Adam Aron said synthetic AMC shares could divert demand from the actual stock and strip investors of shareholder rights, drawing support from some tokenization executives.
U.S. payrolls rose by 162,000 jobs in August, beating expectations and keeping unemployment at 4.1%, while Bitcoin slipped below $80,000 and Fed officials weigh a September rate hike amid mixed signals.
South Korea plans to begin rolling out a fully tokenized securities market by February 2027, using on-chain stablecoins for settlement after a three-phase roadmap that includes expanded tokenization of stocks, bonds, and funds.
The IMF confirmed that all bitcoin added to El Salvador’s official holdings since June 2025 originated from private donations, not public funds, as the country continues to expand its crypto holdings under an agreement with the fund.
OpenAI is allocating $1 billion in subsidized access to its Daybreak cybersecurity platform over six months, but crypto exchanges, custodians, and blockchain protocols are notably absent from the priority list, even as open-source maintainers guarding billions in bitcoin and ethereum code face escalating AI-powered threats.
AMC CEO Adam Aron has publicly condemned Robinhood's tokenized AMC shares, claiming the company had no involvement or authorization, highlighting growing tensions around synthetic stocks created without corporate consent.
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency has provisionally approved OpenReserve Bank, a blockchain lender backed by major crypto investors, for a full-service national bank charter centered on on-chain settlement and institutional services.
Bitget is engaging major financial institutions like BlackRock to expand tokenized ETF distribution across Asia, leveraging strong regional crypto adoption and investor demand.
Users paid nearly $6 million in a day to create and trade tokens through Pons, more than they paid to use Pump or Hyperliquid, and even more than they paid to use Robinhood Chain itself.
Standard Chartered has launched institutional spot crypto trading for BTC and ETH on its Dubai FX platform, becoming the first global systemically important bank to offer this service in the UAE. The move highlights the UAE's more accommodating regulatory framework, though attracting substantial hedge-fund business may require adding derivatives and providing reliable liquidity.
The CFTC is urging a federal judge to dismiss CME Group's lawsuit challenging the regulator's approval of cryptocurrency perpetual futures, arguing the exchange cannot prove financial harm and that the dispute is unwarranted.