Ripple is sharing its internal intelligence on North Korean hackers with the Crypto ISAC to help crypto firms detect coordinated social engineering attacks. Recent breaches like the $285 million Drift hack involved long-term infiltration and malware, not smart contract bugs, allowing North Korean operatives to steal over $500 million in a month. This shift from technical exploits to human-based attacks challenges traditional security tools, prompting Ripple to share detailed profiles of suspected operatives to prevent repeated infiltration attempts. The Lazarus Group's involvement is also influencing legal actions over frozen crypto assets linked to these thefts, though it remains uncertain if intelligence sharing will effectively curb future attacks.
Ripple will release 1 billion XRP from escrow on August 1 as part of its monthly unlock program, but most of these tokens are expected to be re-locked, minimizing the increase in circulating supply. This routine process has historically caused little...
XRP's price climbed back above $1.13 amid a significant decline in large whale deposits to Binance, the world's largest crypto exchange. Daily whale inflows fell drastically from 583 million XRP to about 25.3 million XRP, and the 90-day average value...
Bitcoin ETFs attracted $226.92 million on July 20, marking their longest inflow streak since May with five consecutive days of net additions. Blackrock's IBIT led the inflows with $116.48 million, followed by ARK 21Shares and Grayscale funds. Bitcoin...
XRP Ledger is increasingly viewed as a key settlement platform for tokenized funds as major financial institutions like BNY Mellon, JPMorgan, and Mastercard expand their digital asset operations. A recent report highlights that about 79% of large fin...
Standard Chartered analyst Geoffrey Kendrick forecasts XRP rising from about $1.10 today to $28 by 2030, contingent on the passage of the CLARITY Act and spot ETF inflows exceeding $4 billion. The near-term target of $2.80 by 2026 requires only a mar...
