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Canary Capital’s newly launched U.S. spot XRP ETF (XRPC) registered $58.6 million in first-day volume, far exceeding analyst expectations of $17 million. Yet the strong debut failed to stabilize XRP, as derivatives markets flashed stress signals. Roughly $28 million in XRP liquidations hit within 24 hours, with long positions accounting for nearly $25 million of the wipeout. Market analysts warn that institutional flows remain conflicted—ETF inflows show interest, but broader risk-off pressure continues suppressing crypto liquidity and momentum.

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Ripple partnered with Mastercard, WebBank, and Gemini for RLUSD settlement: This collaboration combines Ripple’s technology with Mastercard’s global payment network, WebBank’s banking infrastructure, and Gemini’s crypto expertise. The partnership enables faster, more efficient stablecoin transactions using RLUSD across traditional and digital financial systems.

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“Trillions are definitely coming on-chain, but in the short term, we need to prove the utility of the blockchain,” Maxwell Stein said. In the meantime, NASDAQ President and CEO Adena Friedman went into detail about how banks have already tokenized bonds, fixed income, and stablecoins, especially CBDCs.Ripple’s annual Swell conference is the most anticipated event of the year in the cryptocurrency community. However, Digital Asset Investor, a well-known analyst, recently echoed this sentiment, noting that while Swell might not influence the price, an announcement about an XRP ETF backed by BlackRock could have a very different impact. His post reignited debate about the true factors driving XRP’s market fluctuations and whether Swell will ever serve as a significant price catalyst.

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Arc Invest buys Coinbase stock again; buys $2.6 billion worth of shares of the virtual currency exchange; simultaneously buys shares of Robinhood and sells Ethereum futures ETF; develops an investment strategy to adjust its portfolio of ETFs; and sells its ETFs to the U.S. government.

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