A prison letter from Keonne Rodriguez has reignited debate over crypto privacy 
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The crypto market’s poster child decided to cozy up near the fireplace this 
Christmas, holding the line at $87,489 with less drama than a family holiday 
dinner. Despite the tinsel and lights, bitcoin spent the day flirting with the 
lower end of its intraday range, showing more caution than celebration. 
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According to reports, Joshua Dalton, founder of Triblu, has put forward a 
striking scenario: that XRP holders could become millionaires, billionaires, 
or even trillionaires if the token were used as part of a US strategic crypto 
reserve. Related Reading: JPMorgan Eyes Crypto Services As Institutional 
Demand Grows – A Boost For BTC Price? Dalton argued that XRP, because of its 
ties to a US-based company, is a safer fit for a national reserve than 
Bitcoin. The claim has energized some corners of the crypto community, but it 
also faces steep legal and market obstacles. Dalton’s Bold Claim And The 
Numbers Dalton’s case relies on hard math. Based on reports, the US national 
debt is about $38 trillion. Ripple’s escrow holds roughly 34.4 billion XRP. 
Using those figures, Dalton and others calculate that an XRP price near $883 
would be needed to offset roughly 80% of that debt. Many people won’t like 
what I say below. “Bitcoin cannot be the official currency for the United 
States’ reserves because Satoshi Nakamoto is still unknown and it could be the 
currency operated by China. The government can 💯 trust XRP because it is 
operated by @Ripple and 💯… — Joshua Dalton (@J9Dalton) January 23, 2025 At 
present, XRP trades around $1.91. That would mean a rise of over 46,000% for 
the token. By comparison, Bitcoin is trading near $89,000 and would have to 
reach about $30 million per coin to meet a similar debt-offset goal if the 
plan focused on 1 million BTC, an idea once floated by US Senator Cynthia 
Lummis. That would be a gain of more than 33,000% from current levels. Legal 
And Market Limits US President Donald Trump signed an executive order earlier 
this year creating a national Bitcoin reserve and a wider crypto stockpile 
framework. But policymakers appear to be focused mainly on Bitcoin for the 
reserve role, with other coins treated as seizure assets or general holdings. 
Importantly, Ripple’s escrow is privately controlled and governed by 
contracts. It cannot be commandeered by a government without legal action and 
likely long court fights. Even if US authorities somehow obtained large 
amounts of XRP, unloading such a position on global markets would likely push 
the price down, not up. Markets are not built to absorb trillions of dollars 
without heavy distortion. Holders And Wealth Scenarios Based on wallet data, 
some XRP addresses would see big nominal gains at an $880 price. For example, 
a holder of 10,000 XRP — currently worth about $19,100 — could see that stake 
climb to nearly $9 million on paper. Reports show 179,546 wallets hold between 
5,000 and 10,000 XRP. About 2,006 addresses sit between 500,000 and 1 million 
XRP. Yet most of the largest reserves are held by Ripple, its founders, or 
exchanges. Only 20 wallets contain between 500 million and 1 billion XRP, and 
six addresses hold more than 1 billion. 2026 is going to be epic! Locked in! 
XRP will be the star of 2026. — Coach, JV (@Coachjv_) December 23, 2025 Market 
Reaction And Expert Views Matthew Sigel, lead researcher at VanEck, has argued 
in public that Bitcoin offers the best path to large-scale fiscal uses, and 
other analysts remain skeptical of any single token being used to “solve” 
national debt. Related Reading: XRP To $1,000? Korean Researcher Lays Out 
10-Year Roadmap Coach JV and other commentators have shifted attention to 2026 
as a potentially strong year for XRP price action, framing the outlook as 
speculative and time-bound. These views are primarily sentiment-driven and 
rely on factors beyond government policy, such as market demand and regulatory 
clarity. Featured image from Pixabay, chart from TradingView

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A $1k split across Bitcoin, Solana, Ethereum, and Avalanche at the start of 
2025 would now be below breakeven, even as Scaramucci frames the basket as a 
multi-year bet A hypothetical $1,000 investment based on Anthony Scaramucci&#8217;s 
publicly stated cryptocurrency…

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Gold-backed stablecoins have surged to about $4b in 2025, led by two tokens 
holding nearly 90% of supply as rising gold prices and a major issuer’s vault 
push tokenized bullion into the spotlight. Gold-backed stablecoins have 
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