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In major XRP news today, the XRP Ledger (XRPL) is taking a significant step to boost security standards through a collaboration with Common Prefix, a blockchain and trust technologies firm focused on formal verification and protocol analysis. XRP price jumped more than 2% after this news. XRP Ledger Foundation Partners Common Prefix In an X post on June 22, XRP Ledger Foundation announced a collaboration with Common Prefix to shape the new security standards for the XRP Ledger. This comes as part of broader efforts to prepare the network for DeFi, tokenization, and other use cases. Common Prefix will perform…

TLDR: A ¥21.3 billion Japanese pension fund plans its first crypto allocation during fiscal year 2026. The fund spent nearly six years researching digital assets before approving the investment. Portfolio changes will reduce yen exposure while adding crypto, gold, and global currencies. Japanese institutions continue exploring crypto products amid evolving regulatory discussions. A Japanese pension fund is preparing to enter the cryptocurrency market through a dedicated portfolio allocation in fiscal year 2026. The move marks one of the first known crypto investments by a pension fund in the country.  The decision follows several years of internal research and a broader…

Strive has purchased 759 Bitcoin for roughly $50 million, recording its largest weekly acquisition in months and surpassing Strategy’s latest BTC purchase. Summary Strive bought 759 BTC for roughly $50 million, increasing its holdings to 19,864 Bitcoin. The weekly purchase exceeded Strategy’s 520 BTC acquisition, a rare lead over the largest corporate holder. Backed by its SATA preferred stock program, Strive continues expanding its Bitcoin treasury toward a planned $4.2 billion deployment. According to a June 22 Form 8-K filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the Dallas-based Bitcoin treasury company acquired the coins between June 15 and June…

Google Gemini AI just put together a target price prediction for solana that demands a serious double take. The model predicts for a breakout range of $250 to $320 by late 2026, which would mean solana more than tripling from where it sits today.The bull case rests almost entirely on architecture. Solana is trading near $74 right now, and Gemini frames its entire upside thesis around the network’s monolithic design and its ability to absorb massive high frequency volume from both retail and institutions. That speed advantage has always been solana’s calling card, and the model treats it as the…

Key takeaways: By the end of 2026, OP is expected to have a minimum and maximum price of about $0.08 and $0.45, respectively. Optimism price prediction for 2029 suggests the token could reach a maximum value of $2.80. In 2032, OP tokens will range between $0.55 and $4.50, with an average value of $1.90. Optimism’s (OP) commitment to innovation is highlighted by its support for Layer-3 solutions. These solutions enable the development of decentralized applications (dApps) on top of Layer-2 chains, contributing to the expansive Optimism Superchain. The platform’s initiatives, including introducing custom gas tokens and Plasma mode aimed at…

Franklin Templeton just filed for two ETFs that reroute corporate stock dividends directly into Bitcoin. This just sends Bitcoin price prediction into bullish territory, even as BTC trades in a bearish band. The structure is genuinely novel, and it could move Bitcoin’s price, especially given that macro conditions and institutional positioning point to a bullish setup heading into the US-Iran-Israel peace deal.The two funds, the Franklin U.S. Equity Bitcoin DRIP Index ETF and the Franklin U.S. Innovation Bitcoin DRIP Index ETF, each hold a basket of U.S. equities and systematically redirect dividend payments into Bitcoin exposure rather than back into…

NEAR is making a specific wager: that the future of crypto is autonomous AI agents transacting at machine speed, and that they will need a blockchain built to handle them. A June upgrade is the centerpiece. Here is the thesis, the technology, and the one number that complicates it. Summary NEAR is betting that AI agents will need a blockchain built for machine-speed transactions. Dynamic resharding is the June upgrade designed to scale capacity automatically. NEAR Intents gives agents a way to settle activity across multiple chains. The thesis is coherent, but falling active users show the agent economy has…

Bitcoin’s weekend rebound is running into a familiar problem: several TradingView analysts are still treating the move as a retest rather than a confirmed reversal. TradingView chart shared by SHAY_ANALYTICS. TL;DR Three TradingView ideas point to Bitcoin struggling beneath important resistance after a recent breakdown. SHAY_ANALYTICS says BTC remains bearish while it trades below the former triangle support and Ichimoku cloud. Milad_sangari flags a channel breakdown and retest near the $63,600–$63,980 resistance area. DomicChaina says the $64,000–$65,000 zone remains the key ceiling unless buyers show stronger follow-through. Bitcoin Rebound Faces A Resistance Test The common thread across the bearish TradingView…

Standard Chartered has issued ambitious long-term forecasts for the crypto market as Bitcoin recovers from earlier dips. The bank expects major gains for Uniswap’s UNI token, Ethereum, and Bitcoin before the end of the decade. Its outlook is based on the belief that decentralized finance (DeFi) and tokenized real-world assets (RWAs) will become major drivers of crypto adoption in the coming years. The forecasts call for UNI to rise from around $3.60 to $100 by 2030. Ethereum is projected to climb from about $1,700 to $40,000, while Bitcoin could reach $500,000. Crypto content creator Altcoin Daily reacted to the report,…

Predict Protocol, a popular decentralized prediction market entity, has partnered with LayerEdge, a zero-knowledge infrastructure provider. The partnership aims to bring together permissionless prediction markets and a cutting-edge zero-knowledge proof framework to enhance scalability and trust. Predict Protocol × @layeredge Permissionless prediction markets meet decentralized verification.Predict’s unified USDC liquidity vault on BNB Chain. LayerEdge’s decentralized verification layer powering scalable zk-proof aggregation and settlement across multiple chains.Two… pic.twitter.com/ztCPmPOEzR— Predict Protocol (@PredictFDN) June 20, 2026 As Predict Protocol mentioned in its official social media announcement, the development unveils an inclusive liquidity vault for $USDC on BNB Chain. Keeping this in view, the…