XRP, the fifth-largest cryptocurrency and closely connected to Ripple, has increased nearly 5% in the last 24 hours to trade at $1.42, outpacing bitcoin, ethereum, and solana. Traders are betting on XRP’s price rising higher in March, with prediction market-implied odds of the token climbing above $1.50 rising to 67% on Tuesday, an increase from...

The state’s highest court won’t entertain 70,000-plus disqualified signatures collected by Smart & Safe Florida’s legalization campaign. 

 Chen said the new fund will allow Essence to lead bigger pre-seed rounds and gives him more flexibility on deployment timeframes.