A Free NFT, a Vanishing Post, and $174K Gone From Grok’s Wallet
The wallet was public. Anyone with a Basescan tab could see it.
The wallet was public. Anyone with a Basescan tab could see it.

The numbers, dry as a Bolshevik’s humor, tell a story: a mere $3 million trickled into global XRP-based ETPs, a pittance compared to the $25 million of the previous week. And yet, in this desert of enthusiasm, XRP stands taller than Ethereum, which bled $81.6 million in outflows. Oh, the schadenfreude of it all!

What Schwartz says is important because many people in the XRP community pay close attention to his views. His comments often highlight a key debate: the distinction between being involved with Ripple (the company) and simply owning XRP, the digital asset.
In May 2026, the total value of stablecoins reached $322 billion. Studies by the European Central Bank (ECB) indicate that increasing use in rapidly developing countries such as India and Brazil could increase that value to $730 billion. European leaders aren’t simply watching this as a new financial trend; they see it as a potential threat to their control over currency, and Italy’s central bank is taking it very seriously.

In a recent epistle shared upon the platform X, Ondo Finance revealed its selection to join this esteemed working group, a development that has sent ripples through the genteel world of capital markets. The DTCC, custodian of a staggering $114 trillion in assets, has deigned to include Ondo in its efforts to tokenize the very heart of American financial infrastructure. What a coup for a firm that, until now, has been but a whisper in the grand ball of institutional finance!
The price of Ethereum is currently being supported, but it’s a fragile situation. A recent chart shows a small support level between $2,256 and $2,325. If this level holds, the price could potentially rise further. However, continued upward movement depends on maintaining that support.

“If the market truly believed,” he mused, his words dripping with the sarcasm of a poet who has watched the same tragedy repeat itself, “even in the faintest whisper of such a fate, would XRP not already be crowned with a price that reflects this madness? But no, it lingers, humble, at its modest perch. The market, it seems, is not as mad as some would have us believe.”
During a recent colloquy, Akinyele, with the gravitas of a soothsayer, conceded that the orthodox decree has been to fortify blockchain bastions by 2030, lest they crumble before the quantum onslaught. Yet, the winds of change, borne on the wings of Google’s alchemical tinkering with Shor’s algorithm, have hastened this reckoning.
According to Forbes, Ark’s report paints a picture of Bitcoin’s value soaring to $16 trillion by 2030, a 63% annual growth rate. One might wonder if such optimism is born of reason or the heady wine of speculation. Yet, who are we to question the visionaries of our time?

While the broader market has been in high spirits, rallying with all the enthusiasm of a country dance, PI has been rather more reserved, failing to join the merriment with any great vigor. A most curious state of affairs, indeed.