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XRP Ledger 3.3.0 Support Goes Live Across Key Developer Libraries

Julian Berridi, product manager at Ripple, announced new releases of xrpl.js and xrpl-py with support for XRP Ledger version 3.3.0 in a recent X post.　　xrpl.js refers to a JavaScript/TypeScript API for interacting with the XRP Ledger in Node.js and the browser.　　On the other hand, xrpl-py is a pure Python implementation for interacting with the XRP Ledger. The xrpl-py library simplifies the hardest parts of XRP Ledger interaction, like serialization and transaction signing, and also provides native Python methods and models for XRP Ledger transactions and core server API objects.　　Users can communicate directly with the XRP Ledger through HTTP-based APIs provided by the core xrpld server as well as the Clio server. Client libraries such as xrpl.js and xrpl-py simplify some of the common work of accessing and processing XRP Ledger data and present it in a form that matches the native conventions of their respective programming languages, in this case JavaScript and Python.　　The xrpld server software can run in several modes depending on its configuration; one of these is API Server, which provides API access to read data from the shared ledger, submit transactions, and watch activity in the ledger.　　XRPL 3.3.0　　Version 3.3.0 of xrpld, the reference server implementation of the

08-26Industry

The evidence doesn't support the banks' case against stablecoin rewards

Rob Nichols says the American Bankers Association wants to strengthen the Clarity Act, not kill it, and that the fix is a handful of word changes in a 600-page bill. I take him at his word on intent. But the changes are not small, and the premise behind them has been tested against seven years of data and did not survive.　　The ABAs case rests on a prediction: let platforms pay stablecoin rewards and deposits will drain out of community banks, taking local lending with them. That has been testable for years, because current law already permits these rewards, and Coinbase has paid them on USDC for more than four years. If the mechanism worked as the ABA describes, the damage would be visible.　　It isnt. Community bank deposits grew 26 percent, roughly $482 billion, from June 2019 through March 2026, straight through the entire rise of stablecoins and stablecoin rewards.　　Faryar Shirzad is chief policy officer at Coinbase.　　The empirical evidence points one direction　　Empirical studies from Charles River Associates and the Council of Economic Advisors also show no significant relationship between stablecoins and deposits. Rob calls the absence of deposit flight since GENIUS “irrelevant” because regulators havent finished their rules. That asks Congress

08-26Exchange

Bernstein forecasts Bitcoin to reclaim $125K by late 2026 ahead of cycle peak

Wall Street research company Bernstein expects Bitcoin to recover from its latest downturn, reclaim its 2025 high and set new records in the coming years heading into the peak of its historical cycle.　　Bernstein expects Bitcoin (BTC) to reclaim $125,000 by late 2026 under both its base and bull cases, according to a research report published Wednesday and seen by Cointelegraph.　　The company said Bitcoin gained 28% over the previous 10 days after falling about 50% from its October 2025 peak, a rebound that could signal the end of the current bear cycle.　　The analysts call comes as institutional investors and corporate Bitcoin buyers play a bigger role in the market, which Bernstein said provided greater downside support during the latest cycle and contributed to a smaller drawdown than the 75% to 90% declines of previous cycles.　　Next cycle could see Bitcoin reach $300,000　　Bernsteins base case puts Bitcoin at $150,000 by mid-2027 before reaching a cycle peak of about $300,000 in 2029. Its bull case puts the biggest crypto at $200,000 by mid-2027 and $500,000 in 2029.　　The company maintained its longer-term BTC target of about $1 million by 2033 under both scenarios.　　Bernstein‘s forecast is based on Bitcoin’s historical four-year cycles, which the company links

