The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has filed a motion seeking court approval for a settlement with Ripple Labs, even as one SEC commissioner opposes the move over investor protection concerns. According to the May 8 court SEC filing, both…

SEC files to settle Ripple lawsuit amid internal opposition. Will XRP vs. SEC case resurface?

Taiwanese legislator Ko Ju-Chun has urged the government to consider including 
Bitcoin in its national reserves, alongside gold and foreign currencies. 
Speaking at a national finance conference on May 9, Ko suggested allocating a 
small portion of the country&#8217;s reserve…

Taiwan lawmaker urges adding Bitcoin to national reserves

With bitcoin reaching fresh peaks, analysts are consulting a variety of 
charting tools to anticipate the trajectory of the leading digital currency. 
Among these are the well‑known Rainbow chart and the stock‑to‑flow (S2F) 
model. The following analysis examines BTC’s present price through the lens of 
these two frameworks. Bitcoin Models Point to Explosive Growth — […]

$275K by 2026: Can Rainbow Bands and S2F Predict Bitcoin’s Future?

A familiar personality in the XRP online forum has generated buzz with a fresh 
and sensational prediction regarding the direction of the global financial 
system. The commentator, known by the handle Pumpius, asserts that a financial 
reset is already underway—and that only a few individuals who own XRP will be 
rewarded by it. Related Reading: Binance Buzz: Pi Coin Wallet Activity 
Triggers Listing Rumors Based on his opinion, 99% of individuals will be left 
behind since they possess what he refers to as &#8220;the wrong assets,&#8221; such as 
fiat or speculative tokens. Just 1%, in his view, the owners of XRP, will be 
on the correct side of history. XRP Viewed As Something Greater Than A Token 
Pumpius does not perceive XRP as another cryptocurrency. In his opinion, XRP 
is something greater. He refers to it as &#8220;citizenship paper in the post-reset 
financial empire.&#8221; He opines that once the reset takes place, XRP will be a 
necessary tool—a part of the system itself. Rather than speculating on hype or 
meme culture, he explains that XRP investors are positioning themselves to be 
part of a new financial system. This system, in his assertions, is based on 
infrastructure rather than on speculation. 99% will be locked out. Not because 
they’re poor. But because they held the wrong assets. When the global system 
resets, wealth won’t be counted, It’ll be coded. The 1%? They’ll hold XRP. 
pic.twitter.com/odPgqi7Inx — Pumpius (@pumpius) May 3, 2025 Claims Of 
Institutional Testing And Interest Pumpius also referred to what he describes 
as evidence of the significance of XRP. According to him, the Bank for 
International Settlements (BIS) has also experimented with XRP. He further 
stated that the World Bank has charted it and that the International Monetary 
Fund (IMF) has issued favorable comments regarding the initiative. Also, he 
mentioned RippleNet&#8217;s partnerships with over 40 central banks. While these 
collaborations and references are usually oblique or not revealed in detail 
publicly, they still continue to create gossip among the XRP ecosystem. 
Financial System To Secretly Change In The Backroom? One of the more pressing 
messages in Pumpius&#8217; remarks is that the transition won&#8217;t be noisy or overt. 
He cautioned that this &#8220;flip&#8221; to a new system will not be witnessed on the 
news or heard in alarms. He states the change will be done through quiet 
protocol updates and silent backend modifications. That is, by the time most 
of them become aware of it, it could already be too late. That&#8217;s why he thinks 
owning XRP isn&#8217;t only wise—it&#8217;s imperative. Related Reading: Tether’s $1 
Billion Mint Powers Tron — Is A Breakout Brewing? Bold Talk, But Still 
Speculative These concepts have previously been discussed within XRP 
communities. Advocates have long stated that XRP is not merely a digital 
asset—it&#8217;s a part of the next financial system. Yet no definitive assurance 
exists from institutions such as BIS or the IMF that XRP will be an integral 
component in any forthcoming monetary system. Featured image from Gemini 
Imagen, chart from TradingView

XRP: Key To The 1% Club? 99% Will Be ‘Locked Out’, Analyst Says

TAC is a purpose-built blockchain for EVM dApps to access TON and Telegram 
Ecosystem’s 1B+ user base. TAC makes it seamless for Ethereum dApps to be 
deployed on TON. EVM functionality and liquidity brought to the TON ecosystem 
enable builders to focus on consumer use cases. Marco Monaco, Co-Founder and 
Growth Lead at TAC, recently […]

EVM on TON: TAC Founder Marco Monaco and the Future of Interoperability

Gas fees are an element of uncertainty for enterprises, which is why Vector 
Smart Chain introduced a flat fee of $4.