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Tokenized SECZ stock is integrated into Loopscale, allowing investors to borrow stablecoins with a fixed interest rate without selling their shares.
Securitize, a managed digital assets platform, has announced that the tokenized SECZ shares of the company have now been deployed on Loopscale’s on-chain credit markets on the Solana blockchain. This move enables eligible holders to use these shares as collateral to borrow stablecoins with a fixed interest rate, while continuing to maintain their SECZ holding position without having to sell the underlying shares.

Rapid7 discovers a large-scale phishing scam campaign, identifying 5,576 Binance accounts with a target match rate of 13.6% in Germany and many other countries.
Cybersecurity firm Rapid7 has just discovered a new cryptocurrency asset scam campaign codenamed Operation Asterix, targeting around 885,000 phone numbers across multiple countries in order to steal investors’ crypto assets.
According to a report released on Monday, the campaign identified 5,576 accounts corresponding to users of the Binance exchange to be put on a waiting list for attacks, while restored logs also show signs of fake Crypto.com emails.

A South Korean lawmaker, Eom Tae-young, together with nine colleagues, introduced a bill to grant the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) direct investigative authority after 23/25 transferred cases were halted.
A group of South Korean lawmakers has introduced a bill to amend the Act on Reporting and Use of Specific Financial Transaction Information, aiming to expand the authority of the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) to investigate companies holding unregistered crypto assets. On Thursday, lawmakers led by Eom Tae-young of the People Power Party, along with nine other lawmakers, submitted the bill, proposing additional provisions that would allow any individual to report to the FIU suspected legal violations.

Bitcoin rose 8.9% to 75,560 USD after a U.S. Treasury announcement to expand bond buybacks, leading to the liquidation of $2.75 billion in short positions.
Bitcoin has surpassed the $75,000 mark, a price level the crypto asset market has not seen in more than three months. According to The Block’s Bitcoin price page, the world’s largest crypto asset has gained more than 8.9% in 24 hours and is currently trading at $75,560.
The main driver behind this rally is a U.S. Treasury announcement that it will increase at least twofold the size of buyback operations to support liquidity for the group of Treasury securities that pay coupon interest with maturities ranging from 10 to 30 years, along with other supportive factors such as the SEC’s new proposal related to crypto assets and a meeting at the White House between President Donald Trump and industry leaders.

Shinhan Asset Management signs an MOU with the Solana Foundation, Etherfuse and Orca to test a tokenized KRW fund based on BlackRock’s BUIDL model.
Shinhan Asset Management, one of South Korea’s largest financial institutions, announced on Friday that it had signed a four-party memorandum of understanding with the Solana Foundation, Etherfuse and Orca to roll out a pilot model for issuing and distributing a tokenized fund denominated in South Korean won (KRW).

The U.S. Department of Justice indicts 17 members of the Mabna Institute, accusing them of stealing 31 terabytes of data and extorting HBO 6 million USD in Bitcoin.
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has just indicted 17 Iranian hackers accused of being members of the Iran-based Mabna Institute, related to a multi-year cyberattack campaign targeting hundreds of universities, businesses, and government agencies worldwide.
Among notable cases were a 2017 breach of the HBO entertainment conglomerate’s system and an extortion plot against the company of about 6 million USD in Bitcoin. According to prosecutors, the Mabna Institute is accused of carrying out attacks at the request of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), along with other clients including various Iranian government agencies and universities.

The StopAndProtect campaign used compromised WordPress sites to spread malware, steal encrypted asset wallet files, and deploy ransomware.
According to a report released Tuesday by cybersecurity company Check Point Research, nearly 2,000 compromised WordPress websites were used as infrastructure for a large-scale cybercrime campaign named StopAndProtect, for the purposes of distributing malware, stealing data, tracking victims, and deploying extortion malware (ransomware).

Michael Selig directs the CFTC to study a regulatory framework for crypto assets and prepare a contingency plan if the Clarity Act remains deadlocked in Congress.
CFTC Chairman Michael S. Selig instructed the agency’s team to begin drafting regulations on the market structure for crypto assets, in order to prepare an action plan in the event that Congress does not pass the Clarity Act.

CME and Kalshi leaders engaged in a heated dispute over the risk of manipulation in prediction markets, as the CFTC and many states tightened their oversight of the sector.
A roundtable discussion hosted by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) in Washington, D.C. turned tense on Thursday, as CME Group Chairman Terry Duffy and Kalshi co-founder Luana Lopes Lara traded barbs over market manipulation concerns and regulatory standards. Duffy, the head of the world’s largest futures exchange by trading volume, voiced deep concerns about the prediction market and said that some types of contracts could be at risk of manipulation.

