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XRP Now Close to the Entry Zone for a Potential Bullish Gartley Harmonic Pattern

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XRP is getting close to the entry zone of a potential bullish Gartley harmonic pattern, which could mark the end of the ongoing correction.

Currently, XRP changes hands at $1.0685, and the entry zone also aligns with a long-established demand area between $1.02 and $1.0448. This makes the zone one of the most important levels on the chart.

Notably, when a harmonic pattern and a proven support zone come together, it shows strength. If XRP completes the Gartley pattern and buyers successfully defend the $1.02 to $1.0448 range, the token could begin recovering after spending months in a correction.

XRP Price Swings Create the Gartley Pattern

The current pattern developed after XRP went through a change in direction over the past few weeks. Specifically, the token climbed to a local high near $1.30 in mid-June before sellers gradually took over. 

The ensuing selling pressure pushed XRP down to a swing low near $1.0072 around June 26, creating the X point and presenting the foundation for the harmonic pattern.

From this low, buyers stepped back into the market and drove XRP higher. The rally lifted the price to around $1.19 by July 5, forming the A point and delivering a gain of roughly 22% in less than two weeks. 

XRP Gartley Pattern Entry Point
XRP Gartley Pattern Entry Point

Sellers then regained control, pulling the price back to about $1.0684 by July 7. This decline formed the B point, completing the second leg of the pattern.

Support from Fibonacci Levels

A bullish Gartley pattern consists of five turning points labeled X, A, B, C, and D. Each leg follows specific Fibonacci measurements based on the original XA move. 

In a bullish situation, the D point usually forms near the 78.6% Fibonacci retracement of the XA leg. This area is known as the Potential Reversal Zone, where buyers typically return and push the price higher.

XRP’s current price action continues to follow the pattern. Notably, the AB pullback retraced 65.2% of the XA move, placing it close to the preferred 61.8% retracement for the B point. 

From there, XRP rebounded to around $1.1186 on July 12, creating the C point. This recovery retraced 43.7% of the AB decline, staying within the accepted 38.2% to 88.6% range for a valid BC leg.

After reaching the C point, XRP faced another pullback and entered the final CD leg. The current move continues toward the projected D point at $1.0048, which matches the 78.6% retracement of the full XA advance.

XRP Demand Zone

Importantly, the projected D point falls inside a well-established demand zone between $1.02 and $1.0448. In the past, buyers stepped into this area, absorbed selling pressure, and pushed the price higher. This historical context gives the zone added importance as a support level.

The analysis places $1.0448 as the level where the pattern begins to activate, while $1.02 marks the full D-point completion and the deepest retracement that still keeps the pattern valid.

Key XRP Price Levels

If XRP reaches the D point and buyers defend the area, the first level to watch sits at the C-point high near $1.115. A strong move above that price would suggest the correction has likely ended and that bullish momentum is returning.

The next important resistance stands at the A-point high of around $1.19. If XRP breaks above that level, the measured move based on the original XA leg points to a possible recovery into the mid-$1.20 range.

On the downside, bulls must defend the $1.00 level. The bullish Gartley remains valid only if XRP avoids a decisive close below that price. A sustained move under $1.00 would invalidate the pattern, end the bullish setup, and increase the chances of a deeper decline.

Large XRP Whales Have Amassed 4B+ XRP Since the Ongoing Downtrend Began

Large XRP whales have accumulated more than 4 billion XRP tokens since the ongoing downtrend began in July 2025.

While the current downward price action has dampened market sentiment, leading to panic among retail investors, market data suggests that large whales have instead taken advantage of the lower prices to load up on their bags.

Specifically, XRP whales holding between 10 million and 100 million XRP have accumulated over 4 billion tokens since XRP began correcting from the July 2025 peak of $3.6. These wallets have pushed their cumulative holdings beyond the 12 billion XRP mark for the first time in history.

XRP Whales Accumulating

This is according to data provided by Santiment, a leading crypto analytics resource. Notably, XRP whales holding between 10 million and 100 million tokens had a cumulative balance of 8 billion XRP at the start of July 2025, days before the $3.6 peak.

