Ripple’s Swell Shock: XRP Holders on High Alert – Your Wallet Faces Total Annihilation!

Posted on December 2, 2025 by Olumide Adesina

Leading financial stakeholders from around the world attended the Ripple Swell conference earlier this month, which was a huge success.

A historic $500 million funding deal involving Pantera Capital, Brevan Howard, Fortress Investment Group, and Marshall Wace was announced during the event, raising the company’s valuation to $40 billion.

Nevertheless, con artists were working behind the scenes to take advantage of gullible investors while Ripple hosted one of the most significant events in the cryptocurrency industry

Ripple confirmed that it observed this malicious activity both during and after the Swell incident. Specifically, the company highlighted that it encountered many fake YouTube live streams during and after Ripple Swell. Scammers often exploit major events or developments with Ripple, as is widely known.

They generally set up impersonation livestreams during these times.
Several major moments in Ripple’s history, such as its partial court victory over the US SEC, have been associated with this malicious activity.

Ripple urges its community to avoid falling for such schemes, emphasizing that all XRP “giveaways” are scams.

The company reiterated in its latest announcement that it will never ask users for XRP in connection with promotions, giveaways, or special events such as the Swell conference.

Several executives at Ripple have publicly denounced these fake giveaway schemes as outright scams, and the company has consistently issued similar warnings on its official X account.

Ripple cautioned users about the rise of fake YouTube livestreams impersonating Ripple executives, which encouraged viewers to participate in supposed giveaways by sending XRP to a designated address. Earlier this month, RippleX, the division focused on the XRPL, also warned about deepfake scams targeting unsuspecting community members.

Bull Trap Alert: ETH Dives to $2,800 but Open Interest Balloons – Signals Volatility Spike Ahead

Posted on December 2, 2025December 2, 2025 by Olumide Adesina

Ethereum’s market activity has resumed following a drop to near $2,800; open interest in ETH futures rose by more than $653 million. ETH is trading at around $2,835. The asset is down 8 percent in the past 24 hours but remains slightly up on the week.

According to analyst Maartunn, ETH open interest jumped by $653.8 million, a 4 % rise, shortly after the latest dip. Futures activity increased in response to the price decline, indicating traders were quick to rebound. When leverage is reintroduced into the market during times of volatility, this type of behavior is frequently observed. ETH trading volume supports this trend, with over $23.8 billion recorded in the last 24 hours.

The asset might also be close to a technological turning point. Data from a weekly chart shared by Mister Crypto shows the Stochastic RSI moving into its lower range. Historically, these conditions have been followed by price bounces.
It’s interesting to note that the chart indicates that past readings at comparable levels have coincided with market reversals. The current setup appears to mirror earlier cycles where oversold conditions were followed by recoveries, suggesting the potential for a shift in momentum.

ETH has held steady against Bitcoin despite its decline. A support zone between 0.03150 and 0.03250 BTC is where ETH/BTC is currently located.

Michaël van de Poppe observed, “[ETH is nicely consolidating… remaining flat against Bitcoin.” The pair is holding above its 50-day moving average, and volume is still steady.

The price increased by more than 140 percent from this same region earlier this year. If the current range holds, Van de Poppe continued, “Ethereum is likely to outperform, and Bitcoin is bottoming.”

Gold’s Next Frontier: Sachs & Rivals Predict $5K in 2026

Posted on December 2, 2025 by Olumide Adesina

According to a Goldman Sachs survey, many investors believe that gold will reach a new all-time high of $5,000 by the end of 2026.

The bullion metal has increased by 58.6 percent so far this year, and on October 8, it broke through the historic $4,000 mark for the first time. In a survey of over 900 institutional investor clients on Goldman Sachs’ Marquee platform, 36 percent believe that gold will continue to rise and surpass $5,000 per troy ounce by the end of next year.

An additional 33% of respondents to the November survey predict that the commodity will hit between $4,500 and $5,000. Goldman Sachs reports that more than 70% of institutional investors expect gold prices to rise in the upcoming year.

