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XRP Whales Boost Coin Stash by Over 6% to 46.4B in Two Months, Blockchain Data Shows

Large investors have persisted in accumulating coins even as the cryptocurrency has shown a lack of clear directional bias over the past two months.

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Markets

Ripple CEO Confident of XRP Being Included in U.S. Strategic Reserve, Says IPO Is 'Possible'

XRP has recently climbed 11% to over $2.51, becoming the third-largest token by market capitalization behind bitcoin and ether

Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse speaking at the DC Blockchain Summit 2019.

Markets

Bitcoin Reclaims $85K Following Fed and Stocks Rose, but One Analyst Suggests Caution

Gold continues to be the star of the cycle, jumping to a new record above $3,050 per ounce.

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Markets

First Solana Futures ETF to Hit Markets This Week

The products are a significant step forward for the approval of a spot Solana ETF.

Markets

Fed Holds Rates Steady, Cuts Growth Outlook, Raises Inflation Forecast

The U.S. central bank continues to expect the fed funds rate to end 2025 at 3.9%, or roughly two rate cuts by year-end.

U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Tech

The Protocol: Meet Hoodi, Ethereum’s New Testnet

Also: Microsoft Raises Alarm of Malware Targeting Crypto Wallets; Halliday Raises $20M for AI Protocol; Sam Altman's World and Razer Want to Defeat Gaming's Bot Problem.

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Finance

Dubai Starts Real Estate Tokenization Pilot, Forecasts $16B Market by 2033

The Dubai Land Department's initiative aims to expand access and transparency for property investments using blockchain rails.

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Finance

Wallet Infrastructure Provider Privy Raises $15M to Develop Crypto Onboarding Rails

The company said the investment takes its total funding to over $40 million

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Tech

Elon Musk’s AI Start-Up and Nvidia Join Microsoft, BlackRock, MGX AI Fund

The vehicle, which was created in September of last year, aims to raise $30 billion in funding.

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Markets

What’s the Impact of CoreWeave’s IPO on Core Scientific? Analysts Debate

Whatever is good for CoreWeave is probably good for Core Scientific, but the IPO might not be the most important recent development.

Core Scientific facility in North Carolina. (Core Scientific)

CoinDesk Indices

The Evolution of Structured Crypto Products

As the institutional demand for such products grows, several trends in adoption are becoming clearer.

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Tech

Ethereum to Sunset ‘Holesky’ Testnet in September

The deprecation plan comes after Holesky fell offline due to a faulty test of Ethereum’s upcoming Pectra update.

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CoinDesk Indices

It’s Time to Reform the Accredited Investor Rule

The shift to private-market fundraising shuts 80% of American households out of startup investing. That has to change, argue Aaron Brogan and Matt Homer.

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What Banks Should Consider Before Diving Back Into Digital Assets

What we are seeing now is renewed interest in digital assets from banks across the board — from credit unions and community banks to midsize and regional players to Wall Street giants.

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Markets

XRP Zooms 10% as Garlinghouse Says SEC Is Dropping Case Against Ripple

Earlier reports said that the long-standing legal battle between Ripple and the agency is nearing its end.

Brad Garlinghouse, the CEO of Ripple Labs (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

CoinDesk Indices

CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: Index Rises 3.4% as All Assets Trade Higher

Near Protocol (NEAR) jumps 7.3% and Aave (AAVE) gains 6.1%, leading index higher.

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