Ripple (CRYPTO:XRP) Chief Technology Officer David Schwartz proposed a transaction reservation mechanism for the XRP Ledger (XRPL) that would allow protected transactions to execute before later-submitted transactions in the same ledger.
BitMEX appointed former chief operating officer and global general counsel Peter Wilkinson as chief executive after replacing chief executive Stephan Lutz, chief financial officer Ina Steiner and chief growth officer Raphael Polansky.
Ethereum (CRYPTO:ETH) co-founder Vitalik Buterin said combining indistinguishability obfuscation with blockchain technology could allow private applications to operate without trusted third parties by separating shared state from confidential program logic.
Cardano (CRYPTO:ADA) whales increased their holdings in late June, with wallets holding between 10 million and 100 million ADA raising their share of the token's supply from 37.66% to 38.13% even as network activity weakened.
Bernstein said prediction market operators are moving towards acquisitions and vertical integration as platforms combine brokerage, exchange and clearing services instead of relying on third-party providers.
BlackRock integrated Ethena's USDe into its Aladdin investment platform, allowing institutional clients to access the synthetic dollar through their existing portfolio management and risk management systems.
Ukraine's National Agency for Finding, Tracing, and Management of Assets (ARMA) has taken control of more than US$8.3 million in seized Tether (CRYPTO:USDT), marking the country's first transfer of confiscated cryptocurrency into state management.
The yen slid to its weakest level against the dollar since 1986, a milestone that will generate unease in Japan and put traders on high alert for authorities wading into the market. Bloomberg's Ruth Carson explains the context.
Coinbase, OKX and Kraken launched promotional offers to attract European Union crypto users as the Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) framework takes effect from 1 July and some exchanges restrict local services.
Tether (CRYPTO:USDT) traded at ₹102.88 on Indian crypto platforms, compared with the interbank USD/INR rate of ₹94.65, pushing the domestic premium above 8.5% after enforcement action reduced local stablecoin supply.
Stellar (CRYPTO:XLM) is trading near US$0.18 after the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) announced plans to connect its tokenisation platform to the Stellar network, with XLM designated as the settlement token from the first half of 2027.
Bitmine Immersion Technologies purchased another 27,084 Ethereum (CRYPTO:ETH), lifting its treasury to more than 5.7 million ETH.
