As the global tech landscape continues to evolve in 2025, the integration of blockchain ecosystems is opening new doors for everyday users to generate passive income. One notable trend is the rise of blockchain cloud mining, which combines the strengths of digital asset platforms to streamline mining operations. Among the more surprising developments is the use of XRPâa token traditionally used for cross-border paymentsâto fund Dogecoin (DOGE) mining, creating a unique cross-chain use case.
This shift reflects a broader transformation in how digital assets interact. Traditionally, cryptocurrencies have existed in isolated qecosystems, each with its own rules, infrastructure, and communities. Now, platforms are bridging those gaps, allowing users to leverage one digital asset to unlock the utility of another.
XRP and DOGE: From payment rails to mining fuel
XRP, the native token of Rippleâs payment network, has long been favored for its speed and low transaction costs, especially among financial institutions in regions such as Southeast Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East. Despite its utility in finance, everyday XRP holders often lacked ways to generate consistent, daily returns from their holdings.
Meanwhile, DOGEâonce seen as a meme coinâhas developed a strong community and use cases in mining, making it appealing for those seeking daily income through cloud mining.
A new approach allows users to deploy their XRP holdings to activate DOGE mining contracts via smart contracts. These contracts recognize XRP transfers and automatically allocate computing power toward DOGE mining. This is made possible by platforms such as BlockchainCloudMining, which aim to lower the entry barrier for mining by offering automated, cloud-based solutions.
Simplifying mining through cloud platforms
Blockchain-based cloud mining platforms are positioning themselves as a user-friendly alternative to traditional mining, which often requires expensive hardware, ongoing maintenance, and technical expertise.
Hereâs how the process typically works:
Account creation: Users register with a cloud mining provider, such as BlockchainCloudMining, through a simple sign-up process. An initial sign-up bonus may be provided to get started quickly.
Mining contract selection: Users choose from various contracts based on mining power, duration, and cost. These contracts determine the level of computing power allocated to mine cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, DOGE, and Ethereum.
Earnings and payouts: Once active, the mining contract generates daily income, paid out in usersâ chosen cryptocurrencies. Many platforms now support multiple tokens, including BTC, ETH, USDT, XRP, and more.
Security and support: Modern platforms integrate security protocols such as McAfee and Cloudflare protections, 24/7 customer support, and uptime guarantees to ensure reliable service.
The bigger picture: Asset interoperability and passive income
What makes this innovation particularly noteworthy is the interoperability between assets. XRP, a token designed for utility in financial networks, is now being used to activate mining for an unrelated digital asset. This kind of synergy reflects the maturing blockchain industry, where the focus is shifting from isolated speculation to functional, income-generating solutions.
As more users look for passive income strategies in the digital economy, technologies like smart contracts, cloud mining, and token bridges could redefine how everyday people engage with cryptocurrencies.
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Last week, Argentinian president Javier Milei was fending off flak and calls for his impeachment. He was accused of fraud for promoting a cryptocurrency that swiftly collapsed, reportedly causing $251 million in losses for 86% of investors. It is the first embarrassment in what has been an extended honeymoon period for Milei, a reformer who promises to remake government in his own libertarian image.
But if things were getting uncomfortable for him in Buenos Aires, bounding onto the stage at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Maryland with a chainsaw, he seemed right at home. The chainsaw was a gift for Elon Musk, an unabashed admirer of Mileiâs economic policies, his belief that government needs to essentially just get out of the way.
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In Argentina, Milei frequently cites his international clout as evidence of the appeal of his libertarian ideology. He says that Trump brought Musk into his government to replicate the role of Federico Sturzenegger, Argentinaâs Minister of Deregulation and State Transformation. Whether Musk is a committed libertarian in the Milei and Sturzenegger mold is unknown. And unlike them, Musk has no electoral remit to enact his reforms. Back in September 2024, though, when DOGE had not yet taken shape, Musk posted on X that the âexampleâ Milei was âsetting with Argentina will be a helpful model for the rest of the world.â
And With DOGE fully up and running, Musk described Sturzeneggerâs âChainsaw 2.0â or âdeep chainsawâ plans as âawesome.â In this plan, the national government of Argentina would, for instance, not build public housing because itâs something the private sector can do. The âlesson for other countries,â Sturzenegger says, âis that we should revisit the limits of what can be done.â
Just over a year into his government, Milei cut public spending by 30%, shut down half of the country's ministries, eliminated hundreds of laws and decrees, slashed nearly 40,000 public sector jobs, and reduced public works budgets to a bare minimumâall without major civil unrest, in the face of an opposition that remains largely paralyzed.
The shock Americans feel as they try to comprehend exactly how much power DOGE has been given, is how Argentinians felt as they watched Mileiâs governmentâlargely composed of individuals with no political experience, some without even a formal appointmentâdismantle the state.
While Milei has dramatically reduced inflation to 2.2%âno small feat in a country where inflation had crossed 200%âhis cuts, alongside soaring costs, have also pushed some into poverty and his once high approval ratings are falling.
Thatâs why his trip to the U.S. was important. At CPAC itâs Mileiâs conservatism â last month in Davos, he railed against the âpromoters of the sinister agenda of wokeismâ â that counts, not the facts of his governance. Milei takes pride in his high standing within the global right wing. He is a part of what Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni, in her own CPAC speech, called a global conservative collaboration. âWhen Bill Clinton and Tony Blair created a global, leftist liberal network in the 90s,â she said, âthey were called âstatesmen.â Today when Trump, Meloni, Milei and, maybe, Modi talk, they are called a âthreat to democracy.â This is the leftâs double standard.â It is this global prominence, Milei hopes, that will continue to propel his agenda forward in Argentina and shield him from the fallout of the crypto scandal.
As for Mileiâs effect on the U.S. â both Trump and Musk appear to be looking at him as the canary in the coalmine of radical deregulation. Just how far can governments go down the path of libertarianism? How far can they go to redefine the role of government in society? Both approaches reflect a foundational shift in governance philosophy - from institutional processes to disruption by outsiders who view existing systems as obstacles rather than safeguards.
Mileiâs first year in government offers a preview of what's unfolding in America. Musk is now taking Milei's playbook further by adding technology - developing AI tools to automate the government downsizing that Milei executed manually with his 40,000 job cuts. Both men use their credentials as disruptors to justify radical changes while dismissing criticism as establishment resistance. And both have created a mutual amplification system - Milei points to Musk's support as validation while Musk points to Argentina as proof that his approach works, despite emerging evidence to the contrary in both cases. A U.S. district judge has, at least temporarily, stopped DOGE from accessing treasury data on the grounds that such data might be âimproperly disclosed.â As questions mount about DOGEâs intentions, including from its own employees, Americans should watch Argentinaâs libertarian experiment closely. It could serve not as a blueprint but as a warning about what happens when bureaucratic guardrails are dismantled with chainsaws, real or metaphorical.
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