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View More NewsBitcoin climbed above $63,000 in U.S. morning hours Saturday, up 1.4% over 24 hours and 3.6% on the week, per CoinDesk data, its highest in two weeks and a full reversal of the losses that closed out June.XRP led the day’s majors, up 5.3% to $1.18 and nearly 10% on the week, a move that lifted it past the USDC stablecoin to fifth place by market value at about $73 billion.The gain came alongside onchain data showing XRP holders at their deepest average losses on record – the kind of washed-out positioning some traders buy against. Ether added 3.2% on…
XRP holders are underwater by more, on average, than they have ever been, according to onchain data that some traders treat as a contrarian floor signal.The reading comes from MVRV, or market value to realized value, a ratio that compares XRP’s price with the average price at which its supply last moved. When it sits below zero, the typical holder is carrying a loss. XRP’s 30-day MVRV is around -45% and its 365-day version around -47%, so both recent buyers and those who have held for a year are deep in the red. Combined, the two are at their lowest…
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Recorded on 30 June 2026, Claire Lehmann sat down with Derek Francis— former chief economist at the NSW Parliamentary Budget Office and a fund manager—to discuss a flaw in Treasury’s modelling of Australia’s new capital gains tax, one that could push effective tax rates on shares as high as 70 percent. TranscriptClaire Lehmann: Last month, Treasurer Jim Chalmers delivered one of Australia’s most ambitious and controversial budgets to date. It was framed as an attempt to restore intergenerational equity, in light of the fact that house prices have become completely unaffordable for young people across the country. To address this, negative…
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