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Morgan Stanley disclosed holdings in the Volatility Shares XRP ETF and Grayscale XRP ETF, adding XRP exposure through regulated investment products.The filing comes as Morgan Stanley expands its crypto offerings, including a proposed spot Solana ETF that would hold and stake SOL under the ticker MSOL.XRP investment products attracted $85.8 million in inflows over the past three weeks, while XRP ETFs recorded $1.77 million in net inflows on Thursday.

VanEck has launched the first exchange-traded product in the U.S. designed to provide spot exposure to the price movements of BNB.VBNB joins a growing roster of spot crypto ETFs since the first U.S. bitcoin funds launched in 2024.

VanEck launched the first U.S. spot BNB ETF on Nasdaq under the ticker VBNB with a 0.39% management fee.BNB price traded near $631 at press time, down over 3% on the day and more than 26% year-to-date.Grayscale has also moved ahead with plans for a BNB ETF, while its proposed Zcash ETF could become the first U.S. spot privacy coin fund if approved.

Ripple CTO Emeritus David Schwartz criticized a New York lawsuit seeking control of 39,069 dormant Bitcoin wallets worth an estimated $286 billion.The lawsuit includes wallets linked to Satoshi Nakamoto and the “1Feex” address associated with the Mt. Gox hack, according to court filings.Schwartz warned that even a legally weak ruling could create problems if U.S. exchanges are asked to freeze funds from disputed wallets.

David Schwartz says staking rewards minted by a protocol should not be taxed before sale.His comments revive tax questions around XRP staking even though XRPL lacks native staking.The IRS currently taxes proof-of-stake rewards when taxpayers gain dominion and control over them directly.

SBI VC Trade will give 1,000 yen in XRP to eligible in-person seminar attendees.The Tokyo event is limited to 333 physical guests, while online viewers will not receive XRP.SBI’s latest campaign fits Japan’s wider push toward regulated crypto access and investor education.

XRPL Foundation introduced a draft AMM proposal adding StableSwap and concentrated liquidity to liquidity pools.The upgrade would let pool creators choose curve types without changing existing XLS-30 pools.Stablecoin, RWA and DeFi markets could gain better pricing if validators approve the amendment.

Evernorth says old banking systems cannot match the speed of modern digital finance today globally.The XRP treasury firm says blockchain could support faster payments, lending, DeFi and tokenized assets.Evernorth is preparing a Nasdaq listing under XRPN with more than $1 billion backing.

Multi-asset trading platform Liquid on Tuesday launched Co-Invest, an app that lets users place real trades inside ChatGPT and Claude.Co-Invest supports exposure to crypto, equities, foreign exchange, Polymarket positions and pre-IPO secondaries across more than 500 markets, founder Franklyn Wang told The Block.Wang said Co-Invest is available in all 50 U.S. states and most other jurisdictions, with the standard sanctions-related exclusions like Iran and North Korea.

Charles Hoskinson praised XRP over Tether and Circle, citing XRPL’s open and permissionless access.His comments followed years of friction between Cardano’s founder and parts of the XRP community.Related reports show Hoskinson is also pushing wider governance reviews across Cardano’s ecosystem.

Ripple co-founder Chris Larsen’s associated XRP wallets have shown renewed activity, coming ahead of Tuesday’s Texas Democratic primary runoff election.Larsen is estimated to hold approximately 2.58 billion XRP across eight wallets tracked on XRPScan, making his holdings one of the largest known individual XRP positions.XRP was trading near $1.35 at time of writing, with today’s activity following $109 million in Larsen-linked wallet transfers to exchanges recorded in January 2025.

MoonPay launched a dedicated app in ChatGPT’s App Store on May 22, making it the first and only crypto onramp integrated inside OpenAI’s chatbot.Users ask ChatGPT about a crypto asset and request a purchase amount, then receive a MoonPay checkout link to complete KYC and payment at moonpay.com.The app supports Bitcoin, XRP, Ethereum, Solana, USDC and 100-plus tokens across 30-plus chains in 160-plus countries via card, Apple Pay or bank transfer.

MoonPay's new app lets users buy cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin and Solana, through ChatGPT just by speaking with the chatbot.

Five major banking groups jointly rejected the Tillis-Alsobrooks stablecoin yield compromise, calling it insufficient days before the May 14 markup.Senators Lummis and Tillis publicly defended the deal, warning that banking opposition may be aimed at killing the CLARITY Act altogether.Prediction markets currently price the bill’s odds of becoming law in 2026 at over 60%, with the White House targeting a July 4 presidential signature.

The application seeks to establish the Payward National Trust Company, or PNTC.“PNTC expects to serve institutional clients and individual customers seeking regulated, bank-level custody and trust services for digital assets,” Payward said.

Crypto exchange Kraken is seeking a U.S. federal banking charter to complement its Wyoming SPDI subsidiary.