The best part is that BTC and XRP worked and will continue to work, with or without the Democrats.

The CLARITY Act splits crypto oversight into two clear agency roles: CFTC: Regulates digital commodities under milder rules. SEC: Regulates digital securities under stricter rules. Goal: Ending the regulatory confusion that stifles U.S. innovation.

The best money is made in chaos. 😂

Tomorrow's vote is a perfect stalemate; both parties win the narrative whether the bill passes or fails. The only real loser will be the retail market, where a filibuster failure will trigger a hard reality check and dump the XRP price.

On Tuesday, there will only be a vote on the motion to end debate (the so-called cloture vote). This means that senators will decide whether to end the debate and move on to the next stage of the legislative process.

Life is hard. These days, even being a fool is dificult the competition is just too strong.

The Sept 15 vote is highly uncertain as Republicans need more than 7 Democrats due to internal split and election absences. Additionally, the House's sudden decision to shorten its session to campaign starting Sept 17 dropped the bill's passage odds to around 15%.

Traditional Banking Pressure: The banking lobby fears capital outflows from bank deposits into crypto stablecoins and is pressuring politicians to delay the competitive regulations.

Blocking Pre-Election Success: Political opponents want to prevent Donald Trump from claiming a major legislative victory directly ahead of the midterm elections.

When quantum computers arrive, both BTC and XRP will be vulnerable; however, Bitcoin’s upgrade will be difficult, while XRP is built for easy post-quantum migration.

Today, @Ripple announced the acquisition of Hidden Road for $1.25B, one of the largest deals ever in the crypto space. But the price tag isn’t what’s most important – it’s that this deal marks a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for crypto to access the largest and most trusted traditional markets, and vice versa. Prime brokers (along with other key functions historically managed by banks for the most part) like Hidden Road have proven themselves as *the* trusted intermediary for the largest hedge funds, market makers, OTC desks, quant traders and more. Ripple has been a customer of Hidden Road for years, and we know their breadth of expertise firsthand, clearing $3 TRILLION annually for 300+ of the top financial institutions globally. This is the capital and activity that will tap into XRP and the XRP Ledger’s bread-and-butter – instant, efficient, scalable and low cost movement of value. Instead of waiting for <24 hours to settle trades through fiat rails, Hidden Road will be using XRPL for clearing a portion of trades, and most consequentially, using RLUSD as collateral across its prime brokerage services, including cross-asset (crypto and traditional instrument) trades. With this deal and the backing of Ripple’s significant balance sheet, Hidden Road will exponentially expand its capacity to service its pipeline and become the largest non-bank prime broker globally. Ripple and Hidden Road combined are a generational leap forward, ready to truly bring the worlds of traditional and decentralized finance together. ripple.com/ripple-press/ripp…

The final crossing of t’s and dotting of i’s – and what should be my last update on SEC v Ripple ever… Last week, the SEC agreed to drop its appeal without conditions. @Ripple has now agreed to drop its cross-appeal. The SEC will keep $50M of the $125M fine (already in an interest-bearing escrow in cash), with the balance returned to Ripple. The agency will also ask the Court to lift the standard injunction that was imposed earlier at the SEC’s request. All subject to Commission vote, drafting of final documents and usual court processes. That’s all folks!

too many lunatics on twitter, or is there some epidemic of stupidity I don't know about?

This is it – the moment we’ve been waiting for. The SEC will drop its appeal – a resounding victory for Ripple, for crypto, every way you look at it. The future is bright. Let's build.

XRP is a big snowball

🚨SCOOP: Two well-placed sources tell me that the @SECGov vs. @Ripple case is in the process of wrapping up and could be over soon. My understanding is that the delay in reaching an agreement is due to Ripple's legal team negotiating more favorable terms regarding the August district court ruling, which imposed a $125M fine on the company and included a permanent injunction preventing the company from selling $XRP to institutional investors. The argument, I’m told, is that if the new SEC leadership is wiping the enforcement slate clean for all previously-targeted crypto firms because it believes regulatory clarity will resolve the underlying issue, why should Ripple still be penalized? Accepting the Torres ruling as it stands would mean that Ripple is essentially agreeing to admit to wrongdoing — but now the SEC itself is seemingly unsure whether any wrongdoing occurred. There’s no real playbook for this kind of thing which could explain why this case is taking longer to resolve than the rest. Stay tuned.

Rippleは今年爆発的な成長をするでしょう。その根拠を説明します。 ブラッド・ガーリングハウスは2022年1月にRippleNetの年間取引高が100億ドルに達したと発表しました。 nextmoney.jp/?p=47752 そして、2024年9月に行われた XRP Community Day Tokyoで、モニカ・ロング社長はRippleNetを通じて600億ドルの取引が行われたことを明かしました。これは2022年のブラッド・ガーリングハウスの発言を裏付けるものとなりました。 piped.video/byP6WBOX0lE?si=q30Y… さらに今年1月にBloombergの取材に応じたモニカ・ロング社長は、これまでに700億ドル以上のクロスボーダー決済が行われたと説明しました。つまり、わずか4ヶ月弱の間に100億ドル以上の取引が処理されたことになります。 piped.video/qdapN625ggY?si=BjfI… 世界の国際送金の大部分はアメリカから行われていますが、これまでアメリカの金融機関はRippleの採用を躊躇していました。トランプ政権となり、今年この制限が解除されることで、取引額が急増することが予想されます。 さらに良いことに、Rippleは中東でそのシェアを伸ばしていますが、国際送金の送金元（仕向け国）としてはアラブ首長国連邦とサウジアラビアが送金額でアメリカに続きます。 おそらく近い将来、Rippleを通じた国際送金の取引高は、1ヶ月あたり100億ドルに到達するでしょう。そして、その大部分でXRPが使われます

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