💥💥💥Ripple Ends SEC Battle, Surges Past Bitcoin — But Bids Farewell to Key Report

Ripple kicked off 2025 with a bang, closing its long-standing legal fight with the SEC as the regulator dropped its appeal and slashed the penalty to $50M. The company made a bold $1.25B acquisition of prime broker Hidden Road, which will now use Ripple’s RLUSD stablecoin and XRP Ledger tech for faster global trading.

XRP outperformed the market, jumping 50% in Q1 while Bitcoin and Ethereum lagged. Despite a drop in on-chain activity, DeFi on XRPL stayed strong, and Ripple's $XRP holdings rose to 4.56B. With $214M in inflows, XRP is on the verge of overtaking Ethereum in investment product demand.

However, Ripple announced that Q1 2025 will be the final XRP Markets Report in its current format, signaling a shift in how it shares updates with the public.

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