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Ripple SEC Filing Exposed: XRP Escrow Claim Raises Questions

XRP trades near $1.40 today, down roughly -2.5% on the day, a sizeable pullback bounce that sits inside a larger tug-of-war between bulls and a still-heavy chart. Buried in a routine ETF prospectus, though, is a line that has crypto lawyers doing a double-take. What Ripple may or may not have told regulators about its escrow reserves could matter far more than the daily candle.　　Australian lawyer Bill Morgan flagged the detail while reading the registration statement for the Cryptex Digital Market Cap ETF, filed with the U.S. SEC on August 25, which assigns XRP a portfolio weight near 4.88%.　　The filing states that Ripple “has indicated” it could release additional XRP from escrow to support on-ledger liquidity for stablecoin and foreign-exchange pairs, but only if the CLARITY Act passes. Morgan posted on X that he could not recall Ripple ever making that statement publicly and asked, reasonably, where the filings drafters got it.　　Although XRP is down a fair amount today, the asset is still up over +27% in the past seven days, and as long as $1.36 support holds, this should be seen as consolidation before the next leg up.　　Can XRP Price Hit $1.45 This Week？　　$XRP IS APPROACHING THE BUY WALL‼️　　XRP

08-27Industry

Bithumb wins 194M won Bitcoin recovery lawsuit

Bithumb won the first ruling in four civil lawsuits seeking to recover proceeds from Bitcoin mistakenly credited to customers during a February promotional event.　　Judge Kim Yu-seong of the Seoul Central District Courts 90th Civil Division ruled for Bithumb on Aug. 27 and ordered the defendant to return approximately 194 million won as unjust enrichment.　　The decision is a first-instance judgment and may be appealed. No appeal or deadline for the remaining three rulings had been publicly reported when the judgment was announced.　　Bithumbs first case involved 194 million won　　Bithumb filed separate civil claims against four users in March. The exchange alleged that the users sold Bitcoin credited to them by mistake and retained the resulting cash after being asked to return it.　　The Aug. 27 case involved the second-largest claim, according to the original Korean report. The remaining claims were approximately 500 million won, 14.8 million won and five million won.　　Contrary to one translated account, no verified Aug. 26 judgment involving the five-million-won claim was found. The original report describes the Aug. 27 decision as the first ruling among all four lawsuits.　　The combined reported claims total approximately 713.8 million won. Court schedules for the other three cases have not been publicly disclosed.　　Bitcoin payout

08-27Industry

Core Lightning tells node operators to upgrade after confirming security flaws

Core Lightning has confirmed multiple security vulnerabilities in its Bitcoin Lightning Network software and has urged node operators to install an upcoming security update or temporarily run their nodes offline.　　Core Lightning said Thursday that its developers had been reviewing a large number of AI-generated Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures reports and confirmed that several submissions identified real problems requiring fixes.　　The project advised operators to upgrade as its main recommendation. Operators who have not installed the security release can restart Core Lightning with the –offline option, which prevents the node from connecting to peers and stops payments from entering, leaving or routing through it.　　Core Lightning initially described the offline setting as a protective measure while fixes were being prepared, but later clarified that operators should prioritize upgrading once the patched software is available.　　Technical details about the newly confirmed vulnerabilities have not been made public. Core Lightning has not disclosed their severity, assigned public CVE identifiers or reported evidence that attackers have exploited the flaws.　　Core Lightning nodes can remain active without routing payments　　Using the –offline setting allows the Core Lightning daemon to remain active while disconnecting the node from the Lightning Network.　　Under the configuration, a node does not accept incoming peer connections or

