In Q2 2026, JPMorgan significantly increased its investments in Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs, with $355.7 million in BlackRock's Bitcoin ETF and a 338% rise in Ethereum ETF holdings. The bank also re-entered the XRP market through multiple funds and a SPAC, signaling renewed interest despite modest exposure. This institutional accumulation contrasts with short-term outflows from crypto ETFs, highlighting a strategic long-term bullish stance by JPMorgan amid market volatility. The move suggests Wall Street views Bitcoin increasingly as a competitor to gold in investment portfolios.
XRP has surpassed the $1.40 mark, signaling renewed investor interest as the XRP Ledger (XRPL) broadens its financial ecosystem beyond payments. The recent XRPL 3.4.0 upgrade introduced a lending framework supporting fixed-term, uncollateralized loan...
Saudi Arabia officially ended its participation in the mBridge project, a China-linked wholesale central bank digital currency (CBDC) initiative, after completing its proof of concept in May 2025. The project aimed to improve cross-border settlements...
Six Nobel Prize-winning economists endorsed California's Proposition 40, which proposes a one-time 5% tax on the wealth of the state's billionaires, potentially raising $100 billion. The economists highlighted that California's top 0.001% wealth grew...
Dom Kwok, co-founder of EasyA, renewed his $1,000 XRP price forecast following meetings with the White House Council of Economic Advisers and other US regulators amid stalled crypto legislation. XRP currently trades near $1.40 with a market cap of $8...
Volatility Shares has postponed the effective date for its proposed 3x XRP ETF to October 18, 2026, according to a recent regulatory filing. This filing only delays the registration statement's effectiveness and does not confirm the ETF will start tr...
