Charles Hoskinson highlighted that XRP excels in fast, low-cost cross-border payments but lacks programmability for DeFi and tokenization. He suggests that Cardano's Midnight, a privacy-focused sidechain enabling selective disclosure and regulatory compliance, could fill this gap. This infrastructure could help XRP evolve beyond payments into a more interconnected and privacy-compliant financial ecosystem, crucial for the next wave of blockchain adoption. The focus is on interoperability, tokenization, and privacy to unlock broader institutional participation.
Kalshi has launched XRP perpetual futures for U.S. traders, providing a regulated way to trade XRP price movements with leverage without holding the token directly. The cash-settled contract uses CME CF Benchmarks for pricing and has no expiration da...
XRP's price is slipping toward $1.10 after breaking key technical support, reflecting fragile market sentiment. Despite this, Ripple is advancing its RLUSD stablecoin by partnering with Water.org's Get Blue campaign to accelerate funding for clean wa...
CME Group and Nasdaq have introduced a new regulated crypto index that includes XRP, Stellar (XLM), Chainlink (LINK), Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, Cardano, and Bitcoin Cash. This index allows institutional investors to trade futures contracts settled i...
Ripple moved 50 million XRP tokens worth about $59 million to an intermediary wallet, which then distributed the tokens in batches to Binance-linked wallets. This transfer aligns with Ripple's usual On-Demand Liquidity operations rather than a direct...
On June 9, XRP spot ETFs drew $7.44 million in net inflows, surpassing Solana, Bitcoin, and Ethereum ETFs, which saw outflows. This indicates growing institutional interest in XRP investment products even as XRP's price struggles, trading near $1.11 ...
