**Cryptocurrency and blockchain news**
- At the Bitcoin Nashville conference, former US President Donald Trump and Senator Cynthia Lummis proposed creating a national bitcoin reserve. Lummis proposed increasing it to 1 million BTC, which is about 5% of the total cryptocurrency supply.
- The California Department of Motor Vehicles has digitized 42 million vehicle titles on the Avalanche blockchain to modernize the title transfer process.
- Shares of Circle, a stablecoin issuer, are trading on private markets with a valuation of $5-5.25 billion ahead of its planned IPO.
- The Irys, Router Protocol, Blackbird, Theoriq and Dash projects announced significant updates and new features aimed at improving blockchain technology and user experience.
- In the field of financing blockchain projects, Hyperbolic raised $7 million, Roxom — $4.3 million, and Kuru — $2 million to further develop their initiatives.
- The CoinDesk 20 Index posted a 3.3% gain in July, with XRP leading the way with a 32% gain.
**Calendar of events:**
- August 6: Blockchain Applications Summit, New York.
- August 7-9: Blockchain Science Conference, New York.
- August 19-21: Web3 Summit, Berlin.
- September 1-7: Blockchain Week in Korea, Seoul.