Weekly Crypto Market Update January 18th-22nd

The primary driver of crypto sentiment and price action this week was not endogenous to the crypto-asset market but rather a sharp, geopolitical “black swan” event that shook both traditional markets and crypto. President Trump’s January 18th announcement of a 10% tariff on key European allies, contingent on the...
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What Happens If XRP Starts Competing With Major Banks?

The idea of a cryptocurrency like XRP competing directly with global banks once sounded unrealistic, but that line is starting to blur. Ripple, the payments technology company behind XRP, has spent recent months pushing deeper into payments, liquidity, custody, and treasury infrastructure with acquisitions.  This has seen the role...
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