Apparently, the big movers and shakers believe an XRP ETF approval in the U.S. might just be the ticket to stardom. Several suitors, including the charming 21Shares, are lining up with amendments, triggering a 20-day SEC snooze fest. Fingers crossed, darlings, because a green light could turn Ripple into the belle of the institutional ball, drawing in the moneyed class like moths to a flame.
Chad Pergram, the senior congressional correspondent for Fox News, posted that seven Democrats and one Independent joined Republicans to break a political stalemate that had kept the government shut down for weeks. Yes, folks, democracy in action-slow, dramatic, and occasionally functional. 🎬
They lured him to Hatta, that sun-scorched purgatory beyond Dubai’s gilded towers. Novak, ever the schemer, switched cars-thinking himself clever. But the driver returned alone, his silence louder than a gunshot. The villa’s walls heard screams, then nothing.
Amid the looming curtain call on the government’s little hiatus, one can only fawn over the possibility that the SEC, in its infinite wisdom, might expedite its deliberations, elevating XRP’s price to a dizzying $2.46. Ah, the sweet scent of fiscal anticipation!
After a spooky October that left Bitcoin in the red (boo! 👻), our favorite cryptocurrency finally caught a break. BTC soared past $105K, hitting a high of $106,422 on Bitstamp. Looks like Bitcoin’s got its groove back! 💃
Blockchain-based prediction markets have achieved a new level of mainstream prominence and popularity following the 2024 U.S. presidential election. Platforms like Polymarket and Kalshi, once dismissed as the playthings of crypto enthusiasts, demonstrated superior forecasting capabilities, outperforming most traditional polling models and media pundits by consistently giving the eventual winner better odds, particularly in key swing states. 🎯
In the grim month of November 2025, as the winds howl and the markets shiver, a trifecta of omens emerges: market psychology, technical indicators, and the siren song of liquidity. Together, they weave a tale of potential rebirth-or perhaps, another plunge into the abyss. Who can say? Not I, for I am but a humble observer of this grotesque ballet.
Armstrong has quoted popular economics blogger Noah Smith, who has compared the development of Venezuela and Poland, as if they were two sides of the same coin… or perhaps two different coins entirely. 🪙 “Venezuela implemented policies of nationalization and state control under Hugo Chávez, which stifled its oil industry and other vital sectors of the economy. As a result, the country has faced hyperinflation, mass emigration, shortages, and so on. It’s like trying to build a house with a broomstick and a prayer. 🏗️💸”
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The timing? Coincidental, surely. Just hours earlier, the US Senate, in a fit of bipartisan enthusiasm (or sheer exhaustion 🥱), voted 60-40 to end the 40-day government shutdown-a spectacle of fiscal brinkmanship that made the Hatfield-McCoy feud look like a picnic. Democrats, ever the romantics, had insisted on healthcare subsidies; Republicans, ever the libertarians, demurred. How very civilized.
