{
  "id": 13769370,
  "title": "XRP Ledger patches decade-old bug that could have minted trillions of XRP",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/11/xrp-ledger-patches-decade-old-bug-that-could-have-minted-trillions-of",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-11T18:07:41.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Block",
    "slug": "the-block",
    "url": "https://www.theblock.co/news/ecosystems/2026-10-11-xrp-ledger-patches-decade-old-bug-that-could-have-minted-trillions-of-xrp-418230"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "An overflow bug in the XRP Ledger's payment engine could have let an attacker mint about 18 trillion spendable XRP in one transaction.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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      {
        "outlet": "CoinDesk",
        "title": "XRP Ledger patched decade-old bug that could create billions of dollars in XRP from nothing",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/10/xrp-ledger-patched-decade-old-bug-that-could-create-billions-of",
        "published": "2026-10-10T04:20:07.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}