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Solana Exec Buys $10,000 Worth Of Xrp

Vibhu Norby, Chief Product Officer at @Solana, has purchased roughly $10,000 worth of $XRP, using the buy to demonstrate a new cross-chain product rather than signal a shift in allegiances. The move was designed to showcase wXRP, a wrapped version of @Ripple's $XRP token that is now live natively on the Solana network. The integration was made possible through technology developed by @Hex_Trust, a digital asset custodian. Wrapped tokens allow assets native to one blockchain to be used on another by locking the original token and issuing an equivalent representation on the destination chain. By bringing wXRP to $SOL, the integration opens the door for XRP liquidity to participate in Solana's decentralised finance ecosystem.

Chainlink Etfs Now Hold 1.5% Of $Link Supply

The two spot $LINK exchange-traded funds have quietly built a meaningful foothold in the Chainlink market, with combined holdings now representing approximately 1.49% of the token's circulating supply. Products from @Grayscale and @Bitwise recorded $5.3 million in net inflows over the past five days, marking their strongest week of flows since launching in early December 2025. The milestone points to a gradual but steady pickup in institutional appetite for $LINK exposure through regulated vehicles. The figures reinforce a broader trend of asset managers expanding their crypto ETF offerings beyond Bitcoin and Ethereum, with altcoin products slowly finding traction among investors seeking diversified digital asset exposure.

Zachxbt Flags Possible Insider Activity On $Rave

On-chain investigator @zachxbt has raised concerns about alleged insider manipulation of the @RaveDAO token, posting that insiders appear to control more than 90% of $RAVE's supply. In his post, ZachXBT pointed to what he described as pump-and-dump activity originating from @binance, @bitgetglobal, and @gate_io, and called on Binance's He Yi and Bitget CEO @GracyBitget to investigate and offboard those involved. He also offered a $10,000 bounty for whistleblowers who come forward with evidence related to the alleged scheme. @GracyBitget publicly responded shortly after, confirming that @bitgetglobal had opened an investigation into $RAVE. $RAVE has surged more than 10,000% over the past 30 days, adding another 44% on Saturday alone.

Fidelity: Max-Sharpe Portfolio Holds 9.4% Bitcoin And Zero Bonds

@DigitalAssets has published research making the case that institutional investors now need a reason to hold zero Bitcoin, rather than a reason to hold any. The report, authored by analyst Chris Kuiper, applies mean-variance optimization across stocks, bonds, and $BTC using forward-looking capital market assumptions. The result: the portfolio with the highest Sharpe ratio allocates 9.4% to Bitcoin and nothing to bonds. The firm also ran the Kelly Criterion, a position-sizing formula commonly used in portfolio construction, against two sets of return assumptions. Using a conservative 25% forward return estimate for Bitcoin, the framework suggests a 10% allocation. Applied to Bitcoin's actual historical returns, the same formula produces 65%, a figure Fidelity explicitly flags as a theoretical upper bound rather than a practical target. To support the strategic case, the report points to Bitcoin's 0.87 r-squared correlation with global M2 money supply over 15 years, its status as the top-performing asset in 11 of the past 15 calendar years, and what Fidelity describes as its asymmetric volatility profile, where upside swings have historically outweighed drawdowns on a risk-adjusted basis. Fidelity also argues the traditional 60/40 portfolio faces growing structural headwinds. Elevated equity valuations, negative real bond returns, and the risk of what the IMF has described as financial repression against sovereign debt holders all weaken the conventional case for a bond-heavy allocation. The report's bottom line is straightforward. Even a 1% to 3% Bitcoin allocation has historically improved risk-adjusted returns within a 60/40 framework. In Fidelity's framing, the most consequential decision for institutional investors is simply moving away from zero.

Strategy Jumps 11.8% As Bitcoin Briefly Breaks $78k

@Strategy shares surged 11.8% on Thursday, closing at $166.52 after gaining $17.58 on the day, as $BTC briefly climbed above $78,000 following Iran's decision to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. The cryptocurrency has since pulled back into the lower $77,000s. $MSTR touched an intraday high of $173.15 before easing into the close. The rally represents a significant bounce from the stock's 52-week low of $104.16, though shares remain a considerable distance from their peak of $457.22.

Nomura And Laser Digital Survey: 31% Of Japanese Institutions Bullish On Crypto, Up From 25%

@Nomura and its digital asset subsidiary @LaserDigital_ have released their 2026 institutional survey on digital asset trends, painting a picture of steadily improving sentiment among Japan's investment community. The survey polled 518 professionals across institutions, family offices, and public-interest organisations, and marks a notable shift from the same study conducted in June 2024. The share of respondents holding a positive outlook on crypto rose to 31% from 25%, while those with a negative view fell to 18% from 23%. Among those considering a crypto allocation over the next three years, 79% said they plan to invest, with 60% of that group expecting to commit between 2% and 5% of their portfolios. Diversification emerged as the primary driver, cited by 65% of respondents as their rationale for exploring the asset class. Interest spans a broad range of products and strategies, with staking and mining attracting 66% interest, followed by tokenised assets and lending at 65% each, and derivatives at 63%. Stablecoins also drew significant attention, with 63% of respondents identifying use cases including treasury management, cross-border payments, and investment in tokenised securities. Bank-issued stablecoins denominated in JPY, USD, and EUR received the highest trust ratings among respondents. Despite the improved sentiment, meaningful barriers remain. Respondents flagged counterparty risk, market volatility, regulatory uncertainty, and the absence of established frameworks for fundamental analysis as the key obstacles still standing between Japanese institutions and broader crypto adoption.