On the other hand, slightly more than 5% of those surveyed believe that prices will decline to between $3,500 and $4,000 in the upcoming year. According to the survey, 27% of participants cited fiscal concerns as the primary cause of gold’s price increase, while 38% cited central bank purchases.

This year, a wide range of investors, including hedge funds and retail buyers, have turned to the commodity, which is typically viewed as a safe-haven asset during turbulent times, as a hedge against inflation risk, geopolitical unrest, and a declining dollar. Central banks have also invested in the precious metal because of gold’s high liquidity, low default risk, and generally neutral status as a reserve asset.

Vanguard’s Epic U-Turn: XRP ETFs Unlocked for $11 Trillion – Retirement Funds Incoming?

Posted on December 2, 2025 by Olumide Adesina

Bitwise’s XRP exchange-traded fund is now available for Vanguard clients, according to a recent social media post by chief executive officer Hunter Horsley.

Vanguard, the world’s second-largest asset manager with over $11 trillion in assets under management, has long been a conservative powerhouse in traditional investing. It has completely prohibited cryptocurrency-related products on its platform for many years. It even blocked access to spot Bitcoin ETFs when they launched in January 2024.

Over 50 million Vanguard clients will be able to begin trading specific cryptocurrency ETFs and mutual funds that contain cryptocurrency assets. In late September, rumors surfaced that Vanguard would completely reverse its stance on cryptocurrency.

Hence, it did not come as a complete surprise, which explains a rather muted crypto rally. The $10 trillion behemoth still has no intention of following rival Blac despite the significant reversal.

Leverage Carnage: Crypto Crash Liquidates $1B in Bets as Bitcoin Tumbles Below $84K

Posted on December 2, 2025 by Olumide Adesina

Nearly $1 billion of leveraged crypto positions were liquidated during a sharp fall on Monday, fueling a huge selloff. Bitcoin dropped as much as 8% to $83,824, representing a 30% decrease since early October.

Ether has declined 36% over the past seven weeks and fell as much as 10%, reaching as low as $2,719. Smaller, less liquid tokens, often favored by traders due to their higher volatility and tendency to outperform during rallies, have been especially affected by the market downturn.

MarketVector index tracking the bottom half of the top 100 digital assets has fallen by nearly 70% this year. Data from tracker Coinglass shows the cryptocurrency market remains fragile after a weeks-long selloff that started in early October when President Donald Trump’s threats of higher tariffs rattled markets, wiping out about $19 billion in leveraged bets.

Traders analyze liquidation data to assess leverage, gauge risk appetite, and determine whether a market wipeout has truly cleared out excess speculation. However, these numbers may be incomplete, as industry insiders say exchanges restrict full liquidation data, making it difficult for traders to know the true extent of leverage in the system.

“It’s a risk-off start to December,” said Sean McNulty, APAC derivatives trading lead at FalconX. The lack of dip buyers and minimal inflows into Bitcoin ETFs are primary concerns. We expect these structural headwinds to persist this month.

Digital assets are also influenced by broader macro shifts impacting global markets, as US equity traders begin the week on the defensive. As Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda signaled a likely rate hike this month, Japanese stocks declined, and the yen strengthened.

Silver’s 2025 Wildfire Rally: Record Highs Hit – But This Beast Still Has Bite

Posted on December 1, 2025 by Olumide Adesina

Silver, sometimes called the “Devil’s metal” for its volatility, has reached record highs this year and has more upside despite a supply shortage. The price of an ounce of gold has climbed above $4,000 this year, and silver’s value has been rising in tandem with gold.

Silver prices hit a record high of $54.47 per troy ounce in mid-October, up 71% from the previous year. They have since somewhat retreated but are now increasing again despite limited supply.

