Japanese financial giant SBI Holdings values its Ripple investment at about 6.6 trillion yen ($45 billion) despite recent XRP price weakness, attributing the lull to uncertainty around the delayed US CLARITY Act. SBI's first-quarter earnings showed record profits, driven by strong performance in its private equity business, including crypto investments. While SBI's crypto segment faced some losses due to market conditions, the company remains confident, expanding crypto services and planning to complete its acquisition of Bitbank. SBI continues to back Ripple as a key partner in blockchain payment solutions across Asia-Pacific.
Ripple's Product Lead Jazzi Cooper announced a major XRP Ledger upgrade (xrpld 3.3.0) featuring five key amendments aimed at enhancing scalability, security, and regulatory compliance. These changes include private balances with zero disclosure, role...
Bitcoin ETFs attracted $233.13 million in inflows, driven mainly by Blackrock's IBIT fund with $183.38 million, marking a two-day recovery after prior outflows. Ether and XRP ETFs also posted gains, with XRP assets reaching $1 billion, indicating bro...
XRP withdrawal transactions on Binance and all centralized exchanges surged to their highest levels in over five years, coinciding with the token's price retesting a crucial multi-year support range around $1 to $1.05. This spike in withdrawals and d...
XRP exchange-traded funds (ETFs) have surpassed $1.5 billion in inflows, reflecting strong institutional demand and growing confidence in XRP as a mainstream digital asset. Alongside this, investors are increasingly exploring EX DeFi platforms that o...
A proposed six-part upgrade to the XRP Ledger aims to overcome major barriers limiting institutional adoption of public blockchains by introducing confidential transfers that hide transaction amounts while ensuring legitimacy. The upgrade package als...
