XRP
Why XRP is down 2.8% today
Analysis
XRP fell 2.8% over the past 24 hours as traders reacted to reports that the XRP Ledger rushed an emergency patch for a decade-old vulnerability that, if exploited, could have allowed massive unauthorized XRP minting. Even though the issue was patched, the disclosure likely increased short-term risk perception and prompted de-risking, as covered by The Block and Cointelegraph.
Contributing Factors (3)
XRP Ledger patches decade-old bug that could have minted trillions of XRP
An overflow bug in the XRP Ledger's payment engine could have let an attacker mint about 18 trillion spendable XRP in one transaction.
XRP Ledger defends emergency patch for unlimited XRP bug
The XRP Ledger Foundation pushed back against claims that its emergency security patch was forced on network operators.
Ripple Warns About AI Threat Following Bug That Could Have Created Billions of XRP
Ripple engineer Mayukha Vadari has warned that AI is making critical security vulnerabilities easier to uncover and exploit.
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