Franklin Templeton completed its acquisition of 250 Digital and launched Franklin Crypto, a new division that combines the acquired firm's crypto strategies with its existing digital asset operations.
Toss Bank, South Korea's third-largest internet-only bank, signed a memorandum of understanding with Solana (CRYPTO:SOL) to test stablecoin-powered cross-border remittance infrastructure for its approximately 15 million customers.
Bitmine purchased 52,203 Ethereum (CRYPTO:ETH) worth about US$90 million, increasing its holdings to 4.7% of Ethereum's total supply and moving closer to its 5% ownership target.
Ethereum (CRYPTO:ETH) added a new independent research organisation after Ethlabs launched with support from ecosystem backers and five former Ethereum Foundation researchers.
President Donald Trump signed two executive orders on June 22 to accelerate U.S. quantum computing development and assess future encryption risks.
Tokyo's Metropolitan Police Department arrested Hu Xiaowei, 44, a Cypriot national also known as Hu Shi, on suspicion of submitting false residency information to Japanese authorities, according to The Asahi Shimbun.
The Bank of England has revised its proposed framework for systemic sterling stablecoins, scrapping individual holding limits in favour of an aggregate issuance cap per systemic issuer.
Humanity Protocol (CRYPTO:H) declined 10.41% over the past 24 hours to US$0.1962, reducing its market capitalisation to approximately US$55.75 million as sellers continued to dominate trading.
Thai authorities seized 315 cryptocurrency mining devices after conducting raids at 14 locations across five northeastern provinces as part of an investigation into electricity theft linked to crypto mining operations.
Cryptocurrency and other digital assets have become a focus of UK national security discussions following allegations that cryptocurrency payments were used to facilitate attacks on properties linked to Prime Minister Keir Starmer.
LAB (CRYPTO:LAB) climbed 27.96% to US$15.48 over the past 24 hours, outperforming Bitcoin (CRYPTO:BTC), which gained 0.97%, as buyers defended a key support zone near US$12.
Bitcoin (CRYPTO:BTC) developers are proposing the removal of explicit replace-by-fee signalling from wallet software after full replace-by-fee became standard network policy, making the original opt-in feature unnecessary.