Trx Relisted On Binance.Us Three Years After Sec-Driven Delisting

@BinanceUS has relisted TRON's native token $TRX, with trading now live across TRX/USD and TRX/USDT pairs. Deposits and withdrawals are open via the TRON network, with additional retail tools, including Buy & Sell Crypto, Convert, and OTC services, expected to follow. The move reverses a decision made in April 2023, when @BinanceUS dropped $TRX shortly after the SEC filed suit against Justin Sun and related TRON entities. The complaint alleged the unregistered offer and sale of $TRX and $BTT, as well as market manipulation through wash trading. With recent reports pointing to a potential settlement between Sun and the SEC, the regulatory pressure that triggered the original delisting appears to be easing. The relisting returns $TRX to one of the few remaining US-facing crypto trading venues at a time when the broader regulatory climate has shifted meaningfully in the industry's favour. @trondao operates one of the largest blockchain networks by stablecoin activity, hosting roughly half of the global $USDT supply in circulation.

Neo Co-Founder Proposes $461m Treasury Overhaul As Public Feud With Zhang Escalates

$NEO co-founder Da Hongfei has proposed a sweeping restructuring of the Neo Foundation, bringing a long-running internal dispute with fellow co-founder Erik Zhang into public view. The proposal follows Neo's first financial disclosure since 2019, which revealed $461 million in combined assets held across the Neo Foundation and Neo Global Development. Under Hongfei's plan, the foundation would be redomiciled in the Cayman Islands, governed by a newly formed five-member board alongside an independent supervisor. In an unusual move, the proposal would bar both co-founders from sitting on the board for a period of 24 months. A companion initiative, dubbed "Giveback II," would return 49.5 million reserved $NEO tokens to the community. Zhang has pushed back sharply. Writing on X, the @Neo_Blockchain co-founder dismissed the Cayman redomicile as a "cosmetic shell change," arguing the structure still leaves room for opaque third-party attestations rather than transparent, verifiable onchain addresses. Hongfei, for his part, offered a candid assessment of the network's recent trajectory. He acknowledged that Neo's user base has contracted significantly since 2021, attributing part of the decline to delays in the N3 upgrade that caused the project to miss the DeFi boom, as well as a loss of activity in the Chinese market. Looking ahead, Hongfei is positioning Neo X as an "agent-first" blockchain designed to serve autonomous AI agents transacting onchain, a strategy he hopes can define a new role for the network as competition in the layer-one space intensifies.

China'S Deepseek Seeking $10 Billion Valuation In Its First-Ever Fundraise

DeepSeek, the Chinese artificial intelligence startup that rattled Western technology markets earlier this year, is seeking a valuation of more than $10 billion in what would be its first external fundraising round, according to reports. The Hangzhou-based company, which gained global attention in January 2026 after releasing its R1 model at a fraction of the cost of comparable US-built systems, is now looking to convert that momentum into institutional capital. The move marks a significant step for a lab that had, until now, operated without outside investment. Investor interest is said to be substantial. DeepSeek has positioned its large language models as credible alternatives to those developed by OpenAI, Google and Anthropic, and the fundraise appears designed to deepen that challenge by scaling its compute and engineering capacity. The reported valuation reflects the premium investors are currently placing on proprietary AI infrastructure across the Asia-Pacific region, where competition for dominance in foundation model development has intensified sharply over the past 12 months. For context, OpenAI closed a $40 billion funding round in March 2026 at a $300 billion valuation, according to Reuters, underscoring just how aggressively capital is flowing into frontier AI at the global level. DeepSeek's comparatively lean operation entering the fundraising market at this stage will be closely watched by both investors and policymakers in the West.

X Drives $1 Billion In Trading Volume Days After Cashtags Launch

X has reportedly generated an estimated $1 billion in global trading volume within days of launching its new CashTags feature, signalling a swift and significant entry into the financial markets space. @NikitaBier, Head of Product at X, shared the figures publicly, pointing to the scale of activity captured since the feature went live on Tuesday night. The milestone suggests strong early demand from users looking to move seamlessly between social content and financial execution on a single platform. The CashTags feature allows users to engage with market-relevant content tied directly to specific assets, effectively turning X's vast user base into a potential trading audience. The speed at which volume accumulated raises questions about how much of that activity reflects genuine market participation versus early experimentation, though the headline figure alone is drawing attention across the industry. X owner Elon Musk has long signalled ambitions to transform the platform into an everything app, with financial services central to that vision. The early trading volume figures, if sustained, would mark a notable step toward making that a reality and position X as a platform that traditional brokerages and fintech players may need to take seriously.