Coinbase has officially lodged a request with the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to launch XRP futures. The XRP futures contract is expected to go live on April 21, 2025, pending regulatory clearance. Coinbase’s Latest Offering “We’re excited to announce that Coinbase Derivatives has filed with the CFTC to self-certify XRP futures,” the company...Read More
Last week, digital asset investment products attracted $226 million in inflows. CoinShares stated that the figures indicated a cautiously optimistic investor sentiment. After experiencing the largest outflows on record, ETPs have now seen nine consecutive days of inflows, with the exception of Friday, which saw a small outflow of $74 million. This was likely in...Read More
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is reportedly considering classifying XRP as a commodity rather than a security. This discussion is said to have emerged amid ongoing settlement negotiations between the agency and Ripple Labs, potentially signaling a shift in its regulatory stance. SEC Weighs XRP’s Commodity Status According to insiders cited by senior...Read More
One of the world’s largest asset managers, Franklin Templeton, is planning to launch an ETF that will track the spot price of the Ripple cross-border payment token XRP. The firm made a preliminary prospectus filing for the product with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 11. The filing is the latest in a slew...Read More
For the third week in a row, digital asset investment products have seen investors pull out funds. This past week alone marked a historic $2.9 billion in outflows which pushed the cumulative figure to $3.8 billion over three weeks. CoinShares stated that this reversal is likely influenced by the recent security incident at Bybit, hawkish...Read More
Crypto traders are showing peak confidence in buying the latest market dip, but Santiment data suggests this optimism may be a prelude to more price drops. According to the on-chain analytics platform, discussions about “buying the dip” have reached their highest level in seven months, driven by Bitcoin’s plunge below $80,000. Looking for a True...Read More
The cryptocurrency market is facing intense fear, uncertainty, and doubt (FUD), with sentiment around several top assets at extreme bearish levels. Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), Ripple (XRP), and Solana (SOL) have all suffered significant declines, pushing traders into panic mode, but history suggests a potential bottom may be near. Market Sentiment Hits Rock Bottom According...Read More
Investors pulled $508 million from digital asset investment products last week, pushing two-week outflows to $924 million. This reversal comes after an 18-week period of inflows totaling $29 billion. CoinShares attributed the decline to market caution following the US Presidential inauguration, with concerns over trade tariffs, inflation, and monetary policies unsettling investors. The period also...Read More
Bloomberg ETF analysts James Seyffart and Eric Balchunas have released their latest approval odds for spot altcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in 2025, with Litecoin emerging as the strongest contender. Seyffart believes that the Litecoin ETF has the highest probability of approval since the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) does not classify it as a...Read More
Ethereum took center stage last week as its price dumped toward $2,100, sparking a surge in investor interest. The leading altcoin saw substantial buying during the dip, which resulted in impressive inflows of $793 million. This was the first time in 2025 that Ethereum surpassed Bitcoin in terms of capital inflows. According to the latest...Read More
On Feb. 5, Ripple chief technology officer David Schwartz reported that the network is now recovering before adding, “We don’t know exactly what caused the issue yet.” The XRP Ledger (XRPL) experienced a rare one-hour outage late on Feb 4 when block production stopped at ledger height 93927173. However, the network recovered on its own...Read More
Investment in digital asset products saw total inflows of $527 million last week. However, intraweek flows revealed fluctuating investor sentiment, largely driven by broader market concerns, including the DeepSeek news, which led to $530 million in outflows on Monday. Despite this initial decline, the market recovered with over $1 billion in inflows later in the...Read More
Grayscale has applied to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to change its XRP Trust into an exchange-traded fund (ETF) on NYSE Arca. According to a filing lodged with the regulatory agency, the XRP Trust is among the largest investment instruments anchored to Ripple’s native token, with more than $16 million in assets under...Read More
Better Markets, a non-profit advocating for financial reform, has filed an Amicus brief supporting the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in its ongoing legal battle with Ripple Labs. The organization argues that a prior decision by the District Court for the Southern District of New York undermines investor protections. Ripple’s Victory Under Scrutiny In...Read More
Ripple has stepped forward to aid victims of the California wildfire tragedy, donating $100,000 in its native XRP token. The contribution, made through The Giving Block, will support on-the-ground relief efforts by nonprofit organizations World Central Kitchen (WCK) and GiveDirectly. Crypto Community Joins the Fight Against Wildfires Ripple announced the contribution in a January 14...Read More
