The security vulnerability lies at the intersection of two specific features in the XRPL: partial payments and the smart contract logic of the escrow system. Neither feature alone was problematic, but when combined under certain conditions, they created a security flaw that allowed an attacker to deceive the transaction ledger into recording a payment as completed, while only a small portion of the intended XRP was actually transferred. The practical target of such a flaw was automated market makers and decentralized trading platforms operating on the transaction ledger. Both rely on precise settlement logic to function correctly. A transaction that appears to be complete while only a partial value has been delivered is exactly the kind of inconsistency that drains liquidity from automated market makers and decentralized trading platforms before anyone notices an accounting error. The flaw was not simple. It required simulating the interactions of rare edge cases that are seldom uncovered by standard human audits, which is precisely why it went undetected until an AI-powered security tool discovered it. How the issue was discovered and fixed This discovery is credited to an AI-powered auditing tool that uses formal verification methodology, reportedly from a company working in CertiK or Immunefi. Formal verification models the behavior of the code mathematically across billions of potential transaction scenarios, including combinations that human auditors might not consider testing because they fall outside typical usage patterns. The security flaw was in one of these combinations. Once the flaw was identified, the XRPL Foundation and Ripple’s engineering team secretly collaborated with a security firm to develop a patch before any public announcement. The fix was then submitted through XRPL’s standard governance process, which requires 80% approval from validators over 14 days to adopt. The amendment was approved. No funds were lost. Zero.

$XRP USDT Entry Zone: 1.300 – 1.325 TP1: 1.390 TP2: 1.450 TP3: 1.520 Stop Loss: 1.220 My Analysis: Testing key horizontal support at 1.30 with all MAs bearish above. Volume picking up at lows. Reclaim of MA7 at 1.3287 is first trigger, hold above 1.30 critical for recovery.

🗞 Top #CryptoNews: Sat, Feb 28 (24H) 1️⃣ Google Cloud and MoneyGram just signed on to run launch Midnight nodes for new privacy network banks want 2️⃣ XRP Ledger nearly shipped a feature that could drain accounts without owners signing