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Welcome to On the Chain On The Chain focuses on Blockchain and Digital Assets, Cryptocurrency news, and opinion with a focus on XRP. For those who are brand new to the Digital Asset / Blockchain space, and those who have been around and are considered to be veterans in this space. OC has a global audience., providing high-quality, fact-based content and no hype. It is a community-driven platform for Mainstreet, a growing need and growing interest in the latest news, opinions, and research in the digital asset/blockchain technologies. All opinions expressed by the contributors are their own opinions and not necessarily those of the OTC platform. Platform to reach a massive global audience providing high-quality content support to lift content creators. Follow us on TWITTER: https://twitter.com/on_the_chain YouTube Channels: https://www.youtube.com/c/OnTheChainLIVEhttps://www.youtube.com/c/OnTheChain

  1. 1d ago

    473 Million XRP Isn’t Enough

    Wall Street, Korean banks and AI agents are all reaching for XRP at the same time, and there is only so much of it. Evernorth is expected to hit the Nasdaq on October 8 (ticker XRPN) with about 473 million XRP, and that's the small number: US spot XRP ETFs already hold 1.19 billion XRP. Four Korean financial institutions took the stage at XRP Seoul in front of 5,000+ people, XRPL validators are voting on the LendingProtocolV1_1 amendment, and the XRP Ledger passed 10 million x402 AI agent payments. Also today: XRP Asia launches, Ripple's RLUSD insurance pilot in Uganda, RLUSD ranks #2 in Q3 stablecoin growth, Ripple Swell in New York, the federal noncitizen voting ruling, Trump's Oklahoma rally, the school riots in France, and Canada's trade fight. 🔴 LIVE every Sunday 8 PM ET · Wednesday 8 PM ET · Saturday 8 AM ET ⏱ CHAPTERS 00:00 Cold open (full chapters added after the show) ☕ SUPPORT Badassery Coffee https://badasserycoffee.com OTC Mint https://otc.one/mint OTC Merch https://onthechain.shop Support On The Chain on Ko-fi https://ko-fi.com/onthechain 🔗 ON THE CHAIN Website https://onthechain.io Subscribe https://onthechain.io/subscribe/ X https://x.com/On_The_Chain Jeff https://x.com/Jeff_OnTheChain Chip https://x.com/stephenchip ⚠️ DISCLAIMER The information contained in this video is for informational and entertainment purposes only and should not be considered financial, investment, legal, or tax advice. The opinions expressed are those of the hosts and guests and do not necessarily reflect the views of On The Chain. Always do your own research and consult with a qualified professional before making financial decisions. #XRP #XRPL #Ripple #Evernorth #Crypto

  2. Sep 28

    Big Money Is Coming For XRP

    Big money is coming for XRP. The XRP Ledger added $2.4 billion in tokenized real-world assets this year, one of the top three chains for RWA growth. US spot XRP ETFs added 34 million XRP this week and now hold 1.16 billion XRP. And on October 5, XRPL's Permission Delegation upgrade is scheduled to go live, letting an XRP account hand specific permissions to another account (including one run by an AI agent) without ever sharing its keys. Also on this episode: FXRP turns one on Flare, Brian Armstrong on AI agents as the new API users, the CLARITY Act fallout, the 49-50 Senate vote on the Iran war, the arrests near RAF Fairford, and Iran's 74-lash sentence for a singer. LIVE every Sunday 8 PM ET, Wednesday 8 PM ET, Saturday 8 AM ET on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@OnTheChainLIVE Badassery Coffee: https://badasserycoffee.com OTC Merch: https://onthechain.shop Support On The Chain: https://ko-fi.com/onthechain Website: https://onthechain.io X: https://x.com/On_The_Chain | Jeff https://x.com/Jeff_OnTheChain | Chip https://x.com/stephenchip The information in this episode is for informational and entertainment purposes only and is not financial, investment, legal, or tax advice. Always do your own research.

