The Web3 gaming industry is on the verge of a trading card game (TCG) boom that will attract venture funds and specialized ETFs in the coming years. This was stated by Kaj Leroy, known by the nickname Brad Punkhouse, a key developer of the XRP Ledger ecosystem and creator of the first major NFT collection built on XRP (XPUNKs).
Between Sept. 23 and Oct. 16, estimated spot CVD changed by $1.3 billion and Binance perpetual CVD by $688 million.
Binance's CZ has stirred fresh excitement in the crypto community after voicing support for XRP, Solana, Zcash, and a host of other digital assets.
XRP led domestic trading with a 15.99% share, while WLD topped the attention index at 92. STX's domestic weighting was 46.24 times its global share.
XRP's year-end probability of reaching $2 rose 13 percentage points in one day to 30%. Bitcoin's odds of hitting $100,000 by year-end held at 24%, while ether's chance of reaching $3,500 fell to 14%.
Futures volume reached $1.79 billion over 24 hours, while an October contract market showed 50% for XRP to touch $1.20.
XRP's price is fighting to hold $1.29 as its $2.77 billion futures market loses momentum and sellers maintain control. Technical indicators favor further weakness, yet oversold readings suggest a recovery isn't entirely off the table. Meanwhile, Polymarket traders assign a 50% probability to XRP touching $1.
A defense of the $1.30-$1.32 band could put $1.39 in view, while a break from a descending channel could open a path toward $1.87.
XRP holds $1.30 support as traders weigh a breakout toward $1.87 against a deeper correction to $1.22.
Standard Chartered announced an RLUSD custody service, and Cross River Bank outlined planned settlement support. Evernorth began Nasdaq trading under XRPN on Oct. 12.
The past week delivered a striking contrast for Ripple and its native cryptocurrency.
J. Ayo Akinyele, the head of engineering at Ripple, has responded to a significant cryptographic discovery made by Anthropic's Claude AI that reportedly resolved a 25-year-old enigma about the origins of popular cryptographic standards.