
Ripple ETFs Hit New All-Time High But XRP Price Fails to Capitalize
Ripple ETFs hit an all-time high, but XRP price struggles to gain traction.

A zero-day bug in Litecoin's MWEB module caused a $600,000 loss, highlighting vulnerabilities in PoW networks. In contrast, XRP Ledger's architecture prevents such attacks, according to a leading contributor.
Mentioned in this story
The events of April 26, 2024, on the Litecoin (LTC) network became a clear lesson for the industry. A zero-day bug in the MWEB privacy module led to a three-hour chain reorganization and a loss of $600,000 in the NEAR Intents protocol.
Commenting on the incident, a leading XRP Ledger contributor and dUNL validator known as Vet explained why such a scenario is technically impossible within the XRPL architecture.
According to the expert, the main issue with Litecoin and Bitcoin lies in the probabilistic nature of transaction finality. In PoW networks, security directly depends on the market price of the asset. If the price drops, it becomes less profitable for miners to secure the network, and the cost of a 51% attack decreases. In the case of LTC, attackers used a DDoS attack on honest miners to force nodes to accept a "longer" but invalid version of the blockchain.
"The XRP Ledger is built differently," Vet emphasizes, and here is why:
Despite its immunity to 51% attacks and reorganizations, XRPL is not completely invulnerable and is still exposed to specific risks such as validator collusion, spam attacks aimed at temporarily overloading nodes, and logical errors in smart contracts (Hooks) and amendments, such as those seen with AMM pools in 2024.
All comparisons aside, the Litecoin case serves as an ultimate reminder that in the crypto industry, security is a continuous process of confronting new threat vectors, no matter how reliable the underlying algorithms may seem.
A zero-day bug in the MWEB privacy module led to a three-hour chain reorganization, resulting in the financial loss.
XRP Ledger's architecture ensures transaction finality is not probabilistic, making it immune to the types of attacks that affected Litecoin.
The incident illustrates that security in PoW networks is vulnerable to market price fluctuations, which can lower the cost of attacks.

Ripple ETFs hit an all-time high, but XRP price struggles to gain traction.

Pi Network’s PI Token Recovers Amid BTC’s Rise to $78K

Bitcoin ETFs see strong inflows despite bearish positioning, indicating market changes.

Hyperliquid (HYPE) struggles to maintain momentum at $41 as volume decreases.

Litecoin shares details on recent zero-day exploit and its impact.

Litecoin's network faced a 13-block reorganization due to a MWEB vulnerability, raising security concerns.
See every story in Crypto — including breaking news and analysis.