An AI agent discovered a critical vulnerability in the XRP Ledger that could have allowed unlimited minting of XRP tokens, putting $94 billion at risk. The decade-old bug was found by chaining two harmless vulnerabilities together and was patched within three days of disclosure, earning a $250,000 bug bounty—reportedly the largest ever paid for an AI-discovered vulnerability.
DeFi protocols hold $91B in total value locked but only 0.14% in loss reserves. Firelight Protocol introduces automatic exploit protection for vaults, where independent security firms validate incidents and pay eligible losses from FXRP stakers' capital, now live on Sentora, Veda, and Upshift vaults.