On September 3, 2026, XRP Healthcare wallets were hacked, resulting in the theft of approximately 267,000 XRP and millions of related tokens. The breach exploited a critical security flaw involving users' private seed phrases, which were exposed when activating staking features. Former Ripple developers criticized the project for ignoring long-standing security warnings and questioned its legitimacy. XRP Healthcare is investigating the incident, working with authorities to trace and recover stolen assets, while tensions between current and former developers escalate publicly.
Documents from financial institutions show XRP and Stellar Lumens (XLM) are categorized as specialized blockchain protocols designed for banks and institutional finance, unlike Bitcoin and Ethereum which serve broader public networks. These protocols...
The SEC and CFTC have jointly classified Bitcoin, Ether, Solana, Stellar, Tezos, and XRP as digital commodities, placing them under the Commodity Futures Trading Commission's regulatory oversight rather than the SEC's. This classification stems from ...
Ripple announced plans to move its customer payment volume onto the XRP Ledger (XRPL) by 2027 and to expand a pilot program using the ledger's decentralized exchange. At XRP Seoul 2026, Ripple's President Monica Long revealed a proposal to connect Ri...
Ripple announced plans to move customer payment volume onto the XRP Ledger (XRPL) in 2027, aiming to expand payment pilots and integrate lending pools funded by XRP. This would make XRP a source of income for businesses, beyond just transferring mone...
Market analyst Peter Brandt highlights a bullish "cup-and-handle" pattern forming in XRP's price chart, with the crucial $1.65 level acting as the breakout point. XRP is currently trading around $1.52, just above its 200-day moving average, and needs...