  3. Sep 24

    XRP Goes To War On October 5

    On October 5, XRP goes to war, and the weapon isn't a price pump. It's a key. The XRP Ledger's Permission Delegation upgrade has entered its 14-day activation countdown and could go live October 5 if validator support holds. Master keys stay locked in the vault. Delegates get a badge instead: up to ten specific permissions, and never the keys. Jeff and Chip break down why that's the feature compliance departments, stablecoin issuers and AI agents have been waiting for, while XRP sits at $1.50 and everybody else stares at red candles. Also on the show: Amazon Web Services joins the XRP Ledger Hackathon with Amazon Bedrock AgentCore; the XRPL AI Starter Kit adds the Open Wallet Standard, MPP from Tempo and Stripe, and x402; Evernorth teams up with The Bear Champ; RLUSD and the APAC stablecoin map; BlackRock's "tokens" chart; the ECB's digital euro pilot; the FOUNDERS sitcom parody; and in the back half, Trump vs. Biden at the UN, Milei, Rubio and Cuba, the Denmark–Greenland deal, and Around the World. Watch the show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSjeFZVOI0s Show notes and links: https://onthechain.io/podcast/xrp-goes-to-war-on-october-5/ ☕ Badassery Coffee: https://badasserycoffee.com | OTC Merch: https://onthechain.shop | Support On The Chain: https://ko-fi.com/onthechain X: @On_The_Chain | Jeff: @Jeff_OnTheChain | Chip: @stephenchip The information in this episode is for informational and entertainment purposes only and should not be considered financial, investment, legal, or tax advice. Always do your own research.

  4. Sep 19

    ETFs Bought A Billion XRP. Nothing Happened.

    XRP spot ETFs now hold 1.13 billion XRP and $1.46 billion in assets, after another 6.3 million XRP of inflows this week and 645.3 million XRP walking off exchanges. Every part of the bullish mechanism fired at once, and XRP sat at $1.43. Jeff walks the Week 38 supply report line by line, and Chip puts beside it the number nobody else quotes: the ETFs and index funds hold 1.129% of total supply, while exchange wallets hold roughly 21%. The ETF bid is real. It is not yet large enough to see. Also in this episode: the Fed's unanimous 12-0 hike to 3.75%-4.00% and why XRP didn't blink; where all 100 billion XRP actually lives; Ripple Treasury and the trapped-cash problem; XRP and RLUSD landing in Stripe and Tempo's AI payments kit; Stuart Alderoty on why politics beat policy on CLARITY; wallet security and the dead-phone cold storage protocol; and the Greenland agreement that Trump calls permanent American control while Denmark's own statement calls sovereignty preserved. Full show notes, every article we covered, and the video: https://onthechain.io SUPPORT ON THE CHAIN Badassery Coffee https://badasserycoffee.com Mint a Badass Yeti https://otc.one/mint OTC Merch https://otc.one/shop Subscribe https://onthechain.io/subscribe/ Buy Us a Coffee https://buymeacoffee.com/onthechain FOLLOW On The Chain https://x.com/On_The_Chain Jeff https://x.com/Jeff_OnTheChain Chip https://x.com/stephenchip DISCLAIMER - The information discussed on On The Chain is for educational and entertainment purposes only and should not be considered financial, investment, or legal advice. Jeff, Chip, and their guests may hold digital assets discussed during the show. Always do your own research and consult a qualified financial advisor before making any investment decisions.

    ETFs Bought A Billion XRP. Nothing Happened.

