Bitcoin Hard Fork Explained: ECX and the Replay Problem
What Happens to Your Bitcoin in a Hard Fork? ECX and the Replay Problem In a Bitcoin hard fork that copies the ledger, original coins stay unchanged. A separate chain credits matching balance
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Robinhood Just Plugged Into XRP. Here’s What Ripple Just Did
Four years ago, Robinhood removed XRP from its platform under regulatory pressure. Now the company is running its institutional settlement operations on the XRP Ledger. The reversal is striki
Ripple has a national trust bank. RLUSD still has a different issuer
Ripple has said its proposed national trust bank received final federal approval on October 26, giving the company a federally supervised institution to manage the assets behind RLUSD. The st
Polkadot slips to $0.9777: four times as weak as the field
Polkadot traded at $0.9777 overnight into Wednesday, below one dollar for the first time since September 16. On Wednesday morning Polkadot is back at $1.009, up 1.56 percent over 24 hours. Ov
Smart Contract Deployments on BNB Chain Surge Nearly 3x to 12.3 Million in Q3
The network logged a 173% jump in new contracts even as active addresses declined over the same period. BNB Chain's smart contract deployments climbed to 12.3 million in the third quarter of
Hardware Wallet Supply Chain Attacks: What Keystone Reveals
How Hardware Wallet Supply Chain Attacks Threaten Crypto Security A hardware wallet is supposed to be the safest corner of crypto. The Keystone incident, disclosed on October 24, 2026, showed
4 Important Ripple (XRP) Announcements From Swell 2026 Day 0
Ripple Swell 2026 officially runs from October 27-29 in New York, but the company used “Day 0” to unveil several significant developments across its institutional business. CEO Brad Garlingho
Hayes Outlines FLOP’s AI Compute Derivatives Plan After Altcoin Sale
Arthur Hayes—co-founder of BitMEX and CEO of Flop Labs—has outlined a new way to turn AI computing into a tradable market using the Flop network and its native token, FLOP. In a Substack essa
Bithumb Data Leak: Crypto Exchange Confirms Unauthorized Access
Crypto News Today: Korean Exchange Security Incident Draws Attention Crypto news today is focused on a security issue at a top Korean exchange. The event has put data safety back in the spotl
Cancore Secures $7.2M in Seed Funding to Expand Canton’s Access to Public Blockchain Liquidity
The funding round, backed by Paper Ventures, dao5 and other investors, will support the development of cross-chain settlement infrastructure and AI-powered trading capabilities. Cancore, a bl
Safaricom fires 118 staff and recovers $7.34 million in fraud crackdown
East Africa’s leading telecoms operator Safaricom Plc dismissed 118 employees in FY26 ending March 31, 2026, following internal fraud investigations, according to disclosures in the company’s
XE Network Testnet Guide: Wallet Setup, Faucet and Transfers
XE Network Testnet Guide: How to Claim XE and Complete Transfers A testnet is a practice copy of a blockchain. It runs on test tokens, so mistakes cost nothing and users can learn the tools b