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Ethereum Staking Rewards Steal Limelight From Bitcoin ETFs

In Bitcoin ETF news, Ethereum Staking products are drawing significant attention away from BTC, having become an important feature in crypto exchange-traded products that allow investors to seek blockchain rewards through a brokerage account rather than managing the process directly. 21Shares describes staking as locking up an amount of an asset to verify transactions on …

XRP Ripple Ledger Gets Busier Without Attracting New Users

XRP Ripple on-chain activity jumped sharply in August, while the token sits near $1.43, up +42% over the past seven days, according to CoinGecko data. Average daily active addresses on the XRP Ledger rose +35% month over month to roughly 35,700, up from about 26,400 in July, while new-address creation barely moved at all. This …

Ripple Prime’s BBB Notes Actually Rely On

Ripple Prime closed an upsized $275 million private placement of senior unsecured notes, with Piper Sandler acting as lead placement agent. It is reported that there is no documented pledge of escrowed XRP or any explicit XRP-linked guarantee sitting behind these notes, despite Ripple’s XRP treasury being central to how rating agency KBRA framed the credit. …

XRP News: Ripple’s Buyback Boosts Its Valuation, Not Its Holders

In XRP news today, Ripple has agreed to buy back $750M in shares from employees and early investors, a deal that values the privately held company at roughly $50Bn, up from about $40Bn in November 2025. That makes Ripple worth nearly twice as much as stablecoin issuer Circle, even as the XRP token trades roughly …

Trump Comments Send Hyperliquid Above $72 as Options Draw Scrutiny

Hyperliquid native HYPE token jumped from around $62 to as high as $72 today in a move of more than 20%. It was all happening after President Donald Trump said regulators were working on a compliant U.S. pathway for the decentralized exchange. But the price action wasn’t the only signal worth watching as options trading …

Ripple Payments Adopted by Jeonbuk Bank for Cross-Border Transfers

Ripple has partnered with Jeonbuk Bank to deploy Ripple Payments for cross-border business remittances. This is making the lender the first regional bank in South Korea to adopt the service. Ripple also stated that the deal is its third Korean partnership this year, following agreements with KBank and Kyobo Life Insurance. The service is intended …