@SenWarren What a stud! Doing what he’s always done as a NY-Wall Street guy all the while running the free world and all of his other businesses. This guy Trump you keep blabbing about is the pedigree for multi-tasking. Why would I NOT want him on my team? please give me a reason.
@ewarren Somebody, anybody, everybody vote this lady out. She’s so focused on DJT that she forgot there are other people on this country. Everytime she opens her mouth it’s about DJT. It’s weird.
Wasn’t Sam BankmanFreud one of the largest donors to the Democrat party?🤔What was the true reason the clarity act was not voted on? Democrats love the chaos, no rules no clarity for an emerging industry. You use one man (Trump) as an excuse to not pass a bill when the bill is for the people. Dems have shown where their loyalty stands and it’s not with the people of the republic.
@SenatorBennet All of you kept real quiet when @SpeakerPelosi was running wild. Not passing CLARITY allows unclarity and bad actors to continue doing what they’ve been doing. Whose side are you on? Clearly, not the people.
JP Morgan is working with us as part of a global group of banks helping design and deliver our blockchain-based ledger for cross-border payments.
Through industry-wide collaboration, we’re building the rails of the future to enable interoperability and support real-time, always-on cross-border payments.
This is a nice post from Alex Deluce @goldtelegraph and seems to have garnered some 300,000 views overnight. The support for sound money buoys my spirits and strengthens my resolve.
It is Aug 16, 2025. In my Twitter DM's, a worried community member asks for help/advice.
He has $200k in XRP in an XRPL account, and he set up Multi Sign. Then he set up multi sign for the accounts he used for the initial Multi Sign. Unknowingly, he created a "nested Multi Sign" setup.
While the XRPL allows one to configure this, it creates a condition that can never be resolved: even with access to the secrets belonging to the nested Multi Sign accounts, the XRPL will never accept the signatures because of the nested condition.
At @XRPLLabs we can't just fix this, because code is law and the XRPL code happens to allow setting up a condition where one is locked out of their wallet 🥹
The only way to resolve this, is an amendment. An amendment that allows for nested signatures. I don't know many people who can actually code this, but I happen to have the privilege of working alongside of one of the few: @RichardXRPL. And @sereneblade is a loing long time contributor to the XRPL and good friend of @XRPLLabs.
So what did we do? We discussed, and started coding. Resulting in an amendment we submitted today to the rippled/XRPL code base. With this code change, merged into a future release by @RippleXDev and voted in by validators, our community member reaching out to me on August 16th last year will get access to his funds again.
Here's the (hopefully to be merged and voted in) amendment: https://t.co/5yXk4z1XIk
There are some take-aways here 😉
Yours,
Your friends at @XRPLLabs 🙏
🚨NEW: Details from the White House stablecoin yield meeting, per banking and crypto sources in the room:
People on both sides called the meeting ‘productive,’ but, again, no compromise was reached by the end of the meeting. However, deal specifics were discussed in more detail today.
For example, banks and the banking trades came prepared with a written set of ‘prohibition principles’ (in the pic below) which detailed what they are willing and not willing to compromise on when it comes to stablecoin rewards. One source pointed out a key concession from the banks being the “any proposed exemption” language in paragraph two, because they were previously unwilling to discuss any exemptions with respect to offering rewards on a transaction-based basis at all.
Chief Legal Officer at @Ripple, @s_alderoty, said “compromise is in the air.”
There was heavy focus on so-called “permissible activities,” aka what kinds of account activity could be allowed in order for crypto firms to offer rewards. Crypto wants definitions on this to be broad, banks want it to be narrowed.
For next steps, further discussions between the present parties are expected to happen in the coming days, but it’s unclear whether another meeting of this scale will take place before the end of the month. The White House has urged both parties to reach a deal on the matter by March 1st.
This gathering was also notably smaller than the first one. Led by Executive Director of the President’s Crypto Council @patrickjwitt, Senate Banking Committee staff were also present. On the crypto side, attendees included @iampaulgrewal of @coinbase, @milesjennings of @a16z, @s_alderoty of @Ripple, @JoshRosner from @Paxos, @SummerMersinger of @BlockchainAssn and @_jikim of @crypto_council.
Banks in the room were @GoldmanSachs, @jpmorgan, @BankofAmerica, @WellsFargo, @Citi, @PNCBank and @usbank, along with trade groups @bankpolicy, @ABABankers and @ICBA.
Bottom line: It was a smaller, more productive meeting than the first and both sides are talking about ways to solve the issues at hand, but no final resolution has been reached yet.
🚨 BREAKING: IRS SCANDAL EXPOSED 🚨
You’re not going to believe this.
