eBay&#8217;s rejection highlights the importance of strategic focus and financial 
stability in evaluating merger proposals, impacting future acquisition 
strategies.
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A new XRP market thesis is circulating ahead of the Senate markup of the 
CLARITY Act on Thursday, May 14, 2026, at 10:30 AM ET, with XRP community 
member and developer Vincent Van Code arguing that regulatory clarity could 
turn XRP Ledger liquidity from a speculative narrative into institutional 
market structure. The argument centers on whether legal safe harbor for 
digital assets would allow major banks and payment networks to use XRPL 
liquidity pools at production scale. In a post on X, Van Code described the 
upcoming markup, as a potential trigger for XRP’s institutional use case. He 
framed the legislation not merely as another policy milestone, but as the 
missing legal layer for large regulated financial institutions to engage more 
directly with on-chain settlement infrastructure. Why XRP Needs $10 For Bank- 
Scale XRPL Liquidity “The digital asset market has spent a decade in beta. 
This Thursday, May 14, 2026, the CLARITY Act Senate markup provides the final 
legal API for G-SIBs (Global Banks) to move trillions from static Nostro 
accounts to the XRPL. By converting Ripples 40B+ Escrow into Protocol-Native 
Liquidity Pools (LPs), we are witnessing a structural revaluation of XRP from 
a speculative token to High-Velocity Collateral.” Related Reading: XRP Whales 
Accused Of Manipulating Liquidity In Major Market Move The core of the thesis 
is that Ripple’s XRP escrow, long viewed by market participants as a possible 
source of future sell pressure, could instead become a strategic liquidity 
reserve if deployed into automated market maker pools. Van Code called this 
“the mechanical flip,” arguing that escrowed XRP could be used to seed deep 
pools for institutional corridors rather than simply entering circulating 
supply through sales. Under his scenario, the CLARITY Act would provide the 
legal safe harbor required for banks to interact with XRP Ledger-based 
liquidity. Ripple could then deposit between 5 billion and 10 billion XRP from 
escrow into pools such as RLUSD/XRP, EURCV/XRP and JPY/XRP. The post argues 
that this would create a deeper base of bridge liquidity and a stronger market 
structure for large transfers. “For years, Ripples Escrow was a ‘Sell 
Pressure’ bug. In the post-CLARITY world, it becomes a Liquidity Feature. The 
Trigger: CLARITY Act passes -&gt; Banks get Legal Safe Harbor.” Van Code linked 
the thesis to four institutional corridors he says are already forming around 
XRPL-compatible settlement flows. These include RLUSD for US dollar treasury 
and B2B activity, EURCV from Societe Generale for European institutional 
settlement, JPY-related corridors involving SBI and Kiraboshi, and OUSG from 
Ondo as yield-bearing collateral. He also cited Mastercard and Societe 
Generale as examples of participants already connected to on-chain 
infrastructure, arguing that the missing ingredient is liquidity depth rather 
than connectivity. Related Reading: Pundit Predicts When The XRP Price Will 
Rally To $12 The most aggressive part of the thesis is the price logic. Van 
Code argued that bank-scale settlement requires pools large enough to process 
major transfers without material slippage. In his example, moving $100 million 
in a single block with less than 0.1% slippage would require roughly $20 
billion in total value locked. That assumption leads to his $10 XRP scenario. 
At a price of $1.47, he argued, the major pools would require around 18 
billion XRP, which he described as mathematically impractical due to liquidity 
constraints. At $10, by contrast, the same liquidity base would require 
roughly 2.7 billion XRP, a level he framed as more sustainable for 
institutional deployment. “The price doesn&#8217;t hit $10 because of hype; it hits 
$10 because the TVL must scale to handle the Mastercard/Bank Volume,” he 
wrote. At press time, XRP traded at $1.46. Featured image created with DALL.E, 
chart from TradingView.com

XRP To $10? New Thesis Links CLARITY Act To Bank-Scale XRPL Liquidity

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Coinbase&#8217;s handling of Monad&#8217;s token sale highlights the challenges of scaling 
new infrastructure, impacting user liquidity and market dynamics.
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The Ethereum Foundation has withdrawn more than 21,000 ETH from Lido staking 
weeks after carrying out earlier unstaking activity and multiple OTC treasury 
sales tied to operational funding. According to blockchain analytics platform 
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Anthropic&#8217;s AWS integration could reshape enterprise AI by enhancing 
accessibility, security, and autonomy, intensifying cloud competition.
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