XRP Ledger repairs flaw as XRP drops 8.2% over the week

what happened

TradingView reported that researchers and RippleX addressed a 64-bit overflow discovered in the XRP Ledger payment engine a decade ago. An emergency release, xrpld v3.4.1, was issued on Sept 25. No exploitation on the public network has been identified. XRP Ledger validators also deployed xrpld 3.4.1 and the XLS-56 fix on Mainnet for the payment-engine overflow and a batch-processing bug; no funds were lost.

Across the 30 days through Oct 8, exchanges recorded outflows of about 1.58B XRP. Spot XRP ETFs attracted roughly $11.3M during that week, while XRPUSD declined by approximately 8.2%. TradingView said a daily close above $1.40 would be needed to alter the near-term trend, with intraday moves excluded. A move through $1.43–$1.48 would be required to break the sequence of lower highs.

The XRP Ledger Foundation said the bug did not result in the creation of additional XRP. Total supply remains 100B, circulating supply is about 99.986B, fees are burned and the ledgers remain publicly verifiable. The disclosed flaw could have enabled attackers to create an excessive amount of XRP through the embedded DEX, potentially distorting pricing. RippleX plans to broaden AI-assisted bug detection and formal verification after the incident. Evernorth holds about 473 million XRP and reported approximately $300 million in gross cash proceeds connected with Ripple vs US Dollar (XRPUSD) spot CFD treasury holdings. Its long-term plan is to increase XRP per share and invest in yield and XRP infrastructure, with valuation based on operations rather than short-term XRPUSD moves. XRPUSD saw heavy trading and pronounced social-media interest in June 2026, while Santiment’s weighted sentiment measure reached its 2026 low. TradingView cautioned that its AI-generated summary may contain inaccuracies and said important information should be checked against original sources.

why it matters

The patch reduces a potential supply-integrity risk, while ETF flows, exchange movements, sentiment and the cited technical levels remain relevant to market attention around XRPUSD.

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