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South Korea sets February 2027 rollout for Tokenized securities — Details

Traditional assets like stocks and bonds are all set to exist in tokenized forms in South Korea. Regulators have introduced a roadmap for the same.　　Heres what we know.　　Legal recognition for tokenized securities　　South Koreas Financial Services Commission [FSC] has introduced a three-phase roadmap to build the infrastructure needed for issuing tokenized securities. The plan covers assets such as stocks, bonds, and funds.　　Under the upcoming changes, tokenized securities will receive legal recognition as digital representations of traditional securities.　　The updated rules under the Act on Electronic Registration of Stocks and Bonds are scheduled to come into effect on February 4, 2027.　　A three-phase plan by the FSC　　The first phase will focus on giving legal recognition to tokenized securities. This will include institutional money market funds, bonds, unlisted stocks, and fractional investment securities.　　The second phase will help expand tokenization to all publicly offered securities. In the final phase, the country will explore on-chain payments connected with stablecoins.　　The roadmap is part of amendments to the Capital Markets Act and the Electronic Securities Act. Before the rollout begins, the FSC will work with the Korea Securities Depository [KSD] to develop the systems required for issuance and management.　　In their press release, they also stated,　　The FSC plans to introduce

09-05Industry

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

As the industry matures and borrows more pages out of TradiFis 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 in 2026, crypto projects have spent about $640 million on the practice, up around 17% from the same period the year prior, and an order of magnitude more than the $366,000 spent in 2024. Hyperliquid and Pump.fun accounting for almost 90% of the current spend.　　So whats the sudden appeal？　　Buybacks can create demand for a token, while burns can reduce the supply making each token more valuable. That dynamic can cause upward pressure on the token price.　　It also gives holders a more tangible connection to the economic activity on the underlying protocol. Orest Gavryliak, chief legal officer at decentralized exchange aggregator 1inch, tells Magazine:　　“When projects implement revenue-funded buybacks and burns, they typically have one of two objectives in mind: either to decrease the token supply in circulation or to demonstrate the rationale for investing in protocol revenues.”　　Gavryliak says that telling users a project has “bought and burned tokens” is “much more straightforward” than explaining how governance rights work, how fees

09-04Industry

Revolut, OpenReserve get preliminary US bank approval with crypto plans

Revolut and Andreessen Horowitz-backed crypto banking startup OpenReserve have received preliminary US regulatory approval to establish national banks, with both companies planning to offer cryptocurrency and stablecoin-related services.　　The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) granted preliminary conditional approval for Revolut to move forward with a proposed bank in Connecticut and OpenReserve with one in Utah, according to separate decisions published Wednesday.　　The OCC said Revolut wants its own US bank to provide services at lower cost and with greater efficiency than its current model, which relies on Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)-insured partner banks.　　Revolut plans to offer digital asset custody and allow customers to use crypto assets, including stablecoins, for cross-border transfers. It also plans to offer Revolut-branded stablecoins issued by a third party.　　Founded in 2025 by MoneyLion founder and former CEO Dee Choubey, OpenReserve is building a blockchain-based bank designed to offer traditional banking services alongside tokenized deposits and digital asset services.　　OpenReserve plans tokenized deposits, digital asset custody and a subsidiary that would issue US dollar-backed stablecoins, though it has not yet filed an application for the subsidiary.　　The banks cannot open until they meet the OCCs preopening requirements and receive final approval.

09-04Industry

Binance Adds Four Crypto Assets to Delisting Watch: Full List

Major crypto exchange Binance has added four new crypto assets to its delisting watch. The tokens were added to the Binance Monitoring Tag list, which includes those closely monitored and subject to regular reviews and are at risk of no longer satisfying Binances listing criteria and being removed from the platform.　　In a new announcement, Binance stated it will extend the Monitoring Tag to include AVA, GNS, SCR and TOWNS tokens on September 4, 2026. This decision to extend its Monitoring Tag to include these four tokens is based on recent reviews.　　Binance will extend the Monitoring Tag to include AVA, GNS, SCR s standards will be removed from the featuring list on September 4, 2026, at 8:30 (UTC).　　The affected tokens include MTP (Multiple Network), BDXN (Bondex Token), TALE (PrompTale AI), BOS (BitcoinOS), MAIGA (Maiga.ai), TIMI (MetaArena), SAROS (Saros), U (Union), SERAPH (SERAPH), RVV (REVIVE), AIAV (AI Avatar), PENGUIN (Nietzschean Penguin), ODOS (Odos), SN3 (Nebula3). Withdrawing or selling these tokens on Binance Alpha will still be allowed after the removal.

