🚨 TODAY is the final SEC deadline for $XRP ETF approvals. 🚨
The SEC has until today to decide on the final $XRP spot ETF applications from Grayscale, WisdomTree, and Franklin Templeton.
Pension funds and IRAs CANNOT touch $XRP until these spot ETFs get final approval.
If the SEC says yes today, $8 BILLION in sidelined capital finally has a door.
One decision with billions on standby..
Will the SEC approve it? 👀
Iran will lose war, U.S. will declare victory.
Oil will drop to around $60/barrel.
The Dow will surpass 50,000.
The S&P 500 will surpass 7,500.
Interest rates will be cut 3-4 times.
The 10 year interest rate will fall.
Unemployment will drop below 4%.
Republicans will win mid terms.
Thailand has run out of fuel. Cities are paralyzed, air conditioners aren't working, and the temperature exceeds 40 degrees. Tourism, a pillar of the economy, has collapsed in just three weeks.
@virtualbacon Stablecoin yield is not settled the industry is coming out against it and likely derailing the bill again don’t see it being passed this year
The CLARITY Act is the most important piece of crypto legislation in US history. It has just 6 weeks to clear the Senate before the window closes. Today's four-hour tokenization hearing brought Wall Street and DeFi to the same table, and all five witnesses agreed: tokenization is the next phase of capital markets. The stablecoin yield fight is resolved, the Nasdaq got SEC approval to trade tokenized securities alongside traditional shares, and 16 tokens are now classified as digital commodities. If the Banking Committee markup doesn't happen by April 20th, the bill misses the May window, and after the midterms, it resets from scratch with a 20-month delay.
2:12 Six Things the CLARITY Act Does
5:43 Why May Is the Hard Deadline
10:11 What Is Stalling the Bill: Stablecoin Yield Fight
12:50 Today's Tokenization Hearing
16:18 What SIFMA, Nasdaq, DTCC, and Plume Said
21:54 Remaining Obstacles: DeFi, Ethics, and Banks
24:24 SEC Deadline on 91 Crypto ETF Filings
26:55 The Next 6 Weeks: April Markup to May Vote
We are headed for a full-blown financial crisis. February import prices spiked 1.3% while export prices surged 1.5%, annualizing to inflation rates of 16.8%–19.6%. That's before oil rose 50%. Unless the Fed raises rates several hundred basis points now, inflation will skyrocket.
@J9Dalton@coinbase@brian_armstrong@coinbase and @brian_armstrong can single handedly ruin the crypto space by pushing against this bill while its not perfect for Crypto the other elements of the bill eg. Regulatory framework will bring so much investment into the space if the bill doesn't happen down we go
Clarity Act is important for Crypto long term no doubt about it as it opens up new opportunities for the space but most are wrong that the passing will spark a bull run we barely got anymore movement immediately after the Genius act passed likely will be some time before lift off
@LaPetiteADA If you read the statements clearly subscriptions based services are expemt from this it’s very easy for the likes of Coinbase/Kraken to offer a subscription service where stable coins can be held within that and earn yield the language is still vague open to interpretation
⚠️ CLARITY Act deal: No passive yield on stablecoins, only activity-based rewards!!
What does this mean? 👀
▪️ Passive yield = earning interest just for holding stablecoins is now banned in the US.
▪️ Activity-based rewards = stablecoins can only give rewards when you actively use them.
How “activity-based” rewards will actually work remains unclear, which leaves space for future regulatory discussions. 🙄
This move reflects pressure from the banking sector!
Until they decide what "activity-based rewards" means, this could: 👇
❌ Reduces incentives for holding stablecoins.
❌ Makes the U.S. less competitive vs. other countries.
❌ Hurts DeFi, apps, and innovation that rely on flexible yields.
❌ Could slow institutional adoption.
Stablecoins, such as $USDC, already crashed -18% today, after the announcement.
Crypto is here to empower users, not limit what you can do with your money. 💪
@davidlr1977 Very valid point, I think if this is the case (and could very possibly be) the long term negative implications for the USA get accelerated
From a Birds Eye view of the USA and Iran issue, there are 3 things that the USA can do.
They can negotiate a deal, the USA can withdraw and lose or the USA can escalate.
1. It doesn’t look like Iran wants to make a deal at this point (I don’t blame them tbh they’re punching above their weight militarily and putting America on show).
2. The USA can retreat and surrender (might be an option further down the line but comes with great consequence for the power structures in the world and the future. Also a big dent in Trump’s pride).
3. Escalate (brings more market uncertainty and larger uncertainty in the Middle East, potentially evolving into a much more disruptive and larger regional conflict).
From this perspective, which do you think is most likely? When I frame it like this, for me it’s no3. Can you explain why I’m wrong please and what I’m missing…
🚨 $XRP: Below is the monthly Gaussian Channel indicator, primarily used as a guidance tool for long-term macro trends.
What's important to note is that anytime $XRP has produced impulsive rallies/ATHs and then withdrawn back to the Upper Regression Band of the the Gaussian Channel (Upper GC retest for chart reference), its led to 3/4 months of further decline towards the "middle" regression band of the gaussian channel, before marking a foundation and continuing the trajectory higher.
This hasn't just happened once. We're talking after EVERY macro impulsive rally that followed a deep correction since data began.
If the Upper GC was retested, the Middle GC ALWAYS followed..
Weve already tapped the upper GC ($1.16), and now the middle regression band sits in wait ($0.80/$0.70), and currently ties up with a previous year-long resistance level back in 2023/2024 that hasn't been backtested for support.
It's not a guarantee, just an observation. A few conditions outside of the XRP chart need to occur to validate such a scenario.
If BTC loses its $62K low and heads towards the lower $50K range, it is one of them. Thus, if BTC support collapses, XRP is likely to follow suit.
I don't usually add time based perspectives, but if i were to try and place a finger on it, i would have my eyes on Q3 to mark a market cycle low for $XRP
The only way to validate this scenario is by sweeping our local $1.12 lows and losing current support.
What if the end of 2026 isn’t when the bear market finally ends, like many people are saying?
What if it will be the top of a parabolic bull move no one currently expects?