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Pudgy Penguins (CRYPTO:PENGU) rose 4.84% over the past 24 hours to around US$0.006448, with traders watching whether the token can break above the US$0.00649 to US$0.00660 resistance range.

Taiko, associated with Taiko (CRYPTO:TAIKO), has reopened its bridge and restored full network operations after completing recovery work following a June 21 exploit that resulted in losses of up to US$1.7 million.

The Solana Foundation launched the Solana Governance Proposals framework, allowing validators with at least 100,000 delegated Solana (CRYPTO:SOL) to submit protocol-level governance proposals and vote onchain.

HM Treasury updated the UK's National Payments Vision roadmap to support tokenisation and new forms of digital money as part of plans to build a multi-money retail payments ecosystem.

TradingView has integrated live market data from Hyperliquid, associated with Hyperliquid (CRYPTO:HYPE), and Trade[XYZ], allowing users to monitor cryptocurrency, equity, commodity, foreign exchange and pre-IPO perpetual markets from a single platform.

Metaplanet Inc. purchased 2,823 Bitcoin (CRYPTO:BTC) during the second quarter of 2026 for US$225 million, increasing its treasury holdings to 43,000 BTC with a total cost basis of US$4.09 billion.

Ripple Labs, associated with XRP (CRYPTO:XRP), co-founder Chris Larsen reportedly invested in American Perpetuals Exchange Corp. (APEC), a derivatives platform founded by US Senator Kirsten Gillibrand's son that has raised US$30 million.

Ondo Finance, the issuer of Ondo (CRYPTO:ONDO), has partnered with Broadridge to add shareholder voting rights to more than 250 tokenised stocks and exchange-traded funds.

France recorded 77 cases of kidnapping, unlawful detention, and extortion linked to cryptocurrency in the first half of 2026, already surpassing the approximately 45 cases documented across the whole of 2025.

Solana (CRYPTO:SOL) recorded US$147 billion in perpetual futures trading volume in the second quarter of 2026, marking a new all-time high for the network.

Bitcoin (CRYPTO:BTC) Core contributor and Bitcoin Improvement Proposal maintainer Jon Atack advised users to avoid sending Bitcoin transactions during the second week of August as the network approaches the expected activation window for BIP-110.

Forward Industries acquired more than 500,000 Solana (CRYPTO:SOL) tokens during fiscal third quarter 2026, increasing its treasury holdings to 7.55 million SOL as of June 30.

Cardano (CRYPTO:ADA) traded near US$0.145 after remaining in a tight range between roughly US$0.137 and US$0.155.

Zcash (CRYPTO:ZEC) traded around US$399 after a cryptocurrency whale opened an US$8.1 million leveraged long position, signalling renewed speculative interest despite the token's recent weakness.

Arcus, formerly known as dYdX Labs, partnered with Robinhood to launch its decentralised exchange on the new Robinhood Chain, adding perpetual trading and fee-free trading for 95 tokenised stocks.

Paribu launched a DeFi section within its app that provides access to Hyperliquid perpetual futures and Polymarket prediction markets.

France recorded 77 cases of kidnapping, unlawful detention, extortion or attempted crimes linked to the digital asset sector in 2026, up from 45 cases in 2025, prompting the government to expand security measures.

Senator Cynthia Lummis defended the Clarity Act against criticism from Senator Elizabeth Warren, saying the digital asset legislation contains more than 16 provisions designed to strengthen anti-money laundering and sanctions enforcement.

Tether froze USDT linked to 131 TRON wallets after the United States Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control added 134 cryptocurrency wallet identifiers connected to ISIS-K to its sanctions list.

K Wave Media liquidated its remaining 88 Bitcoin (CRYPTO:BTC) and used the proceeds to repay US$6 million of Initial Notes.

Bitcoin (CRYPTO:BTC) fell 20.5% in June to close at US$58,526, its weakest monthly performance since June 2022.

Venice AI raised US$65 million in a Series A funding round led by Dragonfly, valuing the company at US$1 billion as demand for privacy-focused artificial intelligence services grows.

Bitcoin (CRYPTO:BTC) and Ethereum (CRYPTO:ETH) worth about US$67 million were transferred by Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss to wallets linked to Gemini.

Bitcoin (CRYPTO:BTC) could eventually reach US$1 million if global adoption continues to expand, according to Binance founder Changpeng Zhao.