Evernorth CEO Has An Announcement for XRP Army

Evernorth CEO Asheesh Birla announced the completion of the company's business combination with Armada Acquisition Corp. II on October 9, with Nasdaq …

Ripple Price Analysis: XRP Tests Critical Trendline Following Recent Correction

Kalshi is investigating bets on Trump’s press secretary pick placed before announcement: WSJ

Three bets totaling about $173 were placed before news outlets reported Zacharia's pick and are expected to pay out roughly $9,600 combined.

Trump’s Rejected Fed Pick Joins Treasury: Can Bitcoin and XRP Benefit?

Judy Shelton, whose 2019 Federal Reserve nomination was blocked by the Senate, has joined the Treasury Department as an adviser to Secretary Bessent, …

Papertrade Traders Lose $18.2 Million as Staking Rewards Reach $12.6 Million

Reported staking rewards equaled about 69% of net trading losses, but the payouts redistribute money to PAPER stakers rather than reimburse each losin…

Ledger Says Affected User’s Device Contained Hardware Implant

CryptoBilis has stopped selling all hardware wallet inventory pending the investigation, according to Ledger, widening an earlier pause request limite…

CFTC Draws the Line Between Prediction Markets and Gambling in New Rules

A proposed rule would expressly fold event contracts tied to sports, politics, culture and weather into the “swap” definition, while an interim rule e…

Papertrade Shows $10.3 Million in Staker Rewards Hours After Launch

The 1000x-leverage venue’s dashboard showed roughly $5 million in its house pool and no queued payout debt as trading losses funded PAPER rewards.

This Sam Altman-Backed Life Insurer Runs Entirely on Bitcoin, and Just Raised $37.5 Million

The Bermuda-based insurer, which runs entirely on Bitcoin, drew the funding from existing backers led by Bain Capital Crypto after a record year drive…

Stellar vs XRP: Is XLM Just XRP With More Leverage?

Stellar (XLM) fell 8.2% over the week ending October 10, 2026, while XRP dropped 5.4% in the same period. On a monthly basis, Stellar rose 9.5% compar…

Ether ETFs extend outflow streak to nine days as Solana funds snap record 14-week inflow run

Spot bitcoin, solana, and ether ETFs all logged weekly outflows following last week's trading, a notable shift for some of the funds.

Here’s a Way to Predict When AI Chatbots Will Turn Bad

Physicists at George Washington University say a formula can estimate when an AI chatbot will flip from good answers to bad ones, and early tests on s…

A Decade-Old Bug That Could Have Minted Unlimited XRP: Is the 100 Billion Cap Safe Now?

Researchers Cayden Liao and Veria AI reported an integer overflow vulnerability in the XRP Ledger that existed since 2015 and could have allowed unlim…

Papertrade Draws Reported $3 Billion in Positions in First Hour

DefiLlama tracked $137.1 million in trader balances and house liquidity combined. Those funds are not all available to pay winning trades.

Ex-Ripple Exec on What's Next for XRP: Agentic Payments, RLUSD Surge Onchain

Former Ripple product lead Chandler Fang noted agentic payments on the XRP Ledger grew from roughly 1 million transactions in July to over 13 million …

$19B Crypto Liquidation Crash: Could October 2025 Repeat?

On October 10, 2025, the cryptocurrency market experienced a liquidation event in which over $19 billion of leveraged positions were wiped out as Bitc…

Ripple-Backed Evernorth Secures Major Deal Ahead of Nasdaq Listing: Why Is XRP Price Still Down?

Evernorth, a Ripple-backed company building an XRP-focused digital asset treasury, completed its merger with Armada Acquisition Corp. II, as shown in …

French Committee Backs Stablecoin Swap Tax and Crypto Exit Tax, Then Rejects the Budget

A National Assembly committee adopted amendments taxing stablecoin swaps and crypto exits by wealthy holders, then rejected the 2027 budget's revenue …

Ripple Becoming ‘Major Competitor’ to Wall Street — but Where Does XRP Fit?

Ripple announced a $1.25 billion acquisition of Hidden Road in April 2025 to build its institutional brokerage platform Ripple Prime. In August 2026, …

Crypto Just Quietly Hit A Massive Price ‘Inflection Point’—But There’s A Nasty Surprise For Bitcoin, Ethereum And XRP

Ripple Becoming ‘Major Competitor’ to Wall Street — but Where Does XRP Fit?

