Stacks will activate its mandatory 4.0.1 hard fork at Bitcoin block 960,230 on July 29, bringing Clarity 6 and Bitcoin Stacking as exchanges prepare temporary STX transfer pauses.
LayerZero and Keeta plan to make tokenized commercial bank deposits transferable across Ethereum, Solana, Base and Keeta in nine fiat currencies.
Triple-A says customer funds are safe as PeckShield tracks a reported $9.7 million multi-chain wallet drain consolidated into 5,227 ETH.
BitMart has begun winding down its exchange, halted new orders and deposits, and set an Aug. 26 trading deadline as its BMX token fell about 60% in a day.
The EU has added HTX to a new Russia sanctions annex, barring EU operators from transactions with the exchange from Aug. 23.
Zama has opened an invite-only confidential RFQ beta on Ethereum, using encrypted trade intents and sealed bidding as $ZAMA climbed to $0.053.
Poolin has filed Chapter 11 and proposed a $52 million stalking-horse sale of two West Texas mining sites, reopening questions about its 2022 customer IOUs.
Samsung says Samsung Wallet will add native stablecoin support after showing a USDC mockup at Galaxy Unpacked, but it has not named a launch date, issuer or blockchain.
World Foundation raised $52.5 million through a WLD token sale led by Pantera Capital, with every token locked for 12 months as it expands World ID for AI-era platforms.
The SEC agreed to pay $150,000, release two withheld records and review its text-message preservation practices to settle a Coinbase-backed FOIA case tied to former Chair Gary Gensler's communications.