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Every Infrastructure read CryptoBloggers has picked: 353 so far, 297 in the last 30 days, strongest first under “Start here” and newest first below.
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XRP Ledger’s Payment Engine Had a Counterfeiting Bug Hiding Since 2015
A integer overflow bug in the XRP Ledger payment engine, dormant since 2015, could have let attackers mint XRP beyond total supply.
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XRP Ledger Discloses Decade-Old Bug That Could Mint Trillions
A decade-old XRP Ledger overflow bug could have minted trillions of XRP; it was fixed in xrpld 3.4.1 and no exploitation was found.
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Lessons from trying to buy from ~1,900 x402 APIs in one day (1,255 delivered)
A Reddit builder had an agent buy from about 1,900 x402 endpoints on Base for $12.19; 1,255 delivered, and the failures led to new pre-payment checks.
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Alpenglow: What We Learned Running Solana's Biggest Consensus Change
Galaxy Research shares lessons from running Solana's largest consensus change, Alpenglow, in production.
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XRP Ledger defends emergency patch for unlimited XRP bug
The XRP Ledger Foundation says its emergency patch for the unlimited XRP bug was not forced on operators, responding to criticism of the rollout.
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Lessons from trying to buy from ~1,900 x402 APIs in one day (1,255 delivered)
A Reddit builder had an agent buy from about 1,900 x402 endpoints on Base for $12.19; 1,255 delivered, and the failures led to new pre-payment checks.
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Ethlabs Drops Quick Slots Push to Chase a Post-Quantum Ethereum by 2027
Ethlabs is pulling its Quick Slots proposal from Hegotá to focus on a post-quantum Ethereum targeted for 2027. A notable shift in protocol priorities.
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Akash Opens One-Way AKT Migration to Solana
Akash holders can lock AKT on Cosmos and receive the same amount on Solana in a one-way migration open for two years. Useful for AKT holders and cross-chain watchers.
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MEGA Discloses 20% Staff Cut Amid AI Product Push
MEGA discloses a 20% staff cut, including people who worked on its chain and wallet, days after a $30M product pledge.
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UK, Singapore, and Thailand central banks complete foreign exchange settlement trial linking traditional and tokenized systems
Central banks in the UK, Singapore and Thailand published findings from a cross-border FX settlement trial linking traditional and tokenized systems.
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BoE and Asian Central Banks Test Linked FX Settlement
Bank of England and Asian central banks tested linked FX settlement across traditional and tokenised systems, without live participants.
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Solana Becomes the Fifth Network on DTCC’s Tokenization Roadmap, Due in Late 2027
Solana is named the fifth network on DTCC's tokenization roadmap, due in second half 2027, with holding limited to DTC account firms.
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Avalanche Owns Five Percent of Tokenized Stocks
Three U.S. tokenized stock venues chose different chains in one week, with NYSE picking Avalanche as sole settlement chain for its 24/7 platform. Coverage is brief and built on a WSJ report.
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Former Ethereum Core Dev Greg Markou Defends Developers Over Stalled Gas Repricing
Former Ethereum core dev Greg Markou defends developers over stalled gas repricing in Glamsterdam, blaming bundled upgrades.
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DTCC adds Solana to Wall Street tokenization plans, targeting 2027 rollout
DTCC plans to bring tokenized stocks, ETFs and Treasuries to Solana for a 2027 rollout, expanding beyond Stellar and Arc.
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DTCC plans to bring tokenized securities to Solana in second half of 2027
DTCC plans to add Solana to its tokenization service in the second half of 2027.
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Layer 1, Rollups and Sidechains: The Key Differences
Explainer on how Ethereum, OP Mainnet, Linea and Polygon PoS differ in checks, settlement and withdrawal waits.
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DTCC to Bring Tokenized Stocks and Treasuries to Solana in 2027
DTCC will add Solana to its tokenization service for tokenized stocks and Treasuries in 2027, after going live on Canton and a private network.
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BNY taps Figment to support staking on its digital asset custody platform
BNY Mellon's custody platform adds Figment as validator provider for institutional staking.
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Ethereum researchers drop faster blocks to race toward quantum defenses in 2027
Ethlabs proposes faster blocks to target quantum-resistant accounts by 2027, though wallet holders would still need to switch signing methods.
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Chainstack says AI-powered security breach exposed customer data; threat now contained
Node provider Chainstack had an AI-powered breach exposing customer data; customers must rotate node credentials.
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Ripple’s bank-lending system moves closer to launch on the XRP Ledger
Ripple's bank-lending support on the XRP Ledger rose from 19 to 22 of 35 validators since mid-October, with no public record of which validators switched.
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Ethlabs Puts Ethereum Quantum Defense Ahead of Speed
Ethlabs reprioritizes Ethereum toward quantum and AI-resistant defenses for 2027, withdrawing Quick Slots from the Hegotá upgrade.
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Bitcoin Core Discloses 3 Patched Bugs, Including a High-Severity Mining Flaw
Bitcoin Core disclosed three bugs fixed in October 2025, including a high-severity mining flaw, now public under its disclosure policy with no known exploitation.
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Deutsche Bank Goes Live With Crypto Custody After a Five-Year Buildup
Deutsche Bank's European custody service is live for Bitcoin, Ethereum and three stablecoins for institutional clients.
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Bitcoin Core Discloses Bugs That Could Freeze Mining Nodes
Bitcoin Core disclosed bugs that could freeze mining nodes; fixes shipped in October 2025 and details were held until the vulnerable 29.x line reached end of life on Oct. 27.
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Pyth Adds Real-Time NYSE Data to Its Data Marketplace
Pyth adds NYSE Level 1 data for five exchanges; clients must license directly from NYSE.
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Keplr User Reports 1,200 ATOM Move Amid Recovery Effort
Onchain records show 1,200 ATOM from a Keplr user moved outside the Nov. 8 recovery list, though the snippet does not establish who controls the address.
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Deutsche Bank goes live with digital asset custody service, signs asset management deal
Deutsche Bank launched digital asset custody and signed a deal covering tokenized funds, crypto ETCs and stablecoins.
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Initia confirms second exploit in 3 weeks, $3.27M stolen in latest attack
Initia suffered its second exploit in three weeks: attacker used compromised cloud credentials to move $3.27M, with about $2.16M still frozen as the network stays halted.
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Across Protocol restores website after hackers hijack domain
Across Protocol's website was hijacked via a social engineering attack on its domain registrar Namecheap, redirecting users to a phishing site; the site has been restored.
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LNbits Releases 1.7.0 Urgent Security Update After November 8 Attacks Drain Funds
LNbits shipped urgent 1.7.0 after attacks on November 8 drained funds; operators must upgrade before restarting servers, since older versions risk theft.
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Across Urges Users to Avoid App Over Domain Issue
Across bridge warns users to avoid its app over a domain issue, with effect on contracts still unknown.
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Moody’s Pilot With Chainlink Puts Test Ratings on Several Blockchains in One Pass
Moody's and Chainlink ran a test-network-only pilot publishing stand-in ratings to several chains at once.
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Phylax and Titan Bring Circuit Breakers to Ethereum
Phylax and Titan add circuit breakers that check transactions against app safety rules before settlement; Titan builds about half of Ethereum's blocks.
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Moody’s Taps Chainlink to Send Credit Ratings Across Multiple Blockchains
Moody's ran a testnet pilot using Chainlink CCIP to distribute credit ratings across permissioned and permissionless chains.