Topic: #tech
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XRP Ledger patches 2015-era bug that could have created new XRP from nothing
A flaw in the XRP Ledger's payment system, believed to date to 2015, could have let an attacker create new XRP without paying for it, according to a security report. RippleX said it found no evidence of exploitation.
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XRP Ledger activates permission delegation so owners can keep main keys offline
The XRP Ledger switched on PermissionDelegationV1_1 on Oct. 8, letting account owners give helper accounts specific powers while keeping controlling keys offline, CoinDesk reported.
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Ethereum Glamsterdam lifts Sepolia gas limit to near 200M; sampled blocks used under half
Ethereum's Glamsterdam upgrade lifted Sepolia's gas limit to near 200 million from about 60 million, though CoinDesk's review of test blocks found they used only about 26% to 46% of that allowance.
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Europol says quantum computers threaten exposed crypto wallets, not blockchains
Europol's cybercrime center said in a report published Wednesday that crypto wallets with exposed public keys, not blockchains themselves, are the main point of exposure to future quantum-computing attacks.
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Pudgy Penguins' Abstract to shut Dec. 15, second Ethereum layer 2 to close in a week
Igloo, the company behind Pudgy Penguins, will shut its Abstract layer-2 blockchain on Dec. 15 after losing tens of millions of dollars, days after Blast announced its own shutdown.
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Cardano Foundation launches CIP-0113, letting issuers freeze and restrict tokens
The Cardano Foundation said its CIP-0113 token standard is live after security audits. It lets stablecoin, fund and bond issuers restrict who can receive tokens and freeze or seize holdings when rules require it.
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DogeOS opens Ethereum-compatible DeFi testnet for DOGE, but miners aren't securing it yet
DogeOS launched a public, Ethereum-compatible testnet for DOGE lending and trading apps. Its first version relies on selected operators and a permissioned sequencer, not Dogecoin miners.
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Brazil's CSD BR mirrors BTG Pactual fund records on XRP Ledger
CSD BR, a Brazilian operator with more than 22 trillion reais (about $4 trillion) of registered assets, began mirroring BTG Pactual fund ownership records on the XRP Ledger, CoinDesk reported.
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Zcash developers move Tachyon's Udon code into Zakura Common library
Zcash developers released Udon, a component first built for Project Tachyon, into the Zakura Common cryptography library, one step toward a long-term target of more than 50,000 private payments a second.
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NEAR Intents says it blocked most of $50M in Bitget hacker swap attempts
Attackers behind the $388 million Bitget breach tried to move over $50 million through NEAR Intents, CoinDesk reported. GM Alex Shevchenko says most was blocked, but rejected funds later went to other providers.
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Ethereum Hegotá upgrade targets 66 proposals, prioritizes privacy
Ethereum developers are narrowing the scope of the Hegotá upgrade, expected in 2027, from 66 proposals down to those with working implementations and testnet support. Three proposals would give privacy applications native tools to reduce reliance on external infrastructure.
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Bitcoin fork replay-attack risk: BIP-110 could drain real BTC
A potential Bitcoin chain split triggered by BIP-110 activation could enable replay attacks that drain real bitcoin from holders who sell fork-chain coins, according to developer Kevin Loaec. Miner signalling remains low at 2.6%, but the risk persists until the chains can be cryptographically separated.
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Ether.fi splits weETH from restaking as Ethereum rewards debate heats up
Ether.fi removed restaking from weETH, its flagship staking token, forcing users into a separate token (weETHs) to access higher-risk yield. The move comes as Ethereum researchers propose capping validator rewards, sparking criticism from staking operators.
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Solana SIMD-0553 proposal aims to boost daily SOL burns to $650,000
A Solana governance proposal called SIMD-0553 would increase daily SOL burns from roughly $47,000 to $650,000 by introducing resource-based fees. The proposal needs validator support worth about $2.9 billion to reach a vote by August 18.
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Fun CEO: On-Ramps and Bridges Will Disappear as Apps Embed Payments
Alex Fine, CEO of payments infrastructure firm Fun, said legacy crypto infrastructure like on-ramps and bridges will vanish as applications embed payments directly into user experience, abstracting blockchain complexity away.
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EthSystems Spins Out of Ethereum Foundation to Build Privacy Infrastructure
EthSystems, a new startup emerging from the Ethereum Foundation's Institutional Privacy Task Force, is building confidentiality infrastructure to help banks and financial institutions deploy assets and trading activity on public blockchains without sacrificing privacy.
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Bitcoin's DOG Mode client sidesteps BIP 110 without miner consensus
Leonidas, co-founder of the Runestone project, announced DOG Mode, an open-source Bitcoin client that raises transaction limits without miner signaling, offering an alternative to the stalled BIP 110 proposal that has drawn zero support.
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Galaxy Digital Launches Galaxy Curator, Morpho-Based Institutional Yield Platform
Galaxy Digital has launched Galaxy Curator, an institutional vault curation platform built on Morpho that provides access to onchain yield strategies for Fireblocks' 2,400+ institutional clients seeking returns on idle stablecoin balances.
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x402 Foundation: Visa, Mastercard, Ripple back agent payments protocol
The x402 Foundation now governs a machine-to-machine payment protocol with 40 member organizations including Visa, Mastercard, Ripple, Google, and AWS. The protocol settled $24 million across 75 million transactions last month, averaging 32 cents per payment—a niche too small for traditional card networks to serve profitably.
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Robinhood Chain hits top-five DEX volume in debut week
Robinhood Chain, an Ethereum layer-2 blockchain launched July 1, generated $3.1 billion in decentralized exchange volume in its first week and attracted 65,000+ users, Bernstein analysts said Monday. The early surge reflects growing interest in tokenized asset infrastructure, though memecoin trading has dominated early activity.
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Bitcoin BIP-110 fork deadline nears with zero miner support
BIP-110, a proposal to cap arbitrary data on Bitcoin for one year, faces August's lock-in deadline with virtually no miner backing and fierce opposition from Michael Saylor and Adam Back, who argue the consensus fight poses greater risk than the spam it aims to solve.
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Ethereum AI discovers validator bug, but humans must verify findings
The Ethereum Foundation deployed AI agents to hunt for bugs in validator software and discovered a remotely triggerable crash (CVE-2026-34219). But most of the work went into separating genuine vulnerabilities from confident-sounding false positives.
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Ethereum preparing "biggest rebuild" since Merge, Buterin reveals
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin outlined Lean Ethereum, a three-to-four-year protocol redesign that will replace nearly every major component while elevating quantum resistance and privacy to top priorities.
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Bitcoin touches $63,882 overnight, retreats as sellers step in
Bitcoin briefly climbed to $63,882 early in the week before reversing to around $62,900 as sellers moved in. A weaker-than-expected jobs report lifted crypto markets, though upcoming CPI data could cap further gains.