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Exactly 12 months ago, this token traded at $3.08; therefore, $1,000 fetched around 324.7 tokens. At the time of writing, $XRP traded at $1.32, down 57.03% over the past 12 months. As such, the 324.7 $XRP has lost approximately $571.4. On Friday, August 14, 2026, the same portfolio fell to the lowest point of $318.2. However, $XRP price has surged over 33% during the past 35 days, thereby increasing this portfolio by $110.4. $XRP fundamentals to consider Although this altcoin’s price has capitulated significantly over the past 12 months, the token has accumulated robust fundamentals. For instance, XRPR has $46.24…

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That cliff ends on November 24, 2026, exactly one year after mainnet went live. On that date, roughly 16.8 billion $MON becomes unlocked and transferable. The breakdown includes: 10.7 billion $MON for the Monad team 4.925 billion $MON for investors 1 billion $MON for the Category Labs Treasury The remainder tied to validator reward allocations As of mid-September 2026, only about 11.8 billion $MON (roughly 11.8% of total supply) was actually circulating and tradeable, according to Tokenomist.ai. The November unlock alone is larger than the entire current circulating supply, which is why traders are treating it as the defining event…

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Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick shows why those distinctions matter in real life. Lutnick spent decades running Cantor Fitzgerald, one of Wall Street’s major trading and investment firms, before joining President Donald Trump’s Cabinet in February 2025. Cantor also became deeply embedded in crypto through its relationship with Tether, the company behind USDT, the world’s largest stablecoin. The firm has held billions of dollars of Treasuries for Tether and remains involved in its US business, including as reserve custodian and preferred primary dealer for Tether’s regulated US stablecoin. When Lutnick entered government, he stepped down from Cantor and later transferred his…

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Large $XRP Orders Binance whale sell orders reached $15, while Coinbase whales placed orders as high as $31. In some of CW’s more recent updates, sell walls from both exchanges have reached as high as $33. This confirms that $XRP currently trades far below the main resistance areas. At $1.4930, $XRP remains less than 10% of the way to the first major sell wall around $5. The full range of sell orders also stretches to roughly 20 times the current price. If $XRP begins another strong rally, buyers will need to work through these layers of supply one by one.…

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“Same thesis as Neo X and SpoonOS: Neo N4 isn’t about launching a new chain. It’s about building chain-native apps on top of N3, application-centric, serving users better in the AI era.” What this architecture is designed to enable The elastic network model is designed to let different applications run on their own dedicated chains while sharing Neo N3 as a common settlement and security layer. A gaming application could run on a chain optimised for high throughput and low latency, while a DeFi application runs on a separate chain with stricter security guarantees, but both would share the same…

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Bitcoin lacks momentum as Iran strikes sour risk-asset mood Data from TradingView showed the local upside in the $BTC/USD pair reversing as it attempted to revisit the $80,000 mark. $BTC is currently down by around 0.4% on the day. $BTC/USD one-hour chart. Source: Cointelegraph/TradingView US stocks also drifted lower at the Wall Street open, fueled by fresh US strikes on Iranian oil tankers. The tensions helped send oil prices to new three-month highs, building on gains from the day prior. At the time of writing, WTI crude traded above $96 per barrel, while Brent crude surged above $101 per barrel…

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Price Action Breakdown Currently, the crypto market is experiencing a mixed sentiment, with various assets showing fluctuating momentum. Solana’s dominance in the DeFi space, particularly in tokenized stock deposits, places it in a favorable position to capitalize on the growing interest in decentralized financial solutions. This trend could potentially lead to increased market engagement and investment in the Solana ecosystem. Solana is a high-performance blockchain known for its speed and scalability, making it an attractive option for DeFi solutions. The increasing deposits in tokenized stocks signify a shift in how investors view asset management, with DeFi gaining traction as a…

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The climb above $2,700 broke the previous chart’s bearish structures. $ETH also retained its position at 0.032 $BTC, achieving a faster recovery compared to the leading coin. $ETH took months to shake off the damage of the October 10, 2025 liquidation event. Nearly a year later, $ETH looks more hopeful, though traders are cautious about announcing a full bull market. As Cryptopolitan reported, $ETH is closely watched for its capability of breaking above $5,000. $ETH open interest is back at over $18B, while spot demand has depleted exchange reserves, setting up the stage for another breakout to a higher price…

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Although SEC filings haven’t yet disclosed the name of the buyer, Jim Cramer posted today, “If I didn’t know any better I would say Leopold is back!” ZeroHedge agreed. Options provide financial leverage by design, and their short time to maturity makes these contracts even more volatile. All these options expire on October 2. Situational Awareness previously ran on leverage as high as 400%, growing from $225 million at launch in 2024 and soaring past $45 billion in July before liquidating assets in a fire sale to Ken Griffin’s Citadel. ZeroHedge listed four particularly bullish prints of October 2 expiry…

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Cardano’s price peaked at $3.09 on September 2, 2021, just before the Alonzo upgrade that introduced native smart contract capability to the network. The Alonzo upgrade, which was part of the Goguen development phase, included the Plutus smart contract platform and was launched on September 12, 2021. But five years later, Cardano is down 93.19% from its $ATH of $3.09, with the market divided over whether $ADA can reclaim it. While $ADA has seen price increases since then, none has been strong enough to challenge the $3.09 record. At the time of writing, Cardano was trading at $0.21; it might…

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