The launch enhances XRP's DeFi capabilities, potentially increasing its adoption and liquidity across decentralized finance platforms.
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Flare has listed FXRP on Hyperliquid, marking the first time XRP spot exposure is available on the platform.
The Senate is approaching a potential markup that may advance crypto legislation to a vote, and industry insiders are amassing for a lobbying push this week.
Solana saw $1.4 billion in REV, a controversial measure of user-generated value, while driving down average network fees.
A prominent crypto commentator known as Mason Versluis has issued a notable warning for XRP investors, pointing out that parts of the discussion around XRP to lofty price targets as high as $10,000 have drifted far away from reality and risk misleading investors. Pundit Pushes Back Against $10,000 XRP Predictions Bullish price predictions around XRP have been arriving at an unusually fast pace in recent months, especially as spot exchange-traded funds and institutional participation are now a major part of investor conversations. Related Reading: The Great XRP Exodus: Here’s How Much Is Left On Crypto Exchanges Social media platforms are now filled with increasingly high targets, ranging from triple-digit valuations to extreme calls for four-figure and even five-figure prices at $10,000. Just a few years ago, you would not have believed such XRP price predictions would be as rampant as this. In a recent video clip circulating across the crypto community, Mason Versluis delivered an unusually blunt assessment of the $10,000 predictions for the altcoin. He dismissed the figure outright, noting that such price targets should not even be part of current conversations. According to Versluis, anyone aggressively promoting those numbers is doing investors a disservice and misleading them. His argument is based on the fact that XRP has yet to demonstrate the ability to break above far lower price levels, making five-digit projections detached from present conditions. A closer look at XRP’s circulating supply explains why the $10,000 prediction raises doubts. XRP currently has a circulating supply of about 66 billion tokens with a market cap of $141.9 billion. Therefore, calculations based on the current circulating supply would imply a market cap of roughly $660 trillion if the altcoin reaches $10,000, which is far greater than the current top 100 assets by market cap combined. To put this in context, gold currently has a market cap of about $31 trillion. The most realistic way that the token might reach $10,000 is for the circulating supply to decrease significantly. Bullish Bias Exists, But Built Around Progression According to Versias, XRP reaching $10,000 is not outright impossible. However, the world has only seen roughly 2% of the changes that would be required for XRP to approach a $10,000 valuation. Related Reading: Here’s How Much The XRP Price Will Be If It Overtakes Ethereum In Market Cap XRP has not even reached $10, let alone maintained it. In order for any outstanding price levels to become a reality, XRP would first need to break above double digits $10, and hold above. From here, discussions about $50, $100, or higher only become meaningful after XRP proves strength at each preceding level. Despite the criticism, Versluis made it clear that his outlook on XRP is not bearish. He acknowledged that his stance has grown increasingly optimistic due to developments such as ETF momentum, DeFi activity, and institutional engagement surrounding XRP and the XRP ledger, continuing to improve. Featured image from Adobe Stock, chart from Tradingview.com
The move comes amid a rapid period of growth for the now-dominant onchain perps platform Lighter, including its native LIT token launch.
Ethereum was not created to make finance efficient or apps convenient. It was designed to set people free. That line from the Trustless Manifesto drew criticism when it was published, and Vitalik Buterin repeated it on Jan. 5. The argument: Ethereum's mission differs fundamentally from the efficiency game DeFi protocols compete in. The goal is […]
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PancakeSwap surpassed Uniswap in daily and weekly trading volume on Base, ranking second behind Aerodrome as Base hits $4.8B in TVL.
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Ethereum's staking queues flipped as exits fell to zero and institutional inflows pushed entry demand to its highest level since November.
Lighter previously said it would allocate its revenues between growth initiatives and token buybacks, depending on market conditions.
It started, like these Polymarket “insider trading” stories usually do, with a screenshot and a smell test. A brand-new Polymarket account rolled in, threw roughly $30,000 at a long-shot outcome tied to Venezuela’s leadership, and walked away with about $400,000 in profit. U.S. forces captured Nicolás Maduro and moved him into U.S. custody ahead of […]
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JupUSD is an Ethena whitelabel stablecoin backed primarily by BlackRock's tokenized USD Institutional Digital Liquidity Fund.
Crypto VCs told The Block they expect disciplined activity to persist in 2026, with a higher bar for new investments.
Washington is about to take a serious swing at crypto’s most stubborn problem: who, exactly, is supposed to police the market when a token trades like a commodity, is sold like a security, and moves through software that insists it isn’t a company at all. The Digital Asset Market Clarity Act of 2025 (better known […]
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The bill would bar federal employees from trading prediction market contracts tied to government policy when they possess material non-public information.
Aave founder Stani Kulechov says Aave Labs may share non-protocol revenue with AAVE token holders amid governance debate.
The battle for leadership in the DeFi space is becoming increasingly clear as two major contenders trade very differently heading into 2026. Chainlink price and HYPE have both delivered strong performances over the past year, but recent price action suggests the balance may be shifting again. HYPE price dominated much of 2025, briefly flipping LINK …
Crypto thefts topped $2.2 billion in 2025, on par with last year’s total, as attackers exploited a range of blockchain vulnerabilities.
2025 delivered at least four distinct “crypto is dead” episodes: a January AI-induced flash crash, the October tariff liquidation that erased $19 billion in leveraged positions, months of altcoin carnage, and a fourth quarter slump that wiped out the year's price gains. Mainstream outlets dusted off “crypto winter” language each time. Bitcoin logged more obituaries […]
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Jupiter's V3 mobile terminal could revolutionize decentralized trading by reducing costs and enhancing user experience, potentially increasing adoption.
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Ethereum spent 2025 overhauling leadership, expanding a privacy roadmap, and starting its bi-annual hard-fork cycle with Pectra and Fusaka.
Loan settlements on Flow have been paused, freezing both repayments and defaults as ecosystem disruptions persist.
The lawsuit claimed Mark Cuban misrepresented Voyager multiple times prior to its filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
In addition to a rising number of “private key/seed leaks," pcaversaccio pointed to "a concerning increase in physical attacks" in 2025.
The move represents Trump Media's latest partnership with Crypto.com, including a series of crypto-related ETFs and a predictions market.
This year’s defining security event was not a sophisticated DeFi exploit or a novel protocol failure, but the $1.46 billion theft from Bybit, a top-tier centralized exchange. That single event, attributed to sophisticated state-sponsored actors, rewrote the narrative of the year. It proved that while the frequency of attacks has dropped, the severity of the […]
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U.S. spot crypto ETF flows, stablecoin supply, prediction markets, perp DEX activity, and the DAT craze were among the data trends of 2025.
Lighter's surge in trading volume and LIT token launch could reshape the competitive landscape of decentralized perpetual futures trading.
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VOOI's adoption of Chainlink's CCT standard could enhance cross-chain interoperability, potentially boosting user adoption and ecosystem growth.
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The LIT token supply is split evenly between the ecosystem and team/investors, with a portion airdropped to early participants.