Blockchain payments firm Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse announced that the company will donate $25 million to Fairshake to help select "pro-crypto, pro-growth and pro-innovation candidates" in future U.S. elections. Ripple donated $45 million to the PAC ahead of the 2024 election, making it one of Fairshake's largest donors alongside cryptocurrency exchanges Coinbase, Jump Crypto, and Andreessen Horowitz. The next US midterm elections will be held on November 3, 2026.
Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse expressed optimism about the future of cryptocurrencies in the United States and said that the regulatory environment could change after the election of President-elect Donald Trump. Garlinghouse explained: We finally have a cryptocurrency president.
Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse said during a fireside chat at Blockchain Week in Korea that the company will launch its new stablecoin in "weeks, not months." Garlinghouse also criticized Gary Gensler, chairperson of the Securities Exchange Commission, for his approach to cryptocurrencies, calling OpenSea's experience "regrettable." The CEO of Ripple says he is more "optimistic" than ever about the development of cryptocurrencies over the next five years.
According to Lookonchain monitoring, after a month of dormancy, a whale deposited 700,000 WIFs ($1.25 million) to Margaret Infi an hour ago and borrowed 197,000 USDCs to buy 110,000 WIFs. The whale currently holds 3.30 million WIFs ($5.94 million).
On July 26th, Solana's ecological liquidity layer, Margaret Infi, announced the launch of the leveraged lending feature mrgnloop, which can cycle users' deposits and borrowings with flash loans to maximize returns.
On July 3rd, Solana loan agreement Margaret Infi said in a social media post that it will launch mrgnswap, allowing users to leverage long/short any Meme token. The official introduction page shows that even if the token has just been created, leveraged long/short trading is allowed, and it will be completed immediately. The current application for the early test qualification stage is to fill in the mailbox.