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PayPal’s Q2 2026 earnings report for its stock ticker was released on July 28. Total payments volume (TPV) reached $486.4 billion, revenue was $8.68 billion, exceeding analysts’ expectations of $1.28. PayPal also announced a reorganization the same day, separating its cryptocurrency business into a “Payments Services and Crypto” segment, and listing the stablecoin (PYUSD) as one of the top three expansion areas. PayPal Q2 2026 Financial Highlights Based on PayPal’s Q2 2026 earnings report, key f

According to BlockBeats, citing hl.eco data, Paragon decentralized trading platform acquired UNITREE (Unitree Robotics) and RDDT (Reddit) tickers on August 3 by bidding 577.66 HYPE in the HIP-3 auction. The platform currently operates 12 stock contract trading pairs with daily trading volume in the

According to Irteeqa, on August 2, the Abu Dhabi-based digital asset infrastructure company launched a platform in Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) for institutional tokenised real-world assets. The platform covers asset structuring and issuance, investor onboarding, trading, settlement, and

According to Odaily, Dingpoint Finance is set to soon launch a stablecoin using a B2B2C model, following its stablecoin license approval in April, Standard Chartered's Hsuan Hui-yi said. The stablecoin will target enterprises and institutions, SMEs, traders, service providers, and individual users t

Cardano (ADA) price jumped nearly 10% in 24 hours to around $0.189, as the network began planning for the Dijkstra era following the van Rossem upgrade. Intersect, the organization supporting Cardano's open development and governance, confirmed that planning for the next major development

Bitkey, the self-custody Bitcoin wallet built by Jack Dorsey's Block, Inc., is accelerating development of a coin control feature in response to user feedback. The feature will allow users to label individual UTXOs and manually select which coins to include in transactions. Bitkey launched

Bitkey, the self-custody Bitcoin wallet developed by Block, Inc., is accelerating development of a coin control feature following persistent user feedback. The feature will allow users to label individual UTXOs (Unspent

Bitcoin BIP-110 developers announced a delay in the soft fork activation after a Coldcard wallet exploit left user funds vulnerable. Udi Wertheimer disclosed the pause and instructed operators running BIP-110 software to revert to standard Bitcoin nodes, providing no new activation date. The

According to Hyperliquid's official announcement on X, the platform launched 7-day (168-hour) TWAP orders on August 1 at 09:00 UTC.

Aave founder Stani Kulechov has backed plans for the protocol to wind down deployments on six blockchains and remove dozens of lightly used asset markets this week. The cleanup affects $98.1 million in supplied assets and $15.6 million in outstanding debt. Separately, Russian lawmaker Andrey

Four Pillars launched an institutional validator on Injective on August 1, 2026, via its FP Validated division. The validator will operate on the Layer-1 network focused on decentralized finance and tokenized real-world assets, with Four Pillars aiming to contribute to network security,

Four Pillars launched its institutional validator, FP Validated, on Injective on August 1, 2026. The validator operates with a 5% commission rate for INJ token delegations and aims to strengthen network security and governance participation. Four Pillars' infrastructure division manages

According to River's announcement on August 2, the platform will migrate its cold storage to a new address before publishing its August reserve proof. The new address is for River's internal use only; customers will not directly send or receive funds through it. Customers will continue using River's

Ripple's Head of Product Jazzi Cooper announced five new features planned for XRP Ledger version xrpld 3.3.0, expected next week. The updates aim to expand XRPL's use in institutional finance and tokenized

According to Ripple's Head of Product Jazzi Cooper, five new features will be included in xrpld 3.3.0 expected next week. The updates aim to expand XRP Ledger's use in institutional finance and tokenized asset markets. The features include Confidential MPT for native privacy support, Batch for

Margie Feng, Head of Marketing at Solayer and Margin Trade, spoke at Rare Evo held in Las Vegas this week, outlining why blockchain adoption depends on building products that solve real problems rather than marketing narratives. Feng argued that the industry's biggest challenge is creating blockchai

At Rare Evo in Las Vegas this week, Margie Feng, Head of Marketing at Solayer and Margin Trade, outlined why blockchain adoption depends on product quality, not marketing narratives. Feng argued that mainstream adoption is a product problem: users adopt services that work better and feel familiar, n