When XRP claimed the all-time high on July 18, 2025, and immediately corrected, this balance started dropping, reaching a low of 7.5 billion XRP on Aug. 16, 2025, as whales reacted to the sudden price collapse with a wave of profit-taking trades.

Interestingly, while XRP’s price continued to decline from August 2025, these whales flipped from distribution to accumulation, aggressively adding to their holdings even as prices collapsed.

They hit a cumulative balance of 11.18 billion by December 2025, and then the accumulation trend cooled. After three months, these XRP whales resumed the campaign in March 2026, pushing their balance to the current figure of 12.13 billion.

XRP Whales Accumulating Santiment
XRP Whales Accumulating | Santiment

This figure represents an increase of 4.63 billion XRP in these whales’ balance since the downtrend began. Today, these tokens are currently worth $4.9 billion. However, at the $3.6 peak, they would have a value of over $16.6 billion. 

XRP Downtrend Triggers Retail Panic

For context, XRP has continued to trend lower since correcting from the all-time high of $3.6 last July. After reaching $3.6, bears took charge of the market, leading to consistent lower highs that have continued to play out to this day.

Currently trading for $1.06, XRP has now collapsed more than 70% from the $3.6 peak, down nearly 42% this year alone. While the broader market downturn started after the Oct. 10, 2025 crash, XRP’s bearish situation emerged three months earlier and has persisted till now.

XRP Downtrend
XRP Downtrend

Amid the downtrend, retail investors have been thrown into a panic. According to a Santiment report in May, the positive-to-negative sentiment ratio for XRP slumped to 1.1, confirming a bearish bias. The Crypto Basic also revealed earlier this month that sentiment had flipped extremely bearish.

Notably, the bearish price action has led to a drop in balances held by smaller whales and sharks (100,000 to 1 million XRP), as these wallets have distributed 1.3 billion XRP since August 2025. However, large whales continue to add to their balance.

Legal Expert Highlights How XRP Holders Influenced Outcome of Ripple Lawsuit

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Pro-XRP attorney John Deaton has congratulated XRP holders for playing a meaningful role in the SEC’s lawsuit against Ripple. 

Attorney Deaton made the remarks as the XRP community celebrated the third anniversary of Judge Analisa Torres’ landmark July 13, 2023 ruling, which held that XRP, in itself, is not a security.

Court Recognizes XRP Holders’ Arguments

According to Deaton, one of the strongest indications that XRP holders influenced the outcome is Judge Torres’ decision to cite the amicus brief he filed on behalf of thousands of XRP investors.

However, Deaton acknowledged that this fact alone does not conclusively prove the community changed the outcome, as the judge also referenced several other amicus briefs submitted during the litigation.

Nonetheless, he placed greater emphasis on the court’s reliance on nearly 4,000 affidavits submitted by XRP holders. Although the parties filed thousands of exhibits throughout the multi-year case, Judge Torres cited only a limited number of them in her summary judgment ruling. Among those selected were the XRP holder affidavits.

Notably, the affidavits provided direct evidence supporting Ripple’s argument that many XRP purchasers did not rely on the company’s managerial efforts to generate profits, an important factor under the Howey test.

LBRY Arguments Also Shaped the Court’s Analysis

Furthermore, Deaton pointed to Footnote 16 of Judge Torres’ opinion, where she cited an exchange from oral arguments in a separate LBRY case.

According to Deaton, the referenced discussion involved his arguments before the federal judge regarding secondary market sales of digital assets. 

He believes the citation shows that Judge Torres considered broader legal principles beyond the Ripple case when evaluating whether secondary market transactions should qualify as securities transactions.

Push for a Formal Declaration Labeling XRP as Non-Security

Deaton also highlighted one of the central requests in his amicus brief. Specifically, he urged the court to explicitly declare that XRP itself is not a security.

He argued that XRP is simply digital code and that a digital asset’s legal status should not permanently depend on how it is marketed or sold in a particular transaction. To reinforce this argument, Deaton compared XRP to assets such as gold, beavers, condominiums, chinchillas, and orange groves. 

Although these assets have been sold through investment contracts in certain circumstances, the assets themselves have never been classified as securities. Therefore, Deaton maintained that even if Ripple offered XRP as part of an investment contract under specific circumstances, that fact alone would not transform the token itself into a security.

