Cardano founder applauds XRP Ledger design after revisiting XRPL consensus model

A user lost 6,000 XRP after falling for a scheme that promised to double their funds. That case is one of several being reported as scammers step up their efforts against XRP Ledger users, prompting a public warning from Ripple’s former chief technology officer. Related Reading: Bitcoin Faces Major Test As 37% Recovery Collides With Bear Resistance Fake Offers Hiding In Plain Sight David Schwartz, known online as JoelKatz, posted the alert on X after what he described as a sharp rise in fake airdrop and giveaway activity. He warned that nearly all such offers seen across social platforms are fraudulent, and that anyone claiming to be him on Instagram, Telegram, or similar apps is almost certainly running a scam. The warning came alongside reports from others in the XRP space. XRPL blockchain explorer Bithomp flagged a specific trick where scammers send unsolicited NFTs to user wallets. SCAM ALERT: There has been a huge escalation lately in airdrop and giveaway scams targetting XRPL use

David Schwartz warned XRP Ledger users about rising airdrop and giveaway scams targeting the community. The Ripple CTO Emeritus said impersonators on Instagram, Telegram, and other platforms are likely scammers. David Schwartz Warns XRP Users as Fake Airdrops Spread David Schwartz, CTO Emeritus at Ripple, alerted XRP Ledger users on May 13 to a sharp […]

Crypto analyst Ali Martinez said a long-tracked SuperTrend signal on Cardano’s daily chart has flipped bullish, months after the same tool marked the start of a steep decline. The call comes alongside fresh on-chain data from Santiment showing large ADA wallets now holding a record share of supply. Cardano SuperTrend Flips Bullish Martinez framed the latest signal as notable because of the indicator’s prior timing. In a post on X, the analyst said the SuperTrend had been his most reliable tool for tracking Cardano’s larger directional shifts, pointing to a sell signal from late September 2025 that preceded a 73% decline in ADA. Related Reading: Cardano Holds Critical $0.25 Support: History Points To A Major Rally Setup “The SuperTrend indicator has been my most accurate tool for anticipating Cardano’s long-term shifts. I’ve been tracking it closely since September 25, 2025, when it flashed a sell signal that perfectly timed the start of a 73% price decline. After months of this heavy c

Cardano DRep votes no on IO Consensus Initiative over ADA treasury transparency and milestone review concerns. Cardano governance returned to focus after a DRep voted against the IO Consensus Initiative governance action, citing treasury transparency, milestone controls, and process concerns around a proposed consensus-layer scaling program. ADA DRep Votes No on IO Consensus Initiative A […] The post Cardano DRep Rejects IO Consensus Plan Over Treasury Transparency Concerns appeared first on Live Bitcoin News.

The post Ripple CTO Sounds Alarm as XRP Giveaway Scams Surge Across XRPL Social Channels appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Key Takeaways: David Schwartz, CTO of Ripple cautioned users to expect a major surge in the number of giveaway and airdrop scams. There’s a reasonable possibility that many of the accounts that have impersonated him on Instagram, Telegram and other social media sites are fake, Schwartz said. It is coming as scammers are taking multiple approaches to target XRPL users by providing fake promotions and phishing attacks. Ripple CTO Emeritus, David “JoelKatz” Schwartz has issued a fresh warning to members of the XRP community following a widespread rise in cryptos scams targeting Ripple users on various social media platforms. The founding figure of XRP Ledger called on people to exercise caution, as con artists keep impersonating Ripple-related individuals and trying to lure consumers into stealing their wallet or cash through fake airdrops, giveaways and token sale

The post Cardano Whales Hold 25B ADA as Analyst Sees Rally to $0.42 appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Cardano whales now hold 25.09B ADA,  equal to 67.47% of the circulation supply. Santiment says millionaire ADA wallets continued to accumulate despite Cardano’s 71% market-cap drop. Analyst Ali Martinez sees a new ADA buy signal, with potential targets at $0.33 and $0.42. Large Cardano holders continue to accumulate ADA despite the cryptocurrency’s prolonged market downturn, according to new data from analytics platform Santiment. The firm revealed that wallets holding at least 1 million ADA tokens now collectively control 25.09 billion ADA. Notably, this figure marks an all-time high in the group’s holdings. That amount represents 67.47% of Cardano’s current circulating supply, the highest concentration recorded since July 2020. Santiment noted that these major holders, often referred to as sharks and whales, have steadily increased their positions since December 2023. This accumul

Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson said Monero represents the kind of privacy-preserving cryptocurrency Bitcoin might have become if stronger cryptographic tooling had been available at the time, praising the project’s technical design and its refusal to dilute its cypherpunk principles. Speaking in an interview with David Gokhstein, the Cardano founder framed Monero not as a marginal […]

XRP whales are accumulating at record levels, increasing the chances of XRP price rise toward $2, fueled by growing XRPL activity and a bullish technical setup.