Why Questions Are Being Raised about The XRP Ledger’s 300,000 Milestone
A recent surge in XRP Ledger (XRPL) payment counts has caught the attention of the broader crypto market, raising questions about what could be driving this massive rally. The latest milestone comes after XRP saw renewed whale accumulation even as prices continued to trend downward amid rising volatility. XRP Ledger Records Mysterious Surge In Payment Count Data from XRP’s leading blockchain explorer, XRPScan, shows that on May 19, the number of XRP payments from one account to another was sitting around just 766,051. However, over the next few days, the payment count rose sharply,....
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The XRP Ledger is moving through another important update process, and this one is not only about adding new features. Version 3.2.0 is now in development, according to XRPL validator Vet, who said the update is meant to further strengthen the foundation that XRP runs on. The upcoming XRP Ledger update is less about short-term price hype and more about what it says about the network’s direction, following the recent activation of version 3.1.3 in early May. XRP Ledger Version 3.2.0 Is Coming XRP Ledger version 3.1.3 is now active, and attention has now moved to what comes next for the....
There have already been dozens of 2016 prediction lists emanating from the broader bitcoin and blockchain community over the past several weeks, so I'll avoid contributing to the cacophony. After the abysmal results with my personal predictions for 2014–2015, I've finally learned to ask more questions and offer fewer forecasts, anyway. Instead of prognosticating, I'll offer 10 simple questions for the bitcoin and blockchain industry going into this year. The growth in bitcoin transaction volumes shows no sign of abating, and yet the 1MB block data limit is no closer to being raised than it....
The legal counsel representing Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF), the former boss of the now-defunct FTX exchange, has raised some questions about the government’s proposed queries during jury selection. The FTX co-founder faces a six-week trial, which will commence with a jury selection process on October 3, 2023. The prosecutors and the defense counsel submitted their questions […]
RippleX has put a sharp point on its “institutional DeFi” roadmap by inviting the security community to actively break the XRP Ledger’s forthcoming lending stack—before it ships. In a coordinated program with Immunefi, the company unveiled a $200,000 “Attackathon” aimed at hardening the proposed XRPL Lending Protocol, a ledger-native system for fixed-term, uncollateralized credit governed […]
Ripple’s Chief Technology Officer (CTO), David JoelKatz Schwartz, has reaffirmed the XRP Ledger’s (XRPL) eagerness to serve as a core infrastructure for the world’s financial system. He emphasized that the XRPL has been thoroughly battle-tested, demonstrating both resilience and adaptability as blockchain adoption continues to expand globally. Ripple CTO Touts XRP Ledger’s Global Potential On […]