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What Is the STABLE token for？ The value-accrual test

StableChain‘s product is Tether’s dollar: gas in USDT, transfers in USDT, yield in USDT. Its native token does none of that, and holders own governance and staking rights over a network whose every cash flow is denominated in someone else‘s asset. This is crypto’s value-accrual question in its purest form yet, and it deserves a straight answer.　　SummarySTABLE is the native token of StableChain, the Tether-ecosystem Layer 1 whose defining feature is that users never need it: gas is paid in USDT0, transfers settle in USDT, and simple sends are free.The token‘s stated jobs are governance and security: holders vote on protocol matters through the Stable Foundation’s framework, and validators stake STABLE to secure the network, earning rewards for doing so.The design is deliberate and principled: a payments chain needs a stable fee asset, and separating the security bond from the payment medium is the dual-token architectures entire point.The uncomfortable corollary is equally deliberate: a token the product never touches must find its value in security demand, governance rights, and any future claim on the networks USDT-denominated fee flows, the fee-switch question.Whether that is enough is the purest version of the debate this publication has tracked across Ethereum, XRP, and the

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Bitcoin ETF trading slumps to weakest full week since October 2024

US spot Bitcoin ETFs traded about $8.05 billion over five sessions through Friday. Thats the slimmest full week for these funds since October 2024.　　Ether products, meanwhile, drew in fresh cash for a third straight week.　　Bitcoin ETF volume hits a nine-month low　　SoSoValue data shows thats a 14% drop from $9.37 billion the previous week. April 2025 had lower weekly volume, but that stretch only ran four sessions. US markets were closed for Good Friday. Against full five-day weeks, this is the lowest turnover since the week ending October 11, 2024.　　BTC spent most of the week trading around $64,000, well off the highs seen late last year. Activity slowed with little price movement for traders to work with.　　Bitcoin funds saw net inflows of about $33.8 million for the week. Thats three weeks of inflows now, after a record eight-week run of outflows ended in early July. It was the weakest of the three weeks, coming after $75.7 million the week before and $197.4 million before that.　　Underneath that headline number is a sharp reversal. By Wednesday, the funds had attracted about $499.1 million. Investors pulled $225.2 million on Thursday and another $240.1 million on Friday. That wiped out most of the weeks gains.　　BlackRock‘s

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Trump Sends Blue Jays Message After Wager With Canada PM Mark Carney

TORONTO, ON – OCTOBER 23: (L-R) Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, Toronto Blue Jays Manager John Schneider, Toronto Blue Jays President & CEO Mark Shapiro and Toronto Blue Jays Executive Vice President, Baseball Operations & General Manager Ross Atkins talk in the dugout during World Series Workout Day at Rogers Centre on October 23, 2025 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. (Photo by Vaughn Ridley/Getty Images)　　Getty Images　　The Toronto Blue Jays came within one win of capturing another World Series championship, pushing the defending champion Los Angeles Dodgers to the limit in a dramatic seven-game Fall Classic that drew attention well beyond long-time baseball fans.　　Among those closely following every pitch was President Donald Trump, who welcomed the Dodgers to the White House on Thursday to celebrate their title. During the ceremony, Trump reflected on the series and revealed there was more at stake than simply watching one of baseballs biggest events.　　ForbesBraves Boss Offers Donald Trump A Roster Spot After PresidencyBy Peter Chawaga　　President Donald Trump Reveals Toronto Blue Jays Stake With Canadas Prime Minister　　Speaking during the White House celebration, Trump said he had discussed a wager with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney while following the championship series.　　“That World Series against the Toronto Blue Jays

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Hyperliquid Whales Stake $204M in HYPE: Whats Next for Price？