08-27Industry

U.S. government moves Bitcoin seized from Alameda Binance.US accounts

The U.S. government has moved a small amount of Bitcoin seized from Alameda Research accounts on Binance.US about three years ago, with the transaction involving roughly 0.0048 BTC worth about $377.　　Arkham Intelligence reported the transfer in an Aug. 27 post on X, saying the Bitcoin had been seized from Alameda accounts held on Binance.US three years earlier. The blockchain analytics firm did not describe the transaction as a sale or provide evidence that the government had begun liquidating the remaining Bitcoin tied to Alameda.　　“The US Government just moved a small amount of Bitcoin that had been seized from Alameda accounts on Binance US, 3 years ago,” Arkham wrote.　　Alongside the transfer, Arkham asked whether the government would begin liquidating the rest of Alamedas Bitcoin. The firm framed the potential liquidation as a question, while no U.S. agency has announced plans to sell the remaining assets.　　Arkhams accompanying dashboard showed the transaction leaving a wallet labeled as belonging to the U.S. government. The monitoring platform also showed government-linked addresses holding about 324,552 BTC at the time, with the Bitcoin valued at roughly $25.5 billion.　　U.S. government Bitcoin transfer follows earlier Alameda movements　　The small Bitcoin transaction comes after federal wallets moved a much larger group

08-27Industry

Pyth Networks API overhaul threatens to freeze unpatched smart contracts across 300 DeFi protocols

Crypto price oracle Pyth Network missed its documented 16:00 UTC cutover deadline on Aug. 26, adding a new requirement for developers who call its Hermes price-delivery service directly: their requests now need an API key.　　Related Asset Pyth Network #92 PYTH · $0.05 24-hour change: down 12.51% Price history is not available. 24H Down 12.51% 7D Up 10.90% 30D Up 15.83%　　Under Pyths migration guide, people who use a protocol that already integrates the oracle dont need to take direct action.　　Pyth documented that the existing hermes.pyth.network address would redirect to its upgraded backend, with authentication required after the deadline. Developers could also move directly tohttps://pyth.dourolabs.app/hermes, passing the key as a bearer token or SDK access token.　　Pyth said the routes and response shapes did not change.　　Pyths Aug. 26 cutover required direct Hermes callers and Sui integrators to update authentication or configuration, while protocol end users needed no action.Where incomplete Pyth migrations can fail　　Pyths upgraded Hermes endpoint serves payloads intended for the upgraded Pyth Core contract. The guide warns that changing the endpoint without changing the contract generation, or doing the reverse, can leave an application unable to verify price updates.　　An application without the required key may not complete authenticated Hermes requests, while one

08-27Industry

Tokenized deposits could raise US credit costs: Dallas Fed economists

Tokenized deposits could make bank funding less stable and raise credit costs for US households and businesses, according to an analysis by two economists at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas.　　Economists Rosie Levy and Srini Ramaswamy said instant settlement could allow depositors seeking higher yields to switch banks more quickly. They said programmable deposit tokens and agentic artificial intelligence could automate the transfers, shortening the time that deposits remain at individual banks and making them more sensitive to interest rates.　　The economists estimated that if deposits became 10% more sensitive to interest rates, banks capacity to hold long-term loans and other assets could fall by about $700 billion. In a separate scenario, deposits remaining at banks for 10% less time could reduce that capacity by about $580 billion. Both figures are expressed in 10-year equivalents and do not represent direct reductions in lending.　　The calculations are scenarios rather than forecasts and do not represent dollar-for-dollar reductions in bank lending. They come as US banks build shared blockchain networks designed to move tokenized deposits around the clock while keeping customer funds within the regulated banking system.　　Banks develop networks for tokenized deposits　　On Tuesday, 39 US state banking associations formed the BankChain Alliance to develop

08-27Industry

Bitcoin ETF inflows slow to $232M as BTC holds under $80K

US-listed spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) drew $232.1 million in net inflows on Wednesday, slowing from the previous day while extending their inflow streak to eight trading days.　　The latest inflow was down about 26% from Tuesdays $314.4 million and marked the smallest daily total since Aug. 18, according to SoSoValue data.　　The eight-session streak has attracted about $2.8 billion, cutting year-to-date net outflows to about $2.03 billion. Cumulative net inflows rose to $54.6 billion, while total net assets reached $98.6 billion.Daily inflows in US spot Bitcoin ETFs since Aug. 17. Source: SoSoValue　　The slowdown came as Bitcoin stalled after briefly climbing above $80,000 on Tuesday. Bitcoin traded at about $78,759 at publishing time, down 0.3% over the past 24 hours, according to CoinGecko.　　Despite Bitcoins stalled price action, crypto market sentiment strengthened on Thursday. The Crypto Fear & Greed Index rose to 71 from 65 a day earlier, remaining in “Greed” territory, according to Alternative.me.The Crypto Fear & Greed Index. Source: Alternative.me　　Among altcoin funds, US spot Ether ETFs also recorded an eighth consecutive day of inflows on Wednesday, attracting $192.4 million.　　US-listed spot XRP ETFs attracted $28.1 million on Wednesday, their biggest daily inflow since Jan. 5, according to SoSoValue. Cumulative net inflows reached

