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A conditional national trust bank charter, a pending Federal Reserve master account, and a string of acquisitions in brokerage, payments, and treasury. Ripple is assembling a full regulated-finance stack. The benefits flow first to its stablecoin and the company itself. What is left for $XRP is the question. Ripple is turning itself into a bank, or something very close to one, and it is doing it methodically. Over the past year the company won conditional federal approval to operate a national trust bank, applied for a Federal Reserve master account that would give it direct access to the central bank’s…

The Philippine Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has shown its interest in the Real World Assets (RWA) market. It signaled that regulators already have the legal foundation needed to support RWA tokenization. This move could create new investment opportunities while helping overseas Filipino workers (OFWs). SEC Sees Tokenization as Opportunity Speaking at Philippine Blockchain Week 2026, SEC Commissioner Rogelio Quevedo said regulators are now confident that existing laws can accommodate tokenized assets. “We are now fully convinced that we have the proper law, the proper regulatory mind and background to support tokenization.” His response is crucial because many countries are…

On-chain tracker Lookonchain said three wallets made $24.25 million in profits from World Cup betting on Polymarket, raising fresh questions about large traders in crypto prediction markets. The tracker described the activity as tied to a “suspected insider,” but the claim remains based on wallet links and public trading data. Polymarket and Binance had not publicly confirmed the finding at the time of review. Lookonchain points to three winning Polymarket wallets According to Lookonchain, the wallets named mintblade, GRIMDRIP and endlessFate together made more than $24 million from World Cup markets. Mintblade reportedly made $9.24 million after winning five out…

Galaxy Digital founder and CEO Mike Novogratz has identified the main cause behind the sudden collapse in digital asset prices. During his latest appearance on an episode of the All Things Markets podcast with co-host Anthony Scaramucci, Novogratz attributed the slump to an unfortunate combination of corporate vulnerability, changing macroeconomic policies, and a broader “crisis of confidence.” A MicroStrategy-led crisis of confidence Of course, the deteriorating sentiment surrounding Strategy is currently the main factor. “Listen, this is a MicroStrategy-led breakdown in confidence around that complex, which is creating a crisis of confidence in Bitcoin,” Novogratz stated plainly. He explained that…

Chainlink has wired itself into the plumbing of global finance, with SWIFT, JPMorgan, UBS, and DTCC building on its infrastructure. Its token trades around $7, roughly 86% below its all-time high. The gap between the adoption and the price is the whole story, and it is the same story as $XRP. Chainlink may be the most widely adopted piece of infrastructure in all of crypto, and its token trades like an afterthought. Over the past two years the network has wired itself into the core of traditional finance, with SWIFT, the messaging backbone that connects roughly 11,000 banks and moves…

Attorney Ian R. Cohen has filed a new court rebuttal opposing efforts to revive a lawsuit that seeks control of roughly 3.8 million Bitcoin worth an estimated $238 billion, including wallets linked to Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto. According to a June 20 X thread posted by Galaxy Digital research head Alex Thorn, Cohen’s June 19 filing pushes back against attempts by plaintiffs’ attorney David Lin to overturn a court-ordered stay in a New York case involving 39,069 Bitcoin wallet addresses. UPDATE IN CASE TO CLAIM LEGAL TITLE OVER SATOSHI’S BITCOIN on may 29, @btclawyerguy filed an amicus arguing that the…

Upbit and Bithumb, two of South Korea’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges, have recorded remarkable trading volumes in some altcoins over the past 24 hours. A comparison of the volume data from both exchanges reveals particularly high trading activity in RE, Worldcoin, Axie Infinity, Biconomy, and $XRP. According to the data, RE topped the list by a wide margin on Upbit with a volume exceeding $117 million, while Biconomy took the top spot on Bithumb with a trading volume of approximately $49 million. When the total volumes of the two exchanges are considered together, RE became one of the most traded altcoins…

Binance founder Changpeng Zhao said that the sharp decline in the cryptocurrency market in the first half of 2026 cannot be attributed to a single cause. According to CZ, geopolitical tensions, investors shifting towards the artificial intelligence sector, and the typical four-year cycle of the crypto market all contributed to the decline in Bitcoin and other crypto assets. Bitcoin reached an all-time high last October, surpassing $126,000. However, since then, it has lost approximately 50% of its value, trading around $89,000 at the beginning of the year. After briefly rising above $96,000, BTC subsequently fell back to around $60,000. CZ…

Altcoin ETFs Gain Momentum as Bitcoin Funds Post Sixth Weekly Outflow The market had one less trading day for the week due to the U.S. Juneteenth holiday, but the message was not hard to read. Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) remained under pressure, extending their weekly outflow streak to six consecutive weeks. Ether funds were nearly flat, but still negative. At the same time, investors continued to add capital to newer and more targeted crypto ETF products, with $HYPE leading the way. Bitcoin and Ether Remain Under Pressure Bitcoin spot ETFs recorded $226.8 million in net outflows for the week. The…

AllUnity and Zebec have started paying European workers in a regulated euro stablecoin. On June 25, 2026, the two firms launched a pilot that streams employee benefits and payroll in $EURAU, AllUnity’s euro-backed token, across the Stellar network. Staff in the program are paid directly into a digital wallet. The pitch is simple. Most stablecoin activity still revolves around trading. This is one of the clearer attempts to use a compliant euro token for something ordinary: getting people paid. What the pilot does The core feature is streaming payroll. Instead of waiting for a monthly run to clear, employees and…