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Standard Chartered projects bitcoin to blast past $135,000 by Q3 and hit 
$200,000 by year-end, driven by ETF momentum, institutional demand, and U.S. 
policy catalysts. Bitcoin Targets $200K by Year-End With ETF Surge and US 
Policy Tailwinds Robust institutional demand and evolving U.S. policy 
frameworks are driving forecasts for bitcoin to achieve all-time highs in […]

Standard Chartered Predicts Bitcoin to Smash $135K by Q3, $200K by Year-End

The denial highlights the need for clear regulatory frameworks in crypto 
investments, impacting investor trust and market stability.
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Ondo Finance, a blockchain technology company specializing in tokenized real- 
world assets (RWAs), has agreed to acquire Oasis Pro, a U.S. Securities and 
Exchange Commission (SEC)-registered broker-dealer and fintech infrastructure 
provider. Deal Gives Ondo Finance SEC-Registered Platforms for Tokenized 
Securities The acquisition grants Ondo Finance Oasis Pro’s licenses, including 
its status as an SEC-registered broker-dealer, Alternative […]

RWA Leader Ondo Finance Acquires Oasis Pro, Gaining Key US Securities Licenses

Despite its choppy price action in the past seven days, the mood in the XRP 
camp is increasingly bullish. Particularly, XRP is witnessing a wave of bold 
predictions from several top crypto analysts. This comes just as a major real- 
world asset tokenization project promises to increase demand and utility for 
XRP on a global scale by tokenizing $200 million worth of assets on the XRP 
Ledger. Related Reading: Bitcoin’s True Value Is Higher Than $110,000, Expert 
Warns Not Bullish Enough On XRP? Crypto analyst CrediBULL is pushing a bold 
message to the XRP community: the market is still underestimating the 
altcoin&#8217;s bullish setup. In a post on social media platform X, he noted that 
XRP is currently going on its eighth month of consolidation above its previous 
all-time high monthly close, which is a feat that few assets in the market can 
match. He pointed to this extended sideways movement, especially after a 
strong impulse off the $0.50 level in late 2024, as evidence that XRP is 
preparing for a continuation of the breakout. Notably, its monthly candlestick 
chart shows a tight cluster of monthly candles hovering above the $2.00 range. 
According to CrediBULL, this structure is one of the cleanest in the crypto 
space, second only to Bitcoin. Image From X: CrediBULL Another major 
contributor to the current bullish narrative is an analyst known as Ripple 
Pundit, who projected a 35,000% price surge for XRP the moment Ripple 
announces a banking license. In his post on the social media platform, he 
predicted that a regulatory greenlight and the final resolution of XRP&#8217;s 
regulatory overhang with the SEC could trigger a significant increase in 
price. Similarly, market commentator SMQKE drew attention to the explosive XRP 
price surge in late 2017 and early 2018, during which Ripple cofounder Chris 
Larsen briefly became one of the wealthiest individuals in the world due to 
XRP’s quick rally from $0.00065 to $2.5. SMQKE noted that the last cycle was 
merely a glimpse of what’s coming. The next wave of adoption will be global, 
fully regulated, and built for scale. In his words, “2018 was just a warm-up.” 
Technical analyst Ali Martinez added further credibility to the bullish case 
by pointing out the $2.38 level as the next major resistance. This is based on 
on-chain data from Glassnode’s UTXO Realized Price Distribution (URPD), which 
shows a significant XRP volume concentrated at this price level. If XRP 
manages to clear this area with strong volume, it would not only overcome 
heavy resistance but also trigger a cascade of buying interest and a major 
rally. Image From X: @ali_charts Mercado Bitcoin Tokenization Deal On XRPL 
XRP’s underlying utility is also gaining traction beyond price charts and 
predictions. Mercado Bitcoin, one of Latin America’s largest digital asset 
platforms, recently announced plans to tokenize over $200 million worth of 
real-world assets (including fixed income and equity instruments) directly on 
the XRP Ledger. Related Reading: Dogecoin Social Surge: Rising Buzz And 
Network Use Spark New Interest This initiative supports the bullish thesis for 
XRP&#8217;s price action. At the time of writing, XRP is trading at $2.25, up by 2% 
in the past 24 hours. Featured image from Pixabay, chart from TradingView

XRP Eyes Breakout As Analysts Predict Rally Alongside Real-World Adoption

Since late 2024, gold has climbed over 27% against the U.S. dollar, and that 
upward move has ignited a wave of interest in tokenized gold coins. The 
leading digital gold tokens have seen their holder counts balloon anywhere 
from 38% to a whopping 172% since the end of last year. Tether and Paxos Rule 
the […]