XRP Community Continues to Celebrate Historic Legal Clarity

Meanwhile, the broader XRP community has continued to celebrate Judge Torres’ landmark decision, which delivered long-awaited legal clarity for XRP three years ago.

The ruling established that XRP itself is not a security while distinguishing between different types of Ripple’s transactions. Judge Torres concluded that Ripple’s programmatic sales on cryptocurrency exchanges and certain other XRP distributions did not constitute investment contracts. However, she ruled that Ripple’s institutional XRP sales violated federal securities laws because they qualified as unregistered securities offerings.

Since the decision, Ripple executives have repeatedly praised the XRP community, particularly the thousands of token holders represented by Deaton, for helping shape one of the most consequential legal battles in the digital asset industry. 

XRP Ledger Records Over 1 Million AI Agent Transactions as Autonomous Payments Grow

The XRP Ledger (XRPL) has surpassed one million AI agent transactions on its mainnet. 

The milestone is an early step in the network’s push to support autonomous, software-powered payments.

Notably, the update came from Chandler Fang, co-founder of AI infrastructure firm t54.ai and former Ripple product lead. He said the achievement shows an “autonomous loop” is already running on XRPL. 

In this system, AI agents can request services, pay with XRP or RLUSD, and continue executing tasks without human intervention.

AI Agents Are Already Transacting on XRPL

According to Fang, the milestone follows the launch of t54’s XRPL AI Hub, which has indexed more than one million AI agent transactions on the XRPL mainnet.

He said this does not mean the “agentic economy” is fully mature. However, it shows that autonomous payment workflows are already operating in production.

In these workflows, AI agents can request paid services, receive pricing, settle payments in XRP or Ripple USD (RLUSD), and continue their assigned tasks. Fang said this demonstrates that XRPL has the speed, low fees, and reliability needed for machine-to-machine commerce.

Ripple’s AI Starter Kit Expands XRPL Capabilities

Fang also pointed to Ripple’s recently announced XRP Ledger AI Starter Kit. He described it as an important step toward making XRPL more accessible to AI developers.

According to Fang, the toolkit provides wallet and payment functionality. It also allows AI tools to interact directly with XRPL documentation and simplifies building applications that support autonomous payments.

He added that t54 has integrated XRPL into the x402 payment protocol. This allows AI agents to pay for APIs, computing resources, datasets, and other online services using XRP or RLUSD through a standardized web payment flow.

The company has also built an XRPL x402 facilitator and added support for x402-Secure. The upgrade introduces authorization, intent verification, and risk checks before transactions are completed.

Focus Shifts to Real-world Adoption

While celebrating the one million transaction milestone, Fang said the long-term goal is wider adoption, not just higher transaction counts.

He said success will depend on more developers offering services that AI agents can purchase. That would create recurring payment activity settled in XRP and RLUSD.

Fang also said trust infrastructure will become increasingly important. Autonomous agents will need predefined budgets, permissions, and accountability mechanisms to operate independently at scale.

XRP Community Sees Growing Momentum

The milestone also drew attention from XRPL validator Vet. He said agentic transactions on the XRP Ledger were not something he expected to become a notable trend in 2026.

Vet recalled that XRPL community member JA Akinyele highlighted agent-based payments as an area to watch during a discussion at the end of 2025. He said the sector now appears to be gaining momentum and hopes to see further progress.

The latest milestone reflects broader efforts to position the XRP Ledger as infrastructure for AI-driven financial activity. Ripple’s developer tools and t54’s payment infrastructure are to support a growing ecosystem of autonomous agents transacting directly on-chain.

Cardano Whales Take ADA Holding to 3.5 Year High Amid Strong Dip Buying

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Large Cardano whales have continued to accumulate ADA, pushing their combined holdings to the highest level since February 2023.

The largest Cardano holders are steadily increasing their holdings, even as ADA looks weak. In contrast, retail participants continue to trim their positions, as they start to grow impatient with the persistent price trend.

The divergence between large and small holders has become one of the healthiest trends emerging on the Cardano network.

