Cosmostation, the 2nd-largest Cosmos wallet, is shutting down from Sept 1 (only seed/key export left); non-custodial so funds are safe, export and move to another wallet like Keplr — Twitter

Stripe has reportedly agreed to buy AI model marketplace OpenRouter for over $7B (per Bloomberg), a 5x+ jump from its $1.3B May valuation; OpenRouter routes apps across 400+ AI models — Bloomberg

Strategy (Saylor) sold ~$334M of MSTR shares last week but bought no bitcoin, using the cash for dividends, a STRC buyback and lifting its USD reserve to ~$4.8B — The Block

Austria's FMA fined Bitpanda €70,000 (~$81K) in the EU's first published MiCA penalty, over a late white-paper filing and marketing without required disclosures; Bitpanda stays authorized — The Block

The US Treasury released its first GENIUS Act stablecoin rule proposal, defining US issuers and treating payment stablecoins as a new category, not securities; 60-day comment window — CoinDesk

Upbit and Bithumb saw H1 revenue fall about 50% as South Korea’s crypto trading activity contracted, with operating profits down roughly 80% at both exchanges — The Block

Ripple partners with South Korea’s Jeonbuk Bank to deploy Ripple Payments for 24/7 cross-border remittances, marking its third Korean banking partnership this year — The Block

Farcaster’s team is looking for a new owner to run Farcaster, Clanker and Neynar, while winding down the current company structure — Twitter

Kraken parent Payward joins Anthropic’s Project Glasswing, gaining early access to Claude Mythos 5 to scan its systems and open-source dependencies for security vulnerabilities — Decrypt

Binance is reportedly seeking an FCA crypto licence to re-enter the UK market after years of regulatory restrictions — Twitter

Compound approved a record $52M budget and a new leadership team to pivot toward institutional DeFi (RWAs, TradFi-grade credit rails), after its TVL fell to $1.2B from a $12B peak — CoinDesk

Centrifuge proposed letting CFG holders convert tokens 1:1 into equity in the company behind it, plus a foundation revamp; it's an RFC in a 14-day comment window, no vote date yet — Cryptobriefing

Banking giant Citi will launch bitcoin custody later this year under its new Custody+ platform, blending traditional and crypto custody with real-time settlement and AI market tools — The Block

Japan's Metaplanet is taking a 95.7% stake in Nasdaq-listed Super League for $134.6M (2,100 BTC + $2.5M cash) to launch a US bitcoin treasury named Superplanet — CoinDesk

Securitize and $230B manager Neuberger Berman launched HINC, a tokenized high-yield bond fund live on Avalanche, Ethereum, Solana and Sui, Neuberger's first tokenized-fund role — The Block

Cypherpunk Technologies launched the largest Zcash mining fleet (~18% of the network) via a $33.33M Winklevoss deal; it holds 323,394 ZEC (~1.92%) and targets 5% of supply — The Block

The SEC proposed Regulation Crypto Assets: token-fundraise exemptions ($5M over 4yrs, $75M/yr) plus a safe harbor letting sufficiently decentralized tokens exit "security" status; 60-day comment period — SEC

Maya Protocol was exploited via six chained bugs, draining ~$1.7M (mostly 20.83 BTC); CACAO crashed ~88% and the affected pool lost ~$11M, and the network auto-halted for about an hour — CoinDesk

Ripple Prime (ex-Hidden Road) closed a $275M debut sale of senior notes (due 2031, 8.25% coupon, BBB-rated), taking Ripple's debt financing to ~$475M in three months to fund its US expansion — CoinDesk

Solana ID will shut down its Hub, API and Display Network by the end of September, burn its treasury SOLID and delete user data by year-end — Twitter

Ethereum engineering firm Nethermind ended its LayerZero DVN verifier role and moved cross-chain ops to Chainlink, joining a growing exodus from LayerZero since April's $292M Kelp DAO bridge hack — The Block