Last week saw $308 million in inflows into digital asset investment products, although this was overshadowed by a major outflow of $576 million on December 19th. The last two days of the week saw total outflows of $1 billion. The recent price declines led to a $17.7 billion drop in the total assets under management...Read More
The stablecoin market has experienced remarkable growth in 2024, driven by rising cryptocurrency adoption and a surge in institutional participation. All eyes are now on Ripple’s newly approved stablecoin, Ripple USD, a.k.a. RLUSD. But Ripple’s Chief Technology Officer, David Schwartz, addressed concerns over potential price anomalies for the asset as it prepares to launch. Speculative...Read More
In a historic week for digital assets, investment products saw their largest weekly inflows ever, amounting to $3.85 billion, surpassing the previous record set just a few weeks earlier. This spike has driven total year-to-date inflows to $41 billion, while assets under management have surged to a new record of $165 billion, far outpacing the...Read More
On December 3, South Korea witnessed a historic surge in cryptocurrency trading as the nation dealt with the declaration of martial law. Trading volumes in the Korean virtual asset market skyrocketed to approximately $34.6 billion within 24 hours, marking the highest recorded level of the year. XRP Drives Record Trading Volume According to local reports...Read More
Bitcoin experienced outflows of $457 million in the past week, marking the first significant withdrawals since early September. CoinShares interpreted this figure as profit-taking after BTC tested the key psychological level of $100k. Short-Bitcoin products saw a modest inflow of $0.5 million during the past week. On the other hand, altcoins mostly attracted inflows, including...Read More
XRP has climbed to the third spot among cryptocurrencies by market cap, overtaking the world’s largest stablecoin Tether (USDT) as well as the “Ethereum Killer” Solana (SOL). Data from CoinMarketCap reveals that XRP’s capitalization has surged past $1350 billion, leaving only Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) ahead in the rankings. Over the past seven days,...Read More
Ripple has announced teaming up with Archax, a UK-based FCA-regulated digital asset exchange, to launch a tokenized money market fund on the XRP Ledger (XRPL). The fund, managed by UK asset manager abrdn, is part of its £3.8 billion US Dollar Liquidity Fund (Lux). This move marks the first instance of a tokenized money market...Read More
WisdomTree Funds filed registration paperwork in Delaware on November 25, taking a step toward launching an XRP exchange-traded fund (ETF). The development was first reported by Fox Business journalist Eleanor Terrett, who shared confirmation from the asset management firm about the legitimacy of the filing through a social media post. WisdomTree’s Filing This filing marks...Read More
Crypto may soon witness a significant expansion in exchange-traded fund (ETF) offerings. Industry expert Nate Geraci has forecasted a potential uptick in spot crypto ETF filings this week involving major digital assets such as Ripple (XRP), Solana (SOL), and Cardano (ADA). A Strategic Moment for Issuers In a November 11 post on X, the ETF...Read More
The United States Court of Appeal for the Second Circuit has ordered the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to file its principal appeal brief against Ripple Labs before January 15, 2025. This comes after the agency requested a deadline extension until the said date. No More Delays Initially, the SEC missed its submission deadline...Read More
Ripple chief executive Brad Garlinghouse has spoken out about the impacts of a change in administration on the US crypto industry. In an interview with Bloomberg on Oct. 23, he said that Joe Biden’s approach to regulating the crypto industry is coming to an end, and no matter what happens in the presidential election, “we’ll...Read More
After much confusion and speculation, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has filed an appeal in its ongoing legal spat with Ripple Labs. The appeal is challenging parts of Judge Analisa Torres’ 2023 summary judgment, which found that Ripple’s sales of its XRP token to retail investors on crypto exchanges did not break U.S. securities...Read More
Grayscale Investments has filed a request with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to convert its mixed-crypto fund into an exchange-traded fund (ETF). This development comes as Canary Capital makes plans for a spot Litecoin ETF. Grayscale’s New ETF Currently trading over the counter, Grayscale’s Digital Large Cap Fund (GDLC) has $524 million in...Read More
With just over 20 days until the US presidential election, the race is heading into its decisive phase, and the stakes are high for the crypto industry. Over the past few days, prediction markets have flipped, placing higher odds on Republican and pro-crypto advocate Donald Trump securing a win compared to his Democratic competitor, Vice...Read More
Bitnomial has filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and its five commissioners, accusing the agency of overextending its jurisdiction. The company’s case disputes the SEC’s classification of XRP as a security, which the agency claims qualifies as an investment contract under the Securities Exchange Act. The Case Details The Chicago-based...Read More
