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Ripple is the catchall name for the cryptocurrency platform, the transactional protocol for which is actually XRP, in the same fashion as Ethereum is the name for the platform that facilitates trades in Ether. Like other cryptocurrencies, Ripple is built atop the idea of a distributed ledger network which requires various parties to participate in validating transactions, rather than any singular centralized authority. That facilitates transactions all over the world, and transfer fees are far cheaper than the likes of bitcoin. Unlike other cryptocurrencies, XRP transfers are effectively immediate, requiring no typical confirmation time.  Ripple was originally founded by a single company, Ripple Labs, and continues to be backed by it, rather than the larger network of developers that continue bitcoin’s development. It also doesn’t have a fluctuating amount of its currency in existence. Where bitcoin has a continually growing pool with an eventual maximum, and Ethereum theoretically has no limit, Ripple was created with all of its 100 billion XRP tokens right out of the gate. That number is maintained with no mining and most of the tokens are owned and held by Ripple Labs itself — around 60 billion at the latest count.  Even at the recently reduced value of around half a dollar per XRP, that means Ripple Labs is currently sitting on around $20 billion worth of the cryptocurrency (note: Ripple’s price crashed hard recently, and may be worth far less than $60 billion by time you read this). It holds 55 billion XRP in an escrow account, which allows it to sell up to a billion per month if it so chooses in order to fund new projects and acquisitions. Selling such an amount would likely have a drastic effect on the cryptocurrency’s value, and isn’t something Ripple Labs plans to do anytime soon.  In actuality, Ripple Labs is looking to leverage the technology behind XRP to allow for faster banking transactions around the world. While Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are built on the idea of separating financial transactions from the financial organizations of traditional currencies, Ripple is almost the opposite in every sense.  XRP by Ripple price can be found on this page alongside the market capitalization and additional stats.

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XRP is witnessing extreme community debate as it navigates a broader crypto market downturn and speculation around a new Fed Chair's potential impact on risk assets. While many fear further declines, a strong contingent of holders views current price weakness as a strategic accumulation opportunity, anticipating long-term utility and bolstered by the Senate's recent advancement of key crypto legislation.

Ethereum is a global, open-source platform for decentralized applications. In other words, it is a decentralized blockchain platform that enables developers to build and deploy smart contracts and applications without central authority control. Unlike Bitcoin, which primarily functions as digital currency, Ethereum operates as a programmable global computer where developers can create any type of decentralized service.   The platform hosts over $14 billion in DeFi applications with hundreds of thousands of active users across financial protocols, NFT marketplaces, and gaming platforms. Its transition to Proof of Stake in September 2022 reduced energy consumption by over 99%, addressing environmental concerns while strengthening network security.  The network operates through thousands of independent validator nodes that process transactions and execute smart contracts on the Ethereum Virtual Machine. Smart contracts are self-executing programs written in Solidity that automatically carry out agreements when conditions are met, eliminating intermediaries like banks or brokers.   Validators stake ETH as collateral to propose and validate blocks, earning rewards for honest participation while facing penalties for malicious behavior. The EIP-1559 upgrade introduced a dynamic base fee mechanism that burns ETH with each transaction, creating deflationary pressure during high network activity when more ETH is burned than issued to validators.  Vitalik Buterin proposed Ethereum in 2013, but seven co-founders helped build it, including Gavin Wood who created Solidity and the EVM technical specification, and Joseph Lubin who founded ConsenSys. The project launched in July 2015 after raising over $18 million through crowdfunding, quickly becoming the largest blockchain developer community. Major milestones include the 2020 Beacon Chain launch, the 2021 London hard fork implementing fee burning, and the 2022 Merge to Proof of Stake.   Ether (ETH) serves multiple functions: paying transaction fees (gas), staking to secure the network and earn 3-5% annual yields, serving as collateral in DeFi protocols, and purchasing NFTs and digital assets. The asset is increasingly adopted by traditional institutions, with publicly traded companies adding ETH to corporate treasuries to generate staking yields while maintaining blockchain exposure, and in 2024, the SEC approved spot Ethereum ETFs, allowing traditional investors to gain exposure through conventional brokerage accounts.  Ethereum's roadmap focuses on dramatically increasing transaction capacity to over 100,000 per second, reducing confirmation times, and enhancing decentralization while maintaining security against future threats like quantum computing.

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Ethereum is trending as substantial institutional inflows into its ETFs and record staking deposits signal significant accumulation, even amidst recent price dips. The community is buzzing with mixed sentiment, debating whether this signals an imminent rebound or continued volatility, especially as capital appears to be rotating from traditional assets.