08-27Industry

HYPE whale adds $24M as a16z link remains unverified

A cluster of 12 wallets deposited 36 million USDC into Hyperliquid during the 24 hours ending Aug. 27 and used about $24 million to purchase HYPE, according to on-chain analyst EmberCN.　　The wallets acquired 282,090 HYPE at an estimated average price of $81.50. EmberCN described the cluster as “suspected” of being connected to Andreessen Horowitz, or a16z, but the venture capital firm has not confirmed that attribution.　　Public blockchain records can verify individual transfers, purchases and staking transactions. They cannot establish the legal owner of an address without additional evidence linking the wallet to a person or company.　　HYPE wallets still hold $12 million in USDC　　The cluster had converted approximately two-thirds of its newly deposited USDC into HYPE when EmberCN published the analysis. About $12 million remained available within the reported group of wallets.　　The addresses appeared to divide purchases across multiple accounts rather than execute one large market order. Such activity can reduce the visibility and price movement associated with a single transaction, although the wallets exact execution strategy was not confirmed.　　Three addresses cited by the analyst show Hyperliquid transaction histories that readers can inspect through Hypurrscan: one, two and three.　　However, EmberCN did not publish a complete ownership proof covering all 12 addresses.

08-27Industry

Bitcoin and Ether ETF Inflows Hit 2026 High as Term Is Exploited

U.S. spot Bitcoin and Ethereum exchange-traded funds posted their strongest combined week of net inflows in 2026 in the week ending August 21, drawing roughly $2.6 billion as trading activity accelerated. Two days later, Term Labs confirmed that a governance exploit had affected its Term Finance vaults, with blockchain-security firms estimating losses of about $8.5 million.　　Bitcoin and Ether ETFs post 2026s strongest inflow week　　The Block reported that U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs took in approximately $1.9 billion in net inflows during the week ending August 21. Spot Ethereum ETFs added $697.2 million, making it the strongest weekly inflow period of 2026 for both product categories.　　The combined total was about $2.6 billion. ETF trading volume across the Bitcoin and Ethereum products reached approximately $29 billion over the same period, a sharp increase in market activity alongside the inflows.　　Bitcoin briefly traded above $79,000 during the week, while Ether traded near $2,423, according to the report. Those price points provide the immediate market backdrop for the fund flows, although the reported weekly figures do not by themselves establish why investors committed capital or how long the demand will persist.　　The figures also put the Bitcoin and Ether markets in focus beyond their underlying spot venues.

08-27Industry

Bitcoin Breaks Above $80,000 Again After 100 Days, While the Fed Makes Successive Moves: “Bull Market Returns Fast” OR “Dead Cat Bounce, Run While You Can”?

Introduction　　After exactly 100 days, Bitcoin reclaimed the $80,000 level on August 24, and surged further to $81,272 on August 25 (according to Binance data) before pulling back.　　Following its retreat from the yearly high, Bitcoin spent nearly three months moving sideways and building a bottom within a narrow $57,000–$68,000 range. Then, within just a few trading days, it exploded higher, posting a monthly gain of more than 28%.　　However, just three weeks earlier, in early August, Bitcoin was still hovering around the $64,000–$66,000 range. The 30-day average of active addresses once fell to 609,000, approaching levels seen during the 2018 bear market. Within only a few days, market sentiment shifted from “fear” to “extreme greed” — the Crypto Fear 　　Volatility dropped to the lowest level of the year;　　The market entered a state of “bulls and bears locked in battle, while retail investors stayed on the sidelines.”　　However, two important undercurrents emerged during this consolidation phase:　　1. OTC Trading Activity Increased Significantly　　Long-term investors, including early Bitcoin whales and institutions linked to publicly listed companies, continued accumulating spot Bitcoin around the $60,000 level, quietly rebuilding positions.　　2. Short Positions Continued to Build in Derivative Markets　　A growing number of traders bet that Bitcoin would break below the lower

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