Ripple is expanding its Wall Street presence through Ripple Prime, the institutional brokerage platform acquired from Hidden Road for $1.25 billion in…

BlackRock Picks Avalanche While Franklin Templeton Chooses the XRP Ledger: Which Chain Is Winning Wall Street?

BlackRock added its tokenized dollar liquidity fund to the Avalanche blockchain in November 2024. Franklin Templeton, together with DBS Bank and Rippl…

StarkWare Calls Starknet L1 Shift Its 'Clearest Path Forward'

Starknet still settles on Ethereum, and its official account described an L1 move as 'a question, not a decision' a day earlier.

XRP Formed a Double Bottom Near $1 This Summer: Will It Hold or Break Down?

XRP formed a double-bottom pattern near $1 this summer, with lows around $1.01 on June 26, 2026 and $1.03 on August 6 before surging nearly 46% to $1.…

One year after 10/10, bitcoin and ether liquidity have rebuilt, but other altcoins still face risks

Bitcoin and ether order books are deeper than before the crash, while altcoin liquidity keeps eroding and spot trading remains well below its October …

Tokenized commodities look beyond gold as lending and oil open new markets

Paxos Labs, Theo and Energy Substantiation execs see growth coming from putting physical assets to work, with precious metals leading and energy prese…

Justin Sun says Tron’s post-quantum cryptography has gone live on testnet

“We’re ready to bring quantum resistance to mainnet at any time,” Sun said in a post on X.

Bitcoin Price Prediction: Tom Lee Sees BTC at $100K & ETH at $7,500

Fundstrat co-founder Tom Lee renewed his bullish cryptocurrency outlook in an Oct. 7 presentation, predicting Bitcoin could exceed $100,000 and Ethere…

How Critical XRP Ledger Bug Nearly Unleashed Unlimited XRP Mint

XRP Ledger developers released xrpld 3.4.1 on September 25, 2026 as an emergency fix for critical security vulnerabilities. An official vulnerability …

Wallet Linked to CryptoBilis Thefts Routes 464 ETH to Tornado Cash

Ethereum records show the money passed through an intermediary and four deposit wallets, while the source address retained about 700 ETH.

Bitcoin's $19 billion wake-up call: One-year later, has crypto learned anything?

One year after a flash crash wiped out billions in leveraged crypto bets, traders have better tools to spot risks. But the forces behind the selloff r…

XRP Dips 9% in a Week: Is It Time to Buy at the 200-Day Average?

XRP fell 9% over the week ending October 9, 2026, dropping to $1.41 and testing its 200-day exponential moving average. The decline occurred despite R…

Ripple-Backed Evernorth Completes SPAC Merger, Bringing 473M XRP to Nasdaq

Evernorth completed its merger with Armada Acquisition Corp. II, a special purpose acquisition company, on October 9. The combined entity is expected …

Papertrade Sets 1000x Perps Launch With $85 Million Deposited

Trading is scheduled for 10 a.m. ET on Oct. 10. User deposits are separate from the house-side pool, which starts at zero and grows from traders’ loss…

Ripple Billionaire Backs Candidates and PACs to Shape Crypto Policy

Chris Larsen, co‑founder of Ripple, has donated at least $22.5 million to federal candidates and super PACs during the current election cycle, includi…

AERO Rallies 48% in Four Weeks, Outpacing Bitcoin and Ether

Aerodrome holds about $393 million on Base as its planned merger with Velodrome approaches.

Tech chief says EU can fend off rogue AI risk: Report

There are global concerns following incidents at OpenAI ‌and Anthropic, and fears have arisen that rogue AI agents may venture beyond human control.

