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Feb 18
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$1.42
$1.41
-0.7%
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LONG
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Katherine Wu
Host / Starkware
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Ripple is making high-profile charitable donations (cancer center), and "everybody's mom and grandma loves to buy XRP." Despite technical or legal criticisms from the "crypto native" crowd, XRP retains massive, sticky retail brand loyalty ("normie" appeal). The company is leveraging its profitability for "Good Citizen" PR, reinforcing this retail trust. Long XRP based on retail sentiment and brand resilience. Continued SEC litigation or lack of actual utility adoption. |
Unchained (Chopping Block)
Crypto Power, Political Pressure, and Real-Wo...
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Feb 16
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$1.49
$1.41
-5.4%
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N/A
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Finnhub News
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Finnhub - XRP
XRP Gains Strength Against Bitcoin As Liquidi...
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Feb 12
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$1.36
$1.41
+3.7%
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LONG
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Jennifer Ilq
President, ICE Futures US
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ICE is launching single-token futures contracts specifically for Bitcoin, Ether, Solana, BNB, and Ripple. Institutional capital (pensions, endowments) requires regulated infrastructure to enter an asset class. By listing these specific five assets on a regulated US exchange (ICE), they are effectively "whitelisted" for institutional portfolios. This creates a structural bid as these assets graduate from "speculative retail" to "institutional investable." LONG the underlying assets as liquidity deepens and spreads tighten due to institutional hedging capabilities. Regulatory reversal or lack of volume in the futures contracts leading to delisting. |
CoinDesk
ICE Goes Live With Futures Tied to CoinDesk I...
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