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3 May 2026, 03:00
XRP Power Play: SBI Holdings Submits LOI To Acquire Bitbank In Major Asia Move
The SBI Holdings is making a decisive move that could reshape the crypto landscape in Asia. With a letter of intent submitted to acquire Bitbank, the firm is signaling a deeper push into digital asset infrastructure. This development represents a strategic expansion by one of the region’s most influential financial players with deep ties to XRP and its broader ecosystem. XRP Integration Could Accelerate With Exchange Ownership SBI Holdings, a long-time Ripple partner via SBI Ripple Asia, has just made a massive strategic move that could reshape the XRP landscape across Asia. Crypto analyst Archie revealed on X that the firm has formally submitted a letter of intent to acquire shares in Bitbank, one of Japan’s top regulated exchanges, to turn it into a consolidated subsidiary. This isn’t speculation, it’s an official step. The deal is still in stages, but it comes after SBI’s earlier absorption of Bitpoint Japan and further positions SBI to dominate Japan’s crypto hub. It also goes far beyond expansion as SBI has long been one of the strongest institutional backers of XRP, largely through its deep involvement with SBI Ripple Asia. From early partnerships focused on on-demand liquidity to real-world applications in cross-border payment, remittances, and finance, Asia, especially Japan, has played a central role in XRP’s adoption, doubling down to acquire a major exchange. Furthermore, by consolidating platforms such as SBI VC Trades, Bitpoint, and potentially Bitbank, this move will bring more liquidity and supercharge the altcoin’s utility in the heart of Asia’s crypto hub. Meanwhile, Japan is already known for its pro-crypto stance, and SBI, which will deepen Ripple ties, is institutional fuel for the token. A major signal just came out of XRP Las Vegas as Zebec officially confirms its partnership with Ripple. The founder of House of Cauliman, Mrcauliman, has stated that the partnership will bring enterprise-grade real-time payroll and streaming payments to the XRP Ledger using XRP and RLUSD rails. This means salaries, payouts, and remittances will move through the Ledger with utility behind them. The Ledger isn’t being positioned as a speculative vehicle waiting on price action . Instead, it’s being built out as a financial rail. A Move Into Post-Quantum Identity Security The XRP Ledger is stepping into a completely new role, one centered on securing identity in a post-quantum world. According to analyst Pumpius, the altcoin has now unlocked port-quantum identity security. That means identities anchored directly on the Ledger with unbreakable zero-knowledge proofs and cryptographic systems designed to withstand supercomputers’ future quantum-level threats. At the center of this narrative is XDNA. Positioned as a next-generation identity layer, which introduces a model where verification becomes immutable. Once your identity is anchored on the ledger, there’s no need to resubmit documents or re-verify credentials across platforms .
3 May 2026, 03:00
Bitcoin demand lags despite $275B inflows – But 2 factors can save BTC’s rally
Bitcoin's demand remains unconfirmed as volume builds.
3 May 2026, 02:23
Crypto card spending hits $600 million a month with TRON taking 35% of March volume
TRON captured 35% of crypto card payment volume in March as total spending hit $606 million. That puts crypto card spending at roughly $600 million a month, up 500% since September 2024, per PaymentScan data , making card programs one of the fastest-growing businesses on public blockchains. Visa is the rail beneath it all. The company processed roughly 90% of crypto card transactions in March, building its lead through partnerships with crypto-native infrastructure providers rather than traditional sponsor banks. Its Bridge stablecoin card program is expanding to new regions through 2026. The chain-level breakdown: TRON 35%, BNB Chain 15%, the rest split across smaller networks. TRON’s settlement layer captures a third of payment volume TRON’s share reflects where stablecoin liquidity already sits. The chain processed approximately $2 trillion in USDT transfers in the first quarter of 2026, per Messari’s TRON Q1 2026 report , with USDT accounting for 98.6% of all stablecoins on the network. TRON: USDT Supply and Transfer | Source: CryptoQuant The chain’s three-second block times and resource-based fee model make stablecoin transfers cheap and fast enough for point-of-sale flow. “Stablecoins have already become the base rails for global value movement,” TRON founder Justin Sun said in an April interview . The card data is the first month-by-month evidence that the rails are now reaching everyday spending, not just on-chain settlement. As Cryptopolitan reported in February, fintech platform Kolo integrated TRON to process more than $250 million in transaction volume, with about 30% executed directly on TRC-20 USDT rails. That single integration is the small-scale version of what the March numbers now show at the network level. Southeast Asia drives the volume Southeast Asia accounted for approximately 60% of global stablecoin payment volume during the period, with local card issuance growing 83x between 2024 and 2025. The cards serve as primary financial access for users in areas with thin or expensive banking infrastructure. That distinction explains why the cashback war among emerging issuers is heating up. Jupiter Global’s Solana-based Visa card returns 4% to 10% cashback by tier and posted 660% month-over-month growth in April. KAST, Tria, and the Solana-based Pengu Card have widened the field beyond established issuers, with Pengu enabling USDC and USDT spending at an estimated 150 million merchants globally. USDC is also gaining ground on USDT in card volume, even as USDT continues to dominate raw on-chain stablecoin supply. Stablecoins move from on-chain liquidity to consumer wallets Crypto cards sit at a structural intersection. Stablecoins handle value storage and chain-level transfer. Visa handles point-of-sale connectivity. The bridge between them has compressed exchange withdrawals, bank transfers, and settlement delays into a single tap. Industry commentator Marty Party predicted that Visa-issued stablecoin cards on Apple Pay and Android Tap will onboard 10 million users before merchants adopt native stablecoin settlement. Stablecoins are no longer competing only for on-chain liquidity. They are competing for consumer wallets. The smartest crypto minds already read our newsletter. Want in? Join them .
