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XRP Ledger's Quantum Plan Adds 3.6 KB a Transaction, Not a Fee

The Foundation's design adds a post-quantum key and turns the old one off. The base fee does not move, and the three published budgets do not reconcile.

· 10 Nov 2026· 🕐 3 min read

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Altcoin

Ripple Releases 1 Billion XRP While October's Billion Sits Unspent

Whale Alert logged two 500 million XRP releases early on Sunday. Three accounts disagree on how much of a monthly tranche usually goes back into escrow.

· 1 Nov 2026· 🕐 3 min read

Blockchain

XRP Ledger's fixCleanup3_4_0 Slips to 4 November After a Two-Hour Dip

Support fell to 26 of 35 validators for about two hours on Wednesday, resetting a 14-day clock. The fix had been due at 09:34 UTC on Friday.

· 23 Oct 2026· 🕐 3 min read

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XRP Ledger Lines Up fixCleanup3_4_0 for 23 October as Lending Waits

Validators have held the bundle above the 80% bar since 9 October, putting activation at 09:34 UTC on 23 October. Three lending amendments are still short.

· 18 Oct 2026· 🕐 3 min read

Blockchain

RippleX Patched an XRPL Overflow Bug That Could Have Minted XRP

An unchecked 64-bit sum in the payment engine could credit offer owners more XRP than a buyer paid. The fix shipped on 25 September; the report came on Friday.

· 10 Oct 2026· 🕐 3 min read

Altcoin

Evernorth Shareholders Approve a $1 Billion XRP Treasury Merger

Armada Acquisition Corp. II shareholders approved the Evernorth merger on 30 September. The XRP treasury expects to trade on Nasdaq as XRPN from 8 October.

· 2 Oct 2026· 🕐 3 min read

Blockchain

Brazil's CSD BR Mirrors BTG Pactual Fund Shares on the XRP Ledger

CSD BR, the depository behind 22 trillion reais of Brazilian assets, is copying BTG Pactual fund ownership onto the XRP Ledger. Its own database stays official.

· 30 Sept 2026· 🕐 3 min read

Blockchain

One Dip Below 80% Pushes the XRP Ledger's Batch Upgrade to 9 October

Support is back at 30 of 35 validators, but losing the majority once wiped the two-week countdown. The earliest activation is now 9 October at 14:46 UTC.

· 26 Sept 2026· 🕐 3 min read

Blockchain

XRP Ledger Sets 29 September for Its Batch Payments Upgrade

The fourteen-day countdown began on 15 September with 30 of 35 validators behind it. Accounts of that day's vote count differ by three.

· 20 Sept 2026· 🕐 3 min read

Blockchain

XRP Ledger's Batch Amendment Sits One Validator Short of 80%

Twenty-seven of 35 validators back BatchV1_1, the rebuilt version of an upgrade pulled in February. Accounts differ on whether 28 or 29 votes starts the clock.

· 15 Sept 2026· 🕐 3 min read

Blockchain

XRP Ledger Activates fixCleanup3_3_0 Ahead of Its Lending Protocol

A bundle of protocol fixes went live on XRPL mainnet with 31 of 35 validators behind it. The lending protocol it prepares for is still switched off.

· 13 Sept 2026· 🕐 3 min read

Altcoin

XRP's Market Cap Sits Near $89B Against Bitcoin's $1.59 Trillion

An Instagram post compared XRP with Bitcoin and the world's stock markets to argue it is still early. Two trackers put XRP near $89 billion on 9 September, against $1.59 trillion for Bitcoin.

· 9 Sept 2026· 🕐 3 min read