic taxable events. Most Investors Know Crypto Is Taxable but Don’t Know When 74% of respondents acknowledged that their crypto activity is taxable in some form. But only 49% correctly identified that a tax…

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Ripple UDAX, Levery and FGV Unite to Build Institutional On-Chain Liquidity for Brazilian Banks Levery, an infrastructure provider that enables banks and financial institutions to launch digital asset exchanges using automated market maker (AMM) technology, has partnered with Ripple UDAX and Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV) to expand institutional on-chain liquidity across Brazil and Latin America. The collaboration represents a major move toward building regulated, blockchain-powered financial infrastructure for traditional banks across the region. At its core is Ripple UDAX (University Digital Asset Xcelerator), an initiative born from Ripple’s partnership with the University of California, Berkeley under the University Blockchain Research…

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Poland’s crypto policy debate widened this week as lawmakers opened work on four competing crypto-asset bills. The proposals came from the government, President Karol Nawrocki, Poland 2050, and the Confederation Party after earlier attempts to regulate the sector were vetoed by the president. The debate took a sharper turn when Law and Justice, or PiS, filed a separate bill seeking to ban cryptoasset activity in Poland. The move followed the withdrawal of support by four PiS lawmakers for an earlier crypto market bill they had submitted in April. Sejm Reviews Four Crypto Bills Sejm Speaker Włodzimierz Czarzasty said lawmakers would…

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Bitcoin price started a recovery wave from $68,000. $BTC is now back above $70,000 and might struggle to continue higher in the near term. Bitcoin started a decent recovery wave above $69,500 and $70,000. The price is trading above $70,000 and the 100 hourly simple moving average. There was a break above a bearish trend line with resistance at $69,500 on the hourly chart of the $BTC/USD pair (data feed from Kraken). The pair might start another decline if it stays below the $71,500 and $72,000 levels. Bitcoin Price Attempts Recovery Bitcoin price found support near the $67,500 zone and…

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Ethereum is holding the lower edge of its green Gaussian Channel, keeping the short-term bounce setup alive near $2,100. However, whale count data shows large $ETH holders have been leaving or consolidating positions, putting the $2,000 support level back in focus. Ethereum Price Backtests Green Gaussian Channel as $2,100 Support Holds Ethereum is backtesting the green Gaussian Channel on the daily Bitstamp chart shared by Sky on X, with price holding near the lower channel area for several sessions. The $ETH/USD chart shows Ethereum trading near $2,110 after pulling back from the recent range near $2,370. The latest candles sit…

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Nvidia climbed back above a $5 trillion market value on Friday and finished the session at a new closing record, putting the chipmaker back at the top of the global stock market. The stock surged by as much as 4.2% during the day, and that single rally added over $200 billion to Nvidia’s value. At its session high, the company was worth about $5.12 trillion, based on Google Finance data. The buying came during a strong day for chip stocks. Intel’s earnings helped lift sentiment across semiconductors, while Oklo’s nuclear power deal gave investors another reason to keep watching companies…

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$XRP Healthcare Unlocks $XRP and $RLUSD Swaps for XRPHAI $XRP Healthcare has broadened access to its XRPHAI ecosystem by enabling direct swaps in $XRP and $RLUSD through the XRPH Wallet, strengthening its push to connect blockchain infrastructure with practical healthcare use cases. This new activation enables eligible users across the global $XRP community to seamlessly swap $XRP or $RLUSD for XRPHAI directly within the XRPH Wallet, unlocking access to $XRP Healthcare’s expanding AI-driven healthcare ecosystem on the $XRP Ledger. Unlike many crypto reward models that rely on passive token holding, $XRP Healthcare positions XRPHAI around active participation and verified wellness…

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