Over the last few months, we have been talking about how adoption around crypto is just getting started. It's heating up. I feel as if 2025 is the year where crypto started to get taken serious.It's been put on center stage. Um the biggest players out there, the biggest politicians, the biggest companies, asset management companies, Wall Street players, they're all talking about crypto. I mean, at this point, I really don't even think that, you know, crypto is that niche market anymore. I don't think it is, ...

Crypto vs Banks - Crypto is perceived as "bullying" traditional banks by taking their customers and money, leading to banks lobbying against crypto, particularly stablecoins [1][2] - Banks are allegedly terrified of losing profits due to the higher Annual Percentage Yield (APY) offered in the Decentralized Finance (DeFi) space compared to traditional bank interest rates [19][20][21] - Banks are seen as protecting $187 billion in payment fees, contributing to their substantial profits [23][24] Stablecoins and Regulations - US banks are lobbying to block stablecoin interest, fearing trillions in deposit outflows [2] - Stablecoins are viewed as a potential threat to regional banks reliant on customer deposits, with concerns about paychecks being issued in stablecoins [11][12] - The Bank of England is proposing a cap on individual stablecoin holdings, limiting ownership to £10,000-£20,000 per person, citing systemic risk [27] Crypto's Rise and Bank's Response - The narrative around banks hating crypto changed in 2025, with banks starting to offer crypto trading [5][29] - Banks attempted to discredit crypto through negative publicity and media manipulation, but these efforts have largely failed [4][5][29][30] - Ripple and XRP are seen as a significant threat to banks due to their potential to outperform traditional banking technologies [32]

ETF Market Dynamics - Crypto ETFs, particularly Bitcoin spot ETFs, have demonstrated significant success and act as major price drivers and catalysts in the crypto market [1] - Ethereum ETFs experienced substantial inflows corresponding with price increases, highlighting the impact of ETFs on asset valuation [2] - The SEC's proposed generic listing standards could expedite crypto ETF approvals, potentially reducing the timeline from 240 days to 60-75 days, thus opening doors for altcoin funds [10] - The approval of generic listing standards for traditional ETFs in 2019 led to a surge in ETF launches, increasing from 117 per year to 370 per year, suggesting a similar expansion could occur in the crypto space [15] XRP ETF Potential - XRP is considered a strong contender for the first altcoin spot ETF, owing to its resilience and strong community support, despite past challenges [5][6][12] - There are 12 issuers with 18 different ETF products tied back to XRP, indicating significant industry interest [17] - Rex Shares from Osprey Funds is set to launch the Rex Osprey XRP ETF, potentially the first US ETF offering spot exposure to XRP, with $8 billion in assets under management [18] - An AI analysis suggests a potential debut surge inflow of $150 million to $20 billion for an XRP ETF, depending on market sentiment [23] - Industry experts estimate that an XRP ETF could attract $5 billion in its first month and potentially outperform Ethereum ETFs [24][25] - Crypto com CEO forecasts XRP ETFs attracting $8 billion of investor inflows in 2026 [29]

I have been covering Stellar for quite some time now and during this entire time right we have been focused on some things happening around the stellar ecosystem like for an example institutional grade adoption tokenization adoption stable coin growth and even just the entire ecosystem expanding in a much larger way. Now, obviously during this time as well, we are 100% focused on the price chart as well. And recently, this market did go on a slight nice little move to the upside.Um, and a lot of altcoins, l ...

We witnessed the S&P put in a new all-time high today. Just like yesterday, we were talking about the S&P making a new all-time high while crypto kind of just is sitting around playing the boring game. And during this time, we need to understand exactly what's happening, which again, if we're thinking about going all the way back to roughly the first quarter of this year, crypto was also playing the boring and frustrating game.while we saw markets like for example gold going insane again I talked about it y ...

