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JUST IN: 🇺🇸 64% chance President Trump signs crypto market structure legislation into law this year.

New Pro-Crypto narrative just dropped.

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Watching @sophaller on Amazon Prime. She is a MF Boss.

ICYMI: The U.S. Senate releases CLARITY Act compromise text, banning stablecoin yield on reserves while preserving activity-based rewards, clearing the path for a Banking Committee markup after months of negotiations between crypto firms and bank lobbyists.

@Cryptoinsightuk Possibly sooner with the CLARITY Act coming through . That could be a decent catalyst for some utility to kick in . Finally!

@Cryptoinsightuk 💯 agree. Also agree a bit with the lack of utility as of right now . It does seem to be stuck on the starting line . I know this will change. It is taking a very long time . Which IMO is why most of these types say what they do . Hopefully sometime in the next 5-10 years though.

The thing I notice about discussions like this: People are so excited to see someone’s opinion on $XRP in the hope it’s going to be negative. Look at the two guys on the right, how excited they are to hear an answer that they hope will agree with their sentiment and emotion towards $XRP. Honestly it blows my mind. @Kylechasse then explains how $XRP is the normie chain. If we compare to something like $SOL, we know most of Sol’s hype, activity and volume comes from memes (probably the most degen / normie thing possible). Yet, investors and content creators agree in a circle jerk that $SOL is gud tech. Not a largely VC created and marketed token. How does the market not see this? None of this post is me shitting on Kyle either, His opinion is fair and honest. The part I have a problem with is the fact people assume $SOL or $BTC or even $ETH do anything fundamentally different / better than $XRP at a scale that impacts the world. They don’t. That isn’t me saying they won’t or they can’t in the future, of course they could and that’s what we speculate on. But with that same breath so could $XRP and that’s what I speculate on. Most the crypto space agree that $XRP and the community is a cult, I see that, but I would point out that it seems more like the rest of the space is a cult and want to collectively laugh at or hate something, whilst backing their arguments with selected metrics that are then reinforced by the herd and others that want to be on the “cool kid” side of the discussion. Because of this, there is probably extra value in $XRP even from just a speculative level, the narrative essentially says a lot of the market isn’t invested. Surely this is fresh powder that could come through if price moves, I think many will swallow their ego and pride in the hopes to not miss a pump. Finally, I also see the “normie” discussion as a net positive. Those normies you speak to often only hold $XRP and some believe it’s going to $10k (whether this is you or not isn’t my point), this essentially means they won’t sell if we pump, effectively removing that supply from circulation. In fact I think they’ll add if price increases, that’s the psychology of normies. Just saying 🤷‍♀️

🚨 HUGE: Coinbase says a deal has been reached on a key provision of a major U.S. crypto bill.

Rewards text in CLARITY was publicized. CCI has been clear that we disagree with assertions about deposit flight concerns from stablecoin adoption, and that additional restrictions on consumer incentives could risk U.S. leadership. The fact remains that the U.S. is currently behind in the global race with the majority of crypto activity happening elsewhere, not here. CCI and our industry engaged in good faith on this issue from the beginning. The GENIUS Act was a compromise itself by prohibiting issuers from providing rewards to consumers. This language goes VERY FAR beyond that position by significantly extending the prohibition framework to all digital asset market participants. But what is most important is that the U.S. has comprehensive market structure. CCI recognizes that legislating is difficult. In fact, it gets even harder when you are at the end. As part of that, we recognize the significant work put in and time spent, and the leadership of @WhiteHouse, @USTreasury, @BankingGOP, @SenThomTillis, @Sen_Alsobrooks, and the many staffers. The north star is to ensure that the U.S. can lead on crypto–this is the future. We respectfully ask Senate Banking to move to mark up. The time is now.

What’s really hilarious is that they’ll just figure out a way to earn “rewards” that is basically the same as yield, but doesn’t resemble it. That the trick with language. 🤣

Market structure stablecoin yield agreement. 👀⬇️

Mark it up

Go time.

After months in rooms at the WH and Senate, this much is clear: a lot of the public debate overstated the risks and ignored the substance. This outcome preserves activity-based rewards tied to real participation on crypto platforms and networks, which is what the bank lobby said they wanted. We've long believed that this issue did not warrant legislative changes. But whatever-- we’re focused on getting a bill done and are satisifed that this language should not be the basis of any objection. Onward.

@Cryptoinsightuk LFG!!!!

How would we all feel if price just sent it and the 4 year cycle was broken?

🚨SCOOP: Hearing from industry sources that stablecoin yield compromise text is imminent and could drop as soon as today. Reaching out to @SenThomTillis and @Sen_Alsobrooks offices for comment.

Even when our backs were against the wall, we refused to fold. Always great to be back for XRP Las Vegas, and even BETTER to see $XRP up in lights.

$XRP everywhere. As it should be.

@pumpius 😂😂😂😂- cheap ones at that .

Is it just me or they all look like Miami real estate agents? 🤣