Whales staked $204M in HYPE tokens within 24 hours as price tests key support near $57. See what the charts reveal for HYPE next.　　Whale wallets tied to Hyperliquid have staked more than $204 million worth of HYPE tokens within 24 hours.　　One whale, spread across 19 separate wallets, staked 2.93 million HYPE worth roughly $172 million. Those tokens were bought nine months ago at an average price of $44, and the position now holds close to $44.5 million in unrealized profit.　　Instead of selling, the wallet moved the entire stack into staking.　　A second whale added another $32.87 million after receiving 557,902 HYPE through FalconX and staking the full amount on Hyperliquid.　　Hyperliquid Whale Wallets Choose Staking Over Selling　　On-chain trader Wise Crypto flagged the activity on X, noting that the scale of the staking stood out given the size of the unrealized gains involved. The first whales 19-wallet structure suggests a deliberate effort to spread holdings rather than concentrate risk in one address.　　Whale conviction on $HYPE just hit another level.　　A single whale (spread across 19 wallets) staked 2.93M $HYPE worth $172M on Hyperliquid over the last 24 hours.　　Nine months of holding through market swings, followed by a decision to stake rather than cash out,

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Who pays for free crypto transfers？ The five answers

Stable exempts USDT transfers from gas. Plasma ships zero-fee sends. Sui made stablecoin transfers free at the protocol level. Every coverage of every launch asks the same question in passing, someone still pays for blockspace, and then moves on. This guide stops and answers it: five funding models, their failure modes, and how to tell which one your free lunch runs on.　　SummaryA wave of chains and wallets now offer gasless stablecoin transfers: Stable‘s protocol-level exemption for USDT sends, Plasma’s zero-fee transfers, Suis free stablecoin operations, fee delegation on BNB Chain, and wallet-level subsidies on Tron.Free is a price, not a cost: validators still expend hardware, bandwidth, and stake to process every transaction, so gasless designs are answers to one question, who pays instead of the user, and there are exactly five answers.The five models: token-holder dilution through emissions, foundation treasuries burning finite war chests, cross-subsidy from paid transaction tiers, patron sponsorship funded by an adjacent business, and application-level paymasters passing costs to merchants and apps.Each model has a signature failure mode, from inflation death spirals to subsidy cliffs, and each embeds a priority structure: on Sui, paid transactions outrank free ones under congestion, which is what a free tier actually

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Charles Hoskinson: Ethereum Is Copying Cardanos EUTXO Model Without Credit

Key TakeawaysEthereum Foundation researcher Toni Wahrstätter proposed native UTXOs that could cut permanent state use by 99.8%.Charles Hoskinson said the proposal copies Cardanos decade-old EUTXO model without credit.The proposal remains in research phase, with no formal Ethereum Improvement Proposal (EIP) filed yet.　　A New Ethereum Proposal Reignites an Old Feud　　Ethereum Foundation researcher Toni Wahrstätter published a proposal introducing native unspent transaction outputs (UTXOs) as one-shot payment objects on Ethereum, meaning the objects would exist only temporarily rather than creating permanent account records. Wahrstätter wrote that the model could reduce permanent state use by roughly 99.8% for payment workloads that do not require persistent state, a significant efficiency gain for a network that has struggled with long-term state bloat.　　Image source: X　　The proposal builds on Ethereum‘s upcoming Frame Transactions standard, EIP-8141, and aligns with co-founder Vitalik Buterin’s Lean Ethereum roadmap, an initiative aimed at simplifying the networks architecture and slowing state growth. The proposal remains in the research phase, and no formal Ethereum Improvement Proposal (EIP) has been filed.　　Hoskinson responded quickly, arguing that the concept mirrors work Cardano has spent roughly a decade developing. He also noted earlier this month:　　Its literally a crime in the Ethereum inner circles to mention Cardano. EUTXO is

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Samsung Wallet is getting native stablecoins

Some crypto investors raised an eyebrow this week when Samsung, in its official Galaxy Unpacked recap, said updates to Wallet “will also support stablecoins” and described the plan as native stablecoin capability on a smartphone.　　Samsungs stablecoin roadmap opens a contest over which issuer and network could get the shortest path into Samsung Wallet.　　Samsung offered no product specification beyond that sentence.　　No issuer or token, blockchain, custody and redemption model, eligible markets, functions, or launch date are confirmed. Samsung introduced no new dedicated crypto wallet at Unpacked. Also, the Wallet product and some crypto connections already existed.　　So why are people getting so excited？ Product mechanics will decide the scale of the distribution effect. A native flow for holding, sending, receiving, or paying could make Samsung Wallet a meaningful distribution surface for the selected stablecoin and rails.　　A funding link, account view, or limited partner integration would extend Samsungs existing crypto access with a smaller effect on stablecoin payments. Samsung has announced neither version.　　Samsung Wallet and crypto　　Samsung Wallet was already a hub for payments, keys, IDs, boarding passes, and crypto-related functions before the new 2026 roadmap was released.　　In July 2025, Samsung announced that Samsung Pay would begin rolling out inside Coinbase as a payment