Market Performance & Potential - XRP has significantly outperformed Bitcoin and most other top 100 cryptocurrencies in the last 12 months, with gains of over 400% [2] - The analysis suggests XRP could potentially reach $10-$15 this cycle, based on previous market performance [5] - The author believes that XRP could be valued above $50, being conservative, due to utility and regulatory shifts [17] DeFi & Tokenization on XRP Ledger - The DeFi side of the XRP Ledger is growing, with a Total Value Locked (TVL) of approximately $101 million [6] - Real World Asset (RWA) value on the XRP Ledger is almost $356 million, up over 9% in the last 30 days [8] - The author predicts the RWA value will increase significantly, potentially by 10x, 100x, or even 1000x from current levels [9] Supply Shock & Institutional Adoption - The analysis anticipates a potential supply shock for XRP due to increasing demand and various catalysts [10] - Eight companies are now creating XRP-based treasuries, indicating growing confidence in XRP as a legitimate investment, with total treasury plans exceeding $985 million [12][13][14] - Sixteen spot ETFs are awaiting approval, which could significantly impact XRP supply [14][15] Ripple's Role & Future Development - Ripple is focusing on institutional DeFi, providing compliance-ready infrastructure on the XRP Ledger [20] - Ripple is developing a platform to help financial institutions bring their businesses on-chain, powered by XRP and the XRP Ledger [24] - SBI is bringing ROUSD to Japan in early 2026 and expanding to Africa, focusing on enterprise use cases built on the XRP Ledger [29]

With the Fed meeting just two days away, we are locked in on old coins like HAR. We are locked in on crypto itself because if the Fed is about to cut rates, which it seems as though they are, this is going to cause this entire space to erupt significantly higher. And of course, yes, we're 100% focused on old coins because at this time in this market, it's no longer about Bitcoin. Yes, we're still technically in phase two of the cycle where we're still 100% focused on Ethereum as well.However, I think now is ...

Market Analysis & Predictions - The crypto market is currently experiencing manipulation, aiming to shake out participants before a significant market event, coinciding with traditional market events like the FOMC meeting [1][2] - Liquidity is shifting between markets, with stocks currently attracting attention due to their strong performance, while crypto is experiencing a lull [3][9] - The market anticipates a potential rate cut decision following the FOMC meeting, which could trigger a substantial breakout in the crypto market [15][16] - A perfect scenario would involve Bitcoin finding support around previous highs, breaking to the upside, and then experiencing a larger breakout [24] - The analyst believes the market will pump towards the end of the year, but Q1 2026 is uncertain [38] Key Levels & Indicators - Stocks are approaching a target of 6960 [2] - The total crypto market cap hit a high of 409% trillion before selling off to 399% trillion [10] - The altcoin market faces resistance at the $113% trillion level [14] - Bitcoin needs to break over the 1169%K level and clear $120000, which is major support that has to flip [16][17] FOMC Meeting Impact - The market is closely watching upcoming events surrounding the FOMC meeting, including retail sales data, the Fed rate decision, and jobless claims data [19][20][21] - A rate cut is expected, potentially leading to a surge in Bitcoin to 665%K, mirroring the market's reaction to the rate cut in September 2024 [22] - The analyst anticipates rate cuts in September, October, and December, potentially leading to a substantial increase in market liquidity [36]

Market Overview - The crypto market is showing bullish signs, with altcoins outperforming Bitcoin and Ethereum [1][6][7] - Crypto market cap has rebounded, reaching $407 trillion and peaking at $409 trillion, recovering from recent lows [8] - Altcoin Season Index has surged to 84, the highest since December 2024, indicating a potential alt season [16] Altcoin Performance - Several altcoins have shown significant gains, such as HR (up 13+%), XLM (up 12+%), and Ono (up almost 20%) in the last week [3] - Some exchange tokens like OKB have increased by almost 300% in the last 90 days [14] - Utility projects like Link are up over 80% in the last 90 days [14] Market Analysis and Predictions - The market may be entering the beginning phase of alt season, but confirmation is pending a weekly close above certain levels [17][18][21][24] - If alt season is confirmed, the market could experience 3-6 months of solid price action [25] - Following the 2017 pattern, Bitcoin could potentially reach $150,000 to $200,000, Ethereum could reach $10,000, and XRP could reach $10+ [27] Risk Management - A potential pullback in the altcoin market is possible if key levels are not closed above [34] - Investors should avoid impulsive decisions and FOMO, and remain patient [35]

XRP recently jumped back into the top 100. And this is not the top 100 crypto assets. No, this is the global assets by market cap list.And XRP has now hit the number 99th spot with a market cap of over 181 plus billion dollar. This is above HDFC Bank and we are now just trading slightly under City Group which is pretty interesting to see. Now again towards the end of this cycle I suspect that XRP will most likely be into roughly like the top 80 top 70 uh point of this chart.Again, you know, it it goes witho ...