ADA Whales Increase Holdings While Retail Pulls Back

On-chain data from Santiment shows wallets holding between 100,000 and 100 million ADA now control more than 25.6 billion ADA.

The market intelligence platform highlighted that this marks their largest collective balance since February 2023. The milestone comes after roughly four months of consistent accumulation, as some of the network’s biggest participants take advantage of the weak market sentiment.

An accompanying chart highlights a steady rise in the balance held by wallets containing between 100,000 and 100 million ADA. Over the past four months, these addresses have increased their holdings by approximately 1.8%, lifting the total supply under their control to the current level.

Cardano Whale Holdings Reach February 2023 Level/Santiment
Cardano Whale Holdings Reach February 2023 Level/Santiment

At the same time, wallets holding fewer than 100 ADA have moved in the opposite direction. Their collective balance has fallen by around 0.7% during the same period, indicating they have gradually reduced their exposure.

According to Santiment, this contrast reflects different reactions to the same market condition. Specifically, larger holders are accumulating during periods of uncertainty, while retail traders are growing impatient after prolonged price weakness.

The firm noted that although this pattern does not guarantee a price reversal, it suggests confidence among whales, especially at a time when the crypto market is weak. Large holders are gradually deploying capital to buy the dip, moving the asset’s supply to wallets known to hold long-term.

Cardano Still Building Despite Weak Price Action

Cardano has struggled throughout 2026, dropping 52% YTD. The correction has taken ADA to levels last seen in 2020. Also, it has tested investor confidence, with small wallets slowly giving in to market pressure

Despite the bearish trend, Santiment emphasized that the Cardano ecosystem has continued building. The network is still consistently implementing progressive initiatives, according to its development roadmap.

Some of them include the Leios testnet launch in June, ongoing improvements to Hydra scaling, and continued progress on Mithril. Cardano has also integrated the Pyth oracles, further boosting institutional traction.

These upgrades aim to strengthen the network’s infrastructure in the long term, positioning Cardano for mainstream adoption when attention starts to return to crypto.

Santiment highlighted that while it does not look like it now, the combination of whale accumulation and network building is bullish for Cardano. It called this setup one of the healthiest that ADA has shown all year.

XRP Now at Breakout Retest: This Level Will Determine if the Bull Structure Holds

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XRP has reached its breakout retest point, looking to defend an important support level that could determine its next major move.

XRP currently changes hands at $1.06, which puts it close to $0.9539, the exact price where it broke out of a six-year symmetrical triangle in 2024. This level could decide whether the broader bullish trend stays intact or gives way to a deeper correction.

Essentially, the $0.9539 area marked the breakout point that ended a long period of consolidation and started the rally that pushed XRP to $3.6 last July. 

As the price moves back toward that area, it remains to be seen if buyers can defend it. A successful defense would strengthen the current market structure, but a failure could signal that the upsurge is losing support.

XRP 6-Year Triangle Breakout

Notably, XRP spent more than six years moving inside a large symmetrical triangle after reaching its cycle high during 2017 and 2018. Throughout this period, the chart formed five major pivot points, labeled A, B, C, D, and E, as the trading range became increasingly narrow.

However, the structure changed when XRP broke above the triangle in 2024 at around $0.95398. This breakout started a five-wave impulse move that carried the token to a high of $3.3 by January 2025. 

After completing the upsurge, the price pulled back toward the $2 area before recovering to the July 2025 all-time high of $3.66. From there, XRP has now corrected to the same breakout area.

XRP 1W Chart
XRP 1W Chart

Such a correction often serves as an important test. Markets frequently return to previous breakout levels to see whether old resistance can become new support. If XRP holds above this level, it will confirm that the breakout remains valid. If it falls below it, further downside could play out.

XRP Could Face More Downside Before Possible Reversal

Meanwhile, the 4-hour chart shows that XRP is trading inside a red symmetrical channel, where an ending diagonal appears to be developing. The pattern contains five overlapping sub-waves, and the fifth wave is still in progress.

Current projections suggest that the final leg of this pattern could take XRP into the $0.80 to $0.90 range before it finishes. Ending diagonals usually form near the end of a decline and suggest that selling pressure is fading. Once they are complete, they can lead to a strong recovery.

