Stellar & Ripple started out as payments focused DLTs
Make no mistake, these two still dominate the payment space with govt & F500 partners
But nowadays they're leading in RWAs too
Those who studied knew the institutions were coming
It was just a matter of when
$XLM 🤝 $XRP
A new report from Messari highlights how the XRPL's MEV-free architecture is quietly capturing institutional interest.
Key Q1 2026 data shows:
ETF Inflows: Over 775M XRP now held in US Spot ETFs.
RWA Explosion: Tokenized real-world assets jumped 124% to $2.25B.
Stablecoin Growth: Ripple’s RLUSD surged ~45% to $340M+.
By trading speculative retail yields for strict execution predictability, the network is shifting from price hype to genuine institutional utility.
Is network velocity the ultimate long-term value driver? 👇
Couldn’t resist..
You not notice on the latest YouTube from Tammy and Sean, they are quoted at the end saying ‘All the things we’ve been working a decade on’
Stronghold was officially formed in 2017, $SHX in 2018
Stronghold is Ripple and Stellar combined
It was planned and decided back in 2014
Don’t think of Stellar, Ripple, Stronghold as separate entities, they’re all the same, same people, same investors, same tech, all just doing slightly different things
Ripple and Stellar figured out the US ACH market in particular couldn’t be conquered sufficiently via $XRP or $XLM
That’s why they created Stronghold
But it’s more than that, #StrongholdNET is all the everyday money in the US
It’s the bridge to compliantly and quickly onboard all of the US to blockchain, and $CRYPTO once official regulations pass
And this then bridges the Stellar Network, $XRPL, $Fed, $USACH + #ISO20022 for all #StrongholdNET, participants of which there are already millions
They all have customisable payment networks via a simple API, white labelled, full reporting, full integration into blockchain, compliantly, securely, and at lightening speeds
People aren’t going to create a wallet, or start coding smart contracts to then be able to start using, and benefiting from Blockchain
The US market is massive, Ripple and Stellar recognised it needed its own company to concentrate purely on the interface moment
#StrongholdNET + $SHX is that simple, customisable, compliant gateway to $CRYPTO in the US, and beyond..
When US regulations you won’t be able to catch $SHX for dust, same with $XRP and $XLM
They all feed into each other, they will collectively be all of the money
🌐 Global fintech update
🇺🇸 US: Stablecoins now have a federal framework
🇪🇺 EU: 9 major banks launching a Euro stablecoin
🇯🇵 Japan: Crypto tax dropping from 55% to 20%
🌐 Global: $33T in stablecoin transactions in 2025
The shift is happening everywhere.
If @Hedera could connect to any network first through bridgeless bridging via the Cross Ledger PRotocol (CLPR), which ecosystem should it be, and why? ⚡🌐
@Ethereum@HyperliquidX@Solana
Someone else?
Drop your vote below 👇
🧵 THREAD: How Stronghold Could Revolutionize Energy Payments & Grid Economics ⚡️🌍
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Electricity markets are broken.
⚠️ Prices swing every 5 minutes
⚠️ Power can go NEGATIVE during renewable oversupply
⚠️ Settlements are slow & fragmented
As AI, mining, and renewables scale globally… energy markets need programmable money.
That’s where Stronghold comes in 👇
@strongholdpay
Most people look at a crypto token and ask one question: is the price going up?
The smart money asks different questions.
What is the supply structure? Is there vesting overhang? What creates demand at the protocol level? What locks tokens off the market permanently?
When you run those questions against $VELO the answers are unlike most projects in this space. Vol. 5 of the VELO Bible Series. The Token. 🧵💎
Anybody entering this market right now needs to understand what is happening very carefully.
We are on the edge of one of the biggest wealth transfers and technological shifts humanity has ever seen.
And the truth is… most people still do not understand how to position themselves properly for it. Not because the information isn’t out there… but because people are still psychologically anchored to the past.
Your average person buying Bitcoin today is NOT making the same bet people made in 2013, 2015, or even 2020.
At current prices, $10,000 into Bitcoin gets you roughly 0.13 BTC.
Even if Bitcoin reaches $1,000,000…
that position becomes roughly $130,000.
Now compare that to assets still in the infrastructure building phase of this market. $10,000 into XRP at roughly $1.40 gets you over 7,100 XRP.
At $100 XRP?
That becomes over $710,000.
And yes, I fully believe XRP reaches $100 before Bitcoin reaches $1,000,000.
Then look at Ethereum… $10,000 at roughly $2,300 gets you about 4.3 ETH.
At $25,000 ETH? That position becomes around $107,000
Now Chainlink.
$10,000 at roughly $10 gets you around 1,000 Link.. at $200 Link? That becomes $200,000
This is what people are failing to see. The next cycle is not just about owning “crypto” It’s about understanding where infrastructure, liquidity, interoperability, tokenization, stablecoins, and institutional capital are actually flowing.
LOCK TF IN 🫡
Great Thesis. Dr @Fhill1776. Worth the read guys. He pitches $VELO becoming the neutral global settlement and clearing layer for a multipolar world. Where every nation issues its own asset backed digital currency on top of Velo's infrastructure.
Which makes sense and is a lot more reasonable, than the XRP global settlement theory, which relies on central banks and governments voluntarily handing their liquidity flows to a single private network they don't control and had no hand in building. Especially BRICS nations. I guess somewhat Western Nations. But not BRICs.
US credit card debt hit $1.25T. While consumers drown in interest, SMEs suffer from hidden fees. But when businesses use @strongholdpay & its ecosystem powered by $SHx, a win-win cycle starts. Here is how protecting merchant margins indirectly saves the customer. 👇
The Clarity Act is the single most important catalyst for the crypto asset space.💯
What is taking place in this room is historic for the entire asset class.🌐
The rules of the road are being established.📝
Trillions of dollars patiently waiting on the sidelines are watching this moment unfold.💰
Utility tokens will finally rise to dominance as a result of regulatory clarity.☝️
This is the moment holders of infrastructure protocol tokens have been waiting years for.🔑
And I feel nothing but honor and privilege watching all of this unfold in real time.
The financial system doesn’t change because prices move.
The system changes when rules are written to allow new technology to be introduced.🔒
#InsideTheRoom💨