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BNY Mellon Stays ‘Agile’ on Stablecoin Plans, Focuses on Infrastructure
The bank isn’t committing to launching its own token — yet — but executives say it’s building systems that could support one if needed.

Eric Trump Confirms Plans to Tokenize Real Estate With World Liberty Financial
The World Liberty Financial co-founder said in a CoinDesk TV interview he is currently working on tokenizing a real estate project tied to a building under development.

Ripple CEO Bashes Wall Street Bank Opposition of Fed Master Accounts for Crypto
CEO Brad Garlinghouse, whose company is seeking a federal bank license and Federal Reserve "master account," called banker pushback "hypocritical."

Crypto Bank Erebor Approved for Conditional Federal Bank Charter by OCC
Erebor can operate as a national bank in the U.S., according to a charter approval from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency.

The Protocol: Monad Airdrop Portal Opens as Token Launch Nears
Also: ETH’s Sepolia Gets Fusaka Upgrade, Monero Releases Privacy Boost For Nodes and EF Expands Its Push Into Privacy.

Backpack Expands to SEC-Registered Tokenized Stocks With Superstate Partnership
The crypto exchange is integrating Superstate’s Opening Bell platform to offer natively tokenized public equities for investors outside the U.S.

SoloTex Set to Bring Tokenized Stocks to U.S. Retail Traders With FINRA Green Light
Built by Texture Capital and Sologenic, the platform aims to bring real onchain stock ownership for U.S. retail users, executives said in an interview.

Celsius Wind-down Secures $300M From Tether, Say GXD Labs, VanEck
A consortium established by the companies announced the recovery of Celsius funds tied to claims against Tether.

Stripe's Bridge Applies for National Bank Trust Charter to Expand Stablecoin Business
The license, if granted, would help the stablecoin infrastructure firm to "tokenize trillions of dollars," co-founder Zach Abrams said.

U.S. Targets Cambodian Pig Butchering, Takes $14B in Bitcoin as Biggest Ever Seizure
As the Justice Department pursues Prince Group's leader, the Treasury Department sanctioned the company while also severing Huione from the U.S. finance.
