Ripple co-founder Chris Larsen has donated $250,000 to a series of proposals presented to San Francisco Mayor London Breed, which could give police more power in using surveillance technology, drones, and pursuing suspects. Local media outlet SFS reported that Larsen is currently the largest donor, having provided $350,000 to a voting measure campaign sponsored by Breed ahead of next year's election.

On December 23rd, according to data published by analyst Ali on X platform, Ripple's whales increased their holdings by about 360 million XRP in the past week, worth about $223 million.

The daily trading volume of XRP is at a six-year low. The recorded trading volume of 1.9 billion on Thursday was lower than last year's 2.4 billion and significantly lower than the record of 19 billion in 2020. Cryptocurrency detectives say that the downward trend in trading volume not only affects XRP, but also affects the entire cryptocurrency industry.

Ripple announced that its Irish subsidiary, Ripple Markets Ireland Limited (Ripple Markets), has been added to the Central Bank of Ireland's (CBI) register of virtual asset service providers (VASPs). This decision will support Ripple in providing specific digital asset services in Ireland.

Palau cybersecurity advisor Jay Hunter Anson tweeted that the Palau Ministry of Finance has officially launched the second phase of the Palau Stablecoin (PSC) program, which will focus on building a strong digital ecosystem, improving accessibility and user engagement, and will prioritize legal and regulatory compliance.<br>The phase plan will integrate financial institutions, legal and regulatory compliance, regulatory agencies, legal frameworks, enterprises, and users to achieve transaction security and transparency that meets international standards.<br>In addition, Jay Hunter Anson also stated that Palau will continue to work with Ripple, utilizing Ripple's carbon-neutral CBDC platform and technology.

Ripple recently released a white paper clarifying central bank digital currencies (CBDCs). The document analyzes the potential benefits, related risks, and adoption barriers of CBDCs. According to Ripple's white paper, CBDC projects are flourishing globally. Currently, 130 countries, which account for 98% of global Gross Domestic Product (GDP), are actively exploring or implementing CBDC initiatives. Multiple countries/regions, including the United States, South Africa, and various EU member states, have entered the exploration phase. China has entered the pilot phase and is about to launch comprehensively in certain areas.

On December 14th, Ripple released a CBDC whitepaper emphasizing support for central bank digital currencies. In the document, Ripple explains the basics, advantages, and risks of CBDCs, as well as the barriers to widespread adoption. The whitepaper notes that CBDCs can help expand financial inclusion, simplify cross-border payments, and strengthen monetary policy control.

Galaxy Digital founder and CEO Mike Novogratz admits that his past views on XRP and Ripple were "completely wrong." Novogratz now sees Ripple as an institution and the XRP community as a "real" organization that cares about the ecosystem and the token. In addition, Novogratz believes that the current high spending by the US government is stimulating the economy, but he also acknowledges that there will be a price to pay in the future. <br>

Former SEC Chairman Jay Clayton publicly criticized the favorable ruling for Ripple made by the court. XRP lawyer John Deaton refuted this criticism and emphasized the differences between the Ripple case and the SEC's lawsuits against cryptocurrency projects Terraform Labs and LBRY. In both of these cases, the court ruled against the SEC, but these rulings were based on motions to dismiss and did not involve providing complete evidence. The SEC's attempt to compare the cases seems to have failed.

According to Whale Alert monitoring, 90,016,000 XRP was transferred from an unknown wallet to another unknown wallet, worth over $55,609,091.

According to Whale Alert monitoring, at around 07:24 Beijing time, 24 million XRP (worth 14.79 million US dollars) was transferred from an unknown wallet to Bitstamp.

Ripple lawyer John E Deaton wrote on X platform that when I sued the SEC, SEC lawyers Jorge Tenreiro and others lied to the judge, telling him that I was a dissatisfied XRP holder, claiming that I was uneasy because I lost money by betting on the wrong token. The fact is, when the SEC filed the lawsuit, I had already made a lot of money on XRP. At that time, I owned three tokens, and XRP was my smallest investment after BTC and ETH. However, after the lawsuit, I did buy more XRP because I knew we would win, and it was like betting on myself, betting that the judge would follow the law.

US district judge Robert Shelby issued a warning to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in the case of encryption company DEBT Box. Ripple lawyer John E. Deaton said he was not surprised by the development, which shows that the SEC has personal biases in handling encryption cases. He stated on the X platform: "The SEC blatantly ignores Congress's demands, and even Democrats like Ritchie Torres recognize that Gensler and the SEC have lost control."

According to Whale Alert monitoring, 1 billion XRP ($602,019,904) has been unlocked from Ripple's custody.

According to Whale Alert monitoring, 32,078,901 XRP (approximately $19,557,285) was transferred from an unknown wallet to Bithumb.

According to Whale Alert monitoring, 80 million XRP (about $48 million) was transferred from Ripple to an unknown wallet.

According to X platform user Ali, on-chain data shows that XRP whales have purchased approximately 11 million XRP worth about $6.82 million in the past week.

According to on-chain analyst Ali, XRP whales have purchased approximately 11 million XRP worth around $6.82 million in the past week, as reported by Golden Finance.

Ripple lawyer John E Deaton claimed on social media that the US has officially lost control. Compared to fraudsters, regulatory agencies in the US have caused greater punishment and harm to US investors, which highlights many issues. This is not meant to diminish the existence of fraudulent behavior within the ecosystem.

The "fixReducedOffersV1" amendment has now been activated on the XRP Ledger, which is expected to improve the efficiency of the order book. This update improves the rounding of reduced offers, and the reduced offer rate is rounded up or down through this correction, allowing reduced offers to be consumed by offers that match the original and full quantity, which will be more beneficial to XRPL users. It is reported that in the past week, the XRP Ledger has received two new proposals: "XLS-49d: Multi-Signer List", which will support multiple signer lists for each account; and "0051 XLS-51d: NFToken Hosting", which proposes a small change to accommodate NFT hosting, as the XRP Ledger currently only supports hosting for a single type of token, XRP.