What began as a routine account setup turned into one of the strangest XRP Ledger glitches in months. BitGo, a well-known crypto custodian and wallet provider, accidentally triggered a wave of failed XRP transactions after one of its wallets ran out of balance.
The pro$BNB blem started when BitGo’s automated system kept trying to activate new XRP accounts, each requiring the standard 1 XRP reserve fee. Once the wallet was empty, the script didn’t stop — it kept attempting transactions that couldn’t be funded, resulting in an endless loop of rejected payments.
Before long, on-chain trackers were flooded with thousands of “UNFUNDED PAYMENT” entries, cluttering the XRP Ledger’s mempool and confusing observers.
An XRPL contributor known as “Vet” was among the first to notice, joking that BitGo’s developers had “created infinite while loops.” Ledger explorers showed account-creation metrics spiking to nearly 11,000 in a single day before activity dropped when the balance hit zero.
BitGo responds
BitGo later confirmed the incident was due to an internal automation error, not a security breach. The team has since refilled the affected wallet with 1,048 XRP to stop further failures.
Despite the chaos, the XRP Ledger remains stable — and that rogue script sending 1.2225 XRP transactions has finally gone silent.
