Analysts say XRP prices may soar as DTCC tokenization and CLARITY bill approach

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分析师指出：DTCC代币化进程与CLARITY法案临近，XRP或迎价格飙升

加密货币分析师Jake Claver近日在Abs Nassif主持的“Good Evening Crypto”播客中，概述了一系列可能对XRP价格产生重大影响的宏观经济发展。他将日本货币政策转向、美国稳定币新法案以及股市代币化，视为塑造数字资产格局的关键因素。

日本货币政策驱动全球资金流动

日本目前是美国国债的第二大海外持有国，储备总额达1.6万亿美元。多年来，投资者利用“日元套利交易”——即借入利率极低的日元，投资于收益率更高的美国债券——这一策略导致日本积累了巨额美国债务。然而，随着日本利率上升、大规模贷款到期，加之中东紧张局势可能扰乱石油供应，这一趋势正在逆转。Claver认为，能源成本上升将推高日本通胀，并促使日本进一步加息，从而提高借入日元的成本，导致日元走强。随着条件收紧，日本投资者开始减持美国国债，将资金汇回国内，投入日元和日本债券。Claver引用2024年8月市场剧烈波动的例子——包括标普500指数单日下跌13%——作为证据，表明如果套利交易继续大规模平仓，可能会发生什么情况。

迷你词典：Yen carry trade, a financial strategy in which investors borrow yen at low interest rates, invest in higher-yielding assets in other countries, and profit from interest rate differences.

XRP's Role in Legislation and Market Change

The recently proposed "Genius Act" in the United States aims to allow banks to use returned U.S. bonds as stablecoin reserves. Large investment banks facing unrealized losses may look to value-added assets to balance their positions. Claver highlighted the risks of Bitcoin ETFs, pointing out that large investments by pension funds and sovereign wealth funds have made these instruments a potential trigger for instability in the broader market when Bitcoin prices fall sharply. Bitcoin's rapid decline could force large institutional holders to sell, exacerbating market volatility and accelerating the transition of financial markets to real-time settlement. The podcast discussion pointed out that "profound changes in global capital flows and the emergence of next-generation market infrastructure may reset the liquidity dynamics of digital assets such as XRP."

Institutions adopt tokenization plan with DTCC

Claver pointed out that U.S. stock market clearing has shifted to the T+1 model, and industry leaders are exploring the use of distributed ledger technology for further upgrades. He mentioned a conversation between Nasdaq President and Ripple President Monica Long, which discussed using blockchain solutions for DTCC's back-end clearing and reconciliation processes. Ripple Prime, a service related to XRP publisher Ripple, has been selected as one of 50 participants in the DTCC Industry Working Group. The working group also includes major financial institutions such as Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase, BlackRock, Circle and Ondo Finance. DTCC is preparing to conduct initial production transactions of tokenized assets in July and expects a broader roll-out in October.

Mini Dictionary: DTCC (Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation), a central counterparty that provides clearing and settlement services to U.S. financial markets, is responsible for processing trillions of dollars in securities transactions every day.

Overview of the roles of DTCC working group members:

Ripple Prime: Developing a DLT (Distributed Ledger Technology)-based tokenized asset settlement solution

Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase, BlackRock, Circle, Ondo Finance: Industry participants in tokenization pilots

CLARITY Act aims to reshape the regulatory landscape

The CLARITY Bill, currently on the Senate legislative agenda, aims to address regulatory ambiguity in the classification of digital assets. A vote is expected in the near future. Claver believes that successful large-scale settlement of tokenized stocks requires significantly more liquidity. He predicts that growing demand, coupled with the impact of monetary policies in the United States and Japan and the upcoming launch of DTCC, could trigger a supply shock for XRP. Claver concluded: "With the unwinding of the yen carry trade, the regulatory clarity that the CLARITY Act may bring, and DTCC tokenization approaches, conditions are emerging for large fluctuations in XRP prices."