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XRP has been crowned the ‘breakout trade of the year’ even ahead of Bitcoin and Ethereum. Why does XRP have the secret sauce?

Morgan Stanley is going all-in on crypto as the investment bank files for an Ethereum ETF after having filed BTC and SOL ETFs previously. Here’s why this is so bullish.

Plus, the first weeks of January reveal where opportunity is forming. See how Chris Capre reads price action, volatility, and capital rotation to find short-term trades and avoid bad setups as 2026 gets underway. Get the approach here.

TOP STORY

The Breakout Trade Of 2026 Isn't Bitcoin Or ETH, It's XRP

While Bitcoin and Ethereum tread water, XRP is staging a massive coup.

CNBC just crowned the payments token the "breakout trade of 2026" as it rallied 20% this week and flipped BNB in market cap.

With regulatory headwinds gone and ETF inflows accelerating during a broader market lull, capital is rapidly rotating into the cross-border ledger.

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Positioning, Volatility, And Short-Term Trades For 2026

The first weeks of January reveal where opportunity is forming and where risk is being pulled back. See how Chris Capre reads price action, volatility, and capital rotation to find short-term trades and avoid bad setups as 2026 gets underway. 

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Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP are consolidating on Wednesday and digesting some of the gains of previous days: here’s what’s moving markets today.

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong did not say insider trading is good — but he did say insider trading is necessary if you want to have functioning prediction markets.

Bitcoin ETFs shed $243M yesterday and put an end to their inflow streak so far this year. Here’s why that’s not a big deal.

FINTECH FOCUS

Why Morgan Stanley’s Bitcoin ETF Launch Is 'Extremely Bullish'

Morgan Stanley just validated the long-term bull case, filing to launch its own proprietary Bitcoin and Solana ETFs despite BlackRock's current dominance.

Bitwise advisor Jeff Park argues this proves the industry is still in the "early innings," as the bank moves to stop fee leakage and capture massive unmet demand within its own wealth division.

The message is clear: Wall Street doesn't just want to rent the infrastructure anymore—they want to own it.

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