Ripple must satisfy comprehensive operational, capital, and regulatory prerequisites to convert its conditional OCC approval into an active national trust bank charter.

​Mandatory Next Steps: Ripple must inject mandated tier-1 paid-in capital into escrow, clear OCC executive vetting under 12 CFR 5.51, complete independent security audits on key-management infrastructure, and pass an on-site OCC pre-opening inspection.

​Operational Scope: The resulting entity will function strictly as a specialized fiduciary custodian and collateral trustee for RLUSD reserves to eliminate institutional settlement friction, rather than operating retail deposits or fractional-reserve lending.

​Timeline & Target Dates:
​Q3–Q4 2026: Finalization of capital requirements, third-party IT audits, and executive non-objection filings.

​Q4 2026: On-site OCC pre-opening examination.

​Late Q4 2026 – Q1 2027: Anticipated issuance of the Certificate of Authority and operational launch as collateral trustee.

​June 12, 2027: Statutory expiration deadline for the 18-month organizing window.

THUNE SAYS AT LEAST 15 REPUBLICAN SENATORS ARE A HARD “NO” ON ELIMINATING THE FILIBUSTER TO PASS THE SAVE AMERICA ACT.

They met with 20 GOP senators. 15 SAID NO.

We deserve to know WHO THESE 15 ARE AND WHY THEY’RE BETRAYING THEIR VOTERS.

NAME THEM ALL.

Senate Republicans are on record against eliminating the filibuster, including John Thune, Mitch McConnell, Thom Tillis, Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski, John Curtis, Shelley Moore Capito, Cynthia Lummis, John Kennedy, Mike Rounds, Steve Daines, and Chuck Grassley.

Members of the U.S. Senate do not use public direct email addresses; all digital messages are submitted via constituent web forms.
​John Thune (R-SD)
​Phone: (202) 224-2321
​Contact Form: thune.senate.gov/contact
​Mitch McConnell (R-KY)
​Phone: (202) 224-2541
​Contact Form: mcconnell.senate.gov/contact
​Thom Tillis (R-NC)
​Phone: (202) 224-6342
​Contact Form: tillis.senate.gov/email-me
​Susan Collins (R-ME)
​Phone: (202) 224-2523
​Contact Form: collins.senate.gov/contact
​Lisa Murkowski (R-AK)
​Phone: (202) 224-6665
​Contact Form: murkowski.senate.gov/contact
​John Curtis (R-UT)
​Phone: (202) 224-5251
​Contact Form: curtis.senate.gov/contact
​Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV)
​Phone: (202) 224-6472
​Contact Form: capito.senate.gov/contact
​Cynthia Lummis (R-WY)
​Phone: (202) 224-3424
​Contact Form: lummis.senate.gov/contact
​John Kennedy (R-LA)
​Phone: (202) 224-4623
​Contact Form: kennedy.senate.gov/email-me
​Mike Rounds (R-SD)
​Phone: (202) 224-5842
​Contact Form: rounds.senate.gov/contact
​Steve Daines (R-MT)
​Phone: (202) 224-2651
​Contact Form: daines.senate.gov/contact
​Chuck Grassley (R-IA)
​Phone: (202) 224-3744
​Contact Form: grassley.senate.gov/contact
​Any office can also be reached through the main U.S. Capitol Switchboard at (202) 224-3121.

The U.S. Senate is scheduled to take up a cloture vote on the motion to proceed to the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act (CLARITY Act, H.R. 3633) on Tuesday at 2:15 PM ET.

​The Procedural Hurdle
​The 60-vote requirement: Cloture on a motion to proceed requires a three-fifths majority (60 votes) to break a filibuster and begin formal consideration.

​The math: With a 53-seat Republican majority, bill leaders need at least 7 bipartisan crossover votes—assuming full party unity—to clear the procedural barrier.

​What it is (and isn't): Passing this motion does not make the bill law. It simply ends debate on whether to open the floor for formal debate, amendments, and eventual final-passage votes.

​Why the XRP Community Is Watching
​Jurisdictional clarity: The CLARITY Act establishes concrete regulatory boundaries between the SEC and the CFTC, codifying explicit definitions for secondary-market token transactions and decentralization criteria.

​Secondary market certainty: While court precedents have largely recognized programmatic digital asset sales as non-securities, statutory codification provides permanent institutional safeguards that cannot be challenged by future agency leadership changes.

​Banking rails & institutional adoption: Formal market-structure legislation directly impacts custody frameworks, stablecoin settlement protocols, and digital asset integration across major financial institutions.

​Compounding Macro Volatility
The cloture vote lands 24 hours before the Federal Open Market Committee concludes its policy meeting on Wednesday at 2:00 PM ET. Between the 60-vote threshold test in the Senate and the subsequent interest rate decision, digital asset liquidity will navigate significant regulatory and macroeconomic crosswinds this week.

​Are you watching how the vote tallies will fall among key swing committee members, or mainly preparing your positioning for the volatility across the Fed rate decision?

