💱 XRP, HBAR & XLM tipped as core rails in a $43 trillion shake-up

XLM, XRP & HBAR is key in ISO 20022, SWIFT’s live on-rail trials & the rise of “staplecoins”, mirroring fiat obligations on-chain. Сrypto analyst Cheeky Crypto argues that the quiet restructuring of the global financial “plumbing” is centering on three protocols: XRP, Hedera Hashgraph (HBAR) and Stellar (XLM). The host frames it as a move from “sandbox” pilots to industrial deployment by central banks, asset managers and payment networks.

An internal strategy to build a “global liquidity bridge” is now moving into institutional implementation. XRP is presented as a universal liquidity translator, routing between fragmented fiat & replacing trillions in pre-funded Nostro/Vostro accounts with on-demand settlement.

Cheeky Crypto says the XRP Ledger “was built for business” and suggests that even a small fraction of the reported $1 quadrillion in notional value moving on-chain would be “transformational.” XRP, XLM and HBAR positioned to capture a large share of a tokenisation market the host says is projected to approach $10 trillion by 2030.

A central pillar of the argument is a recent collaboration from the Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum (OMFIF), a network of central banks and sovereign wealth funds collectively overseeing around $43 trillion in assets. XRP and Stellar are rails for “staplecoins” — blockchain-native versions of existing fiat obligations.

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🇺🇸Trump administration to boost foreign investment from allies

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced a new initiative to attract more foreign investment from U.S. allies while maintaining national security safeguards.

"Under the guidance of POTUS our nation’s thriving economy is attracting strong and stable foreign investment from around the world," Bessent said.

Bessent stated that the Treasury Department is implementing President Trump’s "America First Investment Policy." This policy includes a new effort to facilitate greater investment from allies and partners while continuing to ensure that no investment threatens our national security.

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🇺🇸 President Donald J. Trump launches TrumpRx.gov to bring lower drug prices to American patients.

Today, President Donald J. Trump announced the launch of TrumpRx.gov. Through the website, patients will be able to access large discounts on many of the most popular and highest-priced medicines in the country, paying prices in line with the lowest paid by other developed nations (known as the most-favored-nation, or MFN, price). 🙏

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↗️ Nvidia shares rise 8% as Jensen Huang says $660 billion capex buildout is sustainable

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said the massive capital expenditure on AI is both "appropriate" and "necessary" as the industry undergoes a "once in a generation infrastructure buildout" that will continue for several years. The CEO’s comments helped propel the stock to close 7.9% higher, its best day since April 2025. Huang noted the demand for Nvidia’s products is "sky high" and pointed out that GPUs sold six years ago are increasing in price.

When discussing companies utilizing AI technology, Huang singled out Meta, saying "no one uses AI better than Meta." Regarding competition, Huang acknowledged that China is undoubtedly a competitor but maintained that it "makes no sense to concede China market if you want to win globally."

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🇨🇳 China's high-power 'Microwave Weapon' that can damage satellites in space

China has developed a high-power microwave system TPG1000Cs that could one day be used to disrupt satellite networks such as SpaceX's Starlink. According to Chinese experts, a ground-based microwave weapon with an output exceeding one gigawatt (1 GW) could be powerful enough to severely interfere with or even damage Starlink satellites operating in low Earth orbit, reported the South China Morning Post (SCMP).

The device can deliver up to 20 gigawatts of power continuously for as long as one minute. It measures just four meters in length and weighs around five tonnes. This device has already completed more than 200,000 test pulses during trials and is designed for deployment on trucks, ships, aircraft or potentially in space. TPG1000Cs also represents a major upgrade over its earlier Hurricane-series high-power microwave (HPM) weapons, which were primarily designed for short-range air defence.

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🇺🇸🇮🇷U.S. asks American citizens to ‘leave Iran now’

The U.S. Virtual Embassy in Iran issued a security alert early Friday urging American citizens to “leave Iran now” and prepare departure plans that don’t rely on U.S. government assistance.

The notice comes ahead of U.S. and Iran’s scheduled talks in Oman on Friday, with little indication that the two sides have found common ground over the agenda of the meeting. The U.S. has issued several similar security alerts over the past month. The Embassy last urged American citizens to leave the country in a warning on Jan. 14 as Trump was weighing options for a possible intervention in Iran.

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🇺🇸President Donald J. Trump says he will order voter ID requirement for every vote.

The proposed "Save America Act" also includes the obligation to confirm citizenship when registering to vote and a ban on sending ballots by mail, except in cases when a citizen is ill, serving in the army or is away. Midterm elections will be held on November 3, in which Americans will choose 435 members of the House of Representatives and 33 senators.

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💵 Tech AI spending may approach $700 billion this year

Alphabet, Microsof, Meta and Amazon are expected to spend nearly $700 billion combined this year to fuel their AI build-outs. The four hyperscalers are now projected to increase capital expenditures by more than 60% from the historic levels reached in 2025, as they load up on high-priced chips, build new mammoth facilities and buy the networking technology to connect it all.

Getting to those kinds of numbers is going to require sacrifice in the form of free cash flow. Last year, the four biggest U.S. internet companies generated a combined $200 billion in free cash flow, down from $237 billion in 2024.

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↗️ XRP Climbs 14% In Bullish Trade

XRP was trading at $1.4810 by 10:00 (15:00 GMT) on the Investing.com Index on Friday, up 14.38% on the day. It was the largest one-day percentage gain since February 6. The move upwards pushed XRP’s market cap up to $88.0326B, or 3.78% of the total cryptocurrency market cap. At its highest, XRP’s market cap was $210.6006B. XRP had traded in a range of $1.1224 to $1.4821 in the previous twenty-four hours. At its current price, XRP is still down 59.49% from its all-time high of $3.66 set on July 18, 2025.

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🚀 SpaceX shifts focus to NASA's lunar mission, delays Mars plans

SpaceX has postponed its long-anticipated mission to Mars, opting instead to concentrate on a lunar landing as part of its commitments to NASA. SpaceX is aiming for an uncrewed lunar landing in March 2027. The shift reflects a broader strategic realignment at SpaceX, which is also expanding into space-based artificial intelligence infrastructure following its acquisition of Elon Musk’s AI startup xAI. That deal, announced this week, values the combined businesses at $1.25 trillion.

“The capabilities we unlock by making space-based data centers a reality will fund and enable self-growing bases on the Moon, an entire civilization on Mars, and ultimately expansion to the Universe,” Musk wrote.

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🇺🇸🇪🇺US to bankroll far-right think tanks in Europe against digital laws

The US State Department plans to fund MAGA - aligned think-tanks and charities across Europe, under the pretence of protecting free speech, promoting Washington's policy positions. Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy, Sarah Rogers, leads the initiative.

The US national security strategy has called for "cultivating resistance", accusing the European Union of "censorship of free speech" and citing mass migration as a cause for future "civilisational erasure," echoing far-right conspiracists.

Rogers specifically targets the UK's Online Safety Act and the EU's Digital Services Act. The Trump administration perceives these regulations as "fundamentally American-targeted regulatory schemes," seeking to attack free speech, American industry and the independence of the tech sector.

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