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Large financial institutions are increasing their exposure to $XRP through investment products as the token’s supply on cryptocurrency exchanges continues to decline. At the same time, Ripple is expanding its payment infrastructure and preparing major upgrades to the $XRP Ledger aimed at institutional users. Intesa Sanpaolo Discloses $XRP ETF Investment Italy’s largest bank, Intesa Sanpaolo, has disclosed ownership of 712,000 shares of the Grayscale $XRP Trust in its latest SEC Form 13F filing. Based on current market prices, the investment is worth around $18 million. The filing also shows the bank holds nearly $235 million in crypto-related investments, with $XRP…

The Digital Asset Market Clarity Act (H.R. 3633) a major U.S. digital asset legislative proposal that divides regulatory power between the SEC and CFTC, while sparking intense debates over privacy, developer liability, and anti-money laundering (AML) enforcement has been effectively shelved in the U.S. Senate ahead of the August recess, until September delayed by a crowded legislative agenda, alongside opposition from a bloc of Democratic senators over ethics terms. Senate Republicans released an updated 616-page text of the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act (H.R. 3633), which merges Senate Banking and Agriculture Committees’ texts into a single framework. [A bill text…

PowerCompute, a Bitcoin miner expanding into high-performance computing, disclosed that its US Digital subsidiary borrowed about $18.07 million from Arch Lending under two bridge notes signed July 27. The notes had a listed July 31 maturity, four days after signing, and permitted payment until 5 p.m. ET on Aug. 1. The proceeds were intended to fund repayment in full of Galaxy Digital and Liebel debt while PowerCompute finalized an anticipated Bitcoin-secured term facility. The disclosure landed on the listed maturity date with the term facility’s documents still being finalized. As of press time, PowerCompute’s live SEC submissions feed showed no…

Cottonia, an Artificial Intelligence (AI) focused Web3 project, is pleased to announce its strategic partnership with Cyper, a privacy-first Web3 social platform. This partnership is aimed at building smarter, advanced, privacy-first Web3 experiences for all users. Both platforms are experts in providing their services to users. 💥New Partnership💥@CottoniaAI 🤝 @web3_cyperchat#Cyper is a privacy-first Web3 social platform for anonymous, self-sovereign interactions with messaging, wallets, streaming & DApps. 🔐Together, we unlock new possibilities at the intersection of AI x Web3. 🚀#Web3 #AI pic.twitter.com/BvnKzfsu09 — Cottonia (@CottoniaAI) August 2, 2026 This integration is going to explore AI-powered features for Web3 social platforms and…

In a discussion with Coinpedia, crypto analyst Kripto Holder shared his latest assessment of Bitcoin, arguing that the market is currently going through a phase of liquidity gathering and leverage reduction rather than a clear accumulation period. According to the analyst, the $65,000–$66,000 region should be viewed as an area where excess leverage is being flushed from the market. While Bitcoin holding above $65,000 as Open Interest declines is a constructive development, weak Spot CVD and a negative Coinbase Premium continue to point to a lack of strong spot buying activity. “Bitcoin is currently telling me: the market is clearing,…

Crypto brokerage infrastructure firm Alpaca raised $135 million to expand the rails used by exchanges and tokenization platforms to offer U.S. stocks onchain. Peak XV led Alpaca’s equity round, with participation from Elefund, BNP Paribas’ Opera Tech Ventures and Unbound, according to an announcement on Thursday. The raise follows a $150 million Series D in January that valued the company at $1.15 billion. Debt financing, primarily from Kraken parent Payward and BMO, brought the total package to $435 million. Alpaca clears or custodies roughly 94% of tokenized U.S. equities, including products connected to market leaders Binance, Ondo and Dinari. The…

A scam attempt involving a fake Ripple announcement has emerged on social media, with $XRP Ledger Foundation director of community Hussein Zangana (Vet) issuing a warning along these lines. An $XRP-focused X account, ‘BankXRP,’ called attention to a fake X post that claimed Ripple was launching “$XRP Holder Tiers” and directing users to a fraudulent website to claim $XRP badges. 💯 its a scam! Stay vigilant folks — Vet (@Vet_X0) July 31, 2026 A fake Ripple X account was used to share the announcement that Ripple was introducing $XRP holder tiers. To lure unsuspecting victims, it claimed that the holder…

Japan’s financial regulators placed Shiba Inu ($SHIB) on the same approved asset list as Bitcoin and Ethereum because the memecoin passed the Japan Virtual and Crypto Assets Exchange Association’s (JVCEA) Green List screening, a compliance check covering transparency, liquidity, and exchange listings. The move made $SHIB the first memecoin from a G7 country’s regulator to receive this level of recognition, putting it under the same regulatory track as roughly 105 other digital assets now moving through Japan’s financial reforms. What Is Japan’s Green List? The Green List is a whitelist run by the JVCEA, the self-regulatory body that oversees Japan’s…

The Friction of Foreign-Exchange Overhead For decades, the global financial plumbing that powers international commerce has operated on an increasingly outdated model. Correspondent banking networks, pre-funded Nostro and Vostro accounts, and structural time-zone mismatches impose a heavy toll on global trade. The model forces enterprises to contend with multiday settlement delays, restrictive banking hours, and significant foreign-exchange slippage. In Asia, these legacy inefficiencies amount to a multibillion-dollar tax on working capital. While U.S. dollar–pegged stablecoins such as $USDT and $USDC have demonstrated proof of concept for digital asset settlement, they solve only part of the puzzle. Global trade finance may…

Base’s recent tweet highlights a significant momentum shift within its ecosystem, announcing 25 new projects launched throughout July. This expansion showcases the platform’s commitment to enhancing decentralized finance (DeFi) use cases. As the ecosystem grows, it may attract more users and developers, driving further innovation and adoption. For more details, check the original announcement here. The Story So Far The Base ecosystem, an Ethereum layer-2 platform, has made waves by introducing various projects this July. Among these are the Morpho Midnight lending protocol, which enables users to lend and borrow at fixed rates, and the B20 launchpad, which simplifies token…