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Ripple signed Jeonbuk Bank as Korea’s first regional Ripple Payments client, but neither party disclosed XRP as the settlement asset.

$XRP reserves across three top crypto exchanges have declined by roughly 240 million $XRP since late May and early June

Standard Chartered published a research note on April 29, 2026, titled “DeFi – Bent, not broken.” Geoffrey Kendrick, the bank’s global head of digital assets research, wrote the note in response to the $292 million KelpDAO exploit that occurred on April 18, 2026. The bank said the incident caused real damage to decentralized finance (DeFi)…

$XRP price traded near $1.00 on Aug. 19 as new Q2 data showed rapid stablecoin and tokenized asset growth on the $XRP Ledger alongside weaker trading and user activity.

As of August 19, 2026, $ETH/$USDT sits at 1934.45, hovering above its daily EMAs while broader sentiment remains cautious. The Ethereum crypto market finds itself at a crossroads where short-term momentum conflicts with longer-term hesitation, creating a tense backdrop for traders.

As of August 19, 2026, GoPlus Security crypto is trading in a tight sub-cent range against $USDT, with the daily structure still leaning bullish while hourly readings show a market that has cooled off sharply. The gap between macro trend and short-term tape defines the current outlook.

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Bitcoin and the broader cryptocurrency market remained relatively resilient even as a surge in bond yields triggered a sharp selloff in global semiconductor shares.

Bitcoin has risen above $64,600 after U.S. President Donald Trump said Washington is not holding talks with Iran, while conflicting claims over the Strait of Hormuz kept oil above $91 per barrel.

Harvard Management Company (HMC), which oversees Harvard University’s endowment, kept its position in BlackRock’s spot Bitcoin ETF (IBIT) unchanged during the second quarter of 2025, according to a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) 13F filing. The firm held 3,044,612 shares as of June 30, 2025, matching its previous quarter’s total.