Bitcoin is the world's first decentralized cryptocurrency, created in 2009 by the pseudonymous Satoshi Nakamoto. It enables peer-to-peer electronic cash transactions without intermediaries like banks or governments, operating on a blockchain secured by Proof of Work mining and the SHA-256 cryptographic algorithm.   With a fixed supply cap of 21 million coins and programmatic halvings every four years that reduce miner rewards, Bitcoin is designed as a deflationary digital asset often called "digital gold." Its value stems from solving the double-spending problem without trusted intermediaries, creating the first truly scarce digital asset with censorship resistance and permissionless access that no government, corporation, or individual can control.  Bitcoin operates as a decentralized peer-to-peer network where transactions are recorded on a public ledger called the blockchain, distributed across thousands of computers globally. Transactions are grouped into blocks added approximately every 10 minutes through mining, where specialized computers compete to solve complex mathematical puzzles.   Bitcoin has achieved mainstream adoption through multiple vectors. The January 2024 SEC approval of 11 spot Bitcoin ETFs opened Bitcoin investment to traditional finance participants, and corporations like Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) are using Bitcoin as a treasury reserve asset to protect against currency debasement, offering MSTR holders amplified exposure to Bitcoin.   The Bitcoin ecosystem continues to evolve with innovations like Ordinals, which emerged in January 2023 to enable NFT-like functionality directly on Bitcoin, and BRC-20 tokens, an experimental standard for creating fungible tokens using Ordinal inscriptions. BTCFi (Bitcoin Finance) represents emerging financial applications extending beyond Bitcoin's traditional role, with protocols like Babylon allowing Bitcoin holders to stake BTC to secure Proof of Stake chains.

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Bitcoin is trending amid a sharp sell-off in precious metals, with many expecting capital rotation into crypto, while the community remains highly divided between extreme bearish sentiment fueled by controversial allegations from newly released files and bullish expectations for institutional buying and regulatory clarity.

The Chemours Co. is a holding company, which engages in the provision of performance chemicals. The firm delivers solutions, which include a range of industrial and chemical products for markets including coatings, plastics, refrigeration and air conditioning, transportation, semiconductors and consumer electronics, and general industrial. It operates through the following segments: Titanium Technologies, Thermal and Specialized Solutions, Advanced Performance Materials, and Other. The Titanium Technologies segment is involved in the manufacture of titanium dioxide pigment. The Thermal and Specialized Solutions segment offers refrigerants, propellants, blowing agents, and specialty solvents. The Advanced Performance Materials segment produces polymers and advanced materials that deliver attributes, including chemical inertness, thermal stability, low friction, weather and corrosion resistance, extreme temperature stability, and di-electric properties. The Other segment consists of performance chemicals and intermediates business. The company was founded on February 18, 2014 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

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Chemours (CC) is trending as its Opteon immersion cooling fluid gains significant attention for AI data centers through Samsung's qualification and new strategic partnerships, sparking community discussion around this high-growth catalyst despite past environmental and financial reporting challenges.

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VHUB is gaining significant attention following its recent direct listing, with the community actively discussing its high after-hours volume and notable percentage increase on its trading debut.

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USOR CRYPTO is trending due to widespread community speculation surrounding an anticipated press release and a significant February 1st event, fueling intense FOMO and rapid price action. Despite strong concerns about its legitimacy as a potential 'rug pull,' many traders are actively discussing ways to acquire the token to capitalize on its volatility.

Bankr is an advanced AI agent focused on simplifying the process of buying and selling digital assets. Bankr was the first AI agent on Farcaster to help you quickly buy all your favorites coins directly in the social. BankrCoin is the official coin of the agent and was deployed by Bankr itself directly in the Farcaster social feed. Fees from swaps go to support BankrCoin. Bankr is available on Farcaster and will soon be launching a private terminal, token recs, and limit orders on Base.

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BankrCoin ($BNKR) is generating significant buzz as an AI agent utility token within Coinbase's Base ecosystem, with its community actively discussing a potential parabolic move and 'dropping zeros,' further fueled by a recent Forbes mention and perceived undervaluation relative to its ecosystem role.

Chainlink is the industry-standard decentralized oracle network that solves the "oracle problem" by connecting smart contracts with real-world data. Blockchains cannot access external information on their own, so Chainlink acts as a secure bridge, enabling smart contracts to react to real-world events using verified, tamper-proof data. It is widely considered one of the first decentralized oracle networks and is the market leader in bringing off-chain data on-chain.  The platform operates through a decentralized network of nodes that fetch, validate, and deliver data to smart contracts. When a contract requests information like a stock price, a committee of independent nodes retrieves and aggregates the data to reach consensus, then delivers a single trustworthy answer. Chainlink offers a suite of services including Data Feeds for asset prices, CCIP for cross-chain token transfers and messaging, Automation for triggering smart contract functions, and Proof of Reserve for verifying asset collateralization.  Chainlink has established itself as critical infrastructure for both DeFi and institutional adoption, with partnerships including Swift, Euroclear, Mastercard, UBS, ANZ, Fidelity International, and J.P. Morgan. Its institutional products include the Chainlink Runtime Environment for tokenized asset workflows, Confidential Compute for privacy-preserving computation, and the Automated Compliance Engine for embedding regulatory rules into smart contracts.  The LINK token is the native asset used to pay node operators for services, fund subscription accounts, and incentivize network security through staking. Node operators stake LINK as collateral, which can be slashed if they provide inaccurate data. Chainlink was co-founded in 2017 by Sergey Nazarov and Steve Ellis, who co-authored the white paper with Ari Juels, and raised $32 million in its September 2017 ICO.

