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According to The Defiant, Ondo Finance's perpetual contract platform Ondo Perps has launched spot trading for 12 tokenized stocks and ETFs. Traders can buy related tokenized assets and use them as collateral to open short perpetual contract positions. Ondo Perps also announced that there will be no spot trading fees for the first 30 days after the launch of spot trading.

AMC CEO Adam Aron posted on the X platform again naming Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev and Chief Legal Officer Dan Gallagher. He stated that Robinhood had previously expressed support for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) regarding the tokenization of U.S. stocks, believing that tokenized stocks should have voting rights and that companies should have the option to opt-out.Adam Aron also pointed out that it would be very "hypocritical" if Robinhood did not apply the same principles in its overseas operations, and he urged them not to go against the SEC's stance, "do not openly disrespect and provoke the SEC."

According to CoinDesk, Franklin Templeton has expanded its "Over-the-Counter Collateral Program" to Bybit, allowing users of the exchange to use their tokenized money market fund shares for cryptocurrency trading. Users can use the shares as collateral to borrow stablecoins USDT or USDC, while the underlying assets continue to generate returns. The relevant shares represent approximately $686 million in net assets.The underlying assets will not be transferred to Bybit but will be held off-chain by the regulated custody platform ByCustody, with their value mirrored in the Bybit trading environment, thereby generating returns while releasing trading liquidity. The shares are issued through the Benji technology platform, which is Franklin Templeton's proprietary blockchain-integrated record-keeping and transfer agency infrastructure, currently paying an annualized return of 3.7% based on the latest 7-day interest rate.This is not Franklin Templeton's first foray into over-the-counter collateral partnerships, as it has previously offered tokenized money market funds to Binance and OKX clients. Sandy Kaul, Head of Digital Assets and Innovation at Franklin Templeton, stated that investors can now use collateral more efficiently across major exchanges and earn returns from it, which is crucial for ecosystem growth. This expansion also reflects industry trends, with platforms like Crypto.com and Deribit allowing qualified users to use BlackRock's BUIDL fund as trading collateral.

Coinbase tokenized stocks have launched on the Aave V4 Base deployment version. Eligible users from jurisdictions outside the United States can use AAPLc, AMZNc, GOOGLc, METAc, MSFTc, NVDAc, and TSLAc as collateral to borrow USDC.This V4 instance is deployed by Aave Labs on behalf of Aave DAO, with risk analysis completed by LlamaRisk. Chainlink serves as Coinbase's official oracle solution, providing price data for tokenized stocks that includes the underlying stock prices and issuer multipliers.

According to the official announcement, the South Korean cryptocurrency exchange Bithumb will launch the PYUSD token on the Korean won market, with trading expected to open at 15:00 local time.

Zhipu continues to address the code upload controversy surrounding its programming product ZCode. Existing paid users and those who have returned as paid users in the past month will receive 4 weekly reset cards and 4 5-hour reset cards, valid for 1 month.From September 28 to October 7, ZCode will also distribute 100,000 quotas of 100 million GLM-5.3-Flash Tokens to all users. Zhipu stated that the repository snapshot upload link has been removed, and the involved cloud data has been deleted. The open-source version is currently updated to v3.14.3, and subsequent code will not be uploaded to the cloud unless users actively initiate it.The controversy originated from the Repo Wiki feature that was enabled by default in the early stages of ZCode, which uploaded repository content to the cloud for processing when generating a knowledge base for the code repository. Zhipu has previously cut off the related upload paths and invited third-party organizations to verify the cloud data.

According to the token unlocking data from the crypto asset data platform RootData, Ethena (ENA) will unlock approximately 171.88 million tokens at 0:00 Beijing time on October 5, with a value of about 46.9 million USD.

According to on-chain analyst Onchain Lens (@OnchainLens), the address 0xc745...1464 deposited 177,500 HYPE to OKX and Bybit 1 hour ago, worth approximately 16.08 million USD, suspected to be preparing for sale.Two days ago, the same address transferred 89,050 HYPE to Binance, Kraken, OKX, and Gate, worth approximately 8.21 million USD. The two transactions combined transferred a total of 266,600 HYPE, with a total value of approximately 24.29 million USD.

