XRP Ledger Security Fix Goes Live as XRP Price Remains Under Pressure

Published on 11/08/2026 at 07:03 | Editorial responsibility: Rafael Müller, Editor-in-Chief AD HOC NEWS

The XRP price remains under pressure after the XRP Ledger activated a security amendment for issued-token permissions. The update does not change native XRP supply, while recent ETF flows and exchange activity point to cautious demand.

Security Fix Meets Weak Demand

The XRP Ledger activated the fixCleanup3_4_0 amendment on November 4 to close a token-permission loophole affecting issued assets.
The amendment does not affect the native XRP token or its supply, and no exploitation has been publicly reported.
XRP traded at 1.1596 USD on Investing.com at 18:11:15 Berlin time on November 8, while October spot XRP ETF inflows slowed to 18.8 million USD.

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The XRP Ledger has moved a security-focused protocol amendment into production, while the XRP price remains below levels reached during its early-November rebound. The development improves controls for issued assets, but it does not provide a direct change to the native XRP token.

Investing.com displayed XRP at 1.1596 USD at 18:11:15 Berlin time on November 8, 2026. The same page showed a market capitalization of 73.59 billion USD, 24-hour volume of 1.62 billion, a market ranking of five and 63.52 billion XRP in circulation. These figures are a point-in-time market snapshot; they are not a verified UTC day-close comparison.

What the XRPL amendment changes

According to Gadgets 360, the fixCleanup3_4_0 amendment became active on November 4 at 14:52 UTC, at ledger 108,112,129. It prevents delegated PaymentBurn transactions from crossing a zero-balance boundary in a way that could allow an account authorized to destroy issued tokens to create them under certain circumstances.

The issue concerned assets created on the ledger, including stablecoins, trust-line tokens and Multi-Purpose Tokens. XRP itself was not affected because it is outside that permission system. Gadgets 360 also reported that there were no public reports of exploitation or unauthorized token creation linked to the flaw.

Demand has not confirmed a rebound

Recent market data provide a mixed backdrop for the XRP price. Markets Insider reported on November 6 that 418.5 million XRP left Binance on November 4, citing CryptoQuant analyst Darkfost. The report cautioned that exchange withdrawals can also reflect internal wallet transfers and do not guarantee a rally.

The same report said U.S. spot XRP ETFs recorded zero net inflows on November 3, 4 and 5. October inflows totaled 18.8 million USD, down from 121.4 million USD in September, according to SoSoValue data cited by Markets Insider. That suggests institutional demand had not yet offset the market's selling pressure.

Investor focus shifts to adoption

For investors, the amendment is primarily a network-integrity milestone rather than a direct XRP supply or cash-flow catalyst. A stronger security framework may support future issued-asset activity on the ledger, but the current market response will still depend on liquidity, ETF flows and broader crypto sentiment. The XRP price therefore remains a volatile indicator of market positioning, not a standalone measure of the amendment's technical value.

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