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- XRP surged over 10% weekly, driven by institutional demand and regulatory progress, closing Q3 at $2.85 with a $170.3B market cap. - Real-world asset (RWA) issuance on XRP Ledger hit $364.2M in Q3, fueled by tokenized funds like Ondo’s OUSG and Guggenheim’s paper. - Seven U.S. XRP ETF applications await SEC decisions (Oct 2025–Nov 2025), with Polymarket odds at 99% for 2025 approval. - Institutional buyers like Trident Digital ($500M) and SBI Holdings ($10B) boost XRP’s appeal amid supply controls via to
- Bitcoin ETFs saw $90.6M inflows on Oct 24, led by Fidelity’s FBTC ($57.9M) and BlackRock’s IBIT ($32.7M), ending a 5-day outflow streak and boosting Bitcoin’s price to $111,633. - Ethereum ETFs showed volatility, with $246M inflows on Oct 28 but $126M outflows the prior day, reflecting shifting institutional preferences toward Bitcoin as a stable store of value. - ETFs now hold 6.78% of Bitcoin’s $1.49T market cap vs. 5.55% for Ethereum, driven by Bitcoin’s deflationary model and growing gold correlation
- Fed to cut rates 25 bps amid 3% core CPI growth, with further cuts likely if labor data weakens. - Nvidia expands Israel R&D hub, partners with African firms and maritime tech to boost global AI infrastructure. - U.S.-China trade deal delays tariffs, eases rare earth restrictions but leaves Taiwan/Hong Kong tensions unresolved. - Markets balance AI optimism (Microsoft, Apple earnings) against geopolitical risks ahead of Trump-Xi summit.
- Mono Protocol's Stage 15 presale raised $2.8M of $3M target, offering 1011% profit potential at $0.500 launch price. - Project focuses on cross-chain interoperability, developer-first design, and Omnichain Paymaster for gas-free transactions. - Strategic partnerships with LI.F.I, Celestia, and Chainlink enhance scalability and data security in DeFi infrastructure. - Community incentives and October 30 audit highlight commitment to transparency, positioning Mono as a 2025 DeFi innovation leader.
Investment firm 1kx analyzed over 1,200 protocols, projecting that total 2025 fees will reach $19.8B as blockchain infrastructure costs decline.
Quick Take Earlier this month, U.S. Treasurer Brandon Beach confirmed that Treasury is working on the coin to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the country’s independence next year. “It’s illegal to put the President’s likeness on an official coin,” Sen. Van Hollen said on Thursday during the hearing.
Quick Take Standard Chartered’s Geoffrey Kendrick projects the market cap for tokenized real-world assets will surge from about $35 billion today to $2 trillion by the end of 2028 — about a 56x increase. Kendrick expects the “vast majority” of this onchain activity to take place on Ethereum due to its reliability and network effects.
Quick Take Uniswap Labs’ homegrown Ethereum L2 is adding support for DOGE, XRP, and Zcash through Universal protocol’s uAssets. The decentralized exchange is closely associated with Ethereum but has recently been expanding support for non-EVM assets, including Solana.