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Florida has become the latest state to drop plans for a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve, shelving two key bills that would have allowed public funds to be invested in Bitcoin. According to the Florida Senate, both of Florida’s Bitcoin reserve bills, House Bill 487 and Senate Bill 550, were “indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration” on May 3. The state’s legislative session ended on May 2 without a vote on either bill, effectively killing the proposal despite early momentum. HB 487, titled “Investments of Public Funds in Bitcoin,” was introduced in February and passed its first committee hearing unanimously on April 10. The bill would have allowed the state’s Chief Financial Officer and the State Board of Administration to allocate up to 10% of key public funds, including the General Revenue Fund and Budget Stabilization Fund, into Bitcoin. It also included provisions for lending BTC and using it in exchange-traded products, while outlining strict custody and compliance requirements. SB 550, a companion bill filed the same month, mirrored HB 487’s goals and sought to authorize similar investments from Florida’s state funds.  However, with neither bill progressing past committee stages before session adjournment, Florida’s attempt to join the growing list of states exploring Bitcoin-backed treasuries has now stalled. You might also like:Arizona becomes first U.S. state to pass Strategic Bitcoin Reserve bill Florida joins a growing group of states that have seen their Bitcoin reserve efforts fizzle out. Wyoming, South Dakota, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, Montana, and Oklahoma have all had similar bills fail to pass House or Senate votes in recent months. Oklahoma’s HB 1203, for example, made it through multiple legislative hurdles but was narrowly voted down in committee after facing bipartisan pushback. The retreat by these states comes despite growing interest in Bitcoin as a hedge against inflation and a diversification tool for state treasuries. Several lawmakers had pitched the idea as a bold move to modernize public finance and reduce reliance on fiat currencies. Arizona is currently leading the race, but not without setbacks. On April 28, its legislature passed SB 1025 and SB 1373 to establish a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve. Still, Governor Katie Hobbs vetoed SB 1025 days later, calling digital assets “untested investments” and citing budget concerns. Despite the veto, Arizona still has two other active bills, HB 2749 and SB 1373. HB 2749 proposes a budget-neutral reserve funded by unclaimed property profits, while SB 1373 would allow up to 10% of state funds to be invested in digital assets. Read more:New Hampshire Bitcoin Reserve Bill passed Senate committee

美国两大银行花旗银行和道富银行计划推出加密货币和数字资产的托管服务。 随着唐纳德·特朗普总统作为美国首位支持加密货币的总统重返华盛顿，美国机构加密货币浪潮势头强劲。他的政府推动制定更明确的监管措施，这激发了华尔街的看涨情绪。 随着越来越多的金融公司制定数字资产战略，花旗银行和道富银行已分别宣布了进军加密货币托管领域的计划。 花旗银行推出了其 CIDAP 数字资产平台，该平台为客户提供加密货币保护技术。该银行的网站还透露，它已经探索了一项将私人市场代币化的试点计划。与此同时，据报道，全球最大的托管银行之一道富银行将于 2026 年推出其加密货币托管服务。 你可能还喜欢：美联储：银行能够为加密货币客户提供服务，BTC 上涨 3% Coinbase 等加密货币领导者一直主张当局允许银行和其他传统金融参与者参与数字资产。尽管上届政府反对这一想法，但特朗普政府似乎越来越有可能支持这一举措。 此前，美联储主席杰罗姆·鲍威尔表示，遵循风险披露惯例的美国银行可以完美地为加密客户提供服务。 尽管存在这种情绪，但行业老牌企业和科技巨头经常指出，新技术和加密货币导致银行业务猖獗。在一次听证会上，鲍威尔承认，一些企业可能因执法过度而负担过重，并承诺与国会一起结束所谓的“扼杀行动 2.0”。 与此同时，随着特朗普第二次竞选美国总统，更多银行表达了加密货币计划。今年 1 月，摩根士丹利支持的 E-Trade 着眼于未来的加密货币服务。高盛还表示，如果监管机构允许，它将考虑数字资产业务。 阅读更多：加密货币工作组与 Jito、Multicoin 讨论 ETF 质押事宜