08-26Industry

Jim Cramer Flags a Monumental Day': Will NVIDIA Earnings Move Markets？

Mad Money host Jim Cramer told followers he senses a monumental day, just hours before NVIDIA (NVDA) reports fiscal second-quarter earnings after Wednesdays close. The cryptic post landed as the stock steadied near $213 in quiet premarket trading.　　Wall Street consensus calls for roughly $92 billion in revenue and $2.09 in adjusted earnings per share. Therefore, the guidance that follows the print could set the tone for the entire AI trade.　　Sponsored　　Sponsored　　Nvidia (NVDA) Stock Performance Pre-Market. Source: Yahoo FinanceWhy NVIDIA Earnings Count as a Market Event　　NVDA closed Tuesday at $213.05, a 2.19% rebound that snapped a seven-session losing streak. The stock changed hands near $213.77 in Wednesdays premarket, up 0.34% on light volume, ahead of the 5 PM EDT earnings call.　　The muted move hides the stakes. NVIDIAs market value sits near $5.16 trillion as of this writing, large enough for its after-hours reaction to swing the S&P 500.　　The report also doubles as a referendum on AI bubble risk, since a handful of chip and AI names now drive most index earnings growth.　　Beyond the headline revenue figure, analysts expect data center sales near $85 billion. Meanwhile, options and money-flow data had already flagged an earnings trap setup, where even a beat may fail

08-26Industry

Digital Euro Will Offer 'Maximum Level of Privacy,' ECB Board Member Says

In briefECB executive board member Piero Cipollone said the digital euro guarantees the maximum privacy current technology can offer, in an interview published Monday.Offline payments would be visible only to the payer and payee, while online the Eurosystem could not identify either party, though the banks involved could.The European Parliament agreed its negotiating position in July, with a pilot due in the second half of 2027 and first issuance targeted for 2029.　　A digital euro would give users as much privacy as current technology allows, a European Central Bank executive board member has said, in the banks sharpest answer yet to the charge that a central bank digital currency would let Frankfurt watch how Europeans spend.　　Piero Cipollone made the claim in an interview with Italian outlet ilsussidiario.net, conducted on August 10 and published by the ECB on Monday. Asked whether the bank could monitor payment habits and track how each citizen uses the currency, he said offline payments would run directly between individuals, with the details available only to the payer and the payee.　　Online, he said, the Eurosystem would not be able to identify the people making or receiving payments. Only the banks involved in a transaction could do that, including

08-26Industry

Ethereum News: Is Tom Lee's Bitmine Buying More ETH？

In Ethereum news today, ETH is changing hands around $2,460, essentially flat on the day, a quieter tape than the headlines circulating about corporate treasury buying might suggest. The bigger story isn‘t the price candle. It’s a wallet.　　On August 26, on-chain analytics platform Lookonchain flagged a transfer of 20,000 ETH, roughly $48.9M at the time, from Kraken to a wallet linked to BitMine, the treasury vehicle chaired by Tom Lee. Lookonchain inferred a purchase based on the exchange-to-wallet flow pattern, though BitMine has not officially confirmed the transaction.　　The move follows a well-documented pattern: BitMine reported holdings of 5,847,611 ETH worth roughly $14.7 billion after another large weekly buy disclosed on August 24, and Lee has said the firm‘s goal of owning 5% of Ethereum’s circulating supply could be reached before the end of 2026, with roughly $350M more in ETH needed to close the gap.　　Unconfirmed or not, the optics matter. Institutional accumulation narratives have moved markets before, and the question now is whether this latest inflow is enough to tip a technically overheated chart in either direction.　　Ethereum News: Can the ETH Price Hit $2,630 This Week？　　$ETH is hovering around the $2,450 level.　　At $2,457.87, ETH sits in a tight band between

08-26Industry

XRP is up 32% this month, but whales are moving billions

XRP is on course for its strongest monthly gain in more than a year after recovering from below $1, even as a fresh pullback and heavy whale activity test the durability of the rally.　　CryptoSlate‘s data shows the token trading near $1.40 as of press time, down about 5% over the past 24 hours, after climbing as high as $1.70 during last week’s broader crypto market surge.　　This price performance contrasts with the fact that XRP is on track for a roughly 32% gain in August, per CryptoRanks data. This would mark its best monthly performance since July 2025, when it advanced about 35%.　　The recovery has been accompanied by stronger demand for US spot exchange-traded funds and rising stablecoin activity on the XRP Ledger.　　Large holders, however, have also moved billions of XRP through Binance in recent weeks, creating competing signals over whether whales are accumulating or preparing to sell into the rebound.　　ETF inflows accelerate even as XRP retreats　　Institutional demand has continued after the initial price breakout, with US spot XRP ETFs recording about $23.87 million in net inflows on Aug. 25.　　The haul was the products largest daily inflow since May 11, when they attracted $25.8 million, and extended their run of positive

