Ben Alquist

👀 @NeolaunchIO

[Ben Alquist @BearedUp]

@robbehcochrane @Polymarket @Atitty Looks like his PR training or publicist caught him JUST in time. 🤣🤣🤣

[CryptoSensei @Crypt0Senseii]

💡 Here's a tax law detail that quietly blocks XRP from functioning as a payment currency in the United States.

Kraken just made it the centerpiece of their legislative push.

Under current U.S. tax law, every crypto transaction is a taxable event. Buy a coffee with XRP? That's a capital gains calculation. Buy lunch? Another one.

The crypto exchange advocated for a de minimis exemption that would waive reporting requirements below a certain transaction threshold - the same treatment that applies to foreign currency transactions today.

Without this exemption, XRP faces a structural ceiling as a payment rail that has nothing to do with technology, settlement speed, or liquidity.

It's a tax compliance problem that makes small transactions economically irrational for both sender and receiver.

Kraken's push matters because regulatory clarity and tax clarity aren't the same problem.

XRP can have full regulatory clarity, live ETFs, and institutional adoption - and still face adoption friction at the consumer layer if every micro-transaction carries a reporting burden.

The payment currency thesis for XRP lives or dies on both questions being resolved.

We're making progress on regulation. Tax is the quieter battle.

[Ben Alquist @BearedUp]

@elonmusk So… want to be friends?

Dinner on me.

[Ben Alquist @BearedUp]

@spectatorindex For the first time… since last month? Lmfao. Come on, yall. That’s really stretching for a news headline.

[Ben Alquist @BearedUp]

@Crypt0Senseii Wow. Wow. Wow. Bullish.

[CryptoSensei @Crypt0Senseii]

🚨 BIG MOVE

The White House has officially nominated pro #XRP Kevin Warsh to serve as the next Federal Reserve Chairman!

[CryptoSensei @Crypt0Senseii]

🚨XRP Just Became Central Bank-Grade Infrastructure

➖Ripple is now licensed.
➖DLT assets are moving into collateral markets.
➖#XRP Ledger just crossed the institutional line.

Once something works at this level, it stops being optional.

[Ben Alquist @BearedUp]

@Cosmos_Airdrops Still holding from ATH. 😆

What kind of sick torture is this.

[CryptoSensei @Crypt0Senseii]

🔔Schedule Update |🎙️Live Interview - Uphold

Sitting down with Raj Viroja, SVP of Neobanking at @UpholdInc - Raj has led the launch of Uphold’s U.S. Debit Card and is building tools that bring spending, saving, payments, and crypto into one platform.

Topics we'll cover
➖U.S. debit card, direct deposit & XRP Rewards
➖Partnerships with Atomic & Exa
➖What’s coming next for Uphold

Updated time & date
📅Friday, January 30th | 3PM EST

We will see you there - details below👇
https://t.co/9pw5h54ndd

[CryptoSensei @Crypt0Senseii]

🚨 SPECULATION IS HEATING UP: Rumors are swirling that @Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse is preparing a major reveal at the Davos gathering in Switzerland 🇨🇭

All eyes on $XRP as anticipation builds. 👀

[Ben Alquist @BearedUp]

@Crypt0Senseii @uphold Exciting stuff. 🫡🤘

[CryptoSensei @Crypt0Senseii]

🎙 Live Interview - Uphold

Sitting down with Raj Viroja, SVP of Neobanking at @Uphold - Raj has led the launch of Uphold’s U.S. Debit Card and is building tools that bring spending, saving, payments, and crypto into one platform.

Topics we’ll cover ⬇️
➖U.S. debit card & XRP rewards
➖What’s coming next for Uphold
➖Community Questions

📅 Friday, January 23rd | 7PM EST

We will see you there - details below ⬇️

[Ben Alquist @BearedUp]

@PentagonGamesXP 🤦‍♂️

[Ben Alquist @BearedUp]

@TheJoeySwoll @UpholdInc You should do a collab with @Crypt0Senseii — Swoll.

[Ben Alquist @BearedUp]

@Crypt0Senseii Sensei — I want to see you and Luna do a holiday-themed livestream with matching outfits. 🙏😂

[Ben Alquist @BearedUp]

@RefuseToLosePod @Spearhead96B No way does that eat up most of the budget. Math ain’t mathing.

[Ben Alquist @BearedUp]

@bitcointaurus @jesusmartinez You can embrace decentralization without being decentralization extremist.

[Ben Alquist @BearedUp]

@granziri @jesusmartinez Dang. Got me.

[Ben Alquist @BearedUp]

@J0hnnyHopkins @jesusmartinez Logic.

[Ben Alquist @BearedUp]

@granziri @jesusmartinez Missed the point.

Decentralization is a key pillar in web3 - but let’s not pretend that 100% decentralization is a good thing.