The XRP Ledger is considering two key amendments, XLS-65 and XLS-66, which would introduce Single Asset Vaults and lending protocols to enable on-chain institutional credit. Currently, support from validators is around 34-37%, far below the 80% needed for activation. These features aim to allow pooled assets to finance uncollateralized loans with credit assessments done off-chain, expanding XRP's use beyond transaction fees to potentially earning returns through lending. Meanwhile, institutional interest in XRP is strong, highlighted by significant inflows into XRP ETFs, but the lending infrastructure still requires broader validator consensus before going live.
Lawyer Bill Morgan criticized Ripple's XRP escrow practice, arguing that instead of returning unused monthly token releases to escrow, Ripple could have distributed them. Ripple set up 55 billion XRP in 55 contracts in December 2017, each holding 1 b...
Crypto commentator Zach Rector suggests that current complaints about XRP's price could be a contrarian indicator, meaning frustration might precede a price increase. XRP was noted at $1.25 as of Nov. 2 in a daily price table, but this is not a trade...
In the past 24 hours, Bitcoin (BTC) and Solana (SOL) experienced net inflows of $52.31 million and $34.23 million respectively, indicating increased investor interest. Meanwhile, Ethereum (ETH) saw the largest net outflow of $39.61 million, suggestin...
Dogecoin (DOGE) saw the largest 24-hour increase in futures open interest, rising 2.43% to $197.2 million, with a high funding rate of 0.0100% per eight hours, indicating strong long position dominance at 71.6%. In contrast, Bitcoin and Ether experie...
In October, the RLUSD stablecoin supply on the XRP Ledger sharply declined by $284 million, dropping about 28.7% to 707 million tokens. This reduction was due to large transactions returning RLUSD to its issuer, though the exact reasons remain unclea...
