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, ...

Over the last couple years, we have talked about how the future of crypto will not be dead set by just one network. That we are headed into a multi-chain future. And this has actually allowed us to come to the realization that some of these projects can work together. This is also why I said for years the argument of which one of these projects are better than the other, it's just nonsense. It's it's a low IQ discussion. So when we think about that, right, I've always said that XRP and H bar, these two can ...

Over the last couple weeks, we have been talking about how stable coins are becoming more interconnected with our financial system than ever before. Today, this is a clear move from the Federal Reserve because, you know, the Federal Reserve is now at that point where they know and they understand that stable coins are not going to get smaller from this point on. In fact, they are only going to grow more and more and more.So now the Federal Reserve is preparing to adopt and utilize stable coins in a big way. ...

Industry Shift & Technology - The financial space is shifting from paper-based to digital-based processes [1] - Swift lacks the technology to support this shift [1] - Ripple and XRP are key players in the new technology space [1] - ISO 20022 enables new technology adoption, including digital assets and blockchain [20] Swift's Position & Challenges - Swift, established in 1973, has over 11,500 institutional players across 200 countries [1] - The US has weaponized the Swift network, leading nations to seek alternatives [1] - Swift does not clear and settle payments; it's a messaging network [10] - Swift's dominance is being challenged, but it's not collapsing yet [1] Ripple's Strategy & Acquisitions - Ripple is creating an institutional infrastructure stack around blockchain and tokenized assets [4] - Ripple acquired Hidden Road, aiming to move $3 trillion per year over the XRP ledger [3] - Ripple acquired Rail, which powers 10%+ of all B2B stablecoin volume [5] - Rail's acquisition is a strategic play that could reshape how businesses move money globally, reducing costs by 80% and settling payments in minutes [7][8] Stablecoins & Future Trends - Stablecoins are becoming a dominant piece of the crypto space, making up over 1% of the global M2 supply [5] - Stablecoins could eventually make up over 10% (and potentially 100%) of the global M2 supply [6] - Everything is moving on-chain and being tokenized [6] Ripple & Swift Coexistence - Ripple's main focus is improving the way money moves globally, not necessarily replacing Swift [18] - There is a world where Ripple and Swift can coexist [14][15] - Swift should tap into what Ripple is trying to do and adopt digital assets for settlement and clearing [11][12] - Swift is showing interest in innovating and tapping into digital assets and tokenization [24]