Crypto
10-Year-Old XRP Ledger Bug Could Have Created XRP From Thin Air
Since 2015, a critical flaw in the XRP Ledger payment engine allowed XRP to be created from nothing, circumventing the fixed 100 billion token...
Crypto
France crypto violence: 77 H1 cases, the protocol victims need
France has recorded 77 acts of kidnapping, abduction or extortion linked to cryptocurrencies in H1 2026, including attempts. Faced with this fast-expanding and now...
Crypto
Robinhood Chain transactions drop 42% as trading slowdown deepens
The Robinhood Layer 2 blockchain has experienced a sharp slowdown since mid-September: between September 10-16 and October 2-8, daily transactions fell 42%, accompanied by...
Crypto
Meanwhile raises $37.5M to scale its bitcoin life insurance
Bermudian life insurer Meanwhile, whose policies are denominated and settled in bitcoin, has closed a new $37.5 million funding round led by Bain Capital...
Crypto
UK imposes 38 crypto sanctions on A7 network and Russian evasion
On May 26, 2026, the UK struck a heavy blow to the crypto ecosystem: 38 unprecedented sanctions designations target cryptocurrency exchanges for the first...
Finance
ECB October 2026 Decision: 92.5% Odds of Hold After September Hike
The European Central Bank (ECB) will convene on October 29, 2026 to decide on its three key policy rates, following a 25 basis point...
Crypto
XRP Ledger activates permission delegation for banks and stablecoins
The XRP Ledger activated PermissionDelegationV1_1 on October 8, 2026, enabling institutions to delegate specific permissions to secondary accounts without exposing their master signing keys....
Crypto
France Slaps 31.4% Tax on Crypto Gains as Debt Hits 119% of GDP
France's flat tax on crypto capital gains (PFU) rose to 31.4% on January 1, 2026, as the European DAC8 directive forces platforms to transmit...