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Ripple’s possible public listing has returned to the conversation after SBI Holdings CEO Yoshitaka Kitao gave one of the clearest long-range timelines yet from a major Ripple shareholder. Yoshitaka Kitao, the CEO and President of SBI, one of Japan’s largest financial conglomerates, made remarks that have since resonated with members of the $XRP community. Speaking about his long-term investment intentions, Kitao stated he is willing to pour in $626 million at the lower end and $1.25 billion at the upper end into Ripple when the payments technology company goes public. SBI CEO Says Ripple Needs To Go Public The question…

At this point, it’s still two firms battling for market dominance, with a few others — including the issuer tied to President Donald Trump, World Liberty Financial — fighting it out for a very distant third place. Tether’s chief rival, U.S.-based Circle, has made more of an apparent effort to pre-comply with what U.S. regulations will soon require. Meanwhile, Tether’s most recent disclosures suggest as much as a quarter of $USDT’s reserves — the stockpile meant to ensure that those redeeming their coins will always be able to — were still plugged into assets that won’t meet $GENIUS Act standards,…

Lighter is the exchange running perpetual futures inside Robinhood Wallet. It is also the clearest attempt yet to rebuild payment for order flow on a blockchain, backed by the company that made the practice famous. Most people encountering Lighter will not encounter it by name. They will open Robinhood Wallet, tap into perpetual futures, and trade. Underneath that tap is a separate company running a zero-knowledge rollup, taking half the revenue, and executing a strategy that would be familiar to anyone who followed the GameStop hearings. Lighter is not simply a venue Robinhood integrated. It is a bet that the…

$XRP Ledger Eyes Trillion-Dollar Tokenization Opportunity Amid AI and LOBSTR Expansion The $XRP Ledger (XRPL) is rapidly evolving beyond its reputation as a payments network, emerging as a blockchain purpose-built for institutional tokenization. As the market for tokenized real-world assets (RWAs) moves toward a multi-trillion-dollar future, the XRPL already offers the infrastructure financial institutions need today, not a roadmap of future upgrades. According to Trensik, a platform focused on verified RWAs on XRPL, “Tokenization needs rails, not promises.” Well, this message is weighty since it reflects a growing consensus that institutions require blockchain networks that are operational, compliant, and capable…

In brief Bitcoin is changing hands near $64,600, down about 13% over the past month and roughly 50% below its October record, with several analysts describing a market stuck in a range. Bitcoin is no longer in a trending regime, one analyst argued, moved instead by liquidation clusters and deleveraging as it awaits a catalyst. Those catalysts include a looming Clarity Act vote and U.S. inflation cooling should the Iran peace deal hold, with a near-term risk in the form of Friday’s $10.9 billion option expiry. Bitcoin is grinding sideways, and the analysts watching it largely agree on the problem:…

Decentralized exchange (DEX) aggregator 1inch opened Aqua, its shared liquidity protocol, to users across 13 Ethereum Virtual Machine-compatible chains. Aqua lets liquidity providers use the same wallet balance across multiple positions instead of splitting their assets among separate pools, with tokens remaining in the provider’s wallet until a matching swap executes. The protocol allows “tokens to stay in your wallet, under your control, while one balance backs multiple positions across different strategies rather than being split between smart contract deposits,” 1inch co-founder Sergej Kunz told CoinDesk. A $100,000 balance could support three positions quoting a combined $300,000, according to 1inch.…

Amid a wave of selling pressure across the crypto market, Tether Gold is gaining attention due to observations made by prominent analyst Willy Woo. In his recent tweet, Woo pointed out that a whale buyer of Tether Gold may be offering hidden insights into movements in gold prices. This commentary highlights the relevance of large wallet activities in potentially shaping market trends. The Latest The broader crypto market is currently displaying mixed signals, which adds to the intrigue surrounding Tether Gold. Woo’s tweet, which has garnered over 1,000 likes and 100 retweets, emphasizes that significant movements in Tether Gold’s treasury…

Cardano is getting attention again, but not the kind holders usually want. $ADA fell to around $0.16 on Thursday, down nearly 30% over the past seven days and more than 75% over the past year, CoinDesk data show. The token briefly traded below $0.16, its lowest level since December 2020, extending a drawdown that has turned Cardano from one of crypto’s largest retail communities into one of the market’s clearest stress cases. The latest selling followed comments from founder Charles Hoskinson, who said he was “taking a break” after warning that Cardano could face a “wave of failures” across its…

Rep. Nancy Mace is renewing her push to change how Americans’ cryptocurrency wealth is treated in mortgage applications. In her July 19 post on Elon Musk’s X social media network, Mace argued that owning cryptocurrency should not prevent Americans from achieving homeownership. She has once again promoted her American Homeowner Crypto Modernization Act, which would require federal housing agencies to modernize their mortgage underwriting rules. “Owning crypto should not disqualify you from owning a home,” Mace wrote. “The American Dream is homeownership. Washington keeps making it harder to get there. Hardworking Americans who have built real wealth through cryptocurrency cannot…

Venezuela’s $USDT trading has hit $1.4B on Binance P2P for the first time. According to Alejandro Grisanti, director at analytical firm Ecoanalítica, the volume was hit between mid-June and mid-July, averaging $44M per day. For Grisanti, this P2P volume rivaled foreign exchange and Venezuela’s oil exports. To put the figure in perspective: it equals 88% of all foreign exchange sales carried out by the BCV during June. It represents around 75% of the value of Venezuela’s monthly oil exports. BCV is the central bank of Venezuela, and the sheer size of $USDT volume underscored the limitations with traditional systems, added…