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🚨 @LynAldenContact ON WHY NOTHING STOPS THE DEBT SPIRAL: "Congress going to say, 'The 10-year is over 5%, maybe we should trim defense spending or reform Social Security and Medicare?' It's not gonna happen. There's no political will to do that. Less than 1% chance. Negligible." On how it plays out instead: "If the Treasury market ever breaks, instead of Congress doing anything, the Fed steps in. They kind of have to because financial stability and moderate long-term yields are part of their mandate. Congress isn't doing it because the people don't really want it. They want a balanced budget in theory. But do you want to cut this, this, and this, or raise your taxes? 'Well, no.'" On the historical endpoint: "The end game for highly indebted governments, nearly 100% of the time, ends with financial repression, trying to inflate that debt away, and impairing cash and bondholders. Whether it's the central bank doing it, whether it's the Treasury doing it, whether they take turns, these are the types of things you see when you start getting over 100% debt to GDP and no realistic austerity anywhere near the horizon."

Implemented in 9 months. Global from day one. Swift's blockchain-based ledger is ready for use, with ANZ, BNP Paribas, BNY, Citi, DBS Bank, First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB), FirstRand, HSBC, Itaú Unibanco, Lloyds Banking Group, Mashreq, MUFG, OCBC, Standard Chartered, UBS, UOB and Wells Fargo preparing to pilot 24/7 tokenised cross-border payments. This is a significant step towards scaling tokenised finance powered by the standards, security and global reach the industry relies on. By combining distributed ledger technology with Swift’s secure messaging network, the ledger: -Enhances liquidity efficiency -Improves cash flow visibility -Enables seamless token recognition What’s next? This is the first use case. The ledger creates a foundation for future innovation in areas like programmable money and agentic commerce, and we're continuing to explore more use cases with our community - helping to take tokenised money closer to scalable, real-world adoption. Find out more: lnkd.in/eAucE_cJ #Ledger #Tokenisation #CrossBorderPayments

Digital assets are entering a new phase. What once ran in parallel to existing financial systems is increasingly being applied to solve practical, real-world needs — often behind the scenes – from cross-border remittances to B2B money transfers. This creates new opportunities to add value in how money moves globally. Today, we introduced the Mastercard Crypto Partner Program — a global initiative that brings together more than 85 crypto-native companies, payments providers, and financial institutions. Together, we're creating a forum for meaningful dialogue and collaboration as this space continues to mature.

Billions. Trillions. Quadrillions. We asked leaders from S&P Global, Fidelity, Franklin Templeton, WisdomTree, DTCC, Alpaca, & Solana Foundation one question: How big is the tokenization opportunity? ↓

$XRP Price Could Reach $664 if Tom Lee’s $1 Quadrillion Projection for Crypto Plays Out.

🇺🇸 Chris Giancarlo “ We have to tip our hat to XRP ” 🧢 They stood up to the pressure and are still standing. Now, the U.S. needs the clarity to let this ecosystem truly thrive.

WHY IS HE SO BULLISH? 🎶😤

While Bitcoin loses reputation and trust, XRP moves toward absorbing institutional liquidity. Congratulations to XRP holders for always being on the right side.