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The approval allows Ripple to make its payment products accessible to businesses in the UAE.

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Gold rallies on strong ETF inflows, geopolitical uncertainty, and market volatility.

The Merchants Payments Coalition and the Payment Choice Coalition locked arms to advance stablecoins as the Senate Banking Committee passed a stablecoin bill.

Cathie Wood’s Ark Invest buys 997 BTC worth $80M as Bitcoin struggles to stay above $83K.

Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) finally tipped into the mainstream last year, thanks to the launch of the new spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Suddenly, it became as easy to buy and trade Bitcoin as any tech stock. For example, billionaire Ricardo Salinas -- one of the five richest people in Mexico right now -- says that 70% of his personal portfolio is in Bitcoin right now.