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Built differently: the XRP Ledger destroys a small amount of XRP with every transaction and pays no block rewards to validators.

XRP may be the native fuel for a “global decentralized clearing house” due to the deliberately narrow, security‑first XRP Ledger design.

An early Hedera Hashgraph backer is doubling down on their $1 HBAR thesis despite the “terrible” recent price action driven by aggressive unlocks.

Hedera’s upcoming April 15 mainnet upgrade to version 0.72 is less about hype & all about hard infrastructure.

The Digital Asset Market Clarity Act could shape XRP’s future precisely because it's already embedded in real-world payments & tokenization.

Analyst: the 63% XRP drawdown in a cyclical bear market is “absolutely bogus” as a reason to call capitulation, noting such moves are routine

Japanese banks completed a live cross-border pilot showing that XRP as a bridge asset cuts costs by 60% compared to traditional SWIFT.

Coinbase just secured conditional approval for a national trust company charter in USA, allowing it to operate a federally supervised services.

HBAR may be setting up a structural supply squeeze even as macro uncertainty & geopolitical tensions weigh on prices.

1,100 corporate clients of Ripple’s recently acquired treasury firm, including Coca‑Cola & American Airlines, are exploring on-chain rails.

Institutional value accrues mostly to stablecoins, while XRP remains “structurally sidelined”, raising questions about the long-term case.

State Street’s ISO 20022 overhaul & expanding tokenization platform highlight how one of the world’s largest custodians is wiring TradFi into public blockchains.

As US sanctions lose their bite & traditional alliances fray, neutral & trust-less payment rails will become main infrastructure.

In parliamentary testimony, a senior official outlined a regime under which “systemic” coins would hold at least 40% of reserves in central bank accounts.

Institutional money may already be using the XRP Ledger as real financial infrastructure, not just speculating on XRP.

As Bitcoin pushes above $71,000, capital is clustering into a few clear narratives rather than a broad altcoin mania.

Stellar’s on-chain economy is exploding even as its XLM coin trades like a laggard, according to fresh independent analysis.

Iran accepts stablecoins & other crypto for oil transit through the Strait of Hormuz: an early crack in the petrodollar system?

SWIFT’s quiet roll-out of blockchain-based payment rails may prove more consequential for XRP than any recent price move.

Pointing to U.S.–Iran tensions, this analyst examines carefully timed Trump announcements & market cap dip of roughly 50% before a bounce.