UK regulators published an update to a national retail payments blueprint, calling for infrastructure support for tokenization and interoperability with.

Aave launched its V3 lending protocol on Monad with 12 supported assets as the network commits $15 million in first-year.

Standard Chartered and Circle launch bank-led USDC minting and redemption for institutions, starting in Dubai’s DIFC with planned global expansion.

SBI Crypto will shut down its Bitcoin mining pool on July 31 after more than five years, ranking 12th globally.

Yield-bearing stablecoin supply fell 15% in Q2 as sUSDe and sUSDS contracted, while Treasury-backed products including BUIDL, USYC and USDY.

OFAC added 134 crypto wallet addresses linked to ISIS-K to its sanctions list, including 131 Tron addresses that received more.

The Solana Foundation launched a framework for protocol-level governance, enabling validators with at least 100,000 delegated SOL to publish new.

Taiko restored bridge transfers after replenishing asset backing and completing security fixes following an 11-day network disruption.

Metaplanet bought 2,823 Bitcoin during the second quarter, reducing its average acquisition cost to $106,500 per BTC, and reported $10.9.

OpenAI has reportedly discussed giving the US government a 5% equity stake in early Trump administration talks as Washington tightens.