Official Senate Floor Feeds (Gavel-to-Gavel)
​C-SPAN: youtube.com/@CSPAN
​Coverage: Clean, uninterrupted broadcast of the U.S. Senate chamber, roll-call voting tallies, and floor speeches without commentary.
​PBS NewsHour: youtube.com/@PBSNewsHour
​Coverage: Live feeds for major Senate floor roll calls and high-profile legislative votes via their "Live" tab.
​Crypto Legal & Market Watch Parties
​CryptoLawTV (John Deaton): youtube.com/@CryptoLawTV
​Coverage: Statutory analysis, SEC vs. CFTC jurisdictional boundaries, and legal implications for secondary-market XRP trading.
​Thinking Crypto: youtube.com/channel/UCd8-xa-xPaB8X87ggVEGjAA
​Coverage: Real-time vote tracking, whip count breakdowns, and policy analysis across Capitol Hill.
​Paul Barron Network: youtube.com/channel/UC4VPa7EOvObpyCRI4YKRQRw
​Coverage: Macro market reactions, live liquidity tracking, and crypto market sentiment during the vote window.
​Digital Asset Investor: youtube.com/@digitalassetinvestor
​Coverage: Dedicated XRP community livestream discussions and sentiment tracking leading up to the vote.

​Tip: Check the Live tab on these channels 15–30 minutes before 2:15 PM ET to jump straight into active streams as they spin up.

New movie ‘Run Hide Fight: Infidels’ calls out the threat of radical Islam in America.

“There are 3 ways Islam will conquer the West: through immigration, through the wombs of our women and by using our own Western freedoms against us.”

And a 4th... terrorist attacks, 5th muslim countries financing mosques, 6th use islamofobia rethoric to stop any free speech against them, 7th infiltrate political positions to change laws.

🚨 IT'S OFFICIAL: Multiple people have been caught red-handed and ARRESTED for conspiring to commit massive voter fraud on Skid Row in California, paying homeless people for signatures

They STOLE identities to manufacture ballot petition support

The fraudsters were RAPIDLY arrested and @JamesOKeefeIII exposed it all: Gavin Newsom's CA has an absolutely HUGE voter fraud issue and it runs through the homeless population

SAVE AMERICA ACT so this BS can stop happening! 🇺🇸

Convicted Felon Who Shot a Charlotte Cop Was Already a Habitual Offender — Then He Stacked 62 New Charges in Just SIX WEEKS

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/09/convicted-felon-who-shot-charlotte-cop-was-already/

SWC Advocates: the Senate votes on the CLARITY Act tomorrow. This vote will determine its fate and your Senators need to hear from you so they vote "YES." Email your Senator today: https://standwithcrypto.org/s/email-clarity-senators

The Left is going to steal the Swedish election....elections are never this close...

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This Couple Trapped Children in a Trailer for Years: Now Florida Is Seeking the Death Penalty

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/09/couple-trapped-children-trailer-years-now-florida-seeking/

Just like I delivered on the Great Big Beautiful Bill, which everyone said was impossible to pass, and the $1,776 to our great Military Warriors, I will get the $5000 for adult citizens if the Republicans win the House and Senate. JUST GET OUT AND VOTE REPUBLICAN!!! President DJT

Democrats will reach superretardation way before AI reaches superintelligence. — BOOKMARK THIS!!!

Republicans just got another bad decision from the United States Supreme Court, one that the Court System took forever to give, and then blamed it, in part, on no time left to implement a solution to our totally CORRUPT and out of control Mail-In voting “disaster,” which is a laughing stock all over the World, and where we are the only country that has to endure such a Nation Destroying SCAM. Justices Alito and Thomas, legends both, strongly disagreed with this horrible, highly political, ruling. It is a big loss for Republicans, and America itself, and makes cheating by the Radical Left “Dumocrats,” on Mail-In Ballots, a much easier thing to do - And now they have an open field to do so! The Supreme Court has really let our Country down! Certain Justices are petrified of these crazed and depraved Democrats, and are totally unable to show the courage necessary to save our America. Their horrible decision on Tariffs will be costing the U.S.A., for many years to come, Trillions and Trillions of Dollars. They didn’t even state, “money paid does not have to be paid back,” much to the benefit of entities that truly hate our Country, and have been RIPPING IT OFF FOR YEARS, unnecessarily costing us, immediately, Billions of Dollars. Likewise, the Supreme Court’s Decision on Birthright Citizenship is a complete and total disaster for America, and has already led to massive corruption with respect to “citizenship” in our Country. The damage done to America is incalculable, and they know this, just as everyone else does - It is an irreparable and unrecoverable harm! The Court’s inability and unwillingness to do the right thing for our Country will go down, in a very negative way, in the annals of History. This Supreme Court is bullied and cajoled by the Radical Left into making decisions that have set America back at least a hundred years. These are not the people I interviewed to serve on the United States Supreme Court, they are merely a shell of their original selves, a Court that is costing the United States Trillions of Dollars with shockingly bad rulings that are of such magnitude that it won’t be easily possible for our Country to recover or heal. It is a Court that will go down as having rendered some of the most destructive, hurtful, and damaging decisions in our Country’s history. It is not easy for me to write this criticism of the United States Supreme Court - it will likely cost me dearly for years to come - but I feel it my obligation and duty, as President, to do so for the America we love! Thank you for your attention to this very important matter. God bless the U.S.A. President DONALD J. TRUMP