In XRP news today, the XRP Ledger released xrpld 3.2.1 on July 31 after a validator manifest flood was detected hitting nodes that same day, with Ripple Director of Engineering Vijay Khanna issuing an urgent call on August 1–2 for all node operators to upgrade immediately. The ledger continued closing normally throughout the incident, with…
Your day-ahead look for Aug. 3, 2026
ARP Digital’s Yusuf Fakhro said bitcoin’s weakness reflects stalled participation more than forced selling, with ETF flows turning negative, CME open interest back at 2023 levels and Strategy idle for a fifth straight week.
Bitcoin futures’ once-rich carry has evaporated, with quarterly basis yields trailing two‑year U.S. Treasuries since February, a sign of shrinking arbitrage and a maturing market.
The CLARITY Act enters the Senate’s final scheduled week before the August recess. Monday’s floor schedule opens with H.R. 6500, a government funding vehicle, and CLARITY has yet to appear on the schedule. Negotiators are still working through disputes over government ethics and stablecoin rewards, and prediction markets price the odds of the bill becoming…
Robinhood’s U.K. arm was added to the FCA’s list of registered cryptoasset companies as of July 31.
In Ethereum news today, the application layer generated $1.79Bn in fees during Q2 2026; rollups are processing 1,270 user operations per second, and $17.2Bn in real-world assets sit on-chain. However, the ETH price remains below $2,000, roughly -60% off its all-time high near $4,950 set in August 2025. The network activity is real. The value…
The Sunday morning minor relief rally couldn’t continue for long, and bitcoin dived below $63,000 again on Monday and even dipped to $62,200 for the second time in just a few days. The larger-cap alts have joined the ride, with ETH sliding below $1,850, and XRP heading towards a familiar support level. BTC Dips Toward…
The pending transactions signal replace-by-fee, so anyone who spots their address in the mempool has minutes to pay a higher fee and move funds first.
Ripple has expanded its digital capital markets strategy. The company announced today investments in Zilo and Lucuido – two firms that are focused on developing infrastructure for tokenized funds and institutional asset trading. The move builds on existing partnerships with both firms. Ripple did not disclose the size of either investment. Speaking on the matter…