TODAY: Crypto Fear & Greed Index plunges to 5 Extreme Fear, the lowest level on record.

Sonic Labs pursues vertical integration to enhance S Token utility

JUST IN: 🇺🇸 Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse says "we want to be the most regulated, compliant, because we're focused on institutional flows—that is the priority. The OCC charter makes it very clear that $RLUSD is a leader under the GENIUS Act, it cements our leading position." $XRP

JUST IN: Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse says $XRP "is the north star for Ripple. It's our purpose. When we think about what we're doing on Ripple Payments, Ripple Prime, Ripple Treasury, custody, $RLUSD, all are focused on how we can drive utility, trust, liquidity around #XRPL."

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The Nasdaq and the Dow fell slightly, while the S&P 500 made no progress in either direction as a stronger-than-expected employment report eased worries about the economy but also fueled bets that the Federal Reserve could slow its interest-rate cuts

Gold, Silver Fall Alongside Bitcoin, Ethereum, Dogecoin As 'Extreme Fear' Persists: Analyst Sees BTC's 'Slow Bleed' To This Level Before Rebound

LATEST: Vitalik Buterin endorses ZK privacy-preserving payments and reputation systems as a path to make Ethereum the home for AI, rather than copying existing models.

"[We've] gone from regulating by enforcement to regulating by guidance and rulemaking." @CraigSalm, Chief Legal Officer at @Grayscale, on the dramatic shift in U.S. crypto regulation at the Convergence stage at @consensus_hk.

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