What changed
Researchers demonstrated how a payment could create spendable XRP without the sender funding it, prompting an emergency software release XRP Ledger patched decade-old bug that could create billions of dollars in XRP from nothing
Why it matters
Macro positioning around XRP can change volatility, liquidity, or sentiment. The concrete detail to watch is researchers demonstrated how a payment could create spendable XRP without the sender funding it, prompting an emergency software release
Trading lens
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