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A crypto researcher’s social media post has put a spotlight on something that has been suggested: a potential path for $XRP integration into FedNow, the Federal Reserve’s instant payment system, through a technology vendor most bank customers have never heard of. The researcher, known online as SMQKE, connected the dots using Volante Technologies, a firm that already links financial institutions to FedNow and confirms that $XRP settlement could run through its existing Ripple connection.Volante Technologies is a confirmed FedNow technology provider with an active Ripple integration, and $XRP settlement could be available through that same connection.

Volante’s Ripple integration dates back to October 2015, when it launched VolPay Hub, and was expanded in 2016 with a dedicated Ripple solution inside its VolPay Foundation platform.

The 2023 Faster Payments Barometer found that 47% of organizations prefer connecting to FedNow through a third-party service provider rather than building direct connections.

Volante links institutions to both FedNow and The Clearing House’s RTP network, meaning banks using that route could have access to $XRP settlement on the same platform.

92% of surveyed organizations said interoperability across payment systems matters to them, according to the same Barometer survey.

The core of this story is not a new announcement but an old partnership that researchers have suggested could be relevant. Volante is one of the technology providers that banks and credit unions use to plug into FedNow, and it happens to be the same company that built one of the earliest enterprise-grade Ripple connections in the payments world.

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HTX Creation Challenge — Post and Win 1,500UHTX 13th-Anniversary Carnival Cathie Wood Keeps Buying Circle Stock Despite 42% Price Slide ARK Invest's founder says Wall Street analysts do not understand

Cathie Wood Keeps Buying Circle Stock Despite 42% Price Slide

ARK Invest's founder says Wall Street analysts do not understand the stablecoin issuer's business model.

Cathie Wood has kept buying Circle shares through a steep decline, according to reports from BeInCrypto and Yahoo Finance. The stock has dropped 42% from earlier levels this year. Wood, founder of ARK Invest, said Wall Street analysts covering Circle cannot fathom the company's true worth.

Circle is the issuer of $USDC, one of the largest dollar-pegged stablecoins in circulation. The company went public earlier this year, drawing significant attention from both traditional finance and crypto-native investors. Its stock performance since listing has been volatile, reflecting broader uncertainty about how markets should value stablecoin issuers.

ARK Invest has built a reputation for taking concentrated, high-conviction positions in companies it believes are misunderstood by mainstream analysts. Wood has previously made similar bets on names in electric vehicles, genomics, and other disruptive technology sectors. Her continued accumulation of Circle shares during a sharp price decline fits that established pattern.

Stablecoins occupy a unique position in financial markets. They function as digital dollar substitutes, used heavily in crypto trading, cross-border payments, and increasingly in traditional settlement systems. Circle's revenue model depends partly on interest earned from reserves backing $USDC, making the company sensitive to interest rate movements and regulatory treatment of stablecoin reserves.

Analyst skepticism toward Circle likely stems from several factors. These include competition from other stablecoin issuers, regulatory uncertainty around stablecoin legislation, and questions about how sustainable reserve-based revenue will be if interest rates decline. Wood's public comments suggest she views these concerns as overstated or already priced into a lower valuation.

The timing o

Cathie Wood Keeps Buying Circle Stock Despite 42%

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Altcoins Rip Higher, but One Brutal Metric Kills the Altseason Hype Bitcoin Rips Toward $80,000 as Billions Flood Back Hundreds of billions have poured back into the crypto market, while bitcoin’s exp

Altcoins Rip Higher, but One Brutal Metric Kills the Altseason Hype

Bitcoin Rips Toward $80,000 as Billions Flood Back
Hundreds of billions have poured back into the crypto market, while bitcoin’s explosive run to nearly $80,000 has been impossible to ignore. At press time, the leading crypto asset bitcoin ($BTC) is consolidating around $77,400 per coin, but it remains 38.5% below its all-time high ($ATH) of $126,080, logged Oct. 6, 2025.

Ethereum (ETH) is coasting around $2,452 per unit, but despite outperforming $BTC lately, it still needs to climb 50.4% to reclaim its $4,946 $ATH. Altcoins have posted even wilder moves compared with $BTC, pushing the Altcoin Season Index to 43 from a low of 25 in May, according to blockchaincenter.net stats. That hasn’t stopped speculators from declaring that Altcoin Season has already arrived.

Altcoins Explode Higher but Old Peaks Remain Miles Away
The scoreboard is simple: if 75% of the top 50 coins outperform bitcoin over 90 days, the market officially enters Altcoin Season. $PUMP and $ENA have been the three-month champs this season, climbing 192% and 69%, respectively. This week alone, $PUMP has ripped 99% higher while $ENA has blasted 98.57%, yet both remain buried below their all-time highs.

Altcoin Season Index via blockchaincenter.net on Aug. 23, 2026.
$PUMP still needs to climb 39.7% to reclaim its peak, while $ENA faces an even steeper 89.2% climb. Stacks ($STX) also rocketed 94.55% this week, while official trump ($TRUMP) jumped 91.55%. But the wreckage from their former highs remains brutal: $STX is still down 94% from its peak, while $TRUMP sits 96.4% below its zenith.

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Bitwise Asset Management took in more than $1.8 billion of new money in the first half of 2026, chief executive Hunter Horsley said Sunday. Crypto prices fell through most of it. Tom Lee called the re

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