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Token buybacks are booming. But are they good for crypto projects?

Summary: As the industry matures and borrows more pages out of TradiFi’s playbook, crypto projects are starting to adopt some of the behaviors of public companies. The latest craze rocking cryptoville is token buybacks: using revenue to buy back your own token. So far

Kalshi US visits soar 1,500% as regulatory pressure mounts

Summary: Major prediction market platform Kalshi has seen its US web traffic explode over the past year, underscoring the platform’s rapid growth while regulators and courts scrutinize its expanding event-contract business. Kalshi recorded 15.4 million visits from the

South Korean regulators introduce tokenized securities roadmap

Summary: South Korea’s Financial Services Commission (SFC) introduced a three-phase roadmap to develop infrastructure for tokenized securities issuance, for assets including stocks, bonds and funds. Starting Feb. 4, 2027, tokenized securities will be legally recognized

AMC chief criticizes Robinhood’s tokenized stock plan

Summary: Adam Aron, the CEO of AMC Entertainment Holdings, criticized Robinhood’s tokenized stock offerings that provide economic exposure to AMC shares, stating the company has no affiliation and that it will have a securities counsel investigate the matter. Robinhood

US, UK launch joint alliance targeting crypto scam centers

Summary: The United States and United Kingdom have formed a joint law enforcement alliance targeting scam centers involved in crypto and cyber-enabled investment fraud. On Thursday, the US Department of Justice announced that the US Attorney’s Office for the District o

Bitcoin Bear Market May Not Yet Be Over, Says Fidelity

Summary: Fidelity argues that bitcoin may have seen its bottom in July. But there's still evidence it could drop again to a new low later this year. Bitcoin may be rallying but that doesn’t mean the bear market is over. Not yet, anyway. A new report from asset ma

CFTC files to dismiss CME lawsuit over crypto perpetual futures

Summary: The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has filed a motion to dismiss a civil suit filed by the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) Group, which claimed that the regulator’s treatment of cryptocurrency “futures” as “swaps” went against Congress. In a

Mantle adds Paxos’ USDG stablecoin, joins Global Dollar Network

Summary: Paxos-issued stablecoin USDG has launched natively on Mantle, with the Ethereum layer-2 network joining the Global Dollar Network as a partner, according to a Thursday announcement. The integration makes USDG one of the first stablecoins to be natively minted

Bitcoin Rallies Over $82,000 — And Brings BTC-Related Stocks With It

Summary: Bitcoin rallied again on Thursday, bringing crypto stocks with it. Bitcoin surged on Thursday — but industry-related stocks rose even quicker as a rally that started weeks ago again picked up steam. The price of the biggest cryptocurrency hit as high as $81,28

SEC Investor Advisory Committee to Host Sept. 10 Meeting

Summary: The Securities and Exchange Commission’s Investor Advisory Committee will host a public meeting at the SEC Headquarters in Washington D.C. on Sept. 10 at 10 a.m. ET to discuss artificial intelligence technologies in the public markets and the SEC’s Regulation

Standard Chartered Debuts Bitcoin Trading In the United Arab Emirates

Summary: The bank has in recent years debuted spot bitcoin trading elsewhere. Multinational bank Standard Chartered announced Thursday that it had debuted bitcoin spot trading for institutional clients in the United ‌Arab Emirates. The bank said that eligible instituti