Han Solo

[Brad Garlinghouse @bgarlinghouse]

1/ This one stings. Our team gave everything we had to get the Clarity Act across the finish line. So did most of the industry. This was an opportunity bigger than Ripple or one company - we did this for the industry, for consumers and to cement the US’s position as the crypto capital of the world and as a leader in the future of finance. Ultimately, consumers and U.S. competitiveness got left behind.

2/ A post mortem needs to be done on why this failed (more from me on that in the days ahead). The politics of the democrats (the anti-crypto army) was elevated over good policy.

3/ There is still reason for optimism for crypto in the United States. Now, the SEC, under Chair Atkins, and the CFTC, under Chair Selig, will continue to work hard to issue rules to fill the legislative gap and we will continue to be actively engaged in that rule making process.

4/ Ripple's business has never been stronger — real demand across traditional finance and the digital asset ecosystem. A missed vote in Washington doesn't change our momentum, our global footprint, or our customers.

[Brad Garlinghouse @bgarlinghouse]

The SEC’s first mission is to protect investors. Under Gary Gensler, the SEC clearly lost its way. He declared war on a technology.. It was an unlawful power grab…and the courts said as much.

By comparison, @SECPaulSAtkins is a breath of fresh air and sanity. He is a model of what leadership at the SEC should look like… he’s focusing on what matters - protecting investors and fostering innovations that help those investors and the markets.

[XDC Network @XDCNetwork]

Tokenisation has entered its adoption phase.
Global institutions, from J.P. Morgan to Fidelity, are actively building on blockchain infrastructure, driven by regulatory clarity and the need for faster, more efficient settlement.

At XDC Network, we are seeing this shift accelerate.
- The infrastructure is ready.
- The capital is moving.
- The window is open.

[Brian Allen @allenanalysis]

Robert Mueller died today at 81.

Vietnam veteran. Marine. 50 years of public service. FBI Director under two presidents.

Trump’s response.

“Good, I’m glad he’s dead. He can no longer hurt innocent people.”

The President of the United States celebrated the death of a decorated American veteran and public servant within hours of his passing.

Mueller found Trump likely obstructed justice.

Trump found that unforgivable.

James Comey was subpoenaed this week.

130 subpoenas issued to everyone who ever investigated Trump.

Pam Bondi testifies under oath on April 14th.

The Epstein files are half sealed.

A man who served his country for 50 years died today.

The President said he’s glad.

That tells you everything about who he is.

Never stop connecting the dots.

[Gilbert Verdian @gverdian]

A decade in the making, we have published an ISO standard for blockchain interoperability.

This is a milestone I've been working towards since 2015, Remitt was founded with the conviction that blockchains could transform financial services but only if the industry solved interoperability and harmonised around global standards. Without that, blockchain would remain fragmented, siloed, and locked out of mainstream institutional adoption.

In April 2016, we published what was the world's first proposal for a blockchain standard (https://t.co/SL83Yl4Ejr) a bold move at a time when the industry was still largely focused on proofs of concept and competing protocol narratives, not standardisation.

The idea was simple but ambitious: if blockchains were going to serve global markets, they needed a common framework that transcended any single protocol or vendor.

Central to this thinking from the very beginning was the concept of a multi-gateway architecture, leveraging the know-how of 20 years of experience in cybersecurity to frame the principle that interoperability shouldn't depend on a single bridge or point-to-point connection, but on a layered gateway model that could abstract away the differences between underlying DLTs and connect them through a common interface. This was the architectural foundation of what would become Overledger, and it was also the design philosophy we brought to the standards process.

The belief was that a viable international standard for blockchain interoperability had to be protocol-agnostic and gateway-driven, enabling any DLT to communicate with any other DLT (any-to-any) and with existing networks, without requiring those ledgers to change how they operate. The standard and the technology were born from the same insight.

That same year, I worked closely with the team from @standardsaus (Standards Australia), who had the foresight in 2015 to champion the initiative at the international level. Together, we pushed for ISO to establish a dedicated Technical Committee for blockchain and not to be absorbed into an existing committee, but to stand on its own as a recognition that this technology warranted its own global standards programme. The industry demand was there, the use cases were multiplying, and the fragmentation was becoming a real barrier.

In September 2016, the New Work Item Proposal (NWIP) received global approval, and ISO formally gave the green light to establish a new Technical Committee (https://t.co/7biJjvHRk9). TC 307 — Blockchain and Electronic Distributed Ledger Technologies — was born (https://t.co/5SsFPIw0HH). The inaugural meeting was held in Sydney in April 2017, and from that moment the real work began.

As the standards work progressed internationally, the mission at Remitt was evolving too. What started as an effort to use blockchains for financial services and solve interoperability grew into something far larger, a full enterprise infrastructure platform for connecting any blockchain to any network. Remitt became Quant, and we built Overledger, the world's first blockchain operating system to deliver on that original vision. The multi-gateway architecture that informed the standards thinking became the core of Overledger's design: a technology layer that sits above all blockchains, providing institutions with a single integration point to access any DLT, any network, and any existing system. The interoperability challenge that drove the standards work was the same challenge we set out to solve commercially and the two efforts reinforced each other throughout.
For close to a decade since TC 307's formation, subject matter experts across the world have contributed their time and expertise to Working Group 7 — Interoperability is the committee I chair.

