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What has been happening this week in the world of blockchain and cryptocurrencies? Current events and background reports in our weekly review.

Bitcoin’s BIP editors stripped Luke Dashjr of his rights 26 hours after a motion, triggered by a conflict of interest around BIP-110.

The Tether KPMG audit ended with an unqualified opinion for the 2025 financial year and confirmed a reserve surplus of USD 6.814 billion.

The Trezor data breach at fulfillment provider ShipMonk exposed names, addresses and phone numbers of 13,689 customers.

India’s central bank confirms early BRICS talks on linking CBDCs, yet no evidence supports a role for the XRP Ledger in the plans.

Strategy sells Bitcoin worth USD 108.6 million, buys back STRC preferred shares and lifts its USD reserve to USD 4.65 billion.

The Bitcoin BIP-110 split left the minority chain at two blocks, while the main chain kept mining and moved 111 blocks ahead.

What has been happening this week in the world of blockchain and cryptocurrencies? Current events and background reports in our weekly review.

An EIP draft would burn staking rewards on Ethereum and cut net issuance to zero once 60.25 million ETH sit in the validator set.

The Mastercard BVNK acquisition, worth up to $1.8 billion, expands the card network’s stablecoin infrastructure for B2B payments.

Strategy sells Bitcoin worth around USD 104.73 million, issues 3.01 million new shares and buys back STRC preferred stock at a discount.

A Coldcard vulnerability made the Bitcoin keys of affected hardware wallets computable. Around 1,367 BTC have flowed out so far.

What has been happening this week in the world of blockchain and cryptocurrencies? Current events and background reports in our weekly review.

Strategy reports a net loss of USD 8.22 billion for the second quarter, caused almost entirely by the revaluation of its Bitcoin holdings.

More than 100 backers from DeFi, custody and Layer-2 networks jointly support the first ecosystem funding round of Ethereum Institutional.

Emirates now accepts crypto payments from eligible UAE residents, who pay for flight tickets out of their wallet in Emirati dirham.