Sen. Joni Ernst has revealed that IRS EMPLOYEES OWE ~$50,000,000 IN UNPAID TAXES.
Yes.
The people who enforce the tax laws… aren’t paying them.
Let that sink in.
Nearly 6,000 IRS employees, almost 10% of the agency, have significant unpaid tax balances.
Average amount owed? About $8,000 per employee.
These are not recent bills. Many are from prior years. Some didn’t even file.
This isn’t a clerical issue. It’s a credibility crisis.
These employees know exactly how the system works, what gets flagged, what doesn’t, and where enforcement is weak.
That’s not just hypocrisy.
That’s tax fraud risk inside the tax authority itself.
So here’s the real question: Should Scott Bessent put IRS employees with unpaid taxes on probation, just like any other federal worker?
Because, if the IRS won’t enforce the rules on itself, why should the public trust enforcement at all?
Curious what you think. Please comment and hare.
DEATON’S WASHINGTON CLEAN HANDS ACT
Clean hands legislation will be one of the first things I introduce as a U.S. Senator.
1. Congressional Term Limits
Establish a constitutional amendment to limit service (3 terms for House, 2 terms for Senate).
2. The No-Trade Zone - a ban on Stock Trading for Members of Congress
3. Lifetime Lobbying Ban for Members of Congress
4. End Regulatory Capture -
a ban prohibiting high-level agency officials (FDA, SEC, EPA, etc.) from accepting positions on boards or executive roles at companies they previously regulated for at least five years.
5. Single Issue Bill Act - end omnibus spending packages thousands of pages long. Require every bill to be restricted to a single issue, ensuring that popular policies aren't used as trojan horses for unrelated, pork-barrel spending.
6. Read the Bill Mandate - the final text of any legislation be public and searchable for at least 72 hours before a vote can be held.
7. No Pay for No Budget - if Congress fails to pass a budget and the 12 required appropriations bills on time, congressional pay is withheld and cannot be recovered retroactively.
8. Dark Money Transparency - require immediate (48-hour) disclosure of any political contribution over $500 to Super PACs or non-profits engaged in political advocacy.
9. Ban on Foreign Lobbying & Contributions - prohibit any former member of Congress or senior executive branch official from ever working for a foreign government or foreign-controlled entity and close loopholes allowing foreign-owned domestic subsidiaries to funnel money into U.S. elections.
10. Truth in Legislating Audit
- establish an independent, non-partisan ethics commission with the power to subpoena and investigate “pay-to-play" allegations.
11. End the Leadership PAC Slush Fund - abolish Leadership PACs which currently allow politicians to raise money from special interests and spend it on "lifestyle" expenses - luxury travel, five-star dinners, and private jets - under the guise of "political consulting."
12. The Conflict of Interest Recusal Mandate - require any Member of Congress to formally recuse themselves from voting on or sponsoring legislation that directly impacts a company or industry where they, or their spouse, or close family member holds a significant financial interest.
13. Mandatory Tax Disclosures - codify into law the requirement for any candidate for federal public office to release at least ten years of federal tax returns.
14. Truth in Spending - end the use of budget gimmicks like "emergency" designations for routine spending used to bypass spending caps (MA needs this as @MassGovernor has completely abused this practice while bankrupting taxpayers).
15. Inflation Impact Statement issued by an independent agency attached to any bill spending over $1B, so voters know exactly how the legislation will affect the cost of eggs and gas. (At the state level it should be any legislation costing $100M or more).
16. Full Disclosure of Shadow Lobbying - close the loophole that allows consultants and strategic advisors to influence policy without registering as lobbyists. If you’re paid more than $1,000 to influence a federal official - even if you aren't the one physically walking into their office - you must register and disclose your clients.
17. Universal Foreign Influence Disclosure - whether it’s Israel, China, Saudi Arabia, or Qatar - if you’re pushing the agenda of a foreign power in our halls of power, you should be registered as a foreign agent. Period. No loopholes, no consulting excuses, and no dark money. The American people deserve to know if a policy is being pushed by their neighbors or by a foreign capital.
18. End NGO funding - it’s a simple rule - if the government isn’t allowed to do or engage in the underlying activities - it shouldn’t be allowed to fund it.
I just received a private message offering me $25,000 to defame Ripple and XRP.
A paid script telling me exactly what to say. Call it a scam. Claim I sold everything. Blame Ripple and influencers for wealth destruction.
Let that sink in.
So ask yourself this.
Who is funding this campaign?
Who benefits if XRP is defamed?
And how many accounts you see daily attacking Ripple are not organic voices but paid proxies following the same script?
This is how narratives are engineered. With money.
And if they are this desperate now, imagine what they are trying to stop from coming next.
I will not be bought.
But I will expose it.
Pay attention.