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The wallets tied to the BONK treasury attack reportedly sent another 400 billion BONK to Coinbase, lifting the total moved to centralized exchanges to 1. 626 trillion tokens, according to a report circulated via Telegram.
The partnership, announced on July 13, 2026 , pairs SBI Holdings, one of Japan's largest financial conglomerates, with the Solana Foundation to build an on-chain financial market targeting the Japanese market. For related coverage, see SBI VC Trade Launches Solana Trading, Custody, and Asset Management Services .
In a recent video appearance , Garlinghouse described how the SEC's enforcement action pushed Ripple to the brink of closure. The claim frames the lawsuit not as a manageable legal dispute but as a direct threat to the company's survival.
The Solana Foundation has appointed Michael Coates as its first chief information security officer, installing a veteran cybersecurity executive in a newly created leadership role aimed at strengthening the ecosystem's security posture.
The launch was announced via Reserve Protocol's official X account , confirming the deployment of five new index DTFs focused on AI-related equities. DTFs, or Decentralized Token Funds, are Reserve Protocol's mechanism for creating tokenized baskets of assets that trade as a single on-chain token.
The messaging giant, which connects more than 11,500 financial institutions across more than 200 countries and territories, said the ledger was designed and built in nine months following its September 2025 announcement. That original design phase drew participation from more than 30 financial institutions globally.
Swift has announced that its blockchain-based shared ledger is ready for use, with 17 banks set to pioneer tokenised cross-border payments on the network's global infrastructure.
Ripple-backed t54. ai has launched an AI Hub on the XRP Ledger, marking a new intersection of artificial intelligence infrastructure and blockchain technology on the XRPL network.
BNB Chain is planning a new Layer 1 blockchain built specifically for agentic trading, according to its recently published H2 2026 technical roadmap. The proposed network would be a purpose-built chain rather than a general-purpose expansion, marking a strategic bet on autonomous AI-driven trading infrastructure.
Ripple has secured full MiCA approval in Luxembourg, obtaining a Crypto-Asset Service Provider (CASP) license that positions the company to offer regulated services across the European Union.
Solana's proposed Alpenglow upgrade targets a reduction in transaction finality to approximately 100-150 milliseconds, a shift that would represent a significant leap in network speed if successfully implemented.
Australian Member of Parliament Sally Sitou has disclosed XRP as her only cryptocurrency holding in official parliamentary records, making her one of the few federal lawmakers in the country to publicly list a digital asset in financial filings.