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On-Demand Liquidity is Ripple’s flagship use of $XRP, a way to settle cross-border payments in seconds without banks pre-funding accounts around the world. This guide explains how it works, the trapped capital it frees, and why its own stablecoin now competes for the job. Table of Contents The problem ODL was built to solve What On-Demand Liquidity actually is A worked example: a payment through ODL Why $XRP is used as the bridge What ODL unlocks: freeing trapped capital ODL, RippleNet, and Ripple Payments The stablecoin question Risks and limits to understand Frequently Asked Questions On-Demand Liquidity, usually shortened to…

A New Line Between Lawmaking and Betting Rep. Bryan Steil (R-Wis.), chairman of the Committee on House Administration, unveiled the measure recently, framing it as a basic ethics guardrail. “It is inappropriate for members of Congress to trade on the outcomes of elections or public policy,” Steil said. The bill targets a fast-growing corner of the market where users can wager real money on whether a specific government policy, government action or political outcome will happen. Under the legislation, House members, their spouses and their dependent children would be prohibited from placing such bets. Crucially, the ban is narrow, covering…

South Korean cryptocurrency exchange Bithumb has announced a temporary suspension of deposits and withdrawals for Taiko (TAIKO), citing an issue with the project’s mainnet network. The exchange made the announcement on its official notice board, alerting users to the disruption and advising them to monitor further updates. Details of the Suspension According to Bithumb’s statement, the halt is a precautionary measure to protect user assets while the network issue is being investigated. The exchange has not specified the exact nature of the problem, but such suspensions are common when exchanges detect irregularities or potential security risks on a blockchain network.…

Bitcoin ($BTC) is showing fresh signs of short-term holder capitulation after roughly 50,000 $BTC moved to exchanges at a loss over the past day. At the same time, the market capitalization of short-term holders fell to $237.7 billion, its lowest level since October 2024. The rise in loss-driven selling comes as tighter monetary conditions and weakening institutional demand continue to weigh on Bitcoin, as analysts underlined a “deeply unfavorable” environment for $BTC. Short-term Bitcoin holders show renewed stress CryptoQuant analyst Amr Taha said Bitcoin’s short-term holder (STH) market capitalization fell to $237.7 billion on June 26, its lowest level since…

Groq raised $650 million to expand its inference cloud business six months after licensing its semiconductor technology to Nvidia and losing its founder. The funding round was led by Disruptive and Infinitum. Groq’s press announcement said existing investors also participated. The company did not disclose a new valuation. Groq was valued at $6.9 billion after its September $750 million fundraising round. Groq pivots to cloud infrastructure after Nvidia deal In December 2025, Nvidia signed a non-exclusive licensing agreement for Groq’s language processing unit (LPU) technology, a chip designed specifically for running AI models. As part of that arrangement, Nvidia hired…

Elon Musk has unveiled a promo video for the new financial service X Money, which turns the social network into a full-fledged bank alternative and challenges traditional fintech giants such as Venmo and Cash App. The platform offers savings accounts, instant payments, passwordless access via passkeys, and Visa debit cards with no foreign transaction fees. Through its banking partners, X Money provides unprecedented FDIC insurance of up to $10 million, while early users are already testing the system in real time and reporting high interest rates on balances and cashback on purchases. However, for the crypto community, which has been…

Hester Peirce, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) official affectionately dubbed “Crypto Mom” by the digital asset industry, has confirmed her upcoming departure from the agency during her appearance on the “Rollup” podcast. Peirce will be leaving the SEC this November and “moving to the beach” after nearly three decades in Washington, D.C. Peirce’s final priorities include pushing for regulatory changes that allow more companies to go public earlier, eliminating the trade-through rule, and, most notably, clearing the runway for a comprehensive regulatory crypto framework. “Crypto Mom” Hester Peirce was initially sworn into office back in January 2018. She was…

South Korea’s leading cryptocurrency exchanges, Upbit and Bithumb, have announced a significant decision regarding the Taiko (TAIKO) token. According to the statements, both exchanges have added TAIKO to their delisting watchlists as part of their investor protection policies. Following the decision, investors began closely monitoring the project’s future and its trading status on the stock exchanges. Exchanges have stated that a security incident within the Taiko ecosystem could potentially cause harm to users. The statement said that a security breach in the wallets of the relevant digital asset or in the distributed ledger infrastructure where the token was issued, transferred,…

Aave [$AAVE] is no longer just growing through deposits and lending activity; they’re also also building new revenue streams. With the launch of Aave’s Global Dollar Hub and a rise in user activity, the project is picking up steam again. Aave DAO’s swap revenue crosses $1 million! Aave DAO’s swap revenue has crossed $1 million since the launch of Aave Will Win. The cumulative expected partner fees has risen from April, with a jump around early June and sustained growth throughout the month. Source: X Most of this revenue has been coming from Ethereum [ETH], while Arbitrum [ARB] and a…

24X National Exchange’s latest tokenized stock filing has put Wall Street’s core plumbing at the forefront of the equity-tokenization race. The exchange filed SR-24X-2026-20 on June 11, with the SEC issuing its notice on June 16 and the June 22 notice placing the filing in the Federal Register. The rule change would let eligible 24X members trade certain securities in tokenized form during a Depository Trust Company pilot, according to the SEC’s notice filing. The filing frames tokenization as an upgrade to the national market system rather than a workaround. The model described by 24X keeps the exchange, DTC, participant…