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JUST IN: 🇯🇵 Japan officially approves bill to recognize cryptocurrency as a financial asset.

Weekly Recap 1) Iran demands ships transiting through the Strait of Hormuz to pay fees in crypto or Chinese yuan. 2) US Department of Labor proposes rule to open $10 trillion 401k retirement plans to crypto and alternative investments. 3) $12 trillion Charles Schwab to launch Bitcoin and Ethereum trading for users "soon." 4) Michael Saylor says the four-year Bitcoin cycle is "dead." 5) President Trump to unveil $1.5 trillion defense budget, the largest yearly US military spending increase since World War II. 6) Elon Musk says Tesla is making a "big" investment in Japan. 7) Fed Chair Jerome Powell warns US national debt is growing "substantially" faster than the economy and says it's not sustainable. 8) Coinbase gains conditional approval for a US national trust company charter. 9) Elon Musk's SpaceX confidentially files for IPO. 10) President Trump says he built the "strongest economy in history" with no inflation and the "highest stock market ever."

The secret sauce is simple 1/ give Corporates a trusted, regulated entry point embedded in workflows they already use, 2/ remove the friction between managing different accounts (fiat or digital). Both of those are now solved today with Ripple Treasury. Ripple Treasury is on a tear – last year facilitating $13T in payments for customers. This year, with the addition of native digital asset capabilities? LFG!

INSIGHT: Accounting firm @Deloitte verifies @Ripple's $RLUSD stablecoin is fully backed by $1.57B in liquid reserves against 1.49B units as of Feb 27.

🇺🇸 POWELL: Will get inflation back to 2%.

🚨NEW: Final Stablecoin Yield Text Expected as Clarity Act Talks Continue; Anchorage, Chainlink Back Hybrid PAC New stablecoin yield/rewards text could be imminent as @DigitalChamber members launch a new hybrid PAC amid crypto’s growing midterm push. ⬇️ cryptoinamerica.com/p/final-stable…

JUST IN: 🇺🇸 $4.3 trillion mortgage provider Fannie Mae to accept crypto-backed mortgages, WSJ reports.

🇺🇸 UPDATE: The White House clears review of a proposed 401(k) rule by US Dept. of Labor that could allow crypto investments.

The CEO of Thunes made it pretty clear.

🔥 JUST IN: Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong says major banks are integrating stablecoins for faster payments, tokenizing assets, and offering crypto trading to clients.

Ripple surveyed 1,000+ global finance leaders in 2026. A few things stood out: on.ripple.com/4bC1c6E → 72% say digital assets are now table stakes to stay competitive → 74% see stablecoins as a cash-flow tool, not just a payment rail → 89% of those surveyed say digital asset custody is a top priority Most finance leaders aren’t debating digital assets anymore. They’re figuring out how to build with them and who to build with.

NEW: @Ripple announces full institutional expansion across Brazil covering payments, custody, prime brokerage, and treasury, in addition to filing for a VASP license with the country's Central Bank.

Ripple is going all-in on Brazil 🇧🇷: on.ripple.com/4uDf4pW 💸 Ripple Payments: $100B+ processed, 60+ markets, live with Banco Genial, Braza Bank, Nomad, Azify & more 🔐 Ripple Custody: Recently launched in Brazil with CRX 💰 Ripple Treasury: Decades of corporate treasury management expertise 💵 RLUSD: $1.5B+ market cap, live with Mercado Bitcoin, Foxbit, Ripio & more One provider. The complete financial stack.

"The digital marketplace is important to the future, and Ripple is the right partner to take us there." — Eddie Gonzalez, President, i-payout Ripple Payments helps i-payout deliver real-time payouts into the U.S. & Canada, from days to seconds. 🌎 See how → on.ripple.com/4bqbV3R

can confirm! @rvereecke spends his days working on how Corporates will lead the next wave of crypto adoption.

Digital assets are moving from experimentation to real-world use. We see collaboration across the ecosystem as key to connecting onchain innovation with trusted global payments infrastructure. Initiatives like the @Mastercard Crypto Partner Program help bring builders, networks, and financial institutions closer together.

3 continents, 4 global office visits, 5 days. Crossed too many time zones to count... Recently, @MonicaLongSF and I (along with others on the Ripple leadership team) traveled to Dublin, London, Singapore and Sydney to meet with the Ripple Team (many of whom joined from our acquisitions of GTreasury, Hidden Road, Rail, Palisade and Solvexia). A few notes from the road - 1/ centers of gravity (business and/or employee) are never stagnant, and getting out of the US coastal mindset is imperative. It was incredibly energizing to hear from new and longtime Ripplers on what moves the needle where they are. 2/ Culture cannot be taken for granted. More than ever, we’re championing a maniacal focus and eliminating bureaucracy for employees to be owners. Don’t confuse activity with progress. 3/ Adoption doesn’t happen overnight. Platforms > point solutions. Meet customers where they are, not where they might be in a couple years. 4/ AI is becoming a fundamental part of our products – especially in cash forecasting and liquidity management in real-time for the office of the CFO. Employee productivity may be where AI starts, but the end goal is much bigger. 5/ 2026 is shaping up to be another defining year. We’re in the right markets with the right capabilities across payments, custody, liquidity and treasury management. There's a huge opportunity ahead, and we are making sure XRP is at the center of it.

NEW: @doppler_fi and @Hex_Trust have partnered to bring institutional-grade custody and yield infrastructure to Wrapped $XRP, expanding $XRP liquidity across multiple blockchain ecosystems beyond the XRP Ledger.

NEW: @Ripple expands Ripple Payments, adding custody, virtual accounts and unified fiat + stablecoin rails. The firm says the platform is now live in 60+ markets and has processed over $100B.

$XRP will be a dominating force in 2026. We’re going to see: 🔹 A bull run for $XRP 🔹 A utility run for #XRP Both phases will bring exciting price action. 📈 Bull run target: $15–$20 🚀 Utility target: $20-$70