Gerald Celente says markets are sending mixed signals as geopolitical stress 
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economic fractures. AI Bubble, War Risks, and Market Signals Clash, Celente 
Says Global markets are exhibiting an unusual divide, and Gerald Celente 
contends the behavior is far from ordinary. A veteran trends forecaster […]

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21Shares&#8217; macro chief looks at why Bitcoin has held relatively steady since 
the start of Middle East hostilities, while gold has slipped below $4,500 and 
key support levels.

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A flood of forgotten funds has quietly found its way back to XRP Ledger users, 
after a decentralized exchange founder scanned the entire network to track 
down expired escrows that holders had abandoned — some without even knowing 
the money was still there. Related Reading: Crypto Adoption No Longer 
Optional, Survey Finds As 72% Of Finance Leaders Signal Commitment First 
Ledger Founder Scans Entire Network To Recover Idle Funds Adam, the founder of 
First Ledger, a decentralized exchange built on the XRP Ledger, combed through 
every corner of the blockchain to locate escrows whose time conditions had 
long since passed but had never been completed. Reports say the recovered 
total came to 750,218 XRP — worth just over $1 million at current prices. 
First Ledger now runs regular scans to catch eligible escrows as soon as they 
become available, releasing them before they fall through the cracks again. 
XRPL validator Vet confirmed the figures, noting that the bulk of the locked 
funds belonged to ordinary community members, not institutions. Many holders 
had set time-based conditions on their XRP years ago and simply moved on, 
either forgetting the funds existed or not knowing what steps were needed to 
claim them. Escrow unlocks spiking on XRP. Over $1,000,000 or 750,218 XRP 
total in Escrows just got unlocked. Lots of those escrows were created by 
holders and community members and timelock expired, but they forgot or didn&#8217;t 
know how to unlock and receive their XRP back.@xrpl_adam… 
pic.twitter.com/eSdMQmlSFM — Vet (@Vet_X0) March 20, 2026 The escrow system on 
the XRP Ledger does not release funds on its own. Once a timelock expires, the 
recipient must still send a specific transaction — called an EscrowFinish — to 
collect what&#8217;s theirs. Miss that window, and a separate deadline kicks in. If 
that second deadline passes without action, the escrow expires entirely and 
can no longer be claimed. At that point, only a cancellation transaction can 
return the XRP to whoever sent it in the first place. In some cases, if no 
expiration date was ever set, the funds can sit locked indefinitely. Record 
Transaction Counts Signal Broader Usage Growth The recovered funds are just 
one piece of a wider activity surge on the network. Data shows that deposits 
into automated market makers hit an all-time high of 70,735 on Feb. 28. 
Related Reading: Bitcoin Holds As Gold Posts Worst Week Since 1983 Amid Iran 
War AccountSet transactions — used to update account settings without moving 
any money — climbed to 114,690 on March 20, the highest single-day count the 
network has ever recorded. Error messages tied to insufficient XRP reserves 
also spiked above 370,000 on March 18, the highest reading in three years. 
That number reflects users trying to place new offers without holding enough 
XRP to meet the network&#8217;s minimum balance requirements — a sign that new 
participants are showing up and running into the system for the first time. 
Featured image from Vecteezy, chart from TradingView

XRP Ledger Signals Growth With $1M Unlock And Activity Surge

Appearing in a recent Bloomberg TV interview, the chairman and CEO of JPMorgan 
Chase &amp; Co., Jamie Dimon, examined artificial intelligence (AI) and outlined 
how his bank is deploying the technology across a wide range of functions. 
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A crypto hack never ends when the wallet is drained. The theft lands first, 
fast and visible, and then a slower collapse starts to work through the rest 
of the project. The token keeps sliding, the treasury shrinks with it, hiring 
plans get cut back, product deadlines move, partners pull away, and the 
company that […]
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