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Spot XRP ETFs surpass $1 billion in cumulative inflows since November launch
US spot XRP ETFs' cumulative inflows reached $1 billion on Monday since the first such ETF began trading on Nov. 13....

Japan’s SBI Holdings to launch yen-pegged stablecoin with Startale
The fully regulated, purpose-built token for global settlement and institutional adoption is expected to launch in Q2 2026....

Cathie Wood’s Ark Invest buys the dip on BitMine, Coinbase, Circle shares
Cathie Wood-led Ark Invest bought millions of dollars worth of shares in BitMine, Circle, Coinbase, Block, and Bullish on Monday....

Bitcoin slides below $86,000, ether falls as traders rotate into safer assets
Bitcoin dropped 4.4% in the past 24 hours to $85,617 on Monday evening, and Ethereum slipped 6.5% to $2,915....

Trump to review pardon for Samourai Wallet co-founder Keonne Rodriguez
Rodriguez was sentenced to five years for operating a crypto mixing service that helped launder millions of dollars in criminal proceeds....

SEC Chair Atkins says crypto could become ‘powerful financial surveillance’ tool, sees path forward without giving up privacy
SEC Chairmain Paul Atkins said there is a path forward that balances national security concerns with the preservation of individual privacy....

MetaMask rolls out Bitcoin support, continuing multi-chain expansion
The move comes amid a series of product launches, including Solana support, perps trading via Hyperliquid, and a recent Polymarket rollout....

PayPal launches PYUSD Savings Vault on Spark amid push to grow stablecoin deposits to $1 billion
The PYUSD Savings Vault generates returns in part by deploying deposits in lending strategies on SparkLend. ...

Bitcoin sees one-year low in active addresses, raising fresh concerns over blockspace demand
Active bitcoin addresses sit at their lowest levels since Dec. 2024, when the network experienced peak activity from Ordinals and Runes spec....

The Daily: JPMorgan launches tokenized fund on Ethereum, Ripple taps Wormhole to expand RLUSD to Layer 2s, and more
The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons....