Harmony said a CrossShard Receipt Replay bug allowed valid receipts to be processed multiple times, minting new tokens without corresponding deductions. The network initially confirmed 400 million ONE in unauthorized minting, while forged crossshard issuance totaled about 3.01 trillion ONE, with the team still verifying the data, according to Foresight News. Harmony said an emergency patch activated on August 12 fixed the issue and crosschain services have been paused. The team is coordinating with validators and exchanges on a rollback targeting block 92,730,034, with Shard 0 paused to support the operation.

Nasdaq-listed SharpLink said it will stake $200 million worth of Ethereum through Lido and receive wstETH to expand its DeFi yield approach. As of Aug. 3, the company held 888,938 ETH, and staking generated $11.2 million of revenue in the second quarter. Lido has about $16.5 billion of ETH staked, and wstETH is integrated across more than 100 protocols with roughly $10 billion in active collateral use. SharpLink also has a $125 million onchain yield fund with Galaxy Digital and investments tied to Ethereum infrastructure, privacy and institutional adoption.

The Foundation said it will make all affected users whole and fully replenish missing $XRP reserves to restore 1:1 backing for bridged XRP, with reserves verifiable onchain. It said the vulnerability has been identified and patched. The bridge remains paused pending an independent security review and will resume only after the review is successfully completed. The Foundation said it will publish a full technical report detailing the restoration mechanism and urged users to watch for scams and rely only on official channels for updates.

DATA Foundation has kept team and lead investor tokens locked past Aug. 13, even though that date appeared in an earlier public supply schedule, and it has not published a new unlock date. The foundation said on June 25 it extended those lockups by an additional 18 months, but did not specify when the extension starts or how it is enforced. Early Backers and Core Contributors account for 41.6% of the project’s allocation buckets, with both set to unlock over 48 months. Separate coverage also flagged a potential wider unlock wave tied to returning VC funding and noted Pump Fun plans to unlock $127M of insider tokens on July 12, about double PUMP’s recent average daily volume.

Tether Holdings Ltd. said it has completed its first full audit of its financial statements, with the results showing its reserves were sufficient. At the end of 2025, reserves exceeded liabilities by $6.814 billion. In the second quarter of 2026, the company reported $1.5 billion in net operating profit, largely driven by income from U.S. Treasurys and repurchase agreements. As of June 30, it reported $187.75 billion in assets and $183.64 billion in liabilities, leaving a $4.11 billion reserve buffer, and added 14 tons of gold during the quarter.

Zebec has integrated Solstice Finance’s USX stablecoin into its payroll network and super app, adding a reward-bearing dollar layer to enterprise payroll flows. The rollout targets more than 50,000 monthly active users and payroll streams with over $500 million in annual volume. USX is pegged to $1 and backed by hedged positions across BTC, ETH, SOL and other assets.

Tether said KPMG U.S. issued an unqualified audit opinion on the financial statements of Tether International, S.A. de C.V. for the year ended December 31, 2025. The company called it the first full financial statement audit in the history of the entity behind USDT. The audited statements show reserves exceeded liabilities by $6.81 billion. Separately, Tether noted its most recent attestation for the second quarter of 2026 reported $1.5 billion in net operating profit, roughly $184.6 billion of USDT issued, and more than 146 tons of gold.

Stablecoins on the TRON network increased their market capitalization by $1B over the past 7 days, far exceeding gains on other chains. Over the same period, BNB Chain added $84.9M, Aptos added $82.1M, and Avalanche added $73.1M. The growth was largely driven by USDT and points to rising demand for TRON as a stablecoin settlement and payments network, according to Token Terminal. The increase also reflects greater liquidity and more users moving dollars on TRON.