Ripple has announced a $25 million commitment to education nonprofits DonorsChoose and Teach For America, with most of the funding disbursed in Ripple USD, the company’s new U.S. dollar-backed stablecoin. The initiative will support classrooms, teachers, and students across the United States, with a focus on literacy, financial education, and STEM innovation. The funding, announced during Teacher Appreciation Week, marks a major step in Ripple’s philanthropic strategy, which aims to combine crypto infrastructure with social impact. Teachers power the future—and we’re proud to support them: https://t.co/yjvoQdBMtjStarting with Teacher Appreciation Week, Ripple is committing $25M to U.S. classrooms through @DonorsChoose & Teach For America, supporting critical resources and financial literacy initiatives,…— Ripple (@Ripple) May 5, 2025 RLUSD (RLUSD) will be used to fund thousands of teacher-led projects on DonorsChoose, expand Teach For America’s Ignite tutoring program, and support a national STEM Innovation Challenge.  The partnership will also help new teachers with training costs and support financial literacy programs for students. You might also like:Tower Research Capital doubles down on crypto market making amid market recovery Promote education through crypto Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse called the initiative part of a broader mission to promote educational and economic access through crypto. “We’re partnering with some of the most impactful organizations to benefit thousands of classrooms across the U.S.,” he said. “The use case for crypto in payments has never been stronger, and stablecoins like RLUSD are proving their value in real-world applications like donations and large-scale transactions. Especially when combined with an efficient blockchain network such as the XRP Ledger. They offer fast, low-cost transfers, free from middlemen and banking restrictions, making them ideal for moving significant amounts efficiently and transparently, as Ripple’s donation demonstrates,” Panos Mekras, CEO of Anodos Labs, one of the leading DeFi projects on XRPL, told crypto.news ina statement. This marks the first time both DonorsChoose and Teach For America will receive a majority of a grant in stablecoin.  The Giving Block, a crypto donation platform, will help facilitate the transactions. According to Chainalysis, stablecoins now account for over half of all on-chain transaction volume. Ripple’s total philanthropic contributions now exceed $200 million since 2018, according to the company. You might also like:Missed the BNB boom? This altcoin under $1 might be a second chance

First Trust Advisors 推出了两只新的比特币策略交易所交易基金，增加了目前持有超过 280 亿美元净资产的产品套件。 First Trust 在 4 月 4 日的公告中表示，本周推出了两只比特币 (BTC) 策略 ETF。 具体来说，比特币交易所交易基金是 Floor15 ETF 系列目标结果 ETF 的一部分，其中 FT Vest 比特币策略 Floor15 ETF - April 和 FT Vest 比特币策略和目标收入 ETF 均在纽约证券交易所 Arca 上市，股票代码分别为 BFAP 和 DFII。 “FT Vest 比特币策略 Floor15 ETF – April 代表了风险管理加密货币投资的创新进步。通过构建具有明确下限和上限的投资结构，我们为投资者提供了一种更可控的方式来投资比特币，同时降低下行风险。这一策略反映了 Vest 对以结果为导向的解决方案的承诺，这些解决方案旨在为投资组合提供更多的确定性和清晰度，”Vest 总裁 Jeff Chang 表示。 你可能还喜欢：Grayscale 推出两只新的比特币备兑看涨期权 ETF First Trust 高级副总裁兼 ETF 策略师 Ryan Issakainen 表示，此次推出是多年来市场对比特币相关 ETF 需求旺盛的结果。BFAP 将为那些希望参与加密货币领域的人提供机会，让他们能够利用 BTC 的上行潜力，同时明确下行风险。 First Trust 认为，除了 BFAP，DFII 也将因其潜力而受到青睐。正如 Issakainen 在一份声明中指出的那样，该基金将允许投资者探索比特币高波动性带来的机会。投资者可以通过出售看涨期权来从中获利。 该资产管理公司提供 DFII 作为主动管理型基金，其中 80% 的净资产投资于比特币和创收投资。First Trust 的目标结果 ETF 净资产在过去一年中飙升 53%，截至 2 月底已超过 280 亿美元。 你可能还喜欢：尽管市场恐慌，交易员仍持有比特币：币安

XRP is sitting at $2.1639 this Monday, caught in a tug-of-war between $2.1704 and $2.1318. The $2 level is like a lighthouse for traders, a steady beacon of support for the altcoin. But the mood is souring—derivatives traders are betting on a fall, and daily interest is fading fast. Will XRP stand tall, or is a storm brewing for this crypto contender? Table of ContentsXRP price prediction XRP derivatives data analysis On-chain analysis and predictionSEC vs. Ripple lawsuit- Tying loose endsExpert commentary XRP price prediction  XRP broke out of its consolidation phase on April 27. Since then the altcoin has attempted to rally closer to resistance at $2.39, R1 in the XRP/USDT price chart. XRP is currently trading 15% under its target resistance at $2.50, the 50% Fibonacci retracement level of the decline from the peak of $3.40 to a low of $1.61.  