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The post XRP price eyes breakout ahead Bitwise ETF launches appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. XRP price is tightening inside a breakout pattern as traders watch for the impact of today’s Bitwise XRP ETF launch. Summary XRP trades near $2.13 as price compresses inside a tightening triangle pattern. Bitwise’s XRP ETF set to launch on the NYSE with fee waivers and rising institutional interest. Technical signals show mixed momentum, but a breakout becomes more likely as volatility builds. XRP traded at $2.13 at press time, slipping 1.1% over the past 24 hours as the crypto market saw mixed sentiment. The asset remains under pressure, down 14% in the last week and 12% over the last 30 days, while still sitting 41% below its July 18 all-time high of $3.65. Even with the weakness in price, activity is rising. XRP (XRP) recorded $5.57 billion in 24-hour spot volume, a 20% increase that suggests traders are returning to the market ahead of a key catalyst. CoinGlass data shows derivatives volume up 26% to $8.32 billion, while open interest dipped 1.26% to $3.71 billion. Higher derivatives volume with declining open interest often shows traders closing old positions and preparing for short-term volatility. Bitwise XRP ETF prepares to go live The long-awaited Bitwise XRP ETF will officially launch today, Nov. 20, on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker XRP. The spot ETF provides direct exposure to XRP without requiring investors to hold the token, opening the door for traditional institutions, wealth managers, and pension funds that were previously limited by regulatory hurdles. Bitwise first filed earlier this year, with an expected October debut pushed back by the U.S. government shutdown. The issuer updated its S-1 on Oct. 31, triggering the Securities and Exchange Commission’s 20-day automatic effectiveness window. The fund carries a 0.34% annual fee, but it is waived for the first month on the first $500…

The post Stablecoin agent: Bluwhale automates AI-driven wealth appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Bluwhale introduces a new stablecoin agent to automate digital dollar investing across blockchains, aiming to merge AI automation with safer, risk-based yield strategies for retail users. How Bluwhale’s new stablecoin agent aims to automate wealth building On Nov. 19, 2025 in San Francisco, CA, Bluwhale unveiled its AI Stablecoin Agent, a decentralized tool that executes AI agent transactions across multiple blockchains. The platform is designed to help individual investors grow wealth with dollar-denominated digital assets in a fully automated and risk-aware way. Stablecoins have quickly become one of the fastest-growing asset classes in Web3, with market capitalization now exceeding $300 billion. As consumers and businesses adopt digital dollars for payments, yield, and treasury management, integration momentum is building across major payment networks. Visa, Mastercard, Stripe, and PayPal are now integrating stablecoin settlement, pushing digital dollars into the financial mainstream. However, despite this rapid growth, most investors still struggle to understand how these tokens work, how they differ, and how to deploy them intelligently. What problem does Bluwhale solve for stablecoin investors? Stablecoins typically maintain value by being collateralized with real assets. These can include fiat currencies such as the U.S. dollar, commodities like gold, or cryptocurrencies. Others rely on algorithmic mechanisms that dynamically manage supply and demand to hold their peg, which can be harder for retail users to evaluate. As markets turn volatile, more investors are converting risk-on assets into digital dollars to limit price swings without leaving crypto rails. However, choosing between tokenized T-bills, CeFi yield accounts, DeFi lending protocols, or liquidity pools remains complex, especially across hundreds of blockchains and platforms. Bluwhale’s AI Stablecoin Agent continuously scans hundreds of chains, protocols, and DeFi platforms to find the best risk-adjusted returns. It covers tokenized T-bills, CeFi interest products, DeFi lending markets, and liquidity pools, then automatically allocates capital…

The post Q3 earnings season: Retail sector in focus appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Here are the key points: For the 466 S&P 500 members that have reported Q3 results, total earnings are up +14.0% from the same period last year on +7.9% higher revenues, with 83.0% beating EPS estimates and 75.3% beating revenue estimates. The proportion of these 466 index members beating both EPS and revenue estimates is 65.9%. The Q3 earnings and revenue growth pace for these 466 index members represents an acceleration relative to what we have seen from this same group of companies in recent quarters. The proportion of these 466 index members beating EPS and revenue estimates is tracking significantly above the historical averages for this same group of companies. For the Retail sector, we now have Q3 results from 76.7% of sector companies in the S&P 500 index. Total earnings for these companies are up +18.5% on +8.4% higher revenues, with 69.6% beating EPS estimates and 82.6% beating revenue estimates. Looking at 2025 Q3 as a whole, combining the actual results from the 466 index members that have reported with estimates for the still-to-come companies, total S&P 500 index earnings are expected to be up +14.8% from the same period last year on +8.1% higher revenues. The retail sector – S&P 500 vs. S&P 600 We have a dedicated sector classification for the Retail sector instead of clubbing these companies in the Consumer Discretionary and Consumer Staples sectors. We believe that the stand-alone Zacks Retail sector enables a more nuanced, granular understanding of the space. For reference, Zacks has 16 ‘economic’ sectors, including the Retail sector, which compares to 11 such sectors in the ‘official’ S&P classification system. In addition to the Retail sector, we also have dedicated sectors for Automobile, Construction, Aerospace/Defense, Transportation, and Business Services. Please note that the Zacks Retail sector includes not only conventional…