Australia introduces a digital assets framework bill to license crypto 
platforms under asic, aiming to protect consumers and boost market confidence. 
Australia&#8217;s government tabled legislation in Parliament on Nov. 27, 2025, 
aimed at regulating digital asset platforms and protecting consumers…

Australia bill targets crypto platforms to bolster consumer safeguards

Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino slammed S&amp;P Global Ratings after it gave the 
company’s stablecoin its lowest stability score, citing disclosure gaps and 
high-risk reserves. Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino issued a statement criticizing 
S&amp;P Global Ratings following the agency&#8217;s assignment of…

Tether CEO hits back at S&P over weak stablecoin rating

Despite the XRP price struggling to stay afloat in the current market, it has 
not deterred the bulls from continuing to push for higher prices. This is amid 
the XRP ETF launches that have taken place over the last week, X triggering a 
significant amount of inflow into the cryptocurrency. The calls for new all- 
time high prices to surpass its 2018 $3.84 peak have only grown louder, with 
timelines getting shorter. This time around, one analyst has predicted a new 
all-time high, with what they call a “true Elliot Wave view.” Why XRP Price 
Could Still Gun Above $4 In an analysis shared on X with over 35,000 
followers, crypto analyst XForce Global has put forward the idea that the 
Elliot Wave Theory has not completely played out for the XRP price. So far, 
the belief has been that the XRP price has completed the last and final wave 
and could be headed into a bear market. However, the crypto analyst doesn’t 
believe this is the case. Related Reading: XRP Price Will Climb Above $10 When 
This Happens: Analyst XForce Global points to the fact that analysts who use 
the Elliot Wave theory could struggle with the chart they shared. But this 
chart apparently removes all of the market inefficiencies, allowing the XRP 
price to be viewed through a clear lens. The analysis suggests that the 
altcoin could see a bullish continuation, running a flat route upward after 
hitting support above $1.87. Such a surge would put the XRP price on the path 
above $4, with the digital asset possibly topping above $5. In the event that 
the price does crash further than the current local lows, the analyst believes 
that an expanded flat route beginning above $1.6 would still trigger a similar 
outcome. Both rallies are expected to push the XRP price above $4 and then top 
toward $6. Major Factor To Drive Price Explosion One major factor that 
analysts have put forward to drive an XRP price explosion is the launch of XRP 
ETFs. With more than 3 XRP ETFs now trading in the US, analyst Chad 
Steingraber has outlined how their launch could affect the altcoin’s price. 
Related Reading: Financial Strategist Debunks Prediction That Bitcoin Price 
Will Reach $220,000 In 45 Days Steingraber explained that, so far, the XRP 
price had been seeing some uptick during ETF trading hours, and then declining 
during off-hours. This is building pressure and momentum, and is expected to 
accumulate over time. The result of this is supposed to be a major price 
explosion in the next few months, possibly pushing XRP to new peaks. Featured 
image from Dall.E, chart from TradingView.com

Analyst Says Get Ready For XRP Price Above $4 This Cycle

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin expects growth to continue next year, but 
with smarter adjustments that expand capacity without new bottlenecks.

Ethereum raises block gas limit to 60M as network capacity climbs ahead of Fusaka

