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CBDC Ban Is Law: What It Means for Stablecoins, XRP & the CLARITY Act | Jul 11
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A four-year U.S. retail CBDC ban is now federal law — buried inside housing legislation — clearing the field for private stablecoins and Ripple's institutional rails. XRP pushes to $1.10, a rare weekly RSI signal triggers debate, and the CLARITY Act faces a three-week Senate deadline.
Audio is available on Spreaker — see link below.
A four-year ban on a U.S. retail central bank digital currency is now federal law. It didn't arrive through a landmark crypto bill.
The important distinction is that this benefits Ripple's business model more directly than it lifts XRP's token price. Removing the CBDC threat clears the field for stablecoin regulation to mature, which supports the infrastructure Ripple operates on.
One technical signal is generating serious attention. XRP's weekly RSI dropped below thirty.
On the legislative side, the CLARITY Act is running out of time. The House Financial Services Committee has announced a July field hearing in New York, led by Representative Steil, explicitly to build momentum for the digital asset market framework before the August recess.
Beneath the legislative noise, Ripple's operational picture remains solid. ODL adoption is expanding across Europe, Asia, and Latin America.
The two things that matter most from here are the CLARITY Act ethics standoff in the Senate and whether XRP holds the one dollar and eight to nine cents support level if macro pressure increases. If the Senate can resolve the ethics language before recess, crypto regulation accelerates meaningfully.
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