The Algorand Foundation said it has a “more sustainable alignment” of 
resources with the protocol’s long-term business priorities.

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as fraudsters use urgency and evolving tactics to pressure victims into quick 
financial decisions and drive increasing financial losses. FBI Warns of Rising 
Law Enforcement Impersonation Scams A new warning from the FBI’s Louisville 
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The rehiring at Block highlights the growing impact of AI and automation on 
workforce dynamics, prompting industry-wide strategic shifts.
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Fold CEO Will Reeves said it is focused on scaling its 2026 product line after 
paying off two convertible debts, removing overhang and enabling it to focus 
on growth.

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Major Wall Street investors poured $500 million into Ripple in 2025 — a figure 
that reflects just how embedded XRP has become in the company&#8217;s financial 
backbone, and why analysts say Ripple has little reason to walk away from it. 
Related Reading: Another Bitcoin Buy Coming? Saylor Sparks Speculation With 
‘Orange Dots’ Post A newly circulated academic paper, published in Advances in 
Economics, Business and Management Research, argues that XRP&#8217;s role in 
Ripple&#8217;s cross-border payment network makes abandonment not just unlikely, but 
structurally difficult. The paper was brought to wider attention by XRP 
community researcher SMQKE. The Case Against Cutting Ties Ripple Payments — 
formerly known as RippleNet — uses XRP as a bridge asset to move money across 
borders quickly and cheaply. According to the paper, that dependency runs 
deep. XRP helps guard against double-spending risks while cutting the delays 
that plague traditional payment systems. Banks like Bank of America and 
Santander are among the financial institutions connected to Ripple&#8217;s network. 
That kind of institutional footprint makes any sudden pivot away from XRP a 
complicated proposition, reports indicate. ‼️ WHY RIPPLE WILL NEVER ABANDON 
XRP‼️ Read closely.😶‍🌫️ “Because RippleNet DEPENDS much on XRP, the XRP will 
coexist with Ripple Labs.”✅ “In this way, as long as Ripple Labs is widely 
used for its cross-board real-time payment business, the XRP market will 
ALWAYS work as a… pic.twitter.com/9YZvBLoExt — SMQKE (@SMQKEDQG) March 13, 
2026 The paper stops short of declaring XRP untouchable. It points to 
regulatory tightening and rival technologies as real threats that could 
reshape how Ripple operates in the long run. Still, its central conclusion is 
that XRP and Ripple are likely to remain tied together for the foreseeable 
future. XRP&#8217;s Broader Ambitions Beyond payments, Ripple has explored 
positioning XRP as a neutral go-between for central bank digital currencies, 
or CBDCs. The idea is that XRP could connect different national digital 
currencies without requiring the parties to rely on traditional financial 
intermediaries. That ambition signals something important. Ripple isn&#8217;t 
treating XRP as a legacy product to be quietly retired. Based on reports, the 
company has been actively expanding its use cases rather than winding them 
down. CEO Brad Garlinghouse has publicly described XRP as the company&#8217;s 
guiding purpose. His exact words, often repeated in the XRP community: &#8220;XRP is 
our north star.&#8221; Related Reading: XRP Moves Into ‘Scarce Zone’ As Exchange 
Supply Dries Up Stablecoin Launch Adds A New Layer Ripple&#8217;s rollout of RLUSD, 
its own stablecoin, has fed speculation that XRP might be getting sidelined. 
Some observers read the move as a sign that Ripple is hedging its bets with a 
more stable asset. Ripple executives have pushed back on that reading. They 
maintain XRP is not being replaced — that RLUSD operates alongside it, not 
instead of it. The academic paper largely supports that position. It frames 
XRP as central to both network security and overall system efficiency, not as 
a technology on its way out. Whether that holds as stablecoins gain ground 
across the broader payments industry remains an open question. Featured image 
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