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[Ripple @Ripple]

We're proud to announce that Ripple USD ($RLUSD) is now officially available in Japan, following approval from the Japan Financial Services Agency (JFSA): https://t.co/ChkYMQ6kxW

Through our partnership with SBI Group and @sbivc_official, $RLUSD will be accessible to both institutional and retail users via the VCTRADE platform, serving as a bridge for payments, tokenization, and collateral management.

With $1.7 billion in market cap and a 10-year relationship with SBI, this is a significant milestone in advancing regulated stablecoin adoption across Asia.

[CoinDesk @CoinDesk]

JUST IN: SBI Holdings launches $JPYSC, Japan's first trust bank-backed yen stablecoin.

[Ripple @Ripple]

More licensing momentum!

Ripple has secured its preliminary Crypto Asset Service Provider (CASP) license in Luxembourg, paving the way for the full rollout of Ripple Payments across the EEA and full MiCA compliance: https://t.co/maJOvuNehw

The next wave of regulated digital asset adoption in Europe is here and it’s powered by Ripple.

[Watcher.Guru @WatcherGuru]

JUST IN: 🇺🇸 Average gas price in US falls to $2.81, the lowest level in five years.

[Watcher.Guru @WatcherGuru]

JUST IN: Warren Buffett officially steps down as CEO of Berkshire Hathaway after 60 years with the company.

The end of an era 🐐

[bearableguy123 @bearableguy123]

Cha-Chingle all the way! Merry Christmas and a VERY Happy New Year 2026 to you all! We got this!

[Chain Cartel @chaincartel]

🚨 THE OIL SHOCK THAT COULD FORCE A YEN UNWIND AND REPRICE XRP OVERNIGHT 🚨

This isn’t crypto hype. It’s macro sequencing.

An oil spike (Venezuela/Iran geopolitics, chokepoints) is the fastest way to export inflation. For Japan, an energy importer, that pressure boxes the BOJ.

Higher imported inflation = rate hikes or loss of control.

When Japan moves, the yen carry trade doesn’t unwind politely. History (1998, 2008, 2016) shows the same outcome: yen spikes, leverage collapses, FX/bonds/equities sell together.
Liquidity vanishes when it’s needed most.

That’s the real problem markets face in stress: settlement speed. Nostro/vostro and correspondent banking seize up during violent repricing.

This is where Ripple/XRP stops being a narrative and becomes infrastructure:
• Real-time FX settlement
• No pre-funded accounts
• Neutral bridge liquidity
• 24/7 availability under stress

Japan is uniquely positioned: deep SBI–Ripple ties, regulatory comfort with DLT, live ODL corridors. In a carry unwind, XRP isn’t about payments in calm markets, it’s about instant liquidity when markets break.

Liquidity assets don’t reprice linearly under stress. They gap.
If oil spikes and Japan blinks, XRP gets repriced for the moment it was built for.

[Watcher.Guru @WatcherGuru]

JUST IN: 🇺🇸 President Trump says the US is preparing for a historic "economic boom."

[Brad Garlinghouse @bgarlinghouse]

HUGE news! @Ripple just received conditional approval from the @USOCC to charter Ripple National Trust Bank. This is a massive step forward - first for $RLUSD, setting the highest standard for stablecoin compliance with both federal (OCC) & state (NYDFS) oversight.

To the banking lobbyists – your anti-competitive tactics are transparent. You’ve complained that crypto isn’t playing by the same rules, but here’s the crypto industry – directly under the OCC's supervision and standards – prioritizing compliance, trust and innovation to the benefit of consumers. What are you so afraid of?

[Ripple @Ripple]

Big News: @AMINABankGlobal is the first European bank to go live with Ripple Payments: https://t.co/dEEWtY2tsu

This partnership provides a crucial, compliant bridge between traditional fiat and blockchain rails, solving a major friction point for crypto-native clients who need efficient cross-border transactions.

This is the next step in our expanding relationship with AMINA Bank, building on their earlier adoption of RLUSD.

Our commitment to delivering secure, compliant, and resilient digital asset technology continues to advance the wider adoption of crypto in Europe and beyond!

[Merlijn The Trader @MerlijnTrader]

BREAKING:

JAMIE DIMON JUST SURRENDERED.

