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Bitcoin whales are accumulating before Wednesday's US inflation report, despite $744 million in recent spot ETF withdrawals. According to an Oct. 13 CryptoQuant report, large holders have increased their combined Bitcoin holdings to 3.03 million BTC, with accumulation accelerating to its fastest monthly pace since February.

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DriveWealth has partnered with Ripple to integrate stablecoin settlement, cross-border payments and digital asset custody into its global brokerage infrastructure. The collaboration will initially support settlement in Europe, with plans to expand to the United States.

 

Ripple has signed its fourth Korean institutional partnership of 2026 with Meritz Securities, yet XRP (CRYPTO: XRP) keeps falling anyway. What the Meritz Deal Actually Covers Ripple announced Tuesday that it will work with Meritz Securities to explore bringing Ripple Custody and tokenization infrastructure into Korea's capital markets.

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The token was down 2.93% over 24 hours, with $1.01 million in long liquidations during the same hour.