  5. Sep 17

    Democrats Blocked Clarity Act - XRP Won't Wait

    Democrats blocked the CLARITY Act, leaving the United States without the digital asset framework the crypto industry spent years fighting to secure. Now, some of the senators responsible cannot clearly explain why they voted against it. But XRP isn't waiting for Washington. While Congress fails to deliver clarity, XRP and RLUSD are moving deeper into the infrastructure being built for AI-powered commerce, open wallets and machine payments. We break down who stopped the CLARITY Act, what happens next and why the financial system continues building around XRP. We also cover Ripple Swell 2026, the XRPL AI Starter Kit, the critical D'CENT security warning and the growing battle over AI. SHOW NOTES AND EVERY LINK WE DISCUSS https://onthechain.io/podcast/democrats-blocked-clarity-act-xrp-wont-wait/ TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Cold Open - They Blocked Clarity, And We Called It 1:21 Welcome to On The Chain 2:38 Ripple Swell 2026 - The Full Agenda Goes Live 10:18 XRPL Joins The Open Wallet Standard - Tempo And Stripe 11:52 Another Wallet Warning - D'CENT And What We Still Don't Know 14:27 So Much For The Clarity Act 16:45 Garlinghouse: "This One Stings" 21:29 Nobody Knows The Democrats Better Than Ripple 25:44 Michael Bennett Votes Against The Bill He Asked For 29:03 Senator Hirono Has Nothing To Say 31:38 Tom Tillis And The Motion To Reconsider 34:31 Dick Durbin: The Bubble And Social Security 39:04 Josh Hawley, Small-Town Banks And The Farmers 41:35 The Chat Weighs In - Iran, Turkey And The Real Enemy 49:48 AI Safety Is The New Climate Change 51:04 Anthropic, OpenAI And The Effective Altruism Crowd 54:33 Why American Builders Reach For Chinese Models 55:42 JD Vance On Frankenstein 1:04:27 Andrew Ng On Fear-Mongering And Regulatory Capture 1:08:21 Every Democrat Is Doing An Obama Impression 1:11:21 Around The World - Time Magazine, Canada And The EU 1:15:54 Mitch McConnell And The Wheelchair Videos 1:18:49 Sign-Off SUPPORT ON THE CHAIN Website https://onthechain.io Badassery Coffee https://badasserycoffee.com OTC Mint https://otc.one/mint OTC Merch https://onthechain.shop FOLLOW ON THE CHAIN ON X On The Chain https://x.com/On_The_Chain Jeff https://x.com/Jeff_OnTheChain Chip https://x.com/stephenchip DISCLAIMER This content is for informational and entertainment purposes only. Nothing discussed on this show constitutes financial, investment, legal, accounting, or tax advice. Jeff, Chip, On The Chain, and any guests appearing on the show are not financial advisors. Always conduct your own research and consult a qualified professional before making financial decisions. Digital assets are highly volatile and involve substantial risk. Past performance does not guarantee future results.

  6. Sep 14

    They Can't Build This Without XRP

    Something much bigger is being built around XRP, and the pieces are getting harder to ignore. RLUSD is expanding its liquidity and distribution through Spark’s Stablecoin FX Layer. At the same time, the XRP Ledger Foundation is talking openly about writing TradFi primitives directly into the XRPL, including lending, infrastructure and agentic payments. Flare is experimenting with new ways to generate XRP rewards. Canton continues advancing institutional settlement infrastructure. And while all of this is happening, another XRPL project bites the dust. Then Washington enters a critical week for crypto as the CLARITY Act heads toward a major Senate vote. And we’re going around the world: Trump in Ireland, the growing conversation around a reunited Ireland, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland challenging the future of the UK, Putin warning about Europe and Russia, and Trump declaring that whoever wins the AI race wins. The financial system is changing. The infrastructure is being built. And XRP keeps showing up in places that matter. At some point you have to ask: What are they building... and why does XRP keep ending up in the middle of it? 🔥 SUPPORT ON THE CHAIN ☕ Badassery Coffee https://badasserycoffee.com 🧊 Mint a Badass Yeti https://otc.one/mint 👕 OTC Merch https://otc.one/shop 📧 Subscribe To OTC https://onthechain.io/subscribe/ ☕ Support OTC on Ko-fi https://ko-fi.com/onthechain 🌐 On The Chain https://onthechain.io 🐦 FOLLOW US ON X On The Chain https://x.com/On_The_Chain Jeff https://x.com/Jeff_OnTheChain Chip https://x.com/stephenchip #XRP #Ripple #XRPL #RLUSD #Crypto #Cryptocurrency #XRPNews #CryptoNews #Blockchain #OnTheChain