After a decade of calling Bitcoin a fraud,
JPMorgan’s CEO went on live TV and admitted:

“We move trillions of dollars a day on blockchain.
It’s real. It’s faster. It’s cheaper.”

His exact words on Fox Business.

The same man who wanted crypto shut down
is now building its backbone.

Facts:

- JPMorgan just launched a stablecoin on Base
- Tokenizing real-world assets at scale
- Running on-chain rails that settle trillions instantly
- Exploring Bitcoin and Ethereum as collateral

This isn’t speculation.
This is domination.

Trillions moved.
Friction erased.
Borders irrelevant.

Jamie Dimon didn’t join the revolution.
He realized his bank would be left behind without it.

Institutions didn’t miss crypto.
They quietly built the version that wins.

Blockchain isn’t coming.
It’s already here.

And the loudest critic just became its biggest validator.

The flip is complete.
The upgrade is live.

Welcome to the new financial system.

[Watcher.Guru @WatcherGuru]

JUST IN: 🇺🇸 SEC approves DTCC plan to tokenize stocks, bonds and treasuries.

[Watcher.Guru @WatcherGuru]

JUST IN: 🇺🇸 Top US bank CEOs to meet with Senators to discuss crypto market structure legislation.

[Chainlink @chainlink]

Banks.
Wall Street.
Stablecoins.
Governments.
Capital Markets.
Tokenized Assets.
Washington, D.C.

Chainlink Everything.

[Watcher.Guru @WatcherGuru]

JUST IN: 🇺🇸 Federal Reserve officially ends quantitative tightening.

[Polymarket @Polymarket]

JUST IN: Some New Yorkers are getting $12,000 in crypto for a Universal Basic Income experiment, sponsored by Coinbase.

[healthbot @thehealthb0t]

New peer-reviewed study has uncovered one of the most alarming findings of the pandemic era, revealing that 100% of COVID vaccinated participants had amyloid microclots circulating in their blood!

[Disclose.tv @disclosetv]

NEW - EU reportedly plans to pass the controversial "Chat Control" legislation "without discussion" behind closed doors.

https://t.co/clWz8xaSZj

[Brad Garlinghouse @bgarlinghouse]

It's (finally!) happening

[Shanaka Anslem Perera ⚡ @shanaka86]

CASH DIES IN 847 DAYS

Europe just legislated the end of financial freedom and nobody noticed.

January 2027: Every euro above €10,000 becomes illegal tender. Every Bitcoin needs government permission. Every transaction becomes a datapoint in Brussels’ surveillance grid.

This is not proposed. This is law.

340 million Europeans will wake up in a cage built from their own bank accounts.

THE KILL SHOT

The EU Anti-Money Laundering package doesn’t just track criminals. It treats every citizen as one. Starting 2027, buying a car in cash becomes a crime. Sending €1,001 in Bitcoin without state approval triggers prosecution. Anonymous wallets vanish overnight.

The Digital Euro arrives 2029. The European Central Bank spent €1.3 billion building what they call freedom. But leaked proposals cap holdings at €3,000 per person. Every purchase tracked. Every pattern analyzed. Every dissent potentially bankable.

THE LIE THEY’RE SELLING

“This stops money laundering.” Europe launders €500 billion yearly, they claim. So they’re building a panopticon for 340 million people to catch the fraction who commit crimes.

China’s digital yuan already programs money to expire, to restrict, to control. The ECB promises Europe will be different.

They promised deposit safety in Cyprus too. Then they seized accounts in 2013.

WHAT HAPPENS NEXT

Privacy coins migrate to the shadows. Black markets replace grey ones. The state gains omniscience. You lose the right to buy bread without permission.

This isn’t about crime. It’s about power. €20 trillion flows through the eurozone. Every cent will soon require approval from Frankfurt.

The infrastructure of tyranny gets built in the name of safety. Always.

THE CLOCK IS RUNNING

847 days until your cash becomes contraband. 1,308 days until the Digital Euro launches. Zero days of mainstream coverage asking the only question that matters:

Who decides what you’re allowed to buy when money becomes permission?

The European Union just made Orwell an instruction manual.

And you heard it here first.