XRP 4h Chart
XRP 4h Chart

However, for now, the pattern remains unfinished. This means XRP could still move lower in the short term before buyers attempt to regain control.

Important XRP Price Levels

The first support area sits between $1.00 and $0.95398. If XRP drops below this range, the next support lies between $0.80 and $0.90, which aligns with the projected end of the current ending diagonal. 

A further decline would bring $0.60160 into the picture. This level marks an important pivot from the six-year triangle and could become the next major support for XRP.

The chart also highlights $0.39368 as the main Wave IV support level. If selling becomes much stronger, $0.11540 would represent the final capitulation target in the current technical outlook.

On the upside, XRP must first break through resistance between $1.20 and $1.30. If buyers clear that area, the next resistance sits at $1.60, followed by the previous high of $3.29998.

Ripple CTO Emeritus Accuses Former SEC Official of “Rewriting History” Over XRP Lawsuit

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Ripple CTO Emeritus David Schwartz has challenged claims that the SEC limited its lawsuit against Ripple to the company’s method of selling XRP rather than the token itself.

Schwartz made the remarks while responding to former SEC Commissioner Marc Fagel, who argued that the SEC consistently maintained that XRP is merely computer code and not inherently a security. 

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XRP Community Marks Landmark Court Victory

The exchange came as the XRP community celebrated the anniversary of the landmark July 13, 2023, ruling, in which a federal court held that XRP, by itself, is not a security. Ripple Chief Legal Officer Stuart Alderoty also marked the occasion, describing it as “Happy XRP Is Not a Security Day.”

Amid the celebrations, Fagel reiterated that the SEC’s case focused on Ripple’s conduct rather than the XRP token itself. According to him, the regulator argued that Ripple sold XRP as an investment contract but never claimed that XRP, standing alone, was a security.

Schwartz Rejects Fagel’s Interpretation

However, Ripple CTO Emeritus David Schwartz strongly disagreed, arguing that Fagel’s claim is “a bizarre attempt to rewrite history” by changing the SEC’s original litigation strategy. 

According to Schwartz, it is inaccurate to suggest that the SEC viewed XRP as a computer code that became a security only due to Ripple’s sales practices.

Instead, he maintained that the SEC advanced a much broader legal theory throughout the case. In his view, the agency consistently argued that XRP buyers reasonably expected profits from Ripple’s efforts, thereby satisfying the key elements of the Howey test.

Schwartz emphasized that this argument was not confined to Ripple’s institutional sales. Rather, he said the SEC also applied the same theory to XRP transactions conducted on public cryptocurrency exchanges.

Summary Judgment Filing Supports Broader SEC Theory

To support his position, Schwartz pointed to the SEC’s motion for summary judgment and urged Fagel to revisit the filing. He argued that the document clearly shows the regulator pursued a broader legal theory than many critics now acknowledge.

According to Schwartz, the SEC merely acknowledged that a digital asset such as XRP is not automatically a security in every possible context. However, he stressed that this differs significantly from claiming XRP became a security because of Ripple’s particular sales practices.

As a result, Schwartz argued that Fagel conflates two distinct legal concepts and, in doing so, alters the meaning of the SEC’s original argument.

XRP Court Ruling Marks Third Anniversary 

Meanwhile, the debate comes three years after Judge Analisa Torres issued her landmark decision in the Ripple case. She ruled that XRP itself is not a security and concluded that Ripple’s programmatic sales on cryptocurrency exchanges, as well as certain other XRP distributions, did not violate federal securities laws.

However, the court found that Ripple’s institutional XRP sales constituted unregistered securities offerings and therefore violated securities laws. The case proceeded to the Second Circuit, with both parties appealing the portions of the ruling they disagreed with.

However, following a change in the SEC’s administration, both sides withdrew their appeals last year, bringing an end to the multi-year legal battle that had weighed on XRP’s performance. 

Shiba Inu Whales Accumulate Fresh 174B SHIB in 24 Hours Despite the Dip

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Shiba Inu whales are buying every dip, even as the token keeps falling, with a fresh 174 billion SHIB withdrawn from exchanges in the past 24 hours.