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Bitcoin Enters Transition Phase as Dormant Coins Begin Moving

Bitcoin on-chain data points to a market reset despite rising CDD activity.Dormant Bitcoin is moving again, but low exchange inflows suggest limited selling pressure.Long-term holders remain confident as MVRV and NUPL signal a healthier market balance.　　Bitcoin on-chain data shows the market is more balanced than simply being in a “bull” or “bear” phase.　　While Coin Days Destroyed (CDD) has shown some major spikes in July, other indicators, such as NUPL and MVRV, suggest that the market is cooling down rather than experiencing a major sell-off.　　The data points to a healthy market reset, where long-term holders are becoming more active, but there are few signs of panic selling or large-scale profit-taking.　　Dormant Bitcoin Is Starting to Move　　Notably, CDD tracks the movement of older Bitcoin by measuring how long coins remained inactive before being spent. In July, CDD has been moving sharply up and down. It jumped to 32 million on July 2, dropped to 3 million two days later, rose again to 25 million on July 16, and continued fluctuating, most recently reaching around 9.8 million.　　These spikes indicate that long-term holders are moving some of their Bitcoin. Historically, elevated CDD has coincided with increased movement of older coins, sometimes during periods of profit-taking

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How to bridge to StableChain: The complete route map

Getting dollars onto the chain where USDT is the gas takes one bridge transaction, and choosing the route well takes five minutes of understanding. This guide walks the fastest path through Relay, the canonical paths through the USDT0 mesh, what arrives in your wallet, what it costs, and the checks that keep a routine transfer routine.　　SummaryStableChain is the USDT-native Layer 1 where gas is paid in USDT0 and simple transfers are free, which means bridging in is the only funding step most users ever perform: there is no native gas token to acquire afterward.The fastest general-purpose route is Relay, an intent-based bridge with an official Stable destination: connect a wallet, pick any supported asset on any of 85-plus chains, and receive USDT0 on Stable, typically in seconds, with the fee included in the quote.The canonical routes run through the USDT0 system itself: any chain with USDT0 can transfer via the OFT Mesh, and native USDT on Ethereum or Arbitrum can route through the Legacy Mesh via its Arbitrum hub.The trade-off between the two families is speed and convenience against path directness: intent bridges front you the funds from relayer capital instantly, while mesh transfers move through the burn-and-mint machinery your

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$1.32 to $3.75: Nine Top AI Models Predict XRPs 2026 Finish, One Breaks Away

Key TakeawaysA handful of todays top artificial intelligence (AI) models set XRP targets from $1.32 to $3.75, while Pi AI declined to forecast.Claude Opus 5 and Kimi K3 flagged Ripple escrow and Ripplenet limits as 2026 risks for XRP.Venice AI alone topped XRPs $3.65 peak, highlighting the widest bullish outlier.　　To see how artificial intelligence (AI) evaluates the road ahead, we asked a range of today‘s leading AI chatbots to predict XRP’s price by Dec. 31, 2026.　　Every AI model received the exact same prompt and was asked to commit to a single year-end price target, offering a controlled comparison of how each system weighs technical signals, market sentiment, macroeconomic conditions, and XRPs evolving role in the broader cryptocurrency economy.　　The XRP prediction test included nine unique AI systems: Grok 4.5 Expert Mode, Kimi K3 High Intelligence Mode, ChatGPT 5.6 Sol High Intelligence Mode, Manus Lite Mode, Qwen 3.7 Plus, Claude Opus 5 High Intelligence Mode, Mistral AI Vibe Mode, Pi AI, and Venice AI.　　The prompt used for this experiment was:　　“Based on all publicly available information as of today, what do you predict XRPs price will be on Dec. 31, 2026？ Provide a single specific price target in U.S. dollars, followed by no

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