🗞️ This Week in Crypto – October 11, 2026
Prices
BTC $83,082 · 7-day -3.1%
ETH $2,504 · 7-day -7.6%
XRP $1.3948 · 7-day -7.5%
Prices from Coinbase at 7:00am CT, Sun Oct 11, 2026. The change is seven days, not a forecast.
Top 3 stories
XRP Ledger Activates PermissionDelegationV1_1 for Institutional Account Controls
The PermissionDelegationV1_1 amendment activated on the XRP Ledger mainnet on October 8, 2026, enabling account owners to grant up to 10 specific permissions to separate delegate accounts via DelegateSet transactions. This allows institutions, stablecoin issuers, and tokenized fund operators to keep master keys offline while authorizing limited actions such as payments or compliance functions. Official documentation warns against delegating the PaymentBurn permission until the fixCleanup3_4_0 amendment activates.
Confirmed. LIVE.
XRP Ledger Discloses and Activates Fixes for Critical Payment Engine Overflow and Batch Bugs
On October 9, 2026, XRPL published a vulnerability disclosure for two issues fixed in xrpld 3.4.1: an integer overflow in the payment engine that could mint XRP beyond supply rules, and a Batch inner-transaction wrapper validation gap. The fixBatchV1_2 and BatchV1_1 amendments activated on mainnet that day; no evidence of public-network exploitation was found. All operators must run 3.4.1 or newer to avoid amendment blocking.
Confirmed. LIVE.
Ripple Prime Expands Multi-Asset Prime Brokerage, Clearing and Financing to Brevan Howard
On October 6, 2026, Ripple and Brevan Howard announced an expanded relationship under which Ripple Prime provides multi-asset prime brokerage, clearing and financing services to Brevan Howard funds. The deal builds on prior Brevan Howard affiliate participation in Ripple's 2025 strategic investment and supports institutional demand spanning traditional and digital assets. Ripple Prime's platform is designed for capital efficiency across asset classes within a regulated framework.
Confirmed. LIVE.
Washington watch
Nothing in the top stories came from a U.S. regulator or Congress page this week.
ETF flows
Weekly net flow, US$ millions.
Bitcoin ETFs: −$678.9 million
Ether ETFs: −$542.2 million
XRP ETFs: Not available
Source: Farside Investors https://farside.co.uk/bitcoin-etf-flow-all-data/ and https://farside.co.uk/ethereum-etf-flow-all-data/
Checked Oct 13, 2026, 7:25 AM CDT
Scam of the week
Seed-phrase harvest
Enter your 12 or 24 words to restore, sync, claim, or unlock. That sentence is the whole scam.
Don't fall for these
- A stranger who DMs first and asks for coins.
- Any site or chat that asks for a seed phrase.
- A promised weekly return.
- A link in a message. Type the address yourself.
Dates to watch
Oct 31, 2026: XRP escrow unlock https://xrpl.org/docs/concepts/payment-types/escrow
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