XRP, Coinbase, JPMorgan: Crypto’s Institutional Week Begins

XRP surged 12% to $2.52 after five spot XRP ETFs appeared on the DTCC’s active and pre-launch list, signaling that institutional rails for Ripple exposure are being quietly assembled behind the scenes.

The listings, spanning Bitwise, Franklin Templeton, 21Shares, Canary Capital, and CoinShares, do not yet mean SEC approval. But they confirm that tickers, CUSIPs, and custodial back-end infrastructure are in place, echoing Bitcoin and Ethereum’s ETF trajectories before launch.

Some issuers, like Canary Capital, have already told investors they are ready to go live as soon as this week. New generic listing standards at the SEC now allow expedited approvals without procedural delays, fueling anticipation that the first XRP ETFs could debut before month-end.

If approved, the ETFs would open the door for broker-dealers, RIAs, and mutual fund allocators to gain compliant exposure through standard brokerage rails. That shift would tether XRP more tightly to the U.S. financial system, transforming it from a litigated asset into a regulated product.

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In a move that could reshape retail participation, Coinbase launched a new global public token sales platform restoring U.S. access to ICO-style offerings for the first time since the SEC’s 2018 crackdown.

The exchange’s “fill from the bottom” algorithm is designed to favor smaller buyers and penalize short-term flipping. Users who sell tokens within 30 days will receive smaller future allocations, an anti-whale measure Coinbase says will prioritize real users.

Issuers must disclose full project details, accept a six-month lockup, and submit to compliance review. Coinbase will host monthly token sales and charge no participation or listing fees, taking only a percentage of the issuer’s USDC proceeds.

The first project, Monad, will sell 7.5 percent of its 100 billion MON supply at $0.025 each on November 17. Over half of MON’s supply will remain locked at launch, with long-term vesting for team and investor allocations. The public mainnet and token generation event will follow one week later on November 24.

Coinbase’s move revives the spirit of early ICOs, but with regulatory armor. By merging compliance, algorithmic distribution, and onchain participation, it is positioning itself as the regulated launchpad for the next cycle.

Bitcoin trades near $105,900, hovering in a $6,000 gap between Friday’s CME futures close at $104,160 and Sunday’s open at $110,370. Roughly two-thirds of these gaps since 2022 have filled within 48 hours, keeping short-term traders on edge about whether the current retrace will complete.

Softer Treasury yields and a weaker dollar have lifted risk assets broadly as the U.S. Senate advanced a deal to end the 40-day government shutdown, improving liquidity and sentiment.

A drop below $104,000 could trigger short-term unwind pressure, while holding above $106,000 would confirm renewed momentum. Markets are recalibrating risk, cautious but unbroken, as liquidity returns to the system.

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A Friday 13F filing revealed that JPMorgan now holds nearly two million shares of BitMine Immersion Technologies, valued at $102 million.

Once a Bitcoin miner, BitMine has pivoted into an Ethereum reserve company holding 3.24 million ETH, echoing MicroStrategy’s playbook.

The shift underscores how Wall Street’s tone is changing. Under Trump’s administration, with a more permissive regulatory posture toward digital assets, even skeptics like Jamie Dimon are moving from rhetoric to exposure.

JPMorgan analysts led by Nikolaos Panigirtzoglou believe the deleveraging cycle in crypto is largely complete, projecting Bitcoin to reach $170,000 within six to twelve months as volatility normalizes.

Meanwhile, the bank faces federal scrutiny over politicized debanking. Regulators are probing whether JPMorgan denied services to clients for political reasons, an echo of earlier complaints from crypto firms during the Biden era. The convergence of these forces, political realignment, regulatory softening, and balance-sheet exposure, signals the institutional re-entry phase for crypto.

Paris-based Ledger may soon list in New York, with CEO Pascal Gauthier telling the Financial Times that money is in New York today for crypto, not in Europe.

Ledger has had its strongest year yet, generating triple-digit million revenues amid surging hardware wallet demand and now securing roughly $100 billion in Bitcoin for customers. A potential IPO or private raise next year would further institutionalize the self-custody trend.

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Michael Saylor’s company Strategy purchased another 487 BTC last week for $49.9 million at an average of $102,557 per coin, lifting its holdings to 641,692 BTC worth around $68 billion.

The purchases were funded through perpetual preferred stock programs, and Saylor’s Sunday post summed it up in two words: “₿est continue.”

Crypto’s infrastructure week has begun.

XRP’s ETFs are approaching liftoff. Coinbase has revived the retail onramp for compliant token launches. JPMorgan, Ledger, and Strategy are reshaping how legacy institutions hold and distribute digital assets.

The theme is not hype but absorption. Crypto is being folded, piece by piece, into the machinery of global finance. Each headline, whether from the DTCC, Coinbase, or JPMorgan, carries the same subtext: the migration from the edge to the core is underway.

The volatility remains, but so does the trajectory. Speculation is giving way to architecture.