The Shiba Inu (SHIB) price trend remains uncertain. Bears are keen to push the token to new lows, while bulls keep fighting to defend key support levels. It remains unknown how low SHIB will fall, but buying pressure appears to be consistently building.

Over the past day, Shiba Inu whales have made another notable accumulation move, reinforcing their belief that the current price level is a favorable entry point for the next bullish phase.

174,820,700,000 SHIB Withdrawn from Exchanges

Data from CryptoQuant confirmed this move. Its total exchange netflow reading shows that the difference between inflows and outflows in the past 24 hours is a negative 174.8 billion.

This means that holders withdrew 174,820,700,000 SHIB yesterday, worth $792,002 at the current market price of $0.00000417. Notably, such an exodus from exchanges usually ends up in self-custody or third-party wallets, where the tokens cannot be easily sold. This suggests accumulation, as holders are moving Shiba Inu to where it cannot be easily sold.

Shiba Inu Exchange Netflow/CryptoQuant
Shiba Inu Exchange Netflow/CryptoQuant

Meanwhile, the withdrawal continued to reduce the SHIB exchange reserve. The metric fell slightly over the past 24 hours to 86.6 trillion as the amount of the token held on exchanges reduced.

Notably, this not only reduces selling pressure but also improves supply scarcity. If this trend persists and demand starts to return, prices could react considerably.

Additionally, the accumulation continues to highlight the sentiment among whales that Shiba Inu could reclaim higher prices in the future. Buying even when a durable bottom is unclear and price trends near multi-year lows suggest that market participants see a good risk-to-reward ratio at current levels and are positioning accordingly.

Shiba Inu Open Interest Rises 5%

Meanwhile, derivative interest in Shiba Inu also received a boost. Over the past 24 hours, open interest has increased by 5.7% to $28.8 million, or 6.52 trillion SHIB.

For context, open interest tracks the total value of open futures positions at a given time. A rise indicates that during the period, traders built more derivative positions, increasing the overall value.

Nonetheless, SHIB’s OI remains well below earlier highs. It has dropped 80% from its January 6 peak of $145.5 million, as traders have taken to caution as the bearish trend persists. The drop mirrors a trend seen in the broader crypto market, where massive liquidations and price volatility have replaced derivative enthusiasm with risk-averseness.

Shiba Inu OI/Coinglass
Shiba Inu OI/Coinglass

SHIB Price Remains Above $0.0000040 Support

From a technical perspective, SHIB remains above the $0.0000040 support after bottoming around it again yesterday. The token dropped to $0.00000408 on Monday as the new US-Iran conflict sparked fresh concerns among investors, impacting the broader market negatively

The support proved too strong for bears again. As SHIB did previously in late June, it bounced from the $0.0000040 demand zone to its current price.

Attention has now turned to the descending resistance trendline above, where the token has persistently faced resistance since May 10. Breaking this opens the path for a strong rebound to higher prices.

Shiba Inu Descending Trendline
Shiba Inu Descending Resistance Trendline

XRP Leads Crypto Retail Optimism as Social FOMO Hits Five-Week High

XRP has become the most bullish major cryptocurrency on social media, according to on-chain analytics platform Santiment.

Despite recent price weakness, retail traders are showing the highest level of fear of missing out (FOMO) in five weeks.

XRP Tops Social Sentiment Rankings

Santiment Intelligence reported that XRP recorded a positive-to-negative commentary ratio of 3.02-to-1 on Monday, the highest among the three largest cryptocurrencies it tracks.

Ethereum ranked second at 2.31-to-1, while Bitcoin remained comparatively neutral at 1.40-to-1.

The firm said market sentiment has shifted away from fear, but optimism is not evenly distributed across major assets. XRP has entered what Santiment described as a “major FOMO” zone, while Ethereum shows only mild FOMO.

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Bullish Sentiment Rises Despite Price Weakness

The surge in bullish commentary comes even as XRP’s price and that of Ethereum have struggled to maintain recent gains. Santiment noted that Bitcoin and Ethereum started Monday’s session higher before giving back those gains. XRP also faced selling pressure despite the rise in positive social sentiment.

