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The team, now reduced to a single intern holding a coffee cup and a prayer, released a new node binary. It’s like giving a toaster a PhD and hoping it bakes a soufflé. The blockchain will “continue to operate,” presumably until the sun swallows it. Or maybe forever. Who knows? 🌑

1️⃣ Ripple ($XRP) decided to take a leap above $2.50, with Futures Open Interest ballooning to $3.8B. Investors are grinning like Cheshire Cats. 😼
2️⃣ Stuck above $2.50 like a stubborn toddler? Yep, and the MACD crossover is winking at a bullish party. 🎉 Resistance? Oh, just a tiny hurdle at $2.61-$2.70.
3️⃣ While XRP’s flexing, $PEPENODE is the new kid on the block, offering a whopping 674% APY. Gamified mining? More like gamified winning! 🎮

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The Facts:

The tension between traditional banks and crypto platforms flared up this week as Kraken’s CEO, David Ripley, took to social media to respond to the American Bankers Association’s (ABA) warning on stablecoin interest products. A true display of digital-age warfare! 🦸‍♂️⚔️

Their official word? They’re shutting everything down, like a pancake breakfast after one too many burns. But don’t panic-Kadena’s blockchain isn’t lying in its grave just yet; it’s still running under the ghostly grip of miners trying to keep the lights on. You know what they say, a blockchain without its owners is like a cow without its udder-mostly still there, but not exactly thriving. 🐄

XRP’s modest gain is less a rally and more a polite nod to the crowd, while trading activity surges like a bureaucrat with a caffeine IV drip. Professional positioning? Or just chaos dressed in charts? 🤷♂️📈

“Base shall don a veil of secrecy,” Armstrong proclaimed to X, his words dripping with the gravity of a man who once acquired Iron Fish-a crypto privacy oracle-to fulfill this clandestine quest. March 2024, the date etched into the annals of crypto lore, when Coinbase claimed this digital alchemist. 🔮

Institutional confidence in digital assets is strengthening, and analysts are projecting renewed momentum in bitcoin and blockchain adoption. Financial services firm Siebert Financial (Nasdaq: SIEB) has published a research report forecasting bitcoin to reach $175,000 within the next 12 months, citing macroeconomic expansion, rising digital wallet adoption, and improving regulatory conditions. The report, authored by research analyst Brian Vieten, introduces a three-factor model designed to quantify bitcoin’s price trajectory based on monetary growth, network adoption, and demand dynamics. 🤓