Biggest "What if?" for the ecosystem. @XRPLLabs has always understood the mission: innovation. Some of the most innovative solutions that will bring more utility to ripple:native are coming thanks to being able to use Hooks on @XahauNetwork. Hooks are actively being developed with.

We had a guest in the office yesterday! José from INFTF stopped by to talk through where things could go next. We've worked together before, his efforts were instrumental in getting the TerraPay and Coop Bank partnership off the ground, and that set a good foundation. This time, the conversation was broader. Future corridors, how Xahau fits into the picture, and what a longer-term relationship could actually look like in practice. Thank you so much for stopping by José. It was a pleasure to see you in person.

Back in Tokyo after the UDAX summit at UC Berkeley. A huge thank you to the UDAX team at Ripple and UC Berkeley for bringing the cohort together, and to Karin Bauer and Hannah for this photo under the Campanile. What I'm working toward with Kairo Vault Technologies is simple to say and hard to do well: independent verification for the XRP Ledger, Xahau and Evernode. A token says its supply is fixed. A project says its liquidity is locked. An issuer says its reserves match. Instead of taking that on trust, we re-derive it straight from the ledger, across independent nodes, and publish the work so anyone can check it. When a claim holds, you can see why. When it doesn't, we say so plainly. I've also just been accepted into a private bug bounty program, which means a lot to me. This is exactly the kind of work I want to keep doing. All of this happens around my day job teaching English to children, and renovating a house for my family. Early mornings and late nights, but it's work I believe in. The goal is for "don't trust, verify" to be something you can actually do on XRPL, not just a slogan. Next stop: Demo Day in November. Thank you to everyone who's helped along the way.

For anyone uncertain about the direction of TX, let me be clear: this transition was the unlock. It positioned us not simply to follow the wave of tokenization, but to lead it. Crypto is becoming the embedded infrastructure of value transfer in society. Tokenization is how real-world value will move on-chain as seamlessly as information moves across the internet. This is an emerging reality, no longer a distant idea. And while many will speak about that future, only a small number of companies are truly building for it. TX is one of them. How many crypto companies have a full tokenization technology stack, access to proper regulatory infrastructure in the United States with sights set on additional jurisdictions, a team of strong blockchain developers alongside former regulators and TradFi professionals, VC support, and products in testing that will reshape how people invest? Not many. I believe with full conviction that this pivot positioned us for the opportunity ahead. We know what needs to be done to achieve long-term success. Our products need to ship. Attracting liquidity must be an unrelenting effort. We need to create faster, more seamless access points into our ecosystem. Our economics and utility must be evaluated with the discipline and rigor of sound monetary policy, while we use the tools at our disposal to maintain steady growth. We need to expand our user base far beyond our legacy projects. And we need to engage more directly with our community so people can see clearly what we are building and where we are going. Our team is made up of bold, visionary innovators who approach problem-solving with tenacity and persistence, and who move forward with purpose. To those who have chosen to be on this journey with us, we welcome you with open arms, and we will work tirelessly to make you proud to be part of the TX community.

We are opening our #Xahau cluster for public use. Over time we will be growing this from a basic node pair to rich interconnected data source providing full history data. We encourage builders to add these endpoints as backs up when possible! 🐝cbotlabs.xyz/cluster

hooks are awesome. Luckily there's an entire mainner WITH them 💪