XRP Payments Jump Past 1.7 Million as Market Teeters on a Knife Edge

Though the declining moving averages still guard the gate, the message is plain enough for those who listen: selling pressure is loosening, or at least pretending to loosen, like a bureaucrat withdrawing a sign from a door. The 100 and 200 EMAs remain macro barricades, and now the asset tests a breath of resistance around the 50 EMA-little more than a polite nudge, enough to please the memos in the backrooms.

Russia’s Bold Crypto Bill: Will It Change the Game or Just Make it More Confusing?

On a rather unremarkable Tuesday, the lower house of Russia’s legislature, or as I like to call it, the “House of Serious Matters,” passed the bill titled “On Digital Currency and Digital Rights.” With 327 deputies enthusiastically waving their hands in favor, one can only imagine the level of excitement rivaling an opera premiere. The draft, which first made its debut in December 2025, aims to establish a regulatory framework by the sweltering summer of 2026-because nothing says ‘welcome to the future’ quite like legislation.