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XRP price prediction if Franklin Templeton’s ETF hits $150–$250M in volume XRP is entering a defining phase as the next wave of exchange-traded funds prepares to go live. Major asset managers, including Bitwise, Franklin Templeton, 21Shares, and Grayscale, are lining up spot XRP products, and expectations are particularly high for Franklin Templeton’s ETF, which is…

Google Under Fire Over Hidden Gmail Switch Letting Gemini Read User Inboxes A little-known toggle inside Gmail has ignited a wave of anger after users discovered it quietly allowed Google’s Gemini AI to scan their emails and calendar events by default. Screenshots circulating online showed a setting that, when enabled, gave Gemini permission to analyze…

UK authorities have opened a major criminal investigation into the collapse of Basis Markets, a now-defunct crypto hedge fund accused of siphoning off tens of millions of dollars from investors. The U.K. Serious Fraud Office (SFO) announced that it is probing the project over suspected fraud and money laundering involving roughly $28 million in investor…

Crypto sell-off deepens: BTC, ETH, SOL, XRP and DOGE under pressure as rate-cut hopes fade The cryptocurrency market is enduring another sharp downturn, with major tokens sliding as investors retreat from risk assets. The latest wave of selling comes amid growing skepticism that the US Federal Reserve will cut interest rates before the end of…

JPMorgan sees ‘bloodbath’ risk if major index cuts ties with Strategy Analysts at JPMorgan are sounding the alarm over a structural risk hanging over Strategy (the rebranded MicroStrategy), warning that the company’s heavy reliance on passive index inclusion could turn into a brutal sell-off if a key benchmark provider decides to drop the stock. According…

Numerai secures $30 million to pursue vision of “the last hedge fund” San Francisco–based Numerai, a hedge fund that looks more like a machine-learning research lab than a traditional Wall Street shop, has closed a $30 million Series C round, pushing its valuation to roughly $500 million. The new price tag is about five times…

Pro-crypto CFTC chair nominee Mike Selig is moving smoothly through the Senate confirmation process—but he is pointedly refusing to say the Commodity Futures Trading Commission needs more money, more staff, or more Democratic commissioners, even as lawmakers contemplate handing the agency sweeping new authority over digital assets. At a largely cordial hearing before the Senate…

BlackRock launches new trust as staking-centric Ethereum ETFs gain early traction ——————————————————————————- BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager, has quietly set up a new vehicle aimed at the booming market for staking-enabled Ethereum products in the United States. According to records from the Delaware Division of Corporations, the firm has established the iShares Staked Ethereum…

Solana breaks key support as crypto sell-off deepens, tests October lows Solana extended its recent slide on Tuesday, slicing through a key support zone as renewed selling swept across the broader digital asset market. The token dropped about 5.4% intraday to roughly 133–134 dollars, cementing a weekly loss of around 13.4% and dragging prices back…

Ripple and its native token XRP are entering a new phase of development and market positioning, as two parallel trends converge: growing calls for native staking on the XRP Ledger and the strong debut of a new XRP-focused exchange-traded fund (ETF) from Canary Capital. Together, they signal a shift in how investors and developers view…