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A major event in the fintech industry this week was the completion of the first-ever cross-border redemption of tokenized U.S. Treasury bonds (OUSG). The technological stack involving Ondo, Ripple, JPMorgan and Mastercard enabled settlement in less than 5 seconds; however, for investors the aftermath was not the transaction speed, but the divergence in token performance among the participants.

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Ripple's top blockchain architect trusts the process of holding through both bear & bull cycles, but profit-taking isn't off the table.

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A related MVRV indicator hit overheated levels last seen before bitcoin's late-2024 push to $100,000.

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Bitcoin failed to clear its 200‑day simple moving average near $83,300 and slipped back under $81,000, reviving comparisons with the March 2022 breakout that quickly reversed into a deep selloff.