YC & Institutional Momentum Behind Crypto Startups
Y Combinator is actively calling for crypto founders in AI agents, stablecoins, trading, and neobanks. Coinbase holds Q3 earnings AMA Thursday. Ripple's Garlinghouse reaffirms XRP priority. Senator Hagerty hints US Strategic Bitcoin Reserve expansion 'could come very soon.'
What we know
An account on X highlights YC's call for crypto startups across AI capital raising, stablecoins, trading, and agents with a Monday application deadline. Coinbase is hosting its Q3 earnings AMA Thursday at 5PM ET, with another account on X among the guests. At Ripple's Swell conference, CEO Brad Garlinghouse confirmed XRP remains the top priority despite the company's growing focus on its RLUSD stablecoin, per @CoinDesk. On the Bitcoin Reserve front, Senator Bill Hagerty said expansion beyond the current 200,000 BTC 'could come very soon' once crypto market structure legislation clears. Separately, @CoinbaseMarkets notes Bitcoin reclaimed $81K, with Strive having purchased 15,538 BTC (~$1.25B) this month.
How the story developed
Y Combinator is actively calling for crypto founders in AI agents, stablecoins, trading, and neobanks. Coinbase holds Q3 earnings AMA Thursday. Ripple's Garlinghouse reaffirms XRP priority. Senator Hagerty hints US Strategic Bitcoin Reserve expansion 'could come very soon.'
The CFTC is again probing Polymarket over whether it adequately blocked US users, while an Ethereum Foundation-linked OG sold 7,594 ETH ($17.79M) after a year of dormancy.
Polymarket launched 5-minute BTC/ETH/SOL/XRP up/down prediction markets on its US app, drawing immediate criticism from market observers who call the products predatory and urge CFTC oversight.
Bitcoin miner MARA Holdings sold 1,000 BTC ($80M), while Ripple got OCC bank approval, BlackRock linked tokenized MMFs to yen stablecoins, and Ark Invest bought $5.2M in Circle shares — a busy institutional day in crypto.
Contrarian signals are emerging: big degens are starting to short BTC, which some see as fuel for a squeeze higher, while the 'XRP > BTC normie signal' suggests the bull run isn't over.
Sources
“Garlinghouse: 'We only want to do things that are good for XRP'”
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