09-04Industry

IMF Now Says Donations Funded El Salvador's Bitcoin Growth

In briefIMF staff reached a preliminary agreement on El Salvadors combined second and third program reviews, unlocking about $140 million if the board approves.Documentation showed the Bitcoin added since June 2025 came from private donations, with no public money spent, the IMF said.As recently as last week, El Salvadors Bitcoin Office claimed that it had “bought” BTC.　　Private donations account for the Bitcoin El Salvador has added to its national reserve since mid-2025, the International Monetary Fund said on Thursday, announcing a staff-level agreement on the countrys combined second and third program reviews.　　Documentation supplied by Salvadoran authorities verified that the accumulation since the first review “reflects private donations and that no public resources were used,” the fund said. It expects no further additions beyond those documented donations.BitcoinBTC · USD　　$79,761+1.86%　　24H7D1M1YYTD　　12:45 PM06:45 PM12:45 AM06:30 AM12:30 PM　　$81.8k$80.7k$79.6k$78.5k　　24h HighHigh$82,108　　24h LowLow$78,446　　VolVol$1.9B　　Market projectionsOdds by Myriad　　TodayBelow $80,000Below $80k56% chanceThis weekBelow $80,000Below $80k56% chance　　Price data by CoinGeckoCoinGeckoMore Bitcoin news and projections →　　The IMFs account differs from one the fund gave a year ago. In September 2025, an IMF communications officer told Decrypt that the total quantity of government-owned Bitcoin had not increased at all, and that growth in El Salvadors Strategic Bitcoin Reserve Fund reflected coins moving between wallets

09-04Industry

$7.26 Billion in August Alone: XRP Hits Six-Month High in Trading Volume

The massive XRP price rally seen last month was accompanied by a sharp rebound in its trading activities across all major exchanges, driving a notable surge in its spot trading volume during the month.　　While August has marked the best-performing month for all major cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin and XRP, in 2026, the latest data from crypto analytics platform CryptoQuant showed liquidity massively returning to the token during the period.　　XRP spot trading reclaims February highs　　The data showed that Binance saw the highest activity surge, with XRPs spot trading volume in August climbing to over $7.26 billion on Binance alone.　　While Binance emerged as the largest contributor to XRPs trading activity this month, other exchanges also saw substantial increases in the metric compared to previous months.　　Notably, the data showed that XRP achieved the strongest monthly spot volume performance since February, reclaiming its six-month high.　　Furthermore, Upbit followed closely, ranking second among the major XRP-trading exchanges, recording about $4.68 billion in XRP trading volume during the month.　　Bithumb Korea, Bybit, and Gate.io followed with about $2.59 billion, $1.40 billion, and $1.33 billion, respectively, in August, and they also recorded remarkable increases in the metric.　　XRP liquidity returns　　Although the surge in the XRP spot trading volume is largely attributable

09-04Industry

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

Major prediction market platform Kalshi has seen its US web traffic explode over the past year, underscoring the platforms rapid growth while regulators and courts scrutinize its expanding event-contract business.　　Kalshi recorded 15.4 million visits from the United States in July, up about 1,520% from just under 1 million in August 2025, according to Similarweb traffic estimates reviewed by Cointelegraph on Friday.　　US traffic accounted for nearly 80% of Kalshis traffic in July, up from 72.8% in August 2025, showing that its growth has remained heavily concentrated in the country.　　The surge comes as Kalshi faces mounting legal challenges over whether its sports contracts fall under federal oversight or state gambling laws, with New Jersey taking the dispute to the US Supreme Court.　　Trading volume outpaces traffic growth　　Kalshis surge in web traffic has come alongside even faster growth in trading activity, as prediction markets have expanded rapidly over the past year.　　Kalshi recorded about $40 billion in monthly notional trading volume in August, up from $874 million a year earlier, an increase of roughly 4,500%, according to a Dune Analytics prediction market data dashboard.Source: Dune Analytics　　Across the prediction-market industry, monthly notional volume rose to $50.7 billion from about $2 billion over the same period, with

