$HEX
Cooling DownSnapshot Window: 2026-08-16 15:40 UTC · ← Back to Crypto Overview
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THOSE OF YOU WHO WANTED TO HEAR FROM BRAD GET YOUR ASS UP! @bgarlinghouse , CEO of @Ripple , is speaking at the SALT Wyoming Blockchain Symposium. LESS THAN 2 DAYS UNTIL BRAD TAKES THE STAGE. His session: “Modernizing Financial Infrastructure”
AI visual note: A promotional graphic for the SALT Wyoming Blockchain Symposium features Brad Garlinghouse, CEO of Ripple, in a suit and tie against a blue background with mountain silhouettes. The image highlights his upcoming session titled "Modernizing Financial Infrastructure" at the Jackson Hole event, August 17-20, with logos for SALT and Kraken displayed.
XRP
Free mint NFT vs paid mint NFT — the 2026 results are not close and the old model lost High paid mints brought large capital into NFT collections at the peak of attention. Years later most of those NFT collections sit 90%+ below those prices with much lower daily engagement. BAYC, MAYC, Azuki, Doodles, CloneX, Moonbirds — the expensive entry points did not protect holders from the fade that followed. The capital moved. The activity did not stay. Holders paid the difference. Free mint structure removed the extraction event entirely. The clearest working example of that structure is already ranked. Doginal Dogs took no primary capital, delivered years of continuous activity instead of years of fade, and now sits at #1 on the independent boards that measure trust and ethics (99/100, A+). The paid-mint cohort produced the body count. The free-mint continuous model produced the current reference point for what a healthier NFT looks like.