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A man has been arrested in connection to a June double murder. A man and a woman were shot and killed off Bowden Road near the ATM in the Bowden Corners Shopping Village parking lot.
On Monday, June 20, around 9:30 p.m., officers responded to a reported shooting at the intersection of Bowden Road and Spring Park Road. Two people, later identified by loved ones as Jamarion Barnes, 21, and Tyniya Powell, 20, were found shot several times. According to JSO, Barnes was pronounced dead at the scene. Powell died at the hospital.
Following an investigation, a warrant was issued for 20-year-old Raishion Gist’s arrest. Officers and the United States Marshals Fugitive Task Force arrested Gist Wednesday afternoon. He is facing two counts of murder in the shooting deaths.
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JSO credited the community’s crime tips with helping lead to Gist’s arrest. According to his arrest warrant, one of the victims, whose name is redacted, talked with Gist through texts and FaceTime calls earlier that day. They coordinated with Gist to pick him up close to his home, which is less than a mile from the scene. One of the victim’s phones was left in the car and collected as evidence then reviewed.
According to the warrant, Gist texted one of the victims, whose name is again redacted, earlier in the day, “Aye I need a p cuz my plug still in Texas.” The warrant said that’s a term used in dealing with and manufacturing drugs.
The warrant also said when they pulled up next to the ATM, Gist, who was in the back seat of the car, killed the couple and stole a gun from one of the victims. Surveillance video shows the victims being shot seconds after driving up, the warrant said. The video then shows someone, later identified as Gist, get out of the back seat, run away, come back to the car and grab a red bag from the driver’s side and then run towards his home.
Loves ones confirmed Barnes and Powell were dating. Barnes has a nine-month-old daughter who friends said was his world.
“They were both amazing people, always positive, always willing to help anybody if you need it, even if they don’t know you,” a friend of the victims’ told First Coast News.
“He has a nine-month-old daughter that he adores. She’s his life. His family is already mourning the fact that his brother died a few months ago. It’s sad what Jacksonville is coming to because you can’t even simply go to an ATM anymore,” the friend said.
A.J. Jordan, an outreach coordinator with MAD DADS Jacksonville Chapter, a group that supports victims of violent crimes, spoke to Barnes’ mother the day after the shooting. He said Barnes’ younger brother was shot and killed in March.
According to Jordan, Barnes’ mother talked to Barnes on the phone about an hour before the shooting.
“She’s just devastated,” Jordan said. “She has lost another son due to senseless violence. Her other son was lost back in March due to violence, so she just she’s devastated.”
Jordan said Thursday this case shows if the community speaks up, arrests can be made. He said MAD DADS received a lot of tips. You can anonymously submit a tip about any incident to MAD DADS by messaging the group’s Facebook page, or calling 904-705-2914. You can also call Crime Stoppers at 1-866-845-TIPS and remain anonymous.
Bitcoin ETFs posted a net weekly outflow of $1.23 billion, marking their second-largest exit since launching in 2024. The previous week recorded $2.7 billion in inflows, highlighting a rapid investor reversal. Friday alone saw $366.6 million pulled out, capping a highly volatile trading week.
Bitcoin ETFs experienced massive withdrawals as Bitcoin’s price fell from $121,000 on October 10 to $103,700 by October 17. That sharp drop triggered concerns, which fueled fund outflows across multiple issuers throughout the week. However, Bitcoin rebounded by 4.2% over 24 hours to reach $111,268 by Monday morning.
This week’s $1.23 billion outflow was second only to the $2.6 billion recorded in the week ending February 28. The high withdrawal volume points to rising uncertainty in the digital asset market. Still, Bitcoin ETFs remained active, with some investors holding firm amid the drop.
Bitcoin ETFs showed instability, yet analysts remain focused on broader market signals impacting digital assets. BTC Markets crypto analyst Rachael Lucas said, “Liquidity conditions have improved due to lowered bond yields and softer labor market data.” Her remarks suggest changing macro trends may slow further outflows.
Spot Ethereum funds reported net outflows of $311.8 million last week, contrasting with the prior week’s $488.3 million in inflows. Ethereum’s price fell earlier but rose 5% over the weekend, reaching $4,082 by Monday. Despite pressure, some investors returned, pushing values higher during recovery sessions.
Like Bitcoin ETFs, Ethereum funds also felt the effects of volatility and macroeconomic speculation. Rising expectations of an interest rate cut supported short-term recovery. Markets responded positively to signs of Federal Reserve easing.
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell acknowledged slowing labor trends while maintaining a positive outlook on growth. That led traders to price in a potential policy shift. Consequently, digital asset markets responded with renewed optimism during the weekend.
Bitcoin ETFs continue to reflect market sentiment as macroeconomic factors shape capital movement across digital asset products. Improved liquidity conditions and rate cut expectations contributed to Bitcoin’s weekend rebound. Ethereum followed, signaling growing confidence despite recent outflows and price volatility.
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Home – Crypto Presales – XRP Down 24% Below $2.35 While Digitap ($TAP) Crowned “Next PayPal” by Early Investors
A sharp leverage wipe always concentrates capital and forces investors to reevaluate what they are holding. XRP is down more than 24% in the last thirty days, slipping back below $2.35. The long-running promise to revolutionize cross-border payments is under fire.