09-04Industry

FinCEN flags $12.7B tied to Southeast Asia crypto investment scams

The U.S. Treasurys Financial Crimes Enforcement Network has linked approximately $12.7 billion in suspicious financial activity to digital asset investment scams largely run from overseas scam compounds, based on nearly 34,000 reports filed over more than two years.　　SummaryFinCEN linked roughly $12.7 billion in suspicious activity to crypto investment scams after reviewing 33,904 reports filed from September 2023 through December 2025.Money services businesses, mostly crypto firms, filed 55% of the reports and flagged $5.5 billion, while banks reported another $6.4 billion.Scammers used at least 22 digital assets, but proceeds were usually converted into stablecoins and almost exclusively into USDT before being moved through DeFi protocols or overseas exchanges.Older adults appeared in about 25% of reports, while victims across all 50 states funded losses through retirement accounts, mortgages, home equity and personal loans.Many operations were tied to scam compounds in Cambodia, Laos and Burma, where hundreds of thousands of workers have been trafficked through fake job offers.　　The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network said Thursday that its analysis covered 33,904 Bank Secrecy Act reports filed by roughly 1,300 financial institutions between Sept. 8, 2023, and Dec. 31, 2025, giving regulators a view of how money moved through banks, crypto businesses and securities firms as

09-04Industry

67,000 More Trezor Customers Exposed as Data Breach Widens

In briefTrezor said Friday that another 67,000 U.S. customers were caught in the ShipMonk breach it disclosed last month.The records cover orders placed between November 2019 and August 2021, and include names, phone numbers and home addresses.Trezor says it repeatedly received written confirmation from ShipMonk that the data had been deleted.　　Another 67,000 Trezor customers had their names, email addresses, phone numbers, home addresses and order numbers exposed in the breach at shipping provider ShipMonk, the hardware wallet maker said on Friday.　　All of them are in the U.S., and all placed orders between November 2019 and August 2021, making some of the exposed records close to seven years old. ShipMonk passed on the finding two days ago.　　Two days ago, we received an update from our shipping provider, ShipMonk. Were deeply saddened to share the news that the recent data breach affects more customers than originally thought.　　Another 67,000 customers from the US who ordered between November 2019 and August 2021… https://t.co/yDQvTlAA2S　　— Trezor (@Trezor) September 4, 2026　　Trezor repeatedly asked for and received written confirmation that those records had been deleted, in line with its contract and data policy, and said it was disappointed to learn they had not been.　　When it disclosed the breach

09-04Industry

Trezor says data breach affects another 67K US customers

The impact of hardware wallet provider Trezors data breach was larger than initially estimated, expanding to an additional 67,000 US customers.　　The breach may endanger more US users who ordered between November 2019 and August 2021, Trezor said in a Friday X post, citing the latest update from its shipping provider, ShipMonk.　　These customers had their full details exposed, including name, email, number, shipping address and order specifics. Trezor blamed the shipping provider for not deleting the data from these orders, despite saying it had received written assurances from ShipMonk.　　While Trezor systems were not compromised, the data breach may threaten the digital asset holdings of the 67,000 customers, as attackers may use the information for phishing attacks impersonating Trezor, in a bid to steal users seed phrases controlling their wallets.　　In August, Trezor initially estimated that only 14,000 users had their data exposed through the shipping provider. Trezor reported in January 2024 that about 66,000 users were at risk of phishing attacks if they had contacted the companys support team since December 2021.　　Phishing attacks and social engineering don‘t require exploiting code vulnerabilities. Still, these impersonation-based scams drove the majority of the crypto industry’s losses in the first quarter of the year, accounting for

09-04Industry

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