yup!

[Vaibhav Sisinty @VaibhavSisinty]

Jeff Bezos just came out of retirement. His first CEO role since leaving Amazon. And he's building something nobody expected. 🤯

It's called Prometheus. $12 billion raised. $41 billion valuation. Backed by JPMorgan, BlackRock, Goldman Sachs, and Bezos himself.

150 employees. $273 million per person. That's how much investors are betting on this.

But here's what makes it different from every other AI company.

Prometheus isn't building another chatbot. It's not generating text or
images.

It's building what Bezos calls an "artificial general engineer" AI that designs jet engines, optimizes manufacturing, and prototypes physical products.

LLMs learned from the internet's text. Prometheus is learning from the physical world physics, simulations, engineering data, manufacturing processes.

In Bezos' own words: "Something that takes 100 engineers 10 years to build we want to make that 10 engineers, one year."

His co-CEO is Vik Bajaj, former Google X executive who worked with Sergey Brin on what became Waymo.

No ties to Amazon. No ties to Blue Origin. Bezos said "it deserves a dedicated team obsessed with this one thing."

While everyone is racing to build the best AI for words, Bezos is quietly building AI for the physical world.

That might be the bigger bet.

[Cointelegraph @Cointelegraph]

⚡️ NEW: Ripple has joined Water. org's Get Blue campaign, leveraging $RLUSD to help expand access to safe water for communities around the world.

[Ripple @Ripple]

No matter who won the Congressional Baseball Game, we're on Team Clarity. ⚾

Whether it's baseball or digital assets, the rules matter.

Clear rules of the road support responsible innovation and U.S. leadership.

[Ripple @Ripple]

Ripple and @Bitso are expanding their long-standing payments partnership.

Bitso’s regulated MXN-backed stablecoin, MXNB, will be issued on XRPL and integrated into Ripple’s Payments on DEX infrastructure, supporting enterprise stablecoin settlement across Latin America.

Together, RLUSD and MXNB bring regulated USD and MXN liquidity to XRPL's Permissioned DEX, helping enable real-world enterprise payment flows.

Read more on the partnership expansion: https://t.co/oiWeuRLGd3

[Ripple @Ripple]

As AI agents begin transacting on behalf of businesses, payments need more than speed. They need trust, controls, and clear rules for how value moves.

We're helping build the infrastructure for trusted agent-driven payments, with the XRP Ledger and $RLUSD helping lay the foundation for the future of commerce.

We're pleased to be part of the ecosystem supporting @Mastercard's Agent Pay for Machines initiative, helping validate new use cases, establish common rules, and accelerate adoption.

→ https://t.co/KHUcHqblXg

[Stellar @StellarOrg]

.@Mastercard is expanding its settlement capabilities with additional intraday, weekend and holiday card settlement using regulated stablecoins.

Programmable, always-on payments now on Stellar.

[Mastercard @Mastercard]

As AI agents begin to act, payments move into the background — at machine speed and massive scale.

Today we’re introducing Mastercard Agent Pay for Machines — bringing structure, governance, and trust to this new class of payments.

Launching with 30+ partners to bring this to life from day one.

This isn’t just more payments. It’s a new operating model for commerce.

👉 Learn more: https://t.co/TeS6Lj8jLO

[Stellar @StellarOrg]

Numbers that leave an impression.

@The_DTCC is the "premier post-trade market infrastructure for the global financial services industry," and it's coming onchain with Stellar.

[Ondo Finance @OndoFinance]

The biggest IPO in history.

Tokenized on day one.

SPCXon, coming to Ondo Global Markets.

[RippleX @RippleXDev]

@Ripple CTO Emeritus @JoelKatz on where XRP is headed:

"Tokenized securities. Money market funds. Stocks. Repos. Loans."

Enterprise adoption is already here. Mass retail is next.

XRP in a Minute ⬇️ https://t.co/DljGy2Hp9S

[Rep Hugh Blackwell @Rephugblackwell]

🚨 Ripple just dropped a new video!

Grayscale's Managing Director breaks down the role of XRP in a diversified crypto portfolio and why XRP is a defining asset in the next chapter of digital finance 🔥

The institutional moment is HERE. 👀

[Blockchain Backer @BCBacker]

XRP sits at 40.1 billion coins in a loss.

For reference:

43.4 billion - Covid Bottom / 2018-2020 Bear Bottom
42.3 billion - 2022 Bear Market Bottom
45.0 billion - Post FTX Bottom

[Blockchain Backer @BCBacker]

Bitcoin sits at 10.2 million coins in a loss.

For reference:

10.7 million - 2018 Bear Market Capitulation Bottom
10.4 million - Covid Bottom
10.6 million - 2022 Bear Market Bottom / FTX Collapse

[Ripple @Ripple]

The demand for modern, always-on settlement infrastructure continues to grow.

@Mastercard’s support for $RLUSD and the XRP Ledger reflects growing demand for trusted digital assets and blockchain infrastructure that can power faster, more flexible settlement.

[Mastercard @Mastercard]

Today, Mastercard is announcing plans to expand settlement capabilities to include stablecoin, intraday, holiday, and weekend options, giving partners more choice in how and when transactions are settled. That means we’re:

✅ Enabling greater choice to settle in fiat or regulated stablecoins

✅ Improving liquidity management for time sensitive, cross border flows

We’re supporting settlement with @Circle’s USDC, @Paxos-issued stablecoins including USDG,USDP and @PayPal’s PYUSD, @Ripple’s RLUSD and @SoFi’s SoFiUSD across a range of supported blockchain networks including Arbitrum, @Coinbase’s Base, @CantonNetwork’s Canton, Ethereum, @0xPolygon, @Solana, @Tempo and XRPL. ARQ Finance, CBW Bank, @crossriverbank, @Lead_Bank and @Nuvei will be among the first to support.

[CoinDesk @CoinDesk]

NEW: @Mastercard expands settlement to support regulated stablecoins including $USDC, $RLUSD and $PYUSD across Ethereum, Solana, Base, Arbitrum and XRPL.

[Stuart Alderoty @s_alderoty]

Excited to share that Ripple is expanding its presence in Washington, D.C.

Our larger D.C. office reflects our long-term commitment to constructive engagement, clear rules of the road, and responsible financial innovation.

Read more: https://t.co/gAyewDYcdo

[SMQKE @SMQKEDQG]

“What Does DTCC Do?”😶‍🌫️

The most important company that 99% of people never heard of.💯

“It’s the backbone of the entire financial structure.”🌐

And in times of crisis, the DTCC always introduces innovative solutions. 😏💨

Listen closely to hear the truth behind the DTCC.👇

[Watcher.Guru @WatcherGuru]

JUST IN: 🇺🇸 SEC grants first blockchain-native company 'Paxos' approval to clear and settle securities transactions.

[Cointelegraph @Cointelegraph]

🔥 BREAKING: CME Group launches 24/7 crypto trading today.

Starting May 29 at 4:00 p.m. CT, institutions can trade BTC, ETH, SOL, XRP, ADA, LINK, XLM, AVAX, and SUI futures around the clock.