The playing field is getting tougher, stablecoins already carry the majority of daily volume, and Stripe just finished a $5B valuation for its Tempo chain. Stablecoins, not the XRP ledger, appear to be the future of cross-border flows, and now investors are allocating with this updated thesis in mind.
Smart money looking for the next big payments winner is pointing at Digitap ($TAP). Already being called the ‘Next PayPal’ and with the first stage sold out in a matter of days, more and more investors are paying attention. 
In 2012, when Ripple first launched, the pitch was legendary—better global transfers, fewer fees, and faster settlement. But in 2025, the pitch and the chart look tired. XRP has fallen below the 200-day moving average, a classic sign of a prolonged bearish trend.
The failed push above $3 and the subsequent slide to $2.35 mean that XRP holders should expect further downside and prepare themselves to be patient. Stablecoins have already become a habit among crypto natives, and stablecoin chains want to make these digital dollars a habit among ordinary people.
Dollars now move globally in almost real-time. In that world, demand for XRP’s ledger is rapidly shrinking. And the chart says volumes about how investors view XRP’s prospects moving forward. 
PayPal pioneered electronic payments. Now Digitap is doing the same thing, but supercharged with blockchain rails. PayPal scaled by making transfers faster and more convenient through a vast acceptance network. Digitap follows that logic for the stablecoin era.
The app, live now for download, looks like a bank account. But Digitap is an omni-bank where fiat and crypto live together. The rails underneath have changed, but the user experience has not. And tapping into existing customer behaviors with enhanced operational efficiency is how fintechs have disrupted enormous industries since the start of time.
The Digitap app shows a single balance: crypto and fiat together. Users can send money anywhere they want in any currency they want. And the clever thing about Digitap is its multi-rail architecture.
When a payment happens, Digitap’s AI-powered router checks the routes available at that moment. If a crypto path is cheaper, it uses that. If a bank corridor is cleaner for that destination, it switches. The system makes all these choices in the background. The end user enjoys payments that are simple, sent in seconds, with negligible fees.
Stablecoins have won the war. New stablecoin-focused networks are adding speed and capacity daily. Digitap’s design as an interoperability layer between traditional finance and crypto allows it to integrate all these rails.
Unlike Ripple, which fights on the tech front, Digitap fights on the UX front. Its primary aim is customer-first adoption. 
Digitap comes with a Visa card that anyone can try today. A balance held in fiat, stablecoins, or crypto can be used at any terminal that accepts Visa. This is distribution on a massive scale, and with the market ignoring fancy ideas and paying for things that work, $TAP is excellently positioned.
The current price of $0.0194 screams undervalued, and with a 38% jump to $0.0268 in the next round, anyone who purchases today can lock in paper gains in the coming weeks.
XRP looks heavy under $2.35, while $TAP is being crowned as the next PayPal. Digitap is perfectly capturing the stablecoin narrative, already offers a Visa card, and has a tokenomics model that links adoption with token success. Unsurprisingly, many think $TAP could become 2025’s fastest horse.
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Cryptocurrencies rebounded over the weekend.
Since Friday afternoon, the price of XRP (XRP 3.09%) has traded roughly 7% higher as of 10:45 a.m. ET today. In general, cryptocurrencies rebounded over the weekend and there was also some positive token-specific news for XRP as well.
The broader market including crypto struggled last week, as trade tensions between President Donald Trump and China ratcheted up and as investors grew concerned over several bad bank loans that many believed could represent broader economic struggles. But since then, Trump has walked back some of his threats against China and said he intends to meet with China President Xi Jinping in a few weeks.
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Additionally, investors have had some time to digest the bad bank loans from last week and seem to feel more confident about these loans being more idiosyncratic opposed to representing a broader economic trend. Banks stocks generally traded higher today.
XRP also experienced some positive token-specific news when a crypto start-up backed by Ripple, the company behind XRP, announced today that it will go public through a merger with a blank-check company. Evernorth will merge with a special purpose acquisition company that could raise as much as $1 billion. According to Reuters, the company plans to deploy a crypto-treasury strategy and purchase large amounts of XRP while also looking for acquisition opportunities.
Crypto-treasury companies seem to buy the largest, most popular cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum. Given that XRP is the third-largest token by market cap, excluding stablecoins, it makes sense to see the token receiving attention from crypto-treasury companies, but also reflects a milestone in a way.
XRP has immense potential to disrupt international payments, especially with its ties to Ripple, so I think investors can definitely take at least a smaller, more speculative position right now.
Bram Berkowitz is a contributing Motley Fool stock market analyst covering financials, technology, consumer goods, and macroeconomic trends. Before The Motley Fool, Bram worked in equity research covering bank stocks and as a reporter for local publications. He holds FINRA Series 7 and 66 licenses, as well as a bachelor’s degree in business with a minor in economics from Syracuse University.
Bram Berkowitz has positions in Bitcoin, Ethereum, and XRP. The Motley Fool has positions in and recommends Bitcoin, Ethereum, and XRP. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy.
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