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Former SEC chair Jay Clayton has been named Donald Trump’s AI czar, drawing ire from Roman Storm and the XRP community. Meanwhile, veteran trader Peter Brandt has turned bullish on Bitcoin, projecting a $600,000 target by 2029.
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Spot XRP ETFs experienced a $3.28 million net outflow on October 2, solely from Bitwise, reducing total assets under management to $1.658 billion. Investors are currently facing paper losses of $133 million.
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Evernorth received shareholder approval to trade on Nasdaq as an XRP treasury, but actual buying power is likely around $88.5 million, significantly less than the initially cited $300 million. Previous XRP purchases funded by advance placements account for the discrepancy.
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Solana ETFs have surpassed XRP funds in total net assets, reaching $1.91 billion after an eight-day inflow streak attracted $254 million. The shift highlights growing investor confidence in Solana despite its smaller market cap compared to XRP.
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SBI Holdings finalized its acquisition of Bitbank on October 1, bringing one of Japan's most active XRP trading venues under the umbrella of Ripple's longest-standing Asian partner for approximately $290 million.
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Nearly 5,000 Bitcoin has left Bitget following the resumption of withdrawals after a $387.5 million hack. Hackers are reportedly using bridges, cross-chain protocols, and mixers to launder the stolen funds.
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U.S. spot XRP ETFs now hold 1,179.62 million XRP, nearly matching Ripple's 1 billion XRP escrow unlock scheduled for October 1. The accumulation across seven funds represents 1.18% of Ripple's fixed 100 billion XRP supply.
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Bitget disabled XRP withdrawals on Sept. 26 and will reopen them Oct. 2 as part of its post‑breach recovery plan, while 27.6 M stolen XRP is being moved toward THORChain and swapped to Bitcoin.
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Bitget revised its estimate of stolen assets in this week’s security breach to $387.5 million, up from $351.6 million. The exchange detailed a phased plan to resume withdrawals starting September 28th.
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