South Korea is moving its Project Hangang digital currency from testing into real banking and payment systems, including government use. Banks support the idea but warn it will be costly and require major system upgrades.

Tether is shutting down its Alloy platform and aUSDT token after low usage and a review of its product strategy. Holders have until 17 September 2026 to redeem aUSDT for Tether Gold (XAU₮), as the company focuses more on its main stablecoin and gold-backed assets.

Coinbase launched new products including 1:1-backed tokenised US stocks and a USDC-backed credit card. The tokenised shares will be available first outside the US.

Bybit has launched options trading for Tether Gold (XAUT), becoming the first major crypto exchange to offer options linked to a tokenised real-world asset backed by physical gold. The new product allows traders to hedge, speculate and trade gold price movements through customised contracts settled in USDT.

Sales of tokenised Pokémon cards have surged as blockchain platforms let users buy and trade digital tokens linked to physical cards stored in vaults. Monthly gacha-style sales across major platforms hit $230 million, up sharply from $32 million a year earlier.

Trust Wallet has added support for bStocks, letting users trade tokenised US stocks like Tesla and Nvidia directly from their wallet on BNB Chain without a brokerage account. It also introduced a new security tool to block address poisoning scams, which have caused large losses in crypto wallets.

Binance has launched trading for US stocks and ETFs on its platform, allowing users to buy and sell thousands of shares alongside crypto with features like zero commission and fractional investing from $5.

Nathan Allman, the founder and CEO of Ondo Finance, has unexpectedly passaway at the age of 32, marking a major loss for one of crypto’s fastest-growing sectors: real-world asset tokenization.

Georgia is moving deeper into digital finance by partnering with Tether to launch a new lari-backed stablecoin, but not before it receives the blessing from the country's central bank.

Bitget Wallet is accelerating the transformation of crypto apps into full-scale onchain financial platforms after integrating Kraken-backed xStocks infrastructure, giving its roughly 90 million users access to more than 130 tokenized stocks and ETFs directly through a self-custodial wallet.