Jay Clayton, former SEC chairman who sued Ripple for $1.3 billion on his last day in office, has been appointed as the US Director of National Intelligence (DNI). His new role does not influence SEC or crypto regulations, including Ripple's case. Bill Pulte, who served as acting DNI while also leading the Federal Housing Finance Agency, has returned full-time to housing finance after cutting ODNI staff by about 30%. XRP's price showed little reaction, remaining down 64% over the past year. Clayton's appointment marks his permanent exit from finance to intelligence work.
Ripple executed its monthly XRP escrow routine on August 1, 2026, releasing 1 billion XRP in three parts but simultaneously locking 700 million XRP back into escrow. This move reduced the fresh XRP supply to 300 million, potentially preventing the us...
The U.S. Senate may soon hold a procedural vote on the CLARITY Act, a bill aimed at providing clear regulatory guidelines for cryptocurrencies. This development is significant for XRP, which has faced regulatory uncertainty in the U.S. despite Ripple...
Ripple executed its scheduled August escrow release, unlocking 1 billion XRP valued at around $1.08 billion in three transactions. This release is part of Ripple's monthly supply management program initiated in 2017, where up to 1 billion XRP is unlo...
Japan's Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama and the US Treasury are actively coordinating interventions to slow the yen's decline, which has reached a 40-year low near 160-162 per dollar. Japan has spent about $63.5 billion on past yen interventions an...
On July 31, the XRP Ledger faced a strain on its peer-to-peer infrastructure due to a flood of validator manifests, which are data packets connecting validator identities to signing keys. Despite this, the network continued processing transactions an...
