#Write2Earn Ripple's worldwide momentum continues to be unrivaledBrad Garlinghouse, CEO of Ripple, has celebrated a series of epic wins for the fintech giant. In a tweet, the #RippleCEO celebrated the company's latest acquisition of Standard Custody and Trust, including its licensing wins.In Q4, Ripple (including subsidiaries) gained licenses in major markets, including its full Major Payments Institution license from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and its registration as a Virtual Asset Service Provider by the Central Bank of Ireland.To date, Ripple holds a New York BitLicense and has secured money transmitter licenses in nearly 40 jurisdictions in the U.S.Ripple announced on Tuesday that it had agreed to acquire Standard Custody & Trust Company, an enterprise-grade regulated platform for digital assets.This step reinforces Ripple's commitment to regulatory compliance while also allowing the company to expand its existing product offerings and explore new, complementary products.We are pleased to announce that we have entered an agreement to be acquired by @Ripple. Looking forward to this next chapter, focusing on what we do best - building enterprise-grade solutions for our customers. Learn more: https://t.co/KySdqUH2Ma— Standard Custody (@StandardCustody) February 13, 2024With the acquisition, Standard Custody's limited purpose trust charter and money transmitter licenses will be added to #Ripple's growing regulatory license #portfolio .Ripple's worldwide momentum continues to be unrivaled, serving enterprises all over the world. The acquisition of Standard Custody followed last year's acquisition of Metaco, a custody solution.Ripple recently announced custody collaborations with top-tier institutions such as HSBC, BBVA and Zodia Custody, as well as the expansion of its Ripple Payments product into new territories, such as Africa.Ripple has doubled down on its core businesses of payments and custody, supporting live commercial custody offerings in 20 regulatory jurisdictions and payments to 70 countries worldwide.In 2023, a key legal victory in the Ripple lawsuit represented a watershed moment in determining $XRP 's legal standing. This was the first industry victory against the SEC, setting a precedent for other tokens in the United States.#BTC

Ethereum scaling

Crypto Upvotes experts offered to collect their investment portfolio of six tokens of promising projects for Ethereum scaling

Projects that solve the problems of scaling blockchain networks and Ethereum in particular. Now they are actively developing and attracting funding, which indicates a high interest of investors in these solutions. And expectations of growth of capitalization of this sector.

Ethereum’s transition to the Proof-of-Stake (PoS) algorithm in the network is proceeding smoothly: the problems with coin inflation and now with the withdrawal of tokens from staking with the Shapella update have been solved. But the issues of scaling the network, that is, making transactions in it faster and cheaper, have yet to be resolved.

According to the team’s plans, that will take two years. And during that time, Layer-2 projects that offer off-the-shelf extensions to scale Ethereum could cover the growing demand for the network.

Given how actively Ethereum is developing, the demand for it will only grow in the near future. Not only from within the industry, but also from external users. Who want to implement blockchain solutions with high security, speed and economy of transactions. Layer-2 solutions will obviously be in high demand in the coming months as well.

Our idea for an investment portfolio:

Buying a portfolio of tokens at current market prices in the following ratio:

Polygon (MATIC) – 25%

Synthetix (SNX) – 20%

Optimism (OP) – 15%

Loopring (LRC) – 15%

Celer Network (CELR) – 15%

Immutable (IMX) – 10%

This portfolio makes sense to hold till the end of the year. Since the main market movements may start in Q3-4.

Risks:

The main risk for this token portfolio will be a drop in market capitalization due to fundamental negative events. Such as external – the impact of inter-market relations and macroeconomics. As well as internal, it is the strengthening of regulatory pressure and problems of the projects, tokens of which are included in this portfolio.

It is also worth bearing in mind that the May-July period is historically weak for the growth of prices for digital assets. Therefore, the main movements on tokens from the portfolio may start in the second half of this year.

Disclaimer: Crypto-Upvotes does not provide investment advice. This material is published for informational purposes only. Cryptocurrency is a volatile asset that can lead to financial losses.

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