Sputnik#9
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What a coincidence that ex @ripple board member Rosie Rios, 43rd U.S. Treasurer, serves as Chair of the U.S. Semiquincentennial Commission (America250)
and the Clarity Act may be signed right around the 4th of July.
Bitcoin Magazine@BitcoinMagazine
JUST IN: 🇺🇸 Senator Bernie Moreno says they're going to mark up the Bitcoin and crypto market structure legislation "next week." "We'll get it on the President's desk before the end of June and he'll sign it into law before July 4th."
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@Belisarius2020 Yes I wonder at what point the "detective" will say "look ok, fine, @Ripple is not a scam, nor is $XRP".
What level of utility or commitment to developing products and partnerships would actually satisfy his threshold, or will he just continue to farm engagement?
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Large retail use for XRP in the making. Interested to see how this XRP integration with Rakuten Pay develops.
As I understand it, users of Rakuten Wallet and the Rakuten Pay app can now spot trade XRP, buy $XRP with Rakuten points, hold XRP in a Rakuten wallet, and convert XRP itto Rakuten cash and then spend it.
I am confident @ScamDetective5 will be especially tickled pink by this news.
RippleX@RippleXDev
Starting today, @Rakuten_Wallet users in Japan can convert @Rakuten Points into XRP, spot trade in-app, and spend across 5M+ merchant locations. 🇯🇵 With 44 million Rakuten Pay users and $23B in loyalty points now redeemable for XRP, this is one of the largest retail deployments of $XRP as a payment method to date.
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@digitalassetbuy I think pre stable coin, XRP needed to be high value to minimise price fluctuations during the settlement window.
That's where you saw quotes like David's "it can't be cheap".
Now as we move from the age of speculation to utility XRP's main utility is as a fuel token.
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My XRP Endgame Theory has always been that when utility begins the price will become like a slow rising bathtub of water. At some point the speculators will realize this and move in fast. This will create a slow rising price floor and speculation will bounce up and down off the slow rising floor. Supply will become an issue quickly. You know what happens then…
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No, I'm saying there are lots of secrets. Many of Ripple's partners insist on NDAs to keep their business secret. I'm saying the conspiracy theories that constantly claim something big is about to happen or that the government is going to do something massive are almost always going to be completely false and if you're investing time, money, or emotion based on them, you're fooling yourself.
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@WKahneman How did they earn the $250m USD to begin with though...
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Be Ripple:
Earn $250m USD
Mint $250m RLUSD
Loan $250m RLUSD to Gemini
Repaid $250m more USD, + interest, + debtor incentivized to use RLUSD.
Pays to be liquid!
WrathofKahneman@WKahneman
💳💵New details: #Ripple lending up to $250m to Gemini in a recent filing. The debt facility began at $75M (up to $150M) and has been temporarily increased through 7/1/26. This facility funds Gemini’s credit card receivables, now w/ tighter RLUSD conditions & higher rates! 1/2
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@Y2SHAF You can't make someone to drive to your $10 million mansion and give them a $5 tip.
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I’m so confused about American tipping culture because why are you tipping $20 on a $22 order 😭
໊@buffys
dinner 💖
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Grok Imagine is improving super fast!
What are the highest priority improvements you want? Please reply below.
Wes Roth@WesRoth
xAI has launched the Grok Imagine API, a powerful suite for video and audio generation that sets a new benchmark in speed, cost, and quality. Built for creators, developers, and enterprise workflows, it lets users generate cinematic videos from text or images, edit scenes with precision, control styles and moods, and animate characters with performance-driven cues. Grok Imagine ranks #1 in both Artificial Analysis and LMArena benchmarks outperforming Sora 2, Veo 3, and other top models on price, latency, and quality. It also integrates with major creative platforms like HeyGen, Invideo, and ComfyUI for seamless workflows.
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Sputnik#9 retweetledi
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I'll take "Things I didn't expect to see on Tuesday, Alex."
Solana@solana
Time to flip the switch
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According to a new study from the Yale Budget Lab, AI has caused no discernible disruption in the labor market based on 33 months of data since ChatGPT’s release.
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@Jay460261238412 @JoelKatz David will invoke his right to remain silent on this question
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Please remind everyone in the US you know that they must explicitly invoke their right to remain silent in clear and unambiguous terms in interactions with police or investigators. Simply remaining silent does not get you the important legal benefits of the right to silence.
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🟢 GEFORCE DAY IS BACK 🟢
To celebrate, we're giving away TWO GeForce RTX 5080 Founders Edition GPUs, signed by NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang.
Want one? Comment "GeForce Day" for a chance to WIN & stay tuned for more!
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Grok 4 just smashed the AGI benchmarks, achieving even higher score than its previous high with open program synthesis
No other model even comes close and has not passed Grok 4 previous raw performance
Currently Grok is more closer to AGI than any other AI models
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@sentosumosaba @SMQKEDQG Plausible. Technically this flow could be implemented. I suppose a bank could send the MT103 to the Ripple Payments (aka RippleNet) API via the additional_info field. I can’t comment on specific vendor names. Don’t read too much into my answer. Don’t quote me in UToday
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@1914ad @AndreasVerisage @scottmelker No it's just bitcoiners who don't care about settlement transactions. If they did, they would realise one hour settlement times are hopelessly insufficient.
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NASDAQ LISTED 'WELLGISTICS HEALTH' $WGRX ANNOUNCES XRP LEDGER-BASED PAYMENT SYSTEM FOR OVER 6,500 U.S. PHARMACIES
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Ripple v. SEC = Done
Just came back to Celebrate with you!
James K. Filan 🇺🇸🇮🇪@FilanLaw
#XRPCommunity #SECGov v. #Ripple #XRP BREAKING: The parties have filed a Joint Dismissal of the Appeals. The case is over.
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Bitcoin is probably the best form of money ever created.
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