ChainCatcher news, Coinbase Derivatives has announced that it has submitted an application to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to launch XRP futures contracts, with the official expectation that the contracts will go live on April 21, 2025.

ChainCatcher message, according to Whale Alert monitoring, Ripple unlocked 500 million XRP from the custody account at 15:04, worth approximately 1.02 billion dollars.

ChainCatcher news, Ripple announced a partnership with Chipper Cash to expand XRP payments in the African market, which currently has five million customers across nine African countries. This collaboration will utilize Ripple Payments and XRP to facilitate faster and more efficient cross-border transactions.

ChainCatcher news, according to Bloomberg, the American online brokerage Interactive Brokers announced that it has added trading services for Solana (SOL), Cardano (ADA), Ripple (XRP), and Dogecoin (DOGE) on its trading platform.Users can trade these crypto assets on the same platform as stocks, options, futures, forex, bonds, and mutual funds. Previously, the platform supported BTC, ETH, LTC, and BCH.

ChainCatcher news, according to The Block, Bloomberg analyst James Seyffart stated that the XRP ETF may be launched in the coming months, and it is likely that we will first see the XRP futures ETF. Due to the U.S. SEC's decision to withdraw the Ripple lawsuit, the chances of the XRP ETF being approved in 2025 have increased.Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse revealed in an interview with Bloomberg TV that the XRP ETF may be launched in the second half of 2025. Currently, there are about 11 different companies' XRP ETF issuance application documents awaiting approval from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

ChainCatcher news, The ETF Store President Nate Geraci stated on social media that the end of the Ripple case means that the approval of a spot XRP ETF is clearly just a matter of time. It is expected that BlackRock, Fidelity, and others will be involved.XRP is currently the third largest non-stablecoin crypto asset by market capitalization. The largest ETF issuers will not overlook this.Previous news, Ripple agreed to waive its cross-appeal, and the SEC will retain $50 million of the $125 million fine.

ChainCatcher news, according to PR Newswire, Japanese listed real estate company Open House Group announced that it accepts XRP, SOL, and DOGE payments, allowing international customers to purchase local properties using these cryptocurrencies.The company had previously announced support for BTC and ETH payments and sponsored Japan's largest Lightning Network community "Diamond Hands" for a joint research project in 2022.

With the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission withdrawing its appeal against Ripple, XRP's market capitalization briefly surpassed Tether. Currently, the XRP price remains stable in the $2.4 range. Deribit options data shows that traders are closely monitoring and actively participating in options trading expiring on March 28, with the highest open interest in ITM call options.

ChainCatcher news, according to official sources, the cryptocurrency derivatives trading platform Bitnomial has officially launched XRP futures regulated by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). The physically settled XRP/USD futures are now available for trading on the platform.

ChainCatcher news, Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse stated in an interview with Bloomberg that he expects the XRP exchange-traded fund (ETF) to be launched by the end of 2025 after the legal dispute between Ripple and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is resolved.Brad said, "I am very confident about the ETF, and at the same time, an IPO for Ripple Labs is not out of the question."

ChainCatcher news, according to crypto journalist Eleanor Terrett, after the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) agreed to withdraw its appeal against Ripple, the cryptocurrency derivatives exchange Bitnomial plans to withdraw its lawsuit against the SEC. Bitnomial had previously sued the SEC last October, as the SEC claimed regulatory authority over Bitnomial's planned XRP futures contracts.Terrett further revealed that Bitnomial will officially launch its XRP futures contracts, which have been approved by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), tomorrow morning.

ChainCatcher news, according to Decrypt, Hasdex has submitted an application to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) requesting approval for an amendment that would allow the digital asset management company to include Ripple (XRP), Solana (SOL), Cardano (ADA), and other major altcoins in its Hashdex Nasdaq Crypto Index U.S. ETF (NCIQ).According to the documents submitted to the regulator on Monday, the fund currently focuses primarily on Bitcoin and tracks a smaller proportion of Ethereum, and will also include Chainlink, Uniswap, Litecoin, and Avalanche.

ChainCatcher news, according to official sources, Coinbase International has announced that Ripple (XRP) can now be used as collateral for perpetual futures trading on the Coinbase International exchange.

ChainCatcher news, market data shows that the XRP/ETH exchange rate rose to 0.00128 today, reaching a new high since March 2020.

ChainCatcher news, according to CoinGecko data, in the past 24 hours, Upbit's trading volume reached $1.886 billion, a decrease of 15.8%. The XRP/KRW trading pair leads the Korean won trading market with a share of 23.57%, with a 24-hour trading volume of $445 million.Following closely are BTC (9.35%, trading volume of $176 million) and TRUMP (8.25%, trading volume of $156 million). LAYER ranks fourth (4.95%, trading volume of $93.33 million), and IOST is fifth (4.84%, trading volume of $91.35 million).

ChainCatcher news, The ETF Store president Nate Geraci stated on social media, "I predict that BlackRock will apply for spot ETFs for SOL and XRP. The SOL application could be submitted at any time, while the XRP application is expected to occur after the SEC lawsuit concludes."

ChainCatcher news, according to SEC filings, Cboe BZX, a subsidiary of the Chicago Options Exchange Group, has submitted a proposed rule change (19b-4 application) to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to list and trade shares of the Franklin XRP ETF.

ChainCatcher news, according to Bitcoinist, the SEC has delayed its decision on whether to approve the applications for exchange-traded funds (ETFs) supported by several altcoins (including XRP, Solana, Litecoin, and Dogecoin), as well as a new Ethereum ETF proposal that allows issuers to stake their held assets and distribute part of the profits to investors.Bloomberg ETF analysts James Seyffart and Eric Balchunas provided their predictions for the approval of altcoin ETFs: the likelihood of approval for the Litecoin ETF is 90%, for the Solana ETF is 70%, for the Dogecoin ETF is 75%, and for the XRP ETF is 65%.