Toyota Finance offers for sale tokenized corporate bonds directly through the TOYOTA Wallet, with a minimum investment of 100,000 yen, a one-year term, and no need for a securities account.
Toyota Financial Services, the subsidiary responsible for financial services of the Toyota Group, has announced the issuance of a tokenized corporate bond offered to the public under the name Toyota Finance 2nd Security Token Bond, marketed under the brand TOYOTA Wallet Tsumugu Bond.

The CFTC holds its first public meeting on innovation, accepting written comments until August 27, following a closed-door meeting at the White House.
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission is expected to hold the first meeting of the Innovation Advisory Committee on Thursday, bringing issues on the management of crypto assets, artificial intelligence, and prediction markets onto the agency’s public agenda.
The meeting takes place just one day after President Donald Trump met with leaders from the crypto-asset business, prediction markets, and senior financial regulators at the White House, where crypto-asset management was also discussed in depth. CFTC Chairman Mike Selig said before the meeting that the United States faces an important choice about how to approach emerging financial technologies.

Nexo Australia launches crypto-backed credit limits with interest rates of 0.9%–21.9%, disbursed within 24 hours.
Nexo Australia has officially rolled out credit limits secured by tokenized assets, after becoming a credit representative under Australia’s National Consumer Credit Protection Act. As stated in a notice the company shared on Tuesday, the new credit limits allow eligible customers to borrow Australian dollars or stablecoins by using the tokenized assets they hold as collateral, without needing to sell those assets.

Ripple Prime issues $275 million of preferred bonds to support the expansion of prime brokerage, as well as to fund and clear multi-asset transactions.
Ripple successfully raised $275 million through a preferred bond offering that concluded on Tuesday, to support the expansion of the company’s business operations in the U.S. into traditional financial services. The unsecured preferred bonds were issued in the form of a private placement by Ripple Prime, the company’s non-bank primary brokerage unit, and, according to a Ripple statement, the offering attracted a diverse group of institutional investors from financial markets.

Bitcoin.com transfers USDU, the only stablecoin registered with the Central Bank of the UAE, into its self-custody wallet, expanding its retail distribution channels.
Bitcoin.com has announced the integration of USDU, a stablecoin backed by USD and registered with the Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates, into its web wallet and self-custody mobile wallet. This is a notable expansion of USDU’s distribution channel, which is issued by Universal Digital, a company headquartered in Abu Dhabi, and is currently the only Foreign Payment Token registered under the UAE central bank’s Token Payment Services Regulations.

Trump confirms the CFTC’s efforts to bring Hyperliquid into the U.S. legally; HYPE and related ETFs rose by nearly 20% in the session.
On Wednesday, President Donald Trump said that Michael Selig, Chairman of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, is working to bring Hyperliquid, a trading platform focused on perpetual futures contracts, to the U.S. in a way that is fully compliant and legal. The remarks were made at a press conference with technology leaders and heads of federal agencies, as the CFTC seeks to bring perpetual futures markets into official operation within the United States.

Base narrows Batches 004 to 10 startups, with each group receiving $100,000, prioritizing AI agents, payments, and onchain finance.
The team behind Base, Coinbase’s layer-2 Ethereum network, has just announced it is narrowing its $1 million startup accelerator program to just 10 groups in the latest selection round called Base Batches 004. Each selected company will receive an initial investment of $100,000, according to a Coinbase statement on Wednesday.

OCC Chairman Jonathan Gould pledged to issue GENIUS regulations before November, in time to process application dossiers in the new year.
The U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) is accelerating progress to finalize regulations before November to implement the stablecoin law signed by President Donald Trump, according to remarks by OCC head Jonathan Gould on Wednesday at the annual SALT conference in Wyoming.

President Trump urges passage of the CLARITY Act, confirming that Hyperliquid is being brought into the U.S. under a legally compliant framework.
President Donald Trump on Wednesday called on Congress to pass a “fair version” of the CLARITY Act, as he spoke to top leaders in the digital assets and finance sector at the White House.
He emphasized that this market structure bill is the next step in his administration’s agenda for digital assets, while affirming that this is an important legal document helping the United States maintain its leading position over China and other countries in the field of financial innovation.