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Chainlink is trending amidst strong institutional inflows following its Grayscale ETF launch and deepening integrations as vital infrastructure for Real-World Asset tokenization. This activity is sparking community debate about its price action as key regulatory clarity from the pending Clarity Act approaches.

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JPMorgan Equity Premium Income ETF ($JEPI) is a hot topic among investors actively discussing its consistent monthly income and perceived stability amidst current market volatility, with many comparing its dividend yield and NAV performance against other popular income-generating ETFs like JEPQ and SPYI.

Dogecoin is a cryptocurrency based on the popular "Doge" Internet meme and features a Shiba Inu on its logo. Dogecoin is a Litecoin fork. Introduced as a "joke currency" on 6 December 2013, Dogecoin quickly developed its own online community and reached a capitalization of US$60 million in January 2014. Compared with other cryptocurrencies, Dogecoin had a fast initial coin production schedule: 100 billion coins were in circulation by mid-2015, with an additional 5.256 billion coins every year thereafter. As of 30 June 2015, the 100 billionth Dogecoin had been mined.   Dogecoin was created by Billy Markus from Portland, Oregon and  Jackson Palmer from Sydney, Australia. Both wanted to create a fun cryptocurrency that will appeal beyond the core Bitcoin audience. Dogecoin is primarily used as a tipping system on Reddit and Twitter where users tip each other for creating or sharing good content. The community is very active in organising fundraising activities for deserving causes.  The developers of Dogecoin haven’t made any major changes to the coin since 2015. This means that Dogecoin could get left behind and is why Shibas are leaving Dogecoin to join more advanced platforms like Ethereum. One of Dogecoin strengths is its relaxed and fun-loving community. However, this is also a weakness because other currencies are way more professional.  To purchase Dogecoin, it involves downloading a crypto wallet, setting up a crypto exchange account and then trading away for your desired crypto currency. Once we have set up an account with a DOGE currency exchange and deposited some funds, you are ready to start trading.

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The Dogecoin community is deeply divided, with many debating its future as "dump it" calls clash against those confidently "buying the dips" and asserting long-term holding strategies amid widespread technical warnings of potential downside.

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Eli Lilly Hits $1 Trillion Milestone: ETFs to Invest in 

Lilly's $1T valuation and soaring GLP-1 demand spotlight ETFs like IHE, PPH, MEDI, OZEM, MEDX and THNR for investors riding the weight-loss drug boom.


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Shares of Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis AG were flat on Friday morning in heavy trading volume, despite the company reporting impressive quarterly results.&nbsp;Novartis posted core fourth-quarter (Q4) earnings per share (EPS) of $1.98, up from $1.53 last year, beating the consensus estimate of $1.80.&nbsp;Meanwhile, Q4 revenue reached $13.2 billion, surpassing the previous year’s $11.4 billion and analysts’ expectations of $12.84 billion.The company attributed its strong sales growth to its blockbuster heart-failure drug Entresto and arthritis medication Cosentyx.&nbsp;CEO Vas Narasimhan expressed optimism, stating, “In our first full year as a pure-play innovative medicines company, Novartis delivered one of the strongest financial performances in our history, growing sales 12% cc [constant currency basis] and core operating income 22% cc.”&nbsp;He added that the company achieved key innovation milestones, including new drug approvals and promising data that would drive growth in the mid- to long-term.Despite the upbeat results, retail sentiment on Stocktwits was mixed. Although message volume surged into ‘extremely bullish’ territory, sentiment remained ‘bearish,’ indicating some hesitation among retail traders.&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img style="aspect-ratio:1318/324;" src="https://st-everywhere-cms-prod.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/NVS_sentiment_and_message_volume_Jan_31_d92ad15174.png" alt="NVS sentiment and message volume Jan 31.png" width="1318" height="324"><figcaption>NVS sentiment and message volume Jan 31 as of 11:45 am ET | source: Stocktwits</figcaption></figure>Novartis is facing upcoming patent expirations for three key drugs, with Entresto expected to face generic competition in the U.S. mid-year.&nbsp;Additionally, two other top-selling drugs, Tasigna for leukemia and Promacta for a blood disorder, will face generics in the U.S.However, Narasimhan reassured investors, emphasizing the company’s “tremendous replacement power” and its ability to bring new treatments to market when patents on existing drugs expire.&nbsp;He also highlighted the company’s strong pipeline, with more than 30 assets that could drive differentiated growth over the long term, including updates on its cardiovascular drug candidate pelacarsen and a key late-stage trial this year.Looking ahead, Novartis forecasted FY25 net sales growth in the mid- to high-single-digit range, with core operating income expected to grow in the high single to low double-digit range.&nbsp;The company also proposed a 6.1% increase in its dividend to 3.50 Swiss francs per share for 2024.Although <a href="https://stocktwits.com/symbol/NVS">Novartis' stock</a> has lost 0.1% over the past 12 months, it is up more than 7% so far this year.For updates and corrections, email newsroom[at]stocktwits[dot]com.

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