Key Highlights: Analyst ChartNerd warns of potential short-term downside for XRP below its 50-week EMA resistance at $1.51, despite forecasting a long-term surge toward $5–$8. XRPL developer and analyst Bird projects XRP could rally toward $1.80 to $2.41 before the end of October, requiring gains between 29% and 72% from current levels near $1.40. Technical ...
Key Highlights A critical 64-bit integer overflow vulnerability reported via the XRP Ledger bug bounty program could have allowed malicious actors to generate and extract billions of unauthorized XRP. Security controls designed to prevent the unauthorized creation of XRP were bypassed during testing by using hundreds of specially crafted buy and sell orders within a ...
Key Highlights: XRPL has surpassed 13.4 million agentic payments, with AI-driven automated transactions now representing approximately 25% of all daily network activity. The network features 178 active AI agents operating across 166 x402 merchants and 2,289 payable services, utilizing both XRP and Ripple USD (RLUSD). Following the launch of the XRPL AI Starter Kit and ...
Key Highlights: Researchers discovered a critical vulnerability in the XRP Ledger that could have allowed an attacker to generate new XRP out of thin air using coordinated transactions across hundreds of accounts. Ledger core developers silently patched the issue on September 25 with the release of server software version xrpld 3.4.1 without disclosing the specifics ...
Key Highlights: The XRP Ledger has launched the PermissionDelegationV1_1 feature, enabling protocol-level authority delegation for institutional users. The system allows financial institutions to keep master keys in cold storage while granting limited, role-specific operational permissions to everyday accounts. Activated after securing the required 80% validator consensus, the functionality operates natively without relying on smart contracts ...
Key Highlights: Ripple’s October 1 transparency report records $RLUSD circulation at $2,509.8 million across supported blockchains, backed by $2,633.8 million in dollar and cash-equivalent reserves. On the XRP Ledger (XRPL), transaction fees are destroyed at a minimum standard cost of 10 drops (0.00001 $XRP), while account and object reserve requirements lock up tokens rather than ...
Key Highlights: The XRP Ledger faces renewed scrutiny over its governance model and source code disclosure practices. Development teams confirmed security-related code updates will stay unpublished until a full technical retrospective is ready, with un-updated servers risking network desynchronization once the amendment activates. Critics argue the network’s reliance on recommended Unique Node Lists (UNLs) concentrates ...
Key Highlights Community debate has surfaced around increasing XRP Ledger (XRPL) base transaction fees by 10-fold or 100-fold to increase the burn rate of $XRP. Unlike networks such as Bitcoin, where fees compensate miners, XRPL permanently destroys transaction fees rather than routing them to validators. Adjusting the minimum fee requires validator consensus via the ledger’s ...
Key Highlights: Ripple held 37.656 billion XRP as of its June 30 disclosure, with 32.6 billion locked in on-ledger escrow and approximately 5.06 billion liquid outside escrow. Following the standard monthly 1 billion XRP unlock on October 1, Ripple re-locked 700 million XRP, leaving 300 million outside new escrow contracts, while total escrow reserves dropped ...
Key Highlights: Bitwise Chief Investment Officer Matt Hougan emphasized that durability and clear, real-world financial use cases drive financial advisor interest in XRP. XRPL saw expansions in stablecoin supply and tokenization throughout 2026, while Ripple secured conditional approval for a national trust bank from the OCC in late 2025. Spot XRP ETF net assets reached ...
Key Highlights: XRP trades near the $1.50 zone, facing critical resistance between $1.52 and $1.55 while holding firm above vital support at $1.45. Key network amendments on the XRP Ledger—PermissionDelegationV1_1, BatchV1_1, and fixBatchV1_2—are scheduled for potential activation on October 8 and October 9. Evernorth’s business combination with Armada Acquisition Corp. II approaches an expected October ...
Key Highlights: More than 85% of XRP Ledger validators have backed the upcoming Batch upgrade, putting it on track to activate on Oct. 9 if consensus holds. The new functionality introduces four execution modes—including all-or-nothing settlement—enabling atomic swaps and conditional asset transfers across single or multiple accounts. XRPL node operators face an Oct. 9 deadline ...