Harvard held 3,044,612 IBIT shares worth $101.4 million at June 30, unchanged from March quarter-end.Harvard previously cut its IBIT share count 43% during first quarter after trimming fourth-quarter exposure.Mubadala and Abu Dhabi Investment Council retained 22.9 million combined IBIT shares throughout second quarter.JPMorgan increased reported IBIT holdings while Morgan Stanley reduced its reported share count during Q2.Harvard held $171.2 million in gold ETFs, exceeding its $101.4 million Bitcoin ETF position substantially.

Sharplink plans to stake roughly 12% of its total Ethereum holdings through Lido, earning yield while staying active in DeFi.

Payward reported $508 million in Q2 adjusted revenue, rising 17% from the prior year period.Adjusted EBITDA fell to $23 million from $80 million reported for the second quarter previously.Total platform transaction volume declined 18% year over year to $310 billion during the quarter.Asset-based and other revenue represented 60% of total revenue, up from 55% one year earlier.Payward reported 6.6 million funded accounts, although its published metric definition changed from last year.

Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse will discuss modernizing financial infrastructure at Wyoming Blockchain Symposium on Tuesday.SALT scheduled Garlinghouse’s session for 3:05 p.m. Mountain Time, moderated by CNBC reporter Tanaya Macheel.The invitation-only gathering brings 500 investors, builders and policymakers to Jackson Hole from August 17-20.SEC Chair Paul Atkins and Senators Cynthia Lummis and Tim Scott also speak during Tuesday.No Ripple announcement or XRP product launch has been disclosed for Garlinghouse’s scheduled Wyoming appearance.

Axelar-issued SOL is now tradable through XRP Ledger’s native decentralized exchange using multiple ecosystem interfaces.XRPL Foundation director Hussein Zangana warned Axelar currently remains the only legitimate wrapped SOL issuer.Official XRPL EVM documentation identifies Axelar’s mainnet gateway address as rfmS3zqrQrka8wVyhXifEeyTwe8AMz2Yhw for cross-chain asset transfers.Axelar connected Solana to its interoperability network in June, enabling transfers with XRP Ledger ecosystems.Wrapped SOL represents Solana exposure on XRPL and should not be confused with native SOL.

“We want to show customers that we care about what they care about," Robinhood head of crypto Johann Kerbrat told Decrypt.

Binance extended its RLUSD rewards campaign through September 11 with one million XRP available overall.Eligible users need at least 0.01 RLUSD and $500 in average daily derivatives trading volume.One million XRP will be distributed across four weekly installments beginning August 21 to participants.Borrowed stablecoin-funded RLUSD receives a 60% haircut when Binance calculates qualifying margin balances for rewards.Ripple officially reported $1.59 billion of RLUSD circulating against $1.70 billion in reserve funds recently.

The five-year digital bond carries a coupon rate of 1.4925%.Around 90% of investor demand came from Swiss accounts.Commerzbank and Deutsche Bank arranged the transaction.AFC will use the proceeds to support infrastructure financing across Africa.

Truth Social's parent company is unwinding two major Crypto.com deals as new leadership shifts its focus to media, data licensing, and a planned merger with fusion energy company TAE.

Paid buyers minted 42,956 Spritehood NFTs priced at either $17 or $117.The sale generated about $1.283 million, equal to roughly 684.28 ETH at the mint price.Another 1,488 NFTs were distributed free, bringing the reported collection total to 44,444.Spritehood’s Blockscout contract page displays unverified source code, limiting public review of its mechanics.

A $1 million USDC wager on PSG highlights how crypto whales are moving beyond traditional trading and into online entertainment.1win’s latest whale-sized payout underscores how large crypto holders are increasingly using digital assets across entertainment platforms.

Cardano’s Dijkstra Phase 1 targets mainnet by year-end with Linear Leios and Nested Transactions included.Peras activation is planned for Q2 2027 through a separate intra-era hard fork on mainnet.Amaru currently validates and syncs to tip, with mainnet block production targeted for November 2026.Cardano plans one constitutional amendment adding Dijkstra parameters, targeted for submission by September 11, 2026.Dijkstra’s first phase also prepares Peras codecs and parameters before the protocol activates next year.