XRP Deep Dive: 5M Tether Users vs 120K Ripple Users | Ep 538

Good now revolutionaries— Tuesday post-4th, Alex is on the road visiting family — 'while the parents are away, the kids will play.' Evan and Will run the show two-hander with six cans of string cheese and a little coffee. Immediate housekeeping: USA lost to Belgium 4-1 in the World Cup (Belgium kicked our ass). Evan admits it took a Michelle-at-Octant live stream for him to feel self-conscious about NOT knowing the tournament — the international-crypto conference circuit is a soccer draft day.Big-picture trading segment: Solana TA on the weekly chart looks like the beginning of a bottom formation — key EMAs converging with current price. Bitcoin's chart looks a little worse structurally, but SOL is showing early rounding signals. Not printed yet — watching. Twitter/X trending list overnight: Ansem Black Bull, Monad, The Grove, Bonk, Lighter (a Hyperliquid competitor on Solana), Octra, Pudgy Penguins, Ethereum. 'Monad? Who is searching Monad?' Cards token deep dive — aggressive burn mechanic, high adoption, could be another Hyperliquid IF the buyback actually turns on (Alex thinks it isn't yet, Evan needs to double-check).XRP DEEP DIVE. Evan walks through the full Ripple/XRP thesis history: 'bridge currency for banks' idea from ~2013 was elegant back then; the pitch was that XRP could become the whole world's on-ramp. Then the hard data: Tether has ~5 million active users (chart up-and-to-the-right); Ripple is hovering at ~120K active users and has been stagnating for years. Adoption ≠ price appreciation ≠ token value capture. XRP token isn't necessarily designed to capture the value the network might create. Same lens applied to Chainlink (LINK) — Pyth Oracle services are being gated behind holding/paying with LINK, which is step one of value capture. Same lens on Ansem token. Different token, different design.Also this episode: Evan joining SuperTeam Solana as an advisor for narrative strategy at their Mountain Dow (Utah) + Malaysia + Thailand residencies in August. Governance-exploit-as-student-council metaphor (Compound-style attack where someone just proposed a vote to take $14–$16M and it passed — 'not a hack, they asked and you gave it to them'). Full Arculus sponsor read at closeout — 'we pursued Arculus because their product was superior, team was the best, customer service was the most responsive. Made in USA, three-factor auth, same tech as Visa/MasterCard. CompoSecure parent, publicly traded.' Deepest Arculus read of the year.Powered by Arculus Wallet — getarculus.com, promo code ARCURUMS10.Powered by Jito — stake your SOL at https://www.jito.network/staking/.RUMS Purple WalletWant the safest way to store your crypto? The Arculus cold storage wallet keeps your assets completely offline, away from exchanges, away from hackers, and fully in your control. Get your exclusive RUMS x Arculus cold storage wallet today!Crypto Payment · Card PaymentSupport the show— Want to hang out with us after the show, get live answers to your questions, or join future giveaways? Join our free community where the show lives 24/7: community.rumshq.com—☕ THE RISE UP MORNING SHOW☀️LIVE Monday - Thursday @ 7a centralHelpful web3 news, commentary, & answers to your crypto questions.🍻RISE UP AFTER DARK🌗 LIVE Wednesdays @ 7p centralDYOR and BYOB for casual Q&A, fun with expert guests, and altcoin research.📈RISE UP MARKET WATCH🤑LIVE Mondays @ 7p centralTechnical analysis, real macro insight, and practical takeaways to help you invest smarter in every market.⚖️ TRUST ISSUES 🧐 LIVE Tuesdays @ 6:30p centralBreaking down U.S. crypto policy, regulation, and legislation—what they mean for the industry and what comes next.—WANT MORE?👉Connect w/us on your favorite social: https://rumshq.com👉Become a guest or sponsor: [email protected]👉Join our free community: https://community.rumshq.comFOLLOW OUR HOSTS:☮️ Evan Mann: https://beacons.ai/conversationswithevan🤬 Alex Popovic: https://alexpopovic.info🐬 Will Watson: https://c...