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Hidden Road, now Ripple Prime, has been added to the National Securities Clearing Corporation (NSCC) directory.The development has fueled optimism within the XRP community. Many suggest that it marks a major milestone for XRPL’s institutional adoption.Hidden Road Listed in NSCC MPIDs A notice from the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) confirmed Hidden Road Partners CIV US LLC was included in the NSCC Market Participant Identifiers (MPIDs) Directory as of March 2, 2026.Follow us on X to get the latest news as it happensRipple first announced its intent to acquire Hidden Road, a global prime brokerage platform, in April 2025.…

Aayush Jindal, a luminary in the world of financial markets, whose expertise spans over 15 illustrious years in the realms of Forex and cryptocurrency trading. Renowned for his unparalleled proficiency in providing technical analysis, Aayush is a trusted advisor and senior market expert to investors worldwide, guiding them through the intricate landscapes of modern finance with his keen insights and astute chart analysis. From a young age, Aayush exhibited a natural aptitude for deciphering complex systems and unraveling patterns. Fueled by an insatiable curiosity for understanding market dynamics, he embarked on a journey that would lead him to become one…

A brief Sunday rally didn’t survive contact with Monday.Bitcoin slid to $66,702 in early Monday trading, down 1.1% over the past 24 hours, as traditional markets reopened and began pricing the U.S.-Iran conflict that crypto had been trading in isolation since Saturday. Sunday’s bounce to $68,000 on the Khamenei confirmation has now been mostly unwound, with the market settling back into the mid-$66,000 range that preceded the strikes.The broader crypto picture was mixed. Ether fell 2.5% to $1,967, solana dropped 4.1% to $84, and XRP lost 3.6% to $1.36. The weekly numbers paint the real damage, with solana down 8.1%…

The U.S.-listed spot bitcoin and ether exchange-traded funds (ETFs) have seen record outflows over the past four months, confirming that a full-blown crypto market is underway.Investors have pulled $6.39 billion from bitcoin ETFs over four straight months of outflows, the longest monthly losing streak since the funds launched in January 2024, according to data source SoSoValue data.Ether ETFs have also fallen out of favor, bleeding $2.76 billion over the past 4 months.These huge outflows indicate that institutional appetite for digital assets has collapsed, which explains the price losses in the two tokens. Bitcoin, the leading cryptocurrency by market value, peaked…

Bitcoin could benefit if artificial intelligence disrupts labor markets or creates volatility that prompts central banks to ease monetary policy, according to Greg Cipolaro, research lead at crypto services firm NYDIG.Cipolaro said in a research note on Friday that AI may prove to be a “general-purpose technology” such as electricity, and the macroeconomic effects it would have on employment, economic growth and risk appetite will affect Bitcoin (BTC).“If AI-driven growth occurs alongside expanding liquidity and contained real rates, that backdrop can be supportive for Bitcoin,” Cipolaro said. “But if stronger growth lifts real yields, tightens policy, and reduces the need…

Bitcoin saw its price crash toward $60,000 last week, and naturally, investor sentiment took a plunge with it. Now, while the sentiment has been in a decline for the better part of five months, what stands out this time is how low the score on the Bitcoin Fear & Greed Index has gotten. In fact, the sentiment surrounding the crypto market has dropped so low that it has gotten to a point that has only been hit twice in the history of Bitcoin. Bitcoin Fear & Greed Index Crashes To 9 Since hitting its all-time high of $126,000 back in August…

Lighter reported that its upgraded liquidity pool system successfully limited ADL losses to a pre-determined threshold. On February 26, Lighter, a decentralized crypto exchange, announced that its upgraded liquidity pool system successfully resisted a $50 million ARC perpetual long squeeze attempt. This occurred after approximately 600 traders reversed a whale’s position, resulting in an $8.2 million loss, and the episode tested Lighter’s newly launched LLP Strategies, capping the downside risk for liquidity providers at just $75,000. LLP Strategies Face First Stress Event In a February 17 post on X, Lighter announced changes to its LLP infrastructure, splitting liquidity into separate…

Unstaked WLFI cannot vote; stakers earn rewards, Node privileges, and Super Node partnership opportunities. World Liberty Financial has proposed a new staking-focused governance system for WLFI holders – the WLFI Governance Staking System. It makes WLFI tokens the primary tool for community governance, and allows holders to influence the ecosystem while promoting long-term participation. The proposal’s main goals are to encourage active governance, require staking for voting with unlocked tokens, reward participation, create a tiered node system for committed holders, and prioritize partnerships with supportive projects. Tiered Governance According to the official announcement, the initiative aims to redirect value from…

In brief HYPE rose about 6% even as Iran headlines drove weekend volatility. Hyperliquid absorbed early volume as price moves formed before traditional futures reopened. Weekend shocks may turn always-on perps into a repeat venue for early risk pricing and fee growth, Decrypt was told. As tensions escalated over Iran-related headlines this weekend, Hyperliquid’s HYPE token rose about 6% as traders turned to the always-on decentralized perpetuals platform to express risk while many traditional markets were closed.Bitcoin and other risk assets fell as Iran-related tensions escalated, while oil and gold moved higher amid a broader risk-off shift. Volatility rose, and…

Ethereum account abstraction, or smart accounts, will be shipped with the Hegota upgrade “within a year,” said Vitalik Buterin on Saturday.“We have been talking about account abstraction ever since early 2016,” said the Ethereum co-founder over the weekend. He added that now, “we finally have EIP-8141, an omnibus that wraps up and solves every remaining problem that AA [account abstraction] was intended to address (plus more),” and it is slated for deployment this year.  “Finally, after over a decade of research and refinement of these techniques, this all looks possible to make happen within a year (Hegota fork).”The core concept is “about…