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XRP Ledger issues emergency patch after bug enables creation of XRP

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CoinDesk reports researchers demonstrated a payment scenario on the XRP Ledger that could create spendable XRP without the sender providing funding.

The finding led to an emergency software release and an XRP Ledger patch to address the decade-old bug.

Latest closeXRP $1.334 ▼5.3%

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CoinDeskXRP Ledger patched decade-old bug that could create billions of dollars in XRP from nothing

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