XRP experienced a fakeout to $1.41 before reverting inside its symmetrical triangle, trapping retail buyers who had bought at the peak. Technically, the XRP Ledger Batch V1.1 upgrade reached 77.1% validator support, just one vote short of the 80% threshold needed to trigger the 14-day activation countdown. Bitcoin dropped 1.68% to $76,868 and Ethereum fell 1.56% to $2,475.03 amid risk-off positioning ahead of tomorrow’s Fed decision, which carries an 85-90% probability of a 25-basis-point rate hike. The CLARITY Act, designed to split authority between the SEC and CFTC and legalize stablecoins, was blocked in the U.S. Senate with only 18% odds of passing in 2026, as 10-year U.S. Treasury yields climbed to their highest level since July 2007 at 5.03%.
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