3 May 2026, 02:00
Ripple expands XRP adoption across Japan, Korea: Why the timing matters
Asia expansion and regulatory clarity set the stage for XRP’s next major move.
3 May 2026, 01:46
Solana steps up quantum security while ETH Layer 2s lag
🚨 Solana is moving forward with quantum-resistant security while most $ETH Layer 2s stay exposed. Yakovenko says current Layer 2 wallets could be cracked by future quantum computers. 🧑💻 Critical data: Solana is already testing Falcon post-quantum signatures, but a full transition will take time. Continue Reading: Solana steps up quantum security while ETH Layer 2s lag The post Solana steps up quantum security while ETH Layer 2s lag appeared first on COINTURK NEWS .
3 May 2026, 01:30
Bitcoin Market Cap Could Reach $16 Trillion By 2030, Ark Invest Explains How In New Report
The Bitcoin market has had a rollercoaster performance in 2026, after a bloodbath in the first quarter and what has seemed like a fairly quiet start to the second quarter. Over the past two weeks, BTC has made multiple attempts to break back above the $80,000 resistance level. Nevertheless, this has not stopped market predictions — both audacious and conservative — from rolling in from all angles. In one of the latest projections to emerge, Cathie Wood-led Ark Invest put forward a hypothesis that sees the premier cryptocurrency’s market capitalization growing by more than 10-fold over the next four years. BTC Growth Could Push Crypto Market Cap To $28 Trillion In its 2026 research report, Ark Invest said that it expects the world’s largest cryptocurrency, Bitcoin, to grow exponentially over the next four years, with its market capitalization surging to as high as $16 trillion in 2030. The investment company explained that this over 10x growth will be largely driven by institutional adoption and investment. This projection appears to be consistent with Ark Invest’s forecast of Bitcoin’s valuation over the past few years. What’s curious, though, is that the investment company made changes to other contributing assumptions for BTC’s growth, including its total addressable market (TAM) and emerging-market penetration. Tying into the digital gold narrative, Ark Invest believes Bitcoin will capture about 40% of gold’s market capitalization, which surged by 65% to $24.4 trillion in 2025. Hence, the Cathie Wood-led firm reviewed an increase in the total addressable market for BTC to 37% due to gold’s market cap growth. However, the reverse was true for Bitcoin’s penetration rate as the “Emerging Markets Safe Haven,” with the forecasted adoption rate dropping by 80%. This downward review is tied to the explosive growth, proliferation, and use of stablecoins in developing countries over the past year. Other contribution assumptions for Bitcoin’s growth highlighted in the Ark Invest report included Nation-State Treasury, Corporate Treasury, and Bitcoin On-Chain Financial Services. At the same time, the premier cryptocurrency’s ascension is expected to drive the value of the cryptocurrency market to $28 trillion by 2030. Ark Invest wrote: The market for smart contract networks and pure-play digital currencies—the latter which serve as stores of value, mediums of exchange, and unit of account on public blockchains—could grow at an annual rate of ~61% to $28 trillion in 2030. We believe Bitcoin could account for 70% of the market, the balance dominated by smart contract networks like Ethereum and Solana. Bitcoin Price At A Glance As of this writing, the price of BTC stands at around $78,147, reflecting an over 2% jump in the past 24 hours.