  7. Sep 12

    XRP Is The Key To Money

    XRP may be becoming the key to something much bigger than payments. Ripple is challenging the idea that every regulated stablecoin is created equal. A money transmitter license, state trust charter, and federal prudential supervision each carry different reserve requirements, verification standards, and consequences if an issuer fails. As stablecoins become part of the financial system, the level of regulatory oversight behind them could determine which assets institutions are willing to trust. Clearpool is also expanding to the XRP Ledger, bringing institutional-ready credit and lending infrastructure directly to XRPL. The proposal includes migrating from CPOOL to CLEAR and recapitalizing the treasury to fund incentives, adoption, and the platform’s next phase of growth. Institutional credit remains largely untapped on XRPL, but Clearpool believes the opportunity is massive. At the same time, RippleX is working with Common Prefix to formally verify the XRP Ledger. This effort goes directly to the reliability and security institutions require before moving serious financial activity onchain. We are also looking at the XRPL validation stream, where UNL validators vote on the same ledger hash until consensus is reached and the ledger sequence advances. Ripple Treasury is pushing even deeper into the Office of the CFO with GSmart and what Ripple describes as Treasury-Native AI. Instead of placing AI beside treasury operations, Ripple is embedding intelligence directly into existing financial policies, data, workflows, and deterministic financial logic while keeping people responsible for the final decisions. Solana is also developing confidential transfers and batch functionality, reinforcing the institutional demand for privacy, scale, and controlled financial operations on public blockchain infrastructure. Tonight, Chip and Jeff connect all of it. Regulated stablecoins. Institutional credit. Formal verification. Treasury-native AI. Confidential transfers. Batch transactions. These are not isolated developments. They are pieces of the financial infrastructure being built for the next era of money. Please like, subscribe, and click the bell to be notified when the next video drops. 🔥 SUPPORT ON THE CHAIN ☕ Badassery Coffee https://badasserycoffee.com 🧊 Mint a Badass Yeti https://otc.one/mint 👕 OTC Merch https://otc.one/shop 🔔 Subscribe to On The Chain https://onthechain.io/subscribe/ ☕ Buy Us a Coffee https://buymeacoffee.com/onthechain FOLLOW ON THE CHAIN 🌐 Website https://onthechain.io 𝕏 On The Chain https://x.com/On_The_Chain 𝕏 Jeff https://x.com/Jeff_OnTheChain 𝕏 Chip https://x.com/stephenchip This is Badassery. Creators of Badassery, Badass Yetis, Badassery Coffee and On The Chain. #XRP #Ripple #XRPL #Stablecoins #InstitutionalFinance #DeFi #AI #Treasury #Blockchain #DigitalAssets #OnTheChain ⚠️ DISCLAIMER The information discussed on On The Chain is for educational and entertainment purposes only and should not be considered financial, investment, or legal advice. Jeff, Chip, and their guests may hold digital assets discussed during the show. Always do your own research and consult a qualified financial advisor before making any investment decisions. Views expressed are solely those of the hosts and their guests.

  8. Sep 10

    The fight over XRP just started!

    The fight over XRP just started! Please like, subscribe, and click the bell to be notified when the next video drops. 🔥 SUPPORT ON THE CHAIN ☕ Badassery Coffee https://badasserycoffee.com 🧊 Mint a Badass Yeti https://otc.one/mint 👕 OTC Merch https://otc.one/shop 🔔 Subscribe to On The Chain https://onthechain.io/subscribe/ ☕ Buy Us a Coffee https://buymeacoffee.com/onthechain FOLLOW ON THE CHAIN 🌐 Website https://onthechain.io 𝕏 On The Chain https://x.com/On_The_Chain 𝕏 Jeff https://x.com/Jeff_OnTheChain 𝕏 Chip https://x.com/stephenchip This is Badassery. Creators of On The Chain, Badass Yetis and Badassery Coffee. #XRP #Ripple #XRPL #RLUSD #Crypto #BIS #AI #Blockchain #DigitalAssets #OnTheChain ⚠️ DISCLAIMER – The information discussed on On The Chain is for educational and entertainment purposes only and should not be considered financial, investment, or legal advice. Jeff, Chip, and their guests may hold digital assets discussed during the show. Always do your own research and consult a qualified financial advisor before making any investment decisions. Views expressed are solely those of the hosts and their guests.

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Welcome to On the Chain On The Chain focuses on Blockchain and Digital Assets, Cryptocurrency news, and opinion with a focus on XRP. For those who are brand new to the Digital Asset / Blockchain space, and those who have been around and are considered to be veterans in this space. OC has a global audience., providing high-quality, fact-based content and no hype. It is a community-driven platform for Mainstreet, a growing need and growing interest in the latest news, opinions, and research in the digital asset/blockchain technologies. All opinions expressed by the contributors are their own opinions and not necessarily those of the OTC platform. Platform to reach a massive global audience providing high-quality content support to lift content creators. Follow us on TWITTER: https://twitter.com/on_the_chain YouTube Channels: https://www.youtube.com/c/OnTheChainLIVEhttps://www.youtube.com/c/OnTheChain

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