XRP Bridge Drained After Software Treats Fake Deposits as Real
An attacker drained nearly 200,000 XRP, worth around $202,000, from an XRP Ledger bridge on August 9 by exploiting a flaw in its deposit-detection software, the project said.
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A Routing Bug Took Solana 86% of the Way to Losing Finality
Solana came within 4.51 percentage points of losing the ability to finalize transactions on Wednesday morning, after a single misconfigured route at one hosting provider knocked 28.83% of staked SOL offline. The chain s…
XRP Price Could Rally 100% If CLARITY Act Passes by October, Analyst Says
XRP just gave traders a scare and a signal in the same breath. The token briefly dipped below a dollar this week before snapping back almost immediately, a move one analyst says could mark a short-term bottom right as t…
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Cardano (ADA) Price Flashes 3 Warning Signals—Is a Pullback Coming?
ADA remains bullish above $0.17, but weakening MACD momentum and bearish signals increase the probability of a near-term correction.
Top Altcoins Showing Strength Ahead of Next Rally
The altcoins market remains under pressure, but several projects continue to develop their networks. These projects expand use cases and launch new products. Projects Solana, PUMP, BNB and SUI are among the altcoin draw…
XRP Price Prediction For August 12
XRP price fell below $1 for the first time in two years, part of a broader pullback across crypto markets this month. XRP touched a low of nearly $0.99 on August 11 before rebounding to about $1.02. The move shows wider…
XRP News: Why Aviva Chose the XRP Ledger for Its $30B Liquidity Fund
The XRP Ledger is gaining fresh attention as Ripple expands its work with traditional finance, while Digital Asset CEO Yuval Rooz warns that crypto networks will eventually be judged by the utility and revenue they crea…
Coinbase Expands Derivatives Trading To UK Professional Clients
Coinbase has launched futures, options, and perpetuals for professional clients in the United Kingdom, expanding its derivatives offering through its MiFID authorization.
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Riot’s Anthropic Deal Shows Bitcoin Miners Are Moving Deeper Into AI Compute
Riot Platforms has signed a long-term data center lease agreement tied to Anthropic, giving the Bitcoin miner another route into AI and high-performance computing as miners continue looking beyond block rewards.
BlackRock Cuts IBIT In-Kind Conversion Minimum To $1M
BlackRock has reduced the in-kind conversion minimum for its iShares Bitcoin Trust from $25 million to $1 million, potentially making the mechanism available to a wider group of institutional participants.
The Bull and Bear Case for Solana’s Next Price Move
Solana has risen up the ranks of the crypto market charts over the last few years, but the bear market has taken a toll—and the broader macro environment isn’t give SOL much of a tailwind.
BitMine Pushes Ethereum Treasury Past 5.8M ETH
BitMine Immersion Technologies has added another 7,391 ETH to its balance sheet, pushing its Ethereum treasury to about 5.81 million ETH.
Strategy Boosts Cash Reserve As Bitcoin Treasury Model Gets More Complex
Strategy has added $650 million to its USD reserve and repurchased $109 million of STRC preferred stock, showing again that the company’s Bitcoin strategy is no longer just a simple accumulation story.
MoneyGram expands crypto cash ramps to Solana
MoneyGram’s Ramps service now connects Solana wallets and applications to its global cash network, with Rift becoming the first wallet to integrate the service.
SharpLink Reports $394M Q2 Loss As Ethereum Revaluation Hits Results
SharpLink reported a $394.3 million net loss for the second quarter of 2026, with the result driven largely by non-cash Ethereum revaluation losses and liquid staking token impairment charges.
XRP ETF Holdings Remain Too Small to Create a Supply Squeeze
XRP price prediction 2026 targets range from $3 to $8 among Wall Street analysts, yet the token trades near $1.90, roughly 50% below its July 2025 cycle high of $3.65. Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse remains bullish on cry…
Empery Digital Sells 1,635 Bitcoin As Treasury Buffer Shrinks
Empery Digital has disclosed the sale of 1,635 BTC for $102.2 million, using the proceeds to support debt repayment and share buybacks as its unrestricted Bitcoin buffer narrows.
Wintermute Says Institutions Drove 72% Of Its Spot OTC Volume In H1 2026
Institutional investors accounted for 72% of Wintermute’s spot OTC trading volume in the first half of 2026, up from 59% a year earlier, showing how professional capital is becoming a larger part of crypto trading flow.
Luke Dashjr Removed As BIP Editor After BIP-110 Controversy
Luke Dashjr has been removed as a Bitcoin Improvement Proposal editor after a dispute around BIP-110, marking a rare governance flashpoint inside Bitcoin’s usually slow-moving technical process.
BTCPay Server Patches Critical LND Credential Bug After Lightning Wallet Drain
BTCPay Server has released version 2.4.2 to patch a critical vulnerability that allowed unauthenticated remote access to LND credential files, after attackers used the issue to drain merchant Lightning wallets.
MoneyGram expands on Solana with global crypto-to-cash service
MoneyGram is bringing its cash-to-crypto infrastructure to Solana (SOL), extending the money-transfer company's push into blockchain rails to connect stablecoins and digital wallets with its sprawling global cash networ…
XRP Rich List 2026 Crosses 8 Million Accounts, How Much XRP is Needed for the Top 1%?
The XRP Ledger quietly crossed 8 million funded accounts this year in August, and the number that gets passed around every time this milestone comes up is âthe top 1% thresholdâ talk on the XRP rich list. Right now …
Solana Price Holds $74 Support as ETF Inflows Surge: Is $90 Next for SOL?
Solana price is holding above the $74 support zone, keeping the broader recovery structure intact as SOL consolidates near $78.
Top Altcoins to Watch: 7 Altcoins at a Make-or-Break Moment
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