Starting today, 楽天ウォレット users in Japan can convert Rakuten Points into XRP, spot trade in-app, and spend across 5M+ merchant locations. 🇯🇵 With 44 million Rakuten Pay users and $23B in loyalty points now redeemable for XRP, this is one of the largest retail deployments

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I was honestly skeptical at first too. The idea of Strategy selling some Bitcoin to pay STRC dividends sounded crazy when I first heard it. But then I actually ran the math.They have $66.4 billion in Bitcoin and only $1.5 billion in annual dividend obligations. That’s 531

Sen. Tim Scott says the Crypto Clarity Act is nearly ready, and a full Republican bloc would unlock a May markup and Senate floor vote by summer. He says America will be the crypto capital of the world and 'democratization is coming our way.

This is a meaningful step toward 24/7 global financial markets. By combining the XRP Ledger with global banking infrastructure, this pilot shows how institutions can execute cross-border transactions in a single integrated flow.

The crypto industry is dying. That is a good thing. The resilient and valuable aspects of the industry need to compete on the biggest stage, not stay pigeon-holed in a boutique industry with declining capital and talent.

Today, Mastercard, Ondo Finance, Kinexys by @JPMorgan, and Ripple successfully completed a landmark transaction connecting a public blockchain with interbank settlement rails. Together, we’re laying the groundwork for 24/7 global markets that never close.

Senate Democrats just blocked the bill that would’ve stopped the Fed from creating a CBDC. Read between the lines... They WANT a government-controlled digital dollar. Every transaction tracked. Every purchase monitored. Less financial freedom.

Things that are obvious: Smart contract L1's will accrue a larger percentage of crypto total value over time as the investable infrastructure layer. L1's that can output the largest amount of intelligence per unit of energy will outperform over time (as is true Universally).

When AI agents have wallets, treasuries, and profit motives, the TAM of finance becomes infinite. I sat down with Yoni Assia of eToro to explore the future of finance, where AI doesn’t just assist investors, but trades, builds, learns, and forms capital on its own, reshaping

JUST IN: 🇺🇸 Senate Banking Committee schedules crypto Clarity Act vote for May 14 at 10:30 AM EST.