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📰#WeeklyRecap: 1. SEC vs. Ripple: The U.S. District Court has made a ruling in the case of the SEC against Ripple. The court has ruled that XRP is not an investment contract, and thus not a security. The programmatic sales of XRP by Ripple on crypto exchanges did not violate securities laws. However, Ripple’s institutional sales of XRP did violate securities laws. The ruling has implications for Ripple's past and future sales, and for other crypto exchanges facing similar legal battles. 2. XRP and Market Reaction: The judgment on Ripple's XRP case prompted a surge in its price by 70% to $0.80. Coinbase shares also rose by 24%. Other tokens allegedly implicated by the SEC in cases against Coinbase and Binance also saw a favorable price action following the ruling. 3. Coinbase Wallet and XMTP: Coinbase has integrated XMTP, a decentralized messaging platform, into its wallet. This combines social features like messaging with financial aspects of the wallet. The integration is viewed as a step towards developing 'super apps', and the growing consumer crypto infrastructure layer also opens new competitive dynamics. 4. Launch of Base and Linea Mainnet: Coinbase's Base and Consensys' zk-rollup Linea announced their mainnet launches. Developers can now deploy apps on Base, while Linea is onboarding select partners and users during their alpha release. 5. Render Network's New Focus: Render Network, initially focused on GPU-accelerated rendering jobs, has introduced RNP-004 to cater to the increased demand for machine learning tasks. 6. Polygon 2.0 Token: Polygon introduced a new token economic model for its ecosystem, introducing the POL token, a 1:1 upgrade of the existing MATIC token. POL allows holders to become validators for multiple Polygon chains and receive rewards for a variety of services.