What to Know: Strategy’s new ‘Bitcoin Rating’ shows its $BTC stack covers 
convertible debt by about 5.9x at its average entry and would stay near 2x 
even in a deep crash, underlining how levered it is to long-term $BTC upside. 
Despite that cushion, institutions are bailing on the stock and moving into 
spot Bitcoin ETFs instead, leaving Strategy out of the S&amp;P 500 and trading 
below the value of its own $BTC holdings. Bitcoin Hyper’s presale is building 
an SVM-based Bitcoin Layer 2 with near-instant, low-fee smart contracts and 
DeFi that settles back to Bitcoin, giving $BTC holders a scaling and yield 
angle instead of just spot exposure. PEPENODE’s presale pushes a mine-to-earn 
meme model where you buy virtual nodes, build a digital mining rig, and earn 
$PEPENODE plus other meme coins, with node upgrades and token burns tying 
demand to in-game activity. Corporate Bitcoin strategy hits differently when 
it’s backed by hard numbers instead of doompost threads. A 5.9x asset‑to‑debt 
ratio at the average $BTC cost basis, and even 2x coverage if Bitcoin nukes to 
$25K, is exactly the kind of balance‑sheet resilience big money cares about. 
When the top asset on corporate books still comfortably covers obligations 
after a deep crash, the signal isn’t ‘risk off’ – it’s that Bitcoin has 
matured into collateral that institutions actually trust. That trust doesn’t 
just sit in cold wallets; it becomes the backdrop for the next wave of risk‑on 
bets. Historically, when the market accepts Bitcoin as sound collateral, the 
next move is usually into high‑beta plays that can ride the same long‑term 
conviction with far larger upside. That’s where presales, aggressive Layer 2s, 
and high‑throughput chains tend to explode, turning $BTC strength into altcoin 
momentum. Below are three projects positioned to benefit from this environment 
– led by Bitcoin Hyper ($HYPER), a Bitcoin Layer 2 trying to do for $BTC what 
high‑performance chains did for DeFi elsewhere, alongside Solana‑style 
execution and Tron&#8217;s stablecoin machine. 1. Bitcoin Hyper ($HYPER): SVM Speed 
On A Bitcoin Layer 2 Bitcoin Hyper pitches itself as ‘the fastest Bitcoin 
Layer 2 Chain’ with integrated Solana Virtual Machine (SVM), aiming to deliver 
faster performance than Solana itself while anchoring to Bitcoin for 
settlement. The idea is simple: keep Bitcoin as the base layer of trust, 
outsource speed and programmability to a purpose‑built Layer 2. Under the 
hood, Bitcoin Hyper uses a modular design: Bitcoin L1 for settlement and a 
real‑time SVM Layer 2 for high‑throughput execution. A single trusted 
sequencer batches transactions and periodically anchors state back to Bitcoin, 
enabling sub‑second confirmation at low cost instead of waiting for slow 
on‑chain $BTC finality and paying full L1 fees. This architecture attacks 
Bitcoin’s three core limitations at once: slow transactions, high fees, and 
lack of native smart contracts. On Bitcoin Hyper, you get extremely 
low‑latency processing, SVM‑based smart contracts, and SPL‑compatible tokens 
adapted for the L2. That opens the door to wrapped $BTC payments, AMMs, 
lending markets, staking protocols, NFTs, and gaming dApps built in Rust with 
SDKs and APIs developers already know. Here’s how to buy $HYPER before the 
presale ends tomorrow. The presale has raised $28.58M, with tokens at 
$0.013335, and staking is set at 40%, so there are long-term gains to be made 
alongside price appreciation. Join the $HYPER presale today. 2. PEPENODE 
($PEPENODE): Mine-To-Earn Meme With Node Economics If Bitcoin Hyper is the 
infrastructure bet, PEPENODE ($PEPENODE) is the speculative meme play wrapped 
in a pseudo‑mining economy. Branded as the world’s first mine-to-earn 
memecoin, it swaps hash rate and ASICs for a virtual mining system where users 
deploy ‘nodes’ through a gamified dashboard to earn token emissions. Instead 
of proof‑of‑work, PEPENODE uses tiered node rewards to simulate miner 
economics. Higher‑tier nodes are designed to capture larger slices of 
emissions, encouraging early participation and laddering up through the 
system. Eventually, you’ll be able to receive rewards on popular meme coins 
like Fartcoin and Pepe. It’s a familiar pattern from DeFi node projects, but 
re‑skinned for meme traders who want something more interactive than simply 
buying and waiting. Despite the playful branding, there’s real capital flowing 
in. The PEPENODE presale has raised $2.2M with tokens at $0.0011685, putting 
it firmly in micro‑cap territory where order‑book depth will matter but upside 
can be violent if the narrative catches a bid. Our PEPENODE price prediction 
puts a potential 2026 price at $0.0071, which is a 508% increase from the 
current price. Staking isn’t specified yet, so yield for now is focused on the 
virtual mining mechanics and node tiers. In a market where Bitcoin is proving 
itself as a durable treasury asset, memes like PEPENODE sit at the opposite 
end of the risk curve: pure beta with a gamified wrapper. If you’re looking 
for exposure that can move multiples faster than $BTC on narrative alone, the 
mine‑to‑earn angle aims directly at that demand. Join the PEPENODE presale 
now. 3. Tron (TRX): Stablecoin Workhorse With Massive USDT Flows Tron (TRX) 
remains one of the purest expressions of ‘blockchain as payments rail’ in the 
market. It’s a high‑throughput network designed for fast, low‑cost 
transactions and dApp deployment, but its real edge today is stablecoins: Tron 
has become a major hub for $USDT transfers across exchanges and payment 
platforms. With high TPS and tiny fees, Tron quietly turned into the default 
settlement layer for a big chunk of crypto’s dollar liquidity. Recently, it 
even surpassed Ethereum in total circulating $USDT, reaching about $73.8B, 
underscoring how much real transactional flow now prefers Tron’s cost 
structure over more expensive chains for day‑to‑day movement. That stablecoin 
gravity feeds into a growing DeFi and cross‑chain ecosystem, where users can 
tap lending, swaps, and yield strategies without abandoning the payment rails 
they already use. In a market where Bitcoin is the collateral anchor, Tron 
offers exposure to the transactional layer of crypto dollars. And the token is 
showing signs of recovery from the recent market dump, with a 1% increase in 
the last day. You can get Tron from Binance. Recap: When corporate treasuries 
show Bitcoin reserves still comfortably covering debt even in a deep crash, it 
sets the stage for high‑beta plays. Bitcoin Hyper ($HYPER) and PEPENODE 
($PEPENODE) stand out as the most direct bets in the current market. This 
content is for educational and informational purposes only and does not 
constitute financial, investment, or trading advice. Authored by Aaron Walker, 
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