For context, XRP’s price reached $1.1180 three days ago but has since fallen to just above $1.05, raising the risk of dropping below $1. XRP is now down 5.56% over the past week and more than 6% over the past month.

The analytics platform warned that rising optimism during a price decline can increase short-term downside risks.

“Crypto typically moves opposite to what the crowd is loudly expecting,” Santiment said.

The firm added that excessive bullishness around XRP or Ethereum while prices are falling could delay a recovery or lead to additional selling pressure.

Unlike XRP, Ethereum’s price still maintains a positive weekly performance and is up 6.24% over the past month. However, on a year-to-date basis, ETH is down 40%, while XRP has fallen even further, declining more than 42%.

Bitcoin Cautious Mood May Be More Constructive

By comparison, Santiment said Bitcoin’s more balanced sentiment could provide a healthier setup for future gains.

The firm noted that markets often have more room to rally when retail traders are not overly optimistic. Bitcoin’s lower positive-to-negative commentary ratio suggests investors remain relatively cautious, unlike the stronger retail enthusiasm surrounding XRP and Ethereum.

Santiment’s findings are based on its Positive vs. Negative Commentary Ratio, a social sentiment metric that tracks bullish and bearish discussions across major crypto-related social media platforms.

Bitcoin is currently trading at around $62,500, down 1.2% over the past week and 2.7% over the past month.

Before the latest pullback, the market had shown signs of improvement, with Bitcoin approaching $65,000. However, amid the overall cautious sentiment, the market has started to retrace once again.

Hoskinson Defends EMURGO After Cardano Misses SBI Deal, Calls for Funded Team to Drive Commercial Growth

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Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson has defended the ecosystem’s founding entities, particularly EMURGO, against criticism over their inability to secure major institutional partnerships.

The discussion comes after Japanese financial giant SBI partnered with Solana to develop on-chain financial markets in Japan. The announcement prompted some Cardano community members, including Depinity co-founder Welf Brandolf, to question why the network failed to secure a similar collaboration despite its longstanding ties to Japan.

However, Hoskinson rejected that argument. He acknowledged that Cardano built a strong presence in Japan during its early years but emphasized that historical relationships alone do not translate into commercial partnerships. 

EMURGO Has No Mandate to Secure Commercial Deals: Hoskinson 

According to him, attracting institutional collaborations requires dedicated business development teams with clear objectives and funding.

Furthermore, Hoskinson stressed that neither EMURGO nor the Cardano Foundation is contractually obligated to negotiate or deliver commercial deals on behalf of the ecosystem.

He argued that if the community believes Cardano needs stronger business development efforts, it should assign that responsibility to an organization specifically funded and mandated to pursue partnerships.

Treasury Should Fund Cardano’s Commercial Expansion

The latest comments come amid growing frustration over Cardano’s absence from several major industry initiatives.

For example, the network was excluded from the OpenUSD (OpenUSD) stablecoin initiative, which brought together major blockchain companies, including Ripple, Solana, Coinbase, Fireblocks, and Aave.

As criticism intensified, Hoskinson accused some Cardano Delegate Representatives (DReps) of blocking treasury proposals designed to accelerate the ecosystem’s commercialization. He argued that despite Input Output Global (IOG) submitting proposals aimed at expanding Cardano’s commercial reach, DReps have repeatedly voted them down.

Boosting Cardano Commercialization Efforts

In his latest remarks, Hoskinson once again encouraged the community to take advantage of Cardano’s decentralized governance model by leveraging the network’s on-chain treasury.

He proposed creating and funding a dedicated organization responsible for commercial representation. In his view, the entity would have a clear mandate to negotiate partnerships, engage enterprise clients, and expand Cardano’s presence in strategic markets.

Meanwhile, Hoskinson’s defense of EMURGO also comes as the company continues to prioritize recovery efforts following the SecondFi wallet security incident.

After the attack, EMURGO stepped back from its role within the Pentad governance body to focus on supporting the recovery process and assisting the broader Cardano ecosystem. The company has since concentrated its resources on addressing the aftermath of the incident rather than pursuing broader ecosystem initiatives.