An AI-driven security tool detected a vulnerability in XRPL’s codebase before mainnet deployment, allowing engineers to patch the issue ahead of release. The fix reduces risk for users and supports a smoother rollout.
Ripple will launch a dedicated XRPL funding hub in 2026 to centralize access to grants and accelerator programs, building on more than $550 million it has deployed into XRPL initiatives since 2017.
SBI Ripple Asia has launched a strategic research initiative with DSRV Labs to assess using the XRP Ledger (XRPL) for cross‑border payments between Japan and other countries. The project will examine remittance and payments use cases alongside operational, compliance and settlement considerations.
The XRP Ledger Foundation announced v3.1.1, which disables the Batch feature and an older related fix amendment to reduce risk. Validators and node operators should upgrade to maintain consensus and network stability.
Vet, an XRPL validator, flagged a bug in batch transactions affecting the fixBatchInnerSigs amendment, prompting a delay to the network upgrade while a patch is prepared and tested.
The XRP Ledger has approved a permissioned DEX amendment to run controlled, members-only instances of its native exchange. Authorized operators will decide which participants can submit and fill orders, aiming to ease compliance for institutional trading.
Binance completed integration of RLUSD on the XRP Ledger, advancing Ripple's bid to make the stablecoin a cross-chain liquidity rail. The move comes as Washington moves toward clearer crypto regulation, increasing the importance of compliant settlement rails.
At XRP Community Day Brad Garlinghouse reaffirmed XRP and RLUSD as the “heartbeat” of Ripple’s payments, lending and custody strategy on the XRPL, framing XRP as the company’s “North Star.” He tied the push for the CLARITY Act to long-term ambitions of unlocking a much larger market opportunity.
RippleX SVP Markus Infanger hailed Aviva Investors’ decision to move $300 billion onto the XRP Ledger as a “genuinely huge moment,” highlighting growing institutional on-chain activity in the U.K.
Ripple and UAE digital bank Zand are expanding their collaboration to link Ripple’s RLUSD with Zand’s AED-backed stablecoin AEDZ on the XRP Ledger under a regulated framework. The integration targets improved liquidity and regulated on‑ramps for AED and USD stablecoins in the region.