India-UAE oil trade settles via XRP Ledger, ditching USD for rupees-dirhams. BRICS de-dollarization accelerates as Ripple partners DIFC, enabling instant cross-border payments with CTF rewards. Petrodollar cracks, heralding multi-currency era amid sanctions push.
Big banks clash with Bitcoin as 60% quietly custody BTC via Coinbase white-labels, despite public denials. Operation Chokepoint 2.0 debanks crypto firms, yet JPMorgan sells BTC notes to elites while attacking MicroStrategy. Stablecoin rewards ignite trillion-dollar turf war under GENIUS Act.
NFTs evolve from Bored Ape JPEGs to utility powerhouses like Coachella lifetime passes, Ticketmaster entry, resale royalties. They verify authenticity for tickets, merch, art; unlock VIPs, POAPs for events; enable crowdfunding. Blockchain curbs fakes, shares revenue transparently.
Bitcoin lags gold by 21%, S&P by 7% amid $115B ETF inflows, signaling undervaluation. Institutions eye 1-5% allocations as debt surges, fiat weakens. Scarcity, halving cycles project $1.3M by 2035 at 28% CAGR.
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Stablecoins peg crypto to USD via fiat reserves like USDT ($157B), USDC, enabling volatility-free trading, DeFi yields up to 10%, remittances at 0.5% fees. They power 70% crypto volume, bridge TradFi, eye $2.8T by 2028 revolutionizing payments.