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Polygon Foundation CEO Sandeep Nailwal described the upcoming Heimdall 2.0 upgrade as the “most complex” Polygon hard fork since 2020.

Launched in late 2024, Ripple’s enterprise-focused RLUSD stablecoin has hit a $500 million market cap in less than seven months.

Ethereum co-founder Joseph Lubin said that corporate ETH treasuries are vital for driving ecosystem growth.

OKX is rolling out zero-fee conversions between Circle’s USDC stablecoin and the US dollar as part of a new partnership with Circle.

SharpLink Gaming’s total Ether holdings hit 205,634 ETH after its latest round of buys, which it will commit to staking.

Truth Social has filed to launch a crypto ETF tracking BTC, ETH, SOL, CRO and XRP, aiming to list on NYSE Arca after regulatory approval.

Ripple shareholder Linqto has filed for bankruptcy following months of controversy around securities laws violations, with the first hearing expected on Tuesday.

Shares of Kakao Bank, Kookmin Bank and the Industrial Bank of Korea rose by 10% to 19% following stablecoin trademark applications.

The TON Foundation could have avoided its golden visa controversy in the UAE with a brief legal review, a local lawyer told Cointelegraph.

Metaplanet aims to leverage its growing Bitcoin treasury to acquire cash-generating businesses, with a digital bank in Japan among its possible targets.

French company The Blockchain Group and the UK-based Smarter Web Company each boosted their corporate Bitcoin treasuries on Monday with multimillion-dollar BTC purchases.

Michael Saylor’s Strategy skipped weekly Bitcoin buys for the first time since April, announcing a new $4.2 billion stock sale and reporting $14 billion in unrealized gains in Q2.

FTX’s bankruptcy estate is uncertain whether it is legally entitled to distribute payouts to creditors in countries such as China amid local crypto restrictions.

USDC transactions on BitPay accounted for almost double that of USDT in 2024, but the trend has shifted in favor of Tether this year.