Over the past fifty years, silver prices have peaked in October only three times, including January 1980, when the Hunt brothers attempted to corner the market by acquiring a third of the global supply, and 2011, when U.S. gold and silver were seen as safe-haven assets during the debt ceiling crisis.

This year, silver’s rise—driven by a short squeeze—caught many investors off guard. Unlike earlier investment waves, the 2025 silver boom relied on a mix of low supply, high demand from India, industrial demand, and tariffs. Silver’s market is only about a tenth the size of gold’s. It saw a slight decline after Liberation Day, while gold prices surged.

The gold-silver ratio—which indicates how many ounces of silver are needed to buy one ounce of gold—spiked above 100, indicating that many ounces of silver are required to buy one ounce of gold. A low ratio means gold is relatively cheap, while a high ratio suggests silver is undervalued and likely to increase.

This ratio hit a record high in April. This year, silver proved to be an attractive, low-cost investment, especially in a country where roughly 55% of the population depends on agriculture. Silver prices in India surged dramatically on October 17, reaching a record high of 170,415 rupees per kilogram, an 85% increase since the start of the year.

However, 80% of India’s silver supply is imported. Historically, the UK has been India’s main silver supplier, but increasingly, the UAE and China are filling that demand. Over recent years, London’s vaults have been rapidly depleting: the London Bullion Market Association held 31,023 metric tons of silver in June 2022, but by March 2025, that volume had fallen to about 22,126 metric tons—its lowest level in many years.

Alphabet’s AI Windfall Turns Philanthropic: GOOG’s Founder $1.1B Stock Donation Breakdown

Posted on December 1, 2025December 1, 2025 by Olumide Adesina

Sergey Brin sold Alphabet stock worth over $1.1 billion this week, with most of the proceeds going to a charity founded by the Google co-founder.

A regulatory filing that revealed the donation on Friday did not specify the recipient of the more than 3.5 million shares. A representative for Brin’s family office states that Catalyst4, which Brin started in 2021 to fund research into central nervous system disorders and climate change solutions, will receive about $1 billion in stock.

Brin is also donating roughly $90 million to his family foundation and $45 million to the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s disease research. Brin previously donated $700 million worth of Alphabet shares to the same three charities in May.

According to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, Brin, 52, has a fortune of $255.5 billion, making him the fourth richest person in the world.

Thanks to an increase in Alphabet shares, which hit a high of $323 on Tuesday due to the company’s advances in artificial intelligence, his net worth has soared this year. Brin’s wealth has grown by $97.3 billion this year, and he owns about 6% of the company overall.

Oracle’s Ellison Takes the Wheel: 40% Staff Oversight Powers $250 Stock Sprint

Posted on December 1, 2025 by Olumide Adesina

Larry Ellison, the co-founder and chairman of Oracle, has increased the number of employees under his direct supervision

He is now responsible for approximately 64,000 employees, which accounts for 40% of Oracle’s total workforce. Organizational charts reviewed by Bloomberg indicate that Ellison has assumed control of several teams previously led by former CEO Safra Catz.

Clay Magouyrk and Mike Sicilia succeeded Catz. Ellison oversees the finance division, which is under scrutiny as Oracle embarks on a significant expansion of its data center operations.

This expansion, aimed at securing cloud computing contracts in artificial intelligence, is expected to cost hundreds of billions of dollars, putting additional pressure in the company’s cash flow. He remains responsible for developing Oracle’s profitable database software and related applications.

Ellison has acquired teams from Catz, human resources, legal, and NetSuite, the finance applications division that Oracle purchased in 2016.

Sicilia now manages most of the company, which employs around 84,000 people.

His responsibilities include overseeing customer service, sales, and the development of applications for specific industries. Additionally, the health software division of Oracle, formed after the acquisition of Cerner Inc., also reports to Sicilia.

When the management change was announced in September, Catz remarked, “Having two technical executives work together to meet the needs of our customers is really a match made in heaven.” In 2025, Oracle’s shares nearly doubled, reaching a record price of $328.33 on September 10, just two weeks before the CEO’s departure.

