The XRP Ledger Foundation said it has patched a critical vulnerability in a yet-to-be-enabled amendment to Ripple’s XRP Ledger, preventing what could have been a major exploit before deployment on mainnet.
Australia’s crypto sector is showing steady growth in user adoption and regulatory engagement, although banking barriers and legal uncertainty continue to weigh on the industry, executives said at the XRP Australia 2026 event in Sydney.
Two people have been arrested in South Korea after police lost 22 seized Bitcoin now valued at about $1.4 million, with the funds missing for four years before being uncovered during a wider audit.
Bitcoin’s recent wave of investor selling appears to be nearing exhaustion, potentially easing downward pressure but leaving the market facing months of sideways consolidation, according to analyst Willy Woo.
Ether could remain rangebound over the coming weeks as macroeconomic uncertainty and regulatory developments appear largely priced in, according to Swyftx lead analyst Pav Hundal.
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has outlined a roadmap to strengthen the network against future quantum computing threats, identifying four key areas requiring upgrades.
Bitcoin is approaching a key onchain milestone, with 19,993 unique wallets now holding at least 100 BTC, according to data shared by Santiment.
Ransomware attacks increased sharply in 2025, with nearly 8,000 public leak events recorded, a 50% jump from 2024, according to a new report by Chainalysis.
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency has released a 376-page proposal to implement the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for US Stablecoins Act, setting out operational rules for federally supervised payment stablecoin issuers.
Escalating tensions between the United States and Iran are pushing investors toward safe-haven assets, with gold drawing renewed demand as equities and crypto markets face pressure.
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei publicly rejected a Pentagon ultimatum demanding unrestricted military use of the company’s Claude AI system ahead of a Friday deadline tied to a $200 million contract.
South Korea’s National Pension Service expanded its stake in Strategy Inc by 20% in Q4 2025, adding 102,769 shares to hold 614,409 shares valued at about $93.4 million at year-end.