08-26Industry

Revolut Launches Euro-Pegged EURR Stablecoin

In briefRevolut has begun a phased rollout of EURR, a euro-pegged token, to selected customers in three EEA markets.The token is issued by Bridge Building S.A., a Stripe subsidiary licensed in Luxembourg, with Revolut distributing it through its app.Revolut says wider EEA availability and stablecoins in other currencies will follow this year.　　Neobank Revolut has started rolling out a euro-backed stablecoin to a selected group of customers in Denmark, Poland and Portugal, the fintech said in an announcement on Wednesday, in the first concrete product from a stablecoin plan it announced more than a year ago.　　The token, EURR, is designed to hold a value of €1 and is integrated into Revoluts retail app, giving customers a way to move between euros and crypto on-chain. It will run on several blockchains and work with external wallets, and Revolut said a wider EEA rollout and other currency-denominated tokens are expected later this year, subject to regulatory readiness.　　EURR is issued by Bridge Building S.A., a Luxembourg entity licensed by the CSSF as both a crypto asset service provider and an electronic money institution, and owned by Bridge, the stablecoin infrastructure firm Stripe agreed to buy for $1.1 billion in October 2024, in a deal

08-26Industry

Rent and Sell Energy TRON : TronBid Expands Its Marketplace With Two-Sided Trading

Berlin, Germany, August 26th, 2026, Chainwire　　Rent and Sell Energy TRON : TronBid Expands Its Marketplace With Two-Sided Trading, Bandwidth Support and New Resource Tools　　The TRON resource marketplace now allows both buyers and sellers to create orders, while TronBid expands its infrastructure with Bandwidth trading, Quick Rent, Flash Recharge and B2B API access.　　TronBid, a peer-to-peer marketplace for TRON network resources, has expanded its platform with a series of new features designed to give both buyers and resource owners greater control over how TRON Energy and Bandwidth are traded.　　The platform now operates as a two-sided marketplace, allowing sellers to create their own Energy and Bandwidth offers alongside the existing buyer order system.　　The update changes a common model in the TRON Energy rental market, where resource owners typically accept existing demand or rely on automated selling services. On TronBid, both sides of the market can now determine their own terms.　　A Two-Sided Market for TRON Energy　　TRON uses Energy and Bandwidth as network resources. Energy is particularly important for smart-contract interactions, including USDT TRC-20 transfers.　　Users without sufficient Energy may have to burn TRX to execute these transactions. Renting Energy provides an alternative by allowing network resources generated from staked TRX to be temporarily delegated to

08-26Industry

Gold pauses recovery as US PCE inflation test approaches

Gold (XAU/USD) edges lower on Wednesday as buyers trim their exposure ahead of the US Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) Price Index data, due at 12:30 GMT. At the time of writing, XAU/USD trades around $4,615 after reaching $4,697 on Tuesday, its highest since May 14.　　The Federal Reserves (Fed) preferred inflation gauge is expected to show headline PCE inflation easing to 3.6% YoY in July from 3.7% in June, while core PCE inflation is forecast to hold steady at 3.3%. On a monthly basis, the headline index is forecast to rise 0.1%, following a 0.1% decline in June, while the core reading is expected to increase 0.2%, up from 0.1%.　　The data will be closely watched and could determine whether Gold resumes its recovery or loses momentum. Another soft inflation report, following the July Consumer Price Index (CPI) and Producer Price Index (PPI) figures, could encourage traders to scale back expectations of a Fed interest rate hike at its upcoming meeting. As a non-yielding asset, Gold generally performs better when interest rates are low.　　According to the CME FedWatch Tool, markets are currently pricing in a 64% chance that the central bank will leave borrowing costs unchanged at its September meeting.　　Alongside the PCE

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