The company’s strong stock performance, driven by the growing demand for cloud computing and AI infrastructure, coincides with this organizational restructuring.

Oracle shares surged by 43% in a single day—the company’s best performance since 1992—closing near $240 and adding over $244 billion to its market capitalization, bringing it closer to the $1 trillion club. Oracle’s fiscal Q1 earnings report revealed a substantial cloud backlog of $455 billion, bolstered by significant AI contracts.

This forecast of accelerated revenue growth has led to a rally in the stock price. Initially, analysts had target prices around $240 (for example, from Deutsche Bank), targets quickly increased to $335 or higher following the earnings report, reflecting heightened confidence in Oracle’s competitive edge in the AI sector.

XRP’s Triumph: SWIFT’s 90% ISO 20022 Shift Hands Ripple the Cross-Border Crown

Posted on December 1, 2025 by Olumide Adesina

SWIFT anticipates that by the beginning of 2026, 90% of all transactions will transition to ISO 20022.

The organisation responsible for overseeing ISO 20022 compliance is the Registration Management Group (RMG), which includes a range of members or parent companies associated with well-known Layer 1 blockchains. Notable members include Algorand (ALGO), Hedera Hashgraph (HBAR), Stellar Lumens (XLM), and Ripple (XRP), the latter two of which joined in 2020.

Stellar’s participation has provided both original altcoins with an opportunity to improve interoperability with SWIFT and other major financial institutions.

Financial giants like BlackRock and JPMorgan are actively acquiring ISO 20022-compliant coins. Stellar (XLM) has notable partnerships with companies like MoneyGram and IBM World Wire; however, its trading volume is lower than XRP’s. Ripple has established active partnerships with over 300 banks and financial payment solutions, including Santander and SEB, and is working on integrating its own RLUSD stablecoin.

Ripple’s (XRP) spot market volume consistently exceeds $2 billion, making it reasonable for the altcoin to grow with relatively low transaction fees. However, this $2 billion in spot trading is quadrupled by its futures market volume. XRP’s demand in perpetual contracts has hit $8 billion in a single day, highlighting a new trend among traders seeking larger gains.

Stellar Lumens (XLM) generally maintains a daily trading volume between $100 million and $200 million, even though both Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) chains process a block on average every five seconds. XRP’s ledger handles about 40 million transactions daily, significantly surpassing Stellar’s average of 7 million transactions daily

Zcash’s Brutal Rollercoaster: Why ZEC Keeps Crashing Despite the Bullish Big Picture

Posted on November 30, 2025 by Olumide Adesina

Zcash has lost more than 17% last week. The stagnation in shielded pools and the crowded retail demand- potentially acting as exit liquidity for large wallet investors aiming to take profits- are behind the privacy coin’s second consecutive bearish week.

Reduced demand is signalled by inactivity in shielded ZEC pools. The nearly 1000 per cent rally between September and October was driven by a surge in demand for ZEC as a privacy coin. Shielded ZEC tokens in the Orchard pool surged during the rally, according to ZECHUB data, effectively reducing supply and creating a positive feedback loop to boost demand.

However, after reaching a peak of 4.21 million ZEC tokens on November 4, the Orchard pool has plateaued, indicating a decline in demand. If the plateau persists, ZEC prices might face further downward pressure due to a lack of new demand. Retail demand for Zcash is rising despite a decline in on-chain activity, allowing savvy investors to lock in profits.

According to CryptoQuant’s data, retail volume is overheating the futures and spot markets, leading to crowding in the purchase of privacy coins. Sharp corrections in cryptocurrency assets are often triggered by increased retail activity; this was seen during the cycle tops in May and November of 2021.

ZEC futures Open Interest (OI) has decreased 7.71 per cent over the past day, down to $977.4 million, according to CoinGlass data. A drop in futures OI indicates traders are reducing their capital exposure in case of a pullback or other uncertain events.