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Kiwoom Securities is reportedly negotiating to acquire a stake in Bithumb through a third-party allotment of new shares.

Bitcoin infrastructure company Breez has launched a new software development kit feature that lets users send payments from Bitcoin (CRYPTO:BTC) balances as USDC or USDT across more than 30 blockchain networks without first converting their holdings.

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.

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.

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.

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.

BNY has enabled institutional clients to mint, redeem, store and transfer USD Coin (CRYPTO:USDC) directly through its Digital Asset Custody platform, expanding its digital asset services.

JPMorgan Chase said it supports a new US digital asset framework, provided stablecoin issuers comply with the same capital, liquidity and consumer protection standards as traditional banks.