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The XRP Supply Shock Nobody Is Talking About: Why Exchange Balances Are Plummeting
XRP is closing 2025 in a paradoxical position: it is the best-performing institutional crypto asset by fund inflows while simultaneously showing one of the weakest spot price charts among the top 10 coins. CoinShares data shows XRP investment products attracted roughly $70.2 million in the final week of December and over $424 million for the month, even as the XRP price fell around 15% to about $1.87.
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Dec 30, 20259 min read
Canary XRP ETF Gets Green Light: XRPC to Debut on Nasdaq Nov 13
The Nasdaq has confirmed that the Canary XRP ETF will begin trading on 13 November 2025 under the ticker symbol XRPC, marking the first spot XRP ETF in U.S. history. The listing follows Canary Capital’s Form 8-A filing received by the SEC on 10 November, which triggered automatic approval, per Bloomberg ETF analyst Eric Balchunas. The ETF will list on the Nasdaq Global Market with a 0.50% management fee and track the XRP-USD CCIXber Reference Rate Index.
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Nov 13, 20255 min read
Makina Protocol Hack: Why Early 2026 is Seeing a Surge in DeFi Exploits
Makina, a DeFi protocol, reported a $4.2 million exploit on 20 January 2026 tied to liquidity providers in its DUSD/USDC Curve pool, adding to rising DeFi attacks in early 2026 with over $34 million in losses already recorded.
China Takes Custody of Alleged Pig Butchering Mastermind Behind Record BTC Seizure
Chinese authorities have taken custody of Chen Zhi, a businessman described by U.S. officials as a central figure in a major Bitcoin scam and money laundering operation linked to a record $15B bitcoin seizure. Chen, 38, is the chairman and founder of Cambodia-based Prince Group, a conglomerate that U.S. and U.K. authorities allege was used as cover for transnational criminal activity; Prince Group has denied the allegations.
CLARITY Act Update: DeFi Carve-Out, Digital Commodities, and the Next Phase of Crypto Market Structure
Washington is preparing a January markup for the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act (CLARITY Act) of 2025, a major U.S. crypto regulation proposal designed to reduce the long-running SEC vs CFTC jurisdiction fight and create clearer rules for digital assets trading.
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