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• Comcast plans to split into two public companies by spinning off NBCUniversal and Sky through a tax-free separation.
• Comcast reported Q1 2026 revenue of $31.457 billion, while its connectivity unit generated $19.962 billion in segment revenue.
• The main sector risk is whether cable, broadband, streaming, and studio assets can grow faster as separate companies.

• Arthur Hayes disclosed buying US$2.2 million of Synapse (CRYPTO:SYN), citing its Hypercall options exchange as a potential challenger to Deribit.
• SYN briefly jumped 26%, while derivatives data later showed futures open interest falling 13% to US$31.98 million as traders took profits.
• Decentralised options exchanges continue competing with established derivatives platforms, although liquidity, regulation and user adoption remain key hurdles.

• The Australian Government plans to double the maximum financial penalty for systematic breaches of its under-16 social media law to $99 million.
• The regulatory crackdown targets age-verification compliance and data transparency across five of the world's largest digital communication and media platforms.
• Rising compliance costs and potential multi-million-dollar fines create an escalating operational risk for global tech giants operating within regional jurisdictions.

The Ethereum Foundation has released a new guide outlining how Ethereum (CRYPTO:ETH) and EVM-based infrastructure can serve as neutral digital rails for public-sector and institutional systems.

Riot Platforms transferred another 500 Bitcoin (CRYPTO:BTC) worth about US$30.72 million to NYDIG Custody.

Binance and payments infrastructure provider Mesh are reportedly discussing a funding round that could value Mesh at as much as US$2 billion, according to a report by Axios citing people familiar with the matter.

CACEIS, a subsidiary of Crédit Agricole, is reportedly negotiating to acquire Meria, a France-based cryptocurrency platform with a Markets in Crypto-Assets licence, to expand its digital asset business beyond custody services.

Toyota led the Australian vehicle market to an all-time monthly record of 140,058 sales in June.

Peter Stokes, a 19-year-old dual US-Estonian citizen, was extradited from Finland to the United States after prosecutors charged him with participating in an alleged US$8 million cryptocurrency ransom attempt linked to the Scattered Spider hacking group.

The Reserve Bank of Australia staff rejected a proposed 9.5% pay rise offer over three years.