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Bitcoin’s inability to reclaim $90,000 exposes a deep structural fracture that could trap investors during the next unwind

Bitcoin’s inability to reclaim $90,000 is looking less like a debate about narratives and more like a test of market plumbing. For the better part of 2025, the surface story was institutional momentum. The US moved toward a workable regulatory perimeter, capped by President Donald Trump signing the GENIUS Act to federalize payment stablecoins. At […]
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Cryptocurrency
20 Dec 2025

XRP ETFs are booming, but a quiet $15 billion payment layer matters more than the price

Four XRP spot ETFs now trade in the US, with combined assets of $941.7 million as of Dec. 18. Grayscale's GXRP holds $148.1 million, Canary Capital's XRPC $373.6 million, Franklin Templeton's XRPZ $189 million, and Bitwise's XRP ETF $215.6 million. That stack grew from roughly $336 million at launch in November to current levels in […]
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Cryptocurrency
20 Dec 2025