International standards are not built quickly they are built through consensus, technical debate, and relentless refinement. The same methodology and rigour that created the Internet, through publishing standards. The result is a published international standard for blockchain interoperability.
🔗 https://t.co/GRoR7fXNLQ
A huge thank you to @isostandards as the international standards developing organisation, to the team at @standardsaus who started the initiative in 2015 and worked tirelessly to get TC 307 approved and established globally, and to every subject matter expert who contributed to Working Group 7 over the years. This would not exist without that collective effort.

From a blog post proposing the world's first blockchain standard in 2016, to a published ISO standard in 2026 and from Remitt to Quant, from an architectural concept of multi-gateway interoperability to Overledger and a global standard, this has been a decade-long journey of building both the standards and the technology to make blockchain interoperability a reality for institutions worldwide.

There is still much more work ahead. More standards to develop, more to evolve, and more to build. But today, we mark a significant milestone.

#Blockchain #ISO #Interoperability #Standards #TC307 #DLT #Quant #Overledger

[Altcoin Buzz @Altcoinbuzzio]

THE BIGGEST UPGRADES ALWAYS HAPPEN IN TOTAL SILENCE.

The Bank of Japan just quietly launched a tokenized deposit pilot with Project Agorá.

They officially tapped Quant to secure the underlying critical infrastructure.

Retail is completely distracted by timeline noise while central banks hardwire the new system.

The enterprise adoption cycle is moving exponentially faster than anyone realizes.

Are you holding the actual settlement rails?

[CryptosRus @CryptosR_Us]

🚨 HUGE: 🇯🇵 JAPAN TO RECOGNIZE $XRP AS A REGULATED FINANCIAL ASSET

Japan is set to classify $XRP as a regulated financial product under the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act (FIEA) — targeting Q2 2026 implementation!

This shifts XRP from "crypto asset" to full investment status → clearer rules, stronger protections, and major institutional doors swinging open. 🌏

Concurrently, the nation is leveraging the XRP Ledger as the foundation of its emerging tokenized economy.

[Stuart Alderoty @s_alderoty]

We’re on a roll with licensing momentum! 📷 @Ripple has secured preliminary approval for an EMI license from Luxembourg’s CSSF. This is a major milestone that will allow us to scale Ripple Payments across all 27 EU and EEA member states.
Huge congrats to the team for years of hard work. Ripple is now one of the most licensed crypto companies globally with 75+ approvals and counting.

[JackTheRippler ©️ @RippleXrpie]

🚨BREAKING: The SEC Chair - Paul Atkins says: "Congress is on the cusp of upgrading our financial markets for the 21st century.“

💥#XRP IS A DONE DEAL💥

[Amonyx @amonyx]

🚨 BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM 🚨

BlackRock is now using Ripple’s $RLUSD as collateral.

Bullish for $XRP. Who’s ready? 👀

[Ondo Finance @Ondo]

Big things are coming in 2026.

“Tokenization is a home run.”

“We will see a ton of acceleration.”

“Digital assets will go full mainstream.”

Why major institutions like Standard Chartered and Mastercard see tokenization as the future of capital markets ↓

[Coin Bureau @coinbureau]

🚨RIPPLE NATIONAL TRUST BANK APPROVED!

#Ripple has received conditional approval from the US OCC to charter Ripple National Trust Bank. 🏦

[Coin Bureau @coinbureau]

🚨JUST IN: SEC ENDS 2-YEAR ONDO PROBE

The SEC has closed its investigation into $ONDO, giving Ondo Finance the green light to accelerate its U.S. tokenization expansion.

[𝓐𝓶𝓮𝓵𝓲𝓮 @_Crypto_Barbie]

⚠️ JUST IN:

TREASURY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM GTREASURY IS NOW OFFICIALLY PART OF RIPPLE! 🙌🏼 #XRP

[RippleXity @RippleXity]

🚨 JUST IN: $XRP Can Now Be Purchased via Apple Pay & Google Pay Across 40 Countries.

[Amonyx @amonyx]

🚨 Times Square just turned into Ripple Square. When the billboards go blue… you know the $XRP era is officially starting. 💙🚀
Speak up if you’re ready.

[CryptoSensei @Crypt0Senseii]

🚨 BREAKING: Franklin Templeton declares, “In a diversified digital asset portfolio, #XRP serves as a core foundational asset.”

💥 The Ripple revolution is officially underway! 💥

[Digital Asset Investor @digitalassetbuy]

Franklin Templeton launches an XRP ETF today with access to over 13,000 advisory firms managing trillions in client assets.
Franklin Templeton manages over $1.5T and offers mainstream wealth platforms direct XRP exposure without custody or operational risk.
LOCK IN!

[Brad Garlinghouse @bgarlinghouse]

The pre-thanksgiving rush (shall we say, 'turkey trot'!?) for XRP ETFs starts now.. congrats @bitwise on today's launch!