Bitcoin Holds Critical Support While XRP Mainnet Upgrade Is 48 Hours Away Memorial Day Crypto Recap

Added: 2026-05-29

[00:00:00]Bitcoin is clinging to critical support.

[00:00:03]XRP is 2 days away from a major mainnet [music] upgrade. That is just where we are starting this Monday morning. Stay locked in.

[00:00:10]Today's news is moving fast.

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[00:00:21]For our United States audience, happy Memorial Day.

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[00:00:27]Let's get right into it.

[00:00:29]Bitcoin is trading near $77,000 [music] this morning. It's consolidating above a key support level after a 1% dip in the last 24 hours.

[00:00:38]Analysts are watching the $78,500 resistance closely.

[00:00:42]That is the wall that needs to break before we talk about any real momentum shift.

[00:00:48]With [music] macro uncertainty still in the air and ETF outflows still a concern, Bitcoin is essentially in a wait-and-see mode.

[00:00:57]Calm energy, but the pressure is building. But that's not all. Behold XRP, you need to hear this.

[00:01:04]The XRP ledger is now just 48 hours away from its version [music] 3.1.3 mainnet upgrade, scheduled to activate at 3:49 a.m. UTC on May 27th. This is not a routine patch.

[00:01:16]The fix cleanup amendment resolves critical bugs in NFTs, vault withdrawals, lending protocols, and permission domains.

[00:01:24]50% of nodes are already updated. Whale accumulation on XRP [music] continues with over 71 million tokens stacked up.

[00:01:32]XRP is currently trading around $1.35.

[00:01:34][music] The community is watching closely.

[00:01:38]A clean upgrade here could be a strong [music] technical catalyst.

[00:01:42]And speaking of the broader market opening up, blockchain.com just filed confidentially with the SEC for a US initial public offering. It's a Dallas-based firm, one of the oldest names in the space.

[00:01:55]Supports over 95 million wallets and has been profitable for three straight years.

[00:02:00]The filing signals that institutional confidence in crypto infrastructure is quietly building again.

[00:02:06]Even as other firms like Kraken and Ledger have paused their own IPO plans.

[00:02:12]Finally, a quick Chainlink update for the link watchers in the community.

[00:02:15]Following a major exploit on a competing protocol, a significant migration wave is underway.

[00:02:21]Toward Chainlink's [music] cross-chain interoperability protocol, known as CCIP, analysts say this is driving real token demand and network activity.

[00:02:29]Institutional money is paying attention to LINK at these levels around [music] $9.50.

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