XRP's 4-Year Pattern Returns: Why Another 2-Year Grind Is Likely Ahead

XRP is trading between $1.30 and $1.59, with weekly Bollinger Bands tightening, indicating a technical dead end and an accumulation phase similar to p…

XRP's 4-Year Pattern Returns: Why Another 2-Year Grind Is Likely Ahead

XRP is trading in a tight range between $1.30 and $1.59, with weekly Bollinger Bands contracting to signal an accumulation phase. This pattern mirrors…

RippleX Finds No Evidence of Exploitation After XRPL Patch

RippleX reported that after fixing an integer‑overflow flaw in xrpld versions 3.4.0 and earlier, no evidence of exploitation was found on the XRP Ledg…

RippleX Confirms No Evidence of Exploitation After Emergency XRPL 3.4.1 Patch

XRP’s Nasdaq Moment Is Here: Evernorth Completes Merger

Sam Altman-backed Bitcoin life insurer, Meanwhile, raises more funds

The round follows increased international demand for Meanwhile’s Bitcoin life insurance policies amid broader macro instability.

100 Billion XRP Supply Was Nearly Broken by a 10-Year Bug

A security report revealed a bug in the XRP Ledger’s payment software that could have allowed an attacker to create spendable XRP out of thin air by e…

100 Billion XRP Supply Was Nearly Broken by a 10-Year Bug

A security report revealed a flaw in the XRP Ledger's payment software that could have allowed an attacker to create spendable XRP out of thin air by …

XRP Ledger discloses overflow bug that could have minted XRP beyond its supply cap

The XRP Ledger disclosed an overflow bug in xrpld versions 3.4.0 and earlier that could have allowed an attacker to mint XRP beyond the network’s 100‑…

XRP News: XRPL Reveals Critical Bug That Could Have Created New XRP

On October 9, 2026, the XRP Ledger disclosed two software vulnerabilities. A critical bug in the payment engine could have allowed attackers to create…

Bitcoin's volatility has plunged, but extreme price swings are more frequent than in 2018

CoinDesk analysis finds 10 unusually large trading days in 2026, raising questions about how investors measure risk in an increasingly institutional c…

XRP News: XRPL Reveals Critical Bug That Could Have Created New XRP

On October 9, 2026, the XRP Ledger disclosed two software vulnerabilities. A critical bug in the payment engine could have allowed attackers to create…

Ripple fixes 2015 bug preventing unauthorized XRP minting

Ripple addressed a 2015 software bug that could have allowed unauthorized minting of billions of XRP. The bug remained dormant and unexploited, and th…

Robinhood Chain slowdown spreads from fees to trading as transactions fall more than 40%

Daily activity has dropped from 10.8 million transactions to 6.2 million since mid-September even as Robinhood keeps paying network fees on customer s…

XRP Ledger patched decade-old bug that could create billions of dollars in XRP from nothing

Researchers demonstrated how a payment could create spendable XRP without the sender funding it, prompting an emergency software release.

$3.55 Million in Unclaimed Bridge Funds Moved via EIP-7702

The transactions used valid account authorizations, but BlockSec says they do not establish whether the wallet owner knowingly approved the transfers.

Visa survey says nearly half of APAC consumers open to using stablecoins by 2031

Visa’s survey of 14,250 people found interest in stablecoin payments is growing, though only 6% of respondents correctly understood how they work.

Ledger Theft Funds Shift Into USDD, Beyond Tether’s Freeze Controls

Tron records show a 2 million USDT conversion through USDD’s stability module; Bitquery estimates Tether froze $10 million across the wider theft clus…

Bitcoin Life Insurer Meanwhile Raises $37.5M as Wealthy Families Look to Pass On Their BTC

Bitcoin Magazine Bitcoin Life Insurer Meanwhile Raises $37.5M as Wealthy Families Look to Pass On Their BTC The Bermuda-regulated startup, whose backe…

STRK Jumps 30% as Starknet Weighs Layer 1 Shift

The token’s rally outpaced bitcoin and ether, while daily trading on Starknet’s decentralized exchanges rose to about $33.7 million.

Near Protocol (NEAR), XRP, Shiba Inu (SHIB) and Bitcoin (BTC) Price Analysis for October 10: Crypto Goes Downhill

NEAR Protocol trades near $4.79, below its $5.60 resistance level, with $4.35 as key support after a 250% gain from late August to late September. XRP…

Cardano Is 92% Below Its High, and XRP Is 62% Below. Which Has the Easier Path Back?

Cardano is trading 92% below its all-time high of $3.09, requiring a 13-fold increase to recover, while XRP is 62% below its peak of $3.65 and needs l…