Morning Crypto Report: XRP Staking to Attract BlackRock? Santa Rally May Bring Bitcoin to $112,000, Shiba Inu (SHIB) Scores New Listing in US
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The crypto market opens with a return of risk after Nvidia delivered numbers that forced traders to reassess their appetite. Bitcoin is out of its $90,000 trap, Ethereum gets a potential structural catalyst through BlackRock’s staked ETH filing, XRP enters a fresh staking discussion that may redirect institutional attention and SHIB gains a new derivatives route through Gemini. TL;DR BlackRock files for iShares Staked Ethereum ETF, RippleX revives XRP staking debate. Bitcoin rebuilds its case for a run toward $112,000 on the Bollinger Bands and seasonal flows. Gemini lists Shiba Inu (SHIB) futures with leverage up to 100x. BlackRock files for staked Ethereum ETF as Ripple pushes XRP staking BlackRock, managing about $11 trillion, entered another upgrade phase of its crypto product suite by filing for the iShares Staked Ethereum ETF in Delaware. The logic behind it is that institutional clients want exposure not only to Ethereum itself but to the native yield mechanics tied to its proof-of-stake system. The filing positions BlackRock to capture inflows that currently move through liquid staking protocols, centralized staking pools and wrapped-yield products, but without the operational complexity that most funds avoid. You Might Also Like The timing overlaps with an internal revival inside RippleX, where developers began outlining the conceptual path toward native XRP staking. Ripple’s dev arm is examining whether staking can strengthen network security and utility without rebuilding its core consensus design. With new DeFi protocols and apps emerging for XRP, what other possibilities for the network should be discussed? Ripple eng leader @ja_akinyele tackles this and the questions that need to be considered at the outset 👇 https://t.co/RCkiWKuiTO — Brad Garlinghouse (@bgarlinghouse) November 18, 2025 Ripple CTO David Schwartz offered two structural models: Dual-layer validator system with distinct roles for block production vs. stake validation. Fee-based structure that incorporates zero-knowledge proofs for securing the…
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