In development SEC Proposes Rules on Crypto Custody by Investment Companies and Advisers On October 1, 2026, the SEC proposed new rules and amendments addressing how regulated investment companies may custody crypto securities and similar investments, and how registered investment advisers may custody client crypto funds and securities. (SEC.gov | Adviser and Regulated Fund Custody Rules; Crypto Custody Rules)
Confirmed Sibos 2026 opens in Miami Swift's annual banking conference runs 28 September to 1 October at the Miami Beach Convention Center, with sessions on 'the Swift Ledger: from vision to implementation' and tokenised finance. Watch for any bank announcements about Swift's blockchain ledger, and whether any of them involve public networks or currency conversion. (When is Sibos Miami taking place? | Sibos) Outcome (October 1, 2026): Sibos ran in Miami from September 28 to October 1, 2026. At the event, Swift's chief executive said its blockchain ledger had gone live (see the September 30 entry), and Fed Governor Waller spoke on AI in payments (see the September 29 entry). → What is Swift's blockchain ledger, and is it live? → Is XRP replacing SWIFT, or could they work together?
Company-reported UK banks complete first live tokenised sterling deposit transactions UK Finance said participants in the Great British Tokenised Deposit (GBTD) initiative, which involves Barclays, HSBC UK, Lloyds Banking Group, Monzo, Nationwide, NatWest and Santander, completed the first live customer transactions using tokenised sterling deposits, including two remortgage completions. UK Finance says the GBTD platform was developed by Quant as shared industry infrastructure. The release does not mention XRP, public blockchains or currency conversion. (UK banks complete first live customer transactions using tokenised sterling deposits) → Who does XRP actually compete with in cross-border payments?
Company-reported Bitget theft includes XRP Ledger assets Bitget reported a security incident on 24 September. Its later update put the total transferred to attacker-controlled addresses at $387.5 million, up from an initial estimate of $351.6 million, across Ethereum and several EVM networks, the XRP Ledger, Zcash and TRON. Bitget says the underlying vulnerability has been remediated but has not published how the attack happened, and it is offering bounties for frozen or recovered funds. (The incident involved assets across Ethereum and several EVM networks, XRP Ledger, Zcash and TRON. The primary attacker-controlled receiving addresses identified to date are:) Outcome (September 25, 2026): Bitget said on September 25, 2026 that about $387.5 million was transferred to attacker-controlled addresses, up from its first estimate of $351.6 million, across Ethereum and EVM networks, the XRP Ledger, Zcash and TRON; it said the vulnerability was remediated and offered a 5% bounty for frozen or recovered funds. CoinDesk reported on September 26 that about 103 million XRP was split across five accounts. (Bitget security update) → Does Ripple control XRP or the XRP Ledger, and can it freeze my coins?
Company-reported XRPL fixes reserve sponsorship bug in xrpld v3.4.0 XRPL.org stated that the fix to enforce conditional exit on reserve sponsorship is included in xrpld v3.4.0, released on September 17, 2026. (Vulnerability Disclosure Report: XLS-68 Sponsored Fees and Reserves)
Confirmed SEC to host roundtable on 24-hour U.S. equity trading The SEC is hosting a roundtable to discuss moving towards 24-hour trading in U.S. equity markets, covering preparations for overnight trading, operations and resiliency in a 24-hour market, and opportunities and challenges for expansion, per the SEC, dated 2026-09-17. (SEC.gov | Roundtable on Preparations for 24-Hour Trading)
Company-reported xrpld version 3.4.0 released On September 16, 2026, xrpl.org announced that version 3.4.0 of xrpld, the reference server implementation of the XRP Ledger protocol, is now available. (Introducing XRP Ledger version 3.4.0)
Confirmed XRPH wallet drain (weak key generation) On 2026-09-03, xrpl.social reported that app-created padlock wallets appear to have been generated from a much smaller effective keyspace than normal XRPL wallets. (XRPH Wallet Incident: Public Forensics Report)
Company-reported Clio 2.8.0 Released for XRP Ledger API Server On August 20, 2026, xrpl.org announced that version 2.8.0 of Clio, an XRP Ledger API server optimized for HTTP and WebSocket API calls, is now available. (Introducing Clio version 2.8.0)
Company-reported Ripple Prime Closes $275 Million Senior Notes Offering Ripple announced on August 18, 2026 that it successfully closed an upsized $275 million private placement of senior unsecured notes issued by Ripple Prime, its non-bank prime brokerage, to support its ongoing and expanding U.S. business. (Ripple Prime Closes $275 Million Senior Notes Offering)
Confirmed Treasury Issues Proposed Rulemaking on GENIUS Act Stablecoin Implementation On August 17, 2026, the U.S. Department of the Treasury announced it issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking seeking public comment on its implementation of section 3 of the GENIUS Act, according to a Treasury press release. (Treasury Seeks Public Comment on GENIUS Act Proposed Rulemaking)
Confirmed Attacker Drains ~200,000 XRP from tx XRPL Bridge On August 9, 2026, an attacker drained the tx (formerly Coreum) XRPL bridge of 199,916.3 XRP across 94 payments in 87 minutes, leaving a reserve that had held roughly 200,410 XRP with about 493 XRP in it, according to Sigint Zero's blog. (How Does an XRPL Bridge Know a Deposit Happened?)
Company-reported Ripple Announces Strategic Investments in ZILO and Licuido On August 3, 2026, Ripple announced strategic investments in ZILO, a global transfer agency asset technology provider, and Licuido, a tokenization solution and trading platform, as part of its push into capital markets. (Ripple Strengthens Digital Capital Markets Infrastructure with Investments in ZILO and Licuido)
Company-reported FXRP live as collateral in Sentora's RLUSD vault on Morpho Flare states that in August, FXRP went live as collateral in Sentora's RLUSD vault on Morpho, on Ethereum mainnet, as announced on August 15, 2026. (FXRP approved as collateral in $280m RLUSD vault - FinanceFeeds)
Company-reported XRPLiquid pauses after reward wallet security incident XRPLiquid stated that on Friday, July 24, a security incident affected its reward distribution system, and that the rewards hot wallet and a test wallet were compromised. (XRPLiquid Is Pausing After Epoch 65 | XRPLiquid)
Company-reported Ripple introduces Ripple Mint Ripple published a post titled "Meet Ripple Mint" on its website on July 23, 2026, introducing Ripple Mint. (Meet Ripple Mint)
Confirmed XRPL Labs Discloses Batch Amendment Vulnerability XRPL Labs reported a vulnerability disclosure on Feb 26, 2026 concerning the XRPL Batch Amendment, described as unauthorized inner transaction execution, published as an advisory on the xrpl.org blog. (Vulnerability Disclosure Report: XRPL Batch Amendment)
Company-reported Kraken launches FlexLine, fixed-rate crypto-backed loans for Kraken Pro users Kraken launched FlexLine, a loan product that lets Kraken Pro users borrow against their digital assets at fixed rates of 10% to 25% APR for terms of up to two years, Cointelegraph reported on February 25, 2026. (Kraken introduces fixed-rate crypto loans for its Pro users (Cointelegraph, February 25, 2026))
