XRP became the most traded asset on South Korea\u2019s Upbit exchange in the last seven days, pulling in $110 million in 24-hour volume and outpacing both top cryptos Bitcoin and Ethereum.<\/p>\n
The surge came alongside the biggest inflows into US XRP exchange-traded funds in four months, even as Bitcoin and Ethereum funds saw money flowing out.<\/p>\n
CME Group and NASDAQ announced they will launch crypto index futures on June 8, covering Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, XRP<\/a>, Cardano, Chainlink, and Stellar Lumens in a single contract.<\/p>\n The move points to growing institutional infrastructure being built around regulated digital assets. XRP itself climbed 4% in 24 hours to almost $1.5, while Bitcoin traded at $81,450 and Ethereum<\/a> sat at $2,287.<\/p>\n The price action<\/a> followed Thursday\u2019s markup vote on the CLARITY Act<\/a>, a proposed federal law that is driving fresh optimism across payment-focused cryptocurrencies.<\/p>\n XRP was not alone. Stellar Lumens, Cardano, and Hedera all posted gains that outran Bitcoin on the day. Reports indicate these tokens share a common thread \u2014 all are built around payments, settlement, and tokenization.<\/p>\n The bill, if passed, would lock in a federal court ruling that XRP sales on secondary markets do not qualify as securities. That ruling had long been in legal limbo. Making it permanent federal law would remove a regulatory cloud that has followed XRP for years.<\/p>\n\n The legislation also contains a provision \u2014 Section 401 \u2014 that would allow US banks to use digital assets for payments, custody, and settlement without needing prior regulatory approval.<\/p>\nWhat The CLARITY Act Would Do<\/h2>\n