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XRPL Hack Update: TX Chain Bridge Halted After Nearly 200,000 XRP Exploit

CoinCentral·August 12, 2026·1 min read
XRPL Hack Update: TX Chain Bridge Halted After Nearly 200,000 XRP Exploit

TX Chain reported 198,715.88 XRP stolen from its XRPL bridge during an August 9 exploit. A deposit-detection flaw allowed invalid transactions to register as valid bridge deposits. The attacker minted unbacked XRP on TX Chain before withdrawing real XRP. Stolen XRP was converted to ETH and moved through THORChain.

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