Two technical indicators on the daily price chart support a bullish thesis for XRP. The RSI and MACD, RSI reads above 54, the neutral level and MACD flashes green histogram bars.  The $3 level is a key target for XRP in May 2025, a daily candlestick close above R1 and R2 could confirm the altcoin’s uptrend and bring the target in play for the token. XRP/USDT daily price chart | Source: Crypto.news You might also like:Can XRP price break out? Whale buying spree ignites bullish hopes XRP derivatives data analysis  Data from Coinglass shows, XRP volume is up 24% and open interest, the net volume of all open derivatives contracts is down less than 1% in the last 24 hours. The long/short ratio is under 1, meaning derivatives traders are not yet bullish, at the start of the week.  Derivatives analysis implies sidelined buyers should proceed with caution when opening a position in XRP as market uncertainty prevails. The 24 hour liquidation is $5.24 million, and a majority $4.89 million is long positions, the rest is short. Meaning traders that are bullish on XRP were punished for their bets and paid for short positions on derivatives exchanges. XRP derivatives data analysis | Source: Coinglass On-chain analysis and prediction XRP whale transactions in two segments, valued at $100,000 and higher and greater than $1 million declined, as seen on on-chain intelligence platform Santiment. A decline in whale transactions typically signals a loss in interest, however aggregate funding rates by XRP flash a green histogram bar, supporting a thesis that there is demand for XRP.  Funding rate turned positive on May 1 after closing April with two consecutive days of negative funding rate readings. Typically, positive funding rate implies that the price of derivatives contracts is higher than the spot market price of the asset, and this is bullish for the token in the medium to short-term.  XRP on-chain data | Source: Santiment You might also like:Strategy’s agressive Bitcoin purchases get green light from Wall Street analysts SEC vs. Ripple lawsuit- Tying loose ends The closure of the SEC vs. Ripple lawsuit and the delay of the XRP ETF filing are likely related events. Bill Morgan, a renowned lawyer told followers on X that the deadline of the Ripple lawsuit appeal is delayed from April 16 to June 15.  The SEC has delayed Franklin Templeton’s XRP ETF approval to June 17, 2025, just after the expiry of the 60-day wait period for the Ripple lawsuit. According to Morgan, this is “potentially strategic” timing, expressing his bullish sentiments towards an ETF approval in 2025.  Oddly, the delay of the ETF approval to 17 June 2025 is to a date that falls just after the expiry of the 60 day period by which a status report must be filed by the SEC in the SEC v Ripple appeal pursuant to the court order dated 16 April 2025. https://t.co/Rrn0MAHwBv pic.twitter.com/gmVDOSg74H— bill morgan (@Belisarius2020) April 30, 2025 Expert commentary Forest Bai shared his insights on whether XRP will gain digital Gold status or face regulatory challenges. The co-founder of Foresight Ventures told Crypto.news,  “I believe XRP is unlikely to become digital gold due to its primary design as a payment protocol, not a store of value like gold. Its centralized structure and regulatory challenges further limit its potential to achieve gold-like status.” Dan Tapiero of 10T Holdings bullish on XRP ETF launch told CoinDesk that despite early criticism of XRP, the altcoin is resilient and the team has been through a lot (Tapiero likely refers to the lawsuit and the delisting across major exchanges).  Disclosure: This article does not represent investment advice. The content and materials featured on this page are for educational purposes only.