XRP Ledger 'Ghost Chain' Debate Erupts
Bots and Spam Dominate XRPL Activity A new report from blockchain analytics firm Bitquery has reignited questions about the true nature of activity on the XRP Ledger ($XRP). Bitquery found th
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Jim Cramer Calls 30-Year Treasury ‘King’ as 5.3% Yield Challenges Stocks
Jim Cramer says investors should pay more attention to the 30-year U.S. Treasury than individual company fundamentals as long-term borrowing costs climb to levels high enough to compete direc
Bitcoin News Today: BTC $400K Target by 2030 and First Staking Bond
Bitcoin News Today: ETF Outflows and Staking Bond Shape BTC Outlook Bitcoin News today centers on two major updates: a big price target by 2030 and the launch of the first BTC-based stacking
Serving 25 Years, SBF Takes His Last Shot at the Supreme Court
Sam Bankman-Fried, aka SBF, doesn’t have many doors left to knock on. The one he has just chosen leads to the American Supreme Court. Sentenced to 25 years in prison after FTX’s bankruptcy, t
XRP Ledger Records Substantial XRP Increase Despite Declining Market Liquidity
TL;DR Payment Volume: XRP Ledger payment activity jumped 26% to 462.9 million XRP, driven by larger transfers rather than broad user growth. Market Momentum: XRP’s price cooled to $1.34 after
Ripple Makes a Quiet but Significant Move: What Does It Mean for XRP? Here Are the Details
Blockchain and financial technology company Ripple announced that it has significantly expanded the scope of GSmart, the AI capabilities within its enterprise treasury management platform, Ri
3 Altcoins to Accumulate in Q4: LINK, SUI, XLM
Institutional tokenization could strengthen demand for Chainlink’s oracle and blockchain infrastructure. Smaller market capitalization gives SUI greater potential upside during a strong Layer
Trading stocks against BONER is the latest trend for DeFi degens
The HIMS token is designed to track shares of the teleheath company Hims & Hers, which trade on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). On Robinhood Chain, traders can buy and sell the tokenized
Blockstream Refuses Liquid Ransom, Calls It Theft
Blockstream refused to pay a ransom for the roughly 598 BTC still held after the Liquid Network exploit. The company called the holdout theft, not white-hat security work. The attackers wante
Strategy Has a New Argument Against Its Junk Rating
Strategy, the largest publicly traded Bitcoin treasury company, is building a formal case to escape its junk credit rating from S&P Global, pointing to a dramatic improvement in its balance s
What Happened In Crypto Market Today: September 11 Crypto News
What Happened in Crypto Market Today: What Made BTC, ETH, XRP Drop? The global crypto market cap sits at $2.72 trillion today, down 0.9%. Bitcoin, Ethereum, and XRP are all in the red. So wha
US CPI Stays at 3.4% as Gasoline Jumps but Core Inflation Falls to 2.4%
U.S. inflation remained at 3.4% in August, but the headline number concealed a widening divide between rising energy costs and cooling underlying price pressures. The Consumer Price Index inc