Synthetix has risen 22% overnight following a strong week for Ethereum's DeFi blue chips. Aave, Maker, and others rose in the last week.

The notorious hacker group REvil has demanded a $70 million Bitcoin ransom after conducting a major attack on hundreds of companies worldwide.

TechLead has been accused of a scam after endorsing a token called Million. The token has plummeted in value after rising on launch.

Aave has confirmed the launch of a new lending market for institutions that will be fully compliant with KYC regulations.

Ohio authorities have sold Bitcoin worth $19.2 million after it was seized from a counterfeit ID merchant in 2018.

Vietnam has made a U-turn on crypto. The country's prime minister has asked the central bank to look into crypto technology.

Dfinity's founder has proposed a new blockchain fork called Badlands, but many Internet Computer followers have criticized the proposal.

U.K. bank Barclays is blocking customers from making card payments to Binance, citing the FCA's guidelines on the exchange.

Professional tennis player Andy Murray has sold a non-fungible token (NFT) that records his victory at Wimbledon in 2013.

PancakeSwap has burned 5.3 million CAKE tokens worth $72.3 million, leading to a price surge for the Binance Smart Chain project.

The People's Bank of China has ordered a Beijing software firm to close over suspected crypto trading as the country's crackdown continues.

Europe's largest asset management firm, CoinShares, has bought Elwood's ETF business from billionaire investor Alan Howard.

Solrise, a decentralized asset management protocol on Solana, has raised $3.4 million from some of the top venture funds in DeFi.

$55 billion hedge fund Marshall Wace is reportedly planning an investment in blockchain and crypto-related start-ups.

Sygnum is the first regulated bank in the world that will let clients earn an annual yield through Ethereum 2.0 staking.

FinCEN has appointed its first Chief Digital Currency Advisor to form laws for mitigating crypto-related fraud.

EIP-1559 is scheduled to ship on Aug. 4. A pull request proposed block 12965000 for the blockchain's London hardfork earlier today.

Binance has reportedly suspended SEPA transfers, according to an email that the exchange has sent to its users.

Goldman Sachs believes that Ethereum could overtake Bitcoin in market cap terms to become crypto's dominant store of value.

Ethereum-based investment aggregator Zerion has closed a Series A funding round led by Mosaic Ventures. The company raised $8.2 million.

Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao committed to working with regulators in a note addressing the recent crackdown on the exchange.