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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has proposed Regulation Crypto Assets, or “Reg Crypto,” a framework that could give crypto projects a clearer path to raise capital through newly issued tokens in the United States.

Solana has published an analysis of the validator and market-structure trade-offs involved in a proposal to reduce target slot time from 400 milliseconds to 200 milliseconds. The Aug. 19 analysis describes the change as a staged, feature-gated path through 350, 300, 250 and 200 milliseconds.

The most-watched round number in crypto did what it always does: it baited the bears, then pulled the rug out from under them. XRP slipped below the $1 threshold earlier this week, triggering what looked like a textbook downside breakout — only for the token to snap back above the line within hours and close…

Top altcoins, such as Ripple (XRP), Solana (SOL), and Cardano (ADA), are holding steady on Thursday after a bullish rebound as the broader crypto market rebounds on US Treasury bond buybacks. The technical outlook for XRP and SOL suggests further upside, while ADA risks losing the recent gains. 

Blockworks released the ‘State of $XRP: Q2 2026’ report that shows the ecosystem kept expanding across stablecoins, tokenized RWAs, institutional products, and derivatives, even though $XRP’s price took a sharp hit during the quarter.

Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse joined President Donald Trump, SEC Chair Paul Atkins, CFTC Chair Michael Selig, Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong and other crypto industry leaders at the White House, where the focus was on clearer crypto rules, U.S. innovation and the next steps for the CLARITY Act. The meeting came as $XRP was recovering from…

$XRP’s struggle near $1 continues even as its peers display modest gains this week. The crypto asset is down by almost 10% over the past month.

XRP and Stellar (XLM) extend their rallies on Thursday as improving liquidity conditions fuel a broader surge across the cryptocurrency market. XRP trades above $1.08, while XLM approaches the key $0.177 resistance level following surges of more than 10% and 9%, respectively, the previous day.

XRP trading has developed a pronounced weekday peak during overlapping London and New York business hours. Evernorth highlighted that the three-hour window captured 23.5% of weekday on-chain volume in July, up from 14.3% a year earlier.

Leading cryptocurrencies jumped to their multi-month highs on Wednesday as investors parsed CLARITY Act optimism and other macro developments.