Michael Saylor stated that as AI changes the way businesses are built, digital tokens can help 10 million new companies raise funds and reduce fundraising costs and delays. He advocates for simplifying issuance rules while retaining information disclosure and anti-fraud protections. Michael Saylor is the Executive Chairman of Bitcoin Treasury Company Strategy Inc.He proposed that companies could adapt rules for token issuance based on the type of issuance and set information disclosure requirements that match the risks, while reducing legal costs and retaining ownership protections and fraud accountability. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) also proposed a cryptocurrency issuance exemption plan, one of which allows qualified issuers to raise up to $5 million within four years, and another allows raising up to $75 million every 12 months; both are still proposals and come with disclosure and anti-fraud requirements.

According to Coingecko data, the token Rhea of the cross-chain DeFi project Rhea Finance in the Near ecosystem has surpassed $0.19, with a 24-hour increase of 131% and a 7-day increase of 466%.It is reported that the project offers services such as lending, yield, cross-chain bridges, and Perp on Near, making it the largest DeFi ecosystem project on Near at present.

Tom Lee, Chairman of Bitmine, stated that artificial intelligence and the cryptocurrency industry are gradually merging, with tokenization and AI agents likely becoming the two main driving forces of the next cryptocurrency market cycle.Tom Lee mentioned that BlackRock expects more assets to be tokenized, and financial settlement infrastructure is increasingly being built on cryptocurrency networks. Some fintech companies, such as Revolut, have already begun to build related businesses based on Ethereum. He also stated that AI is driving the formation of the digital economy, while cryptocurrencies provide the digital currency and blockchain infrastructure needed to support this economic system.

According to on-chain analyst Wazz, there is an organized chain of Rug Pull and fund extraction gang on Robinhood, which has been associated with 53 token issuances in the past two months. The directly traceable extraction amount has reached 18.43 million USD, and the actual amount may be higher.It is reported that the gang's methods are highly systematic: the funds raised from each issuance will flow into the launch wallet of the next issuance within seconds, forming a chain of funds; each issuance is bundled with 70-200 wallets to capture over 70% of the supply, mostly issued through the Pons V2 platform.In addition, the gang also creates "fake issuances" to hype up before the official issuance, harvesting market sentiment in advance, and then publishes the real contract address to maximize extraction profits. The token under investigation, $DEED, even failed to make it into the top ten of the extraction amounts.

According to CoinDesk, French Hill, the chairman of the U.S. House Financial Services Committee, stated that tokenization has shifted from being viewed as a "futuristic" concept during the discussions of FIT21 and the CLARITY Act to a reality that is happening in real-time.He said, "We may really be tokenizing an asset like a real security— in fact, we are doing that right now."

According to the French newspaper Le Monde, a 45-year-old woman born in Russia and naturalized in France in 2017, Svetlana A., has recently been placed under investigation and detained by a Paris investigating judge on charges of organized fraud, serious money laundering, and participation in a criminal gang. The French National Financial Prosecutor's Office stated that she and her British partner Robert H. are suspected of committing organized fraud by manipulating cryptocurrency prices, with the related funds suspected to be used for purchasing properties in Dubai.Reports indicate that Svetlana A. invested over 50 million euros in 2022 alone, acquiring about 100 apartments and 3 luxury villas in Dubai, with total rental income from 2022 to 2025 expected to be at least 4 million euros; she also purchased an entire building containing 73 apartments for 68 million dirhams (approximately 17.4 million euros). The cryptocurrency mentioned in the report is Verasity (VRA), launched by her partner in 2018. The price of VRA surged 65 times over a two-and-a-half-month period in the spring of 2021, followed by a significant decline, currently down approximately 99.98% from its historical peak. The lawyer for the parties involved stated that the sources of the related wealth are documented and legal, and they deny any wrongdoing. The case is still under investigation.

Blockchain interoperability company Quant announced a collaboration with The Clearing House (TCH) to introduce programmable money in the United States, providing an interoperability layer for tokenized deposits within the regulated banking system, allowing tokenized deposits to circulate within the banking system.Quant stated that this collaboration continues its related work in the UK, Europe, and other regions. The company mentioned the On-Chain Money Initiative in the announcement and released a press release and blog explaining the details of the collaboration.

In the past 30 days, the trading volume of tokenized stocks on DEX reached 20.9 billion dollars. Among them, Uniswap V4 ranked first with a market share of 40.7%, followed closely by Uniswap V3 with a market share of 19.4%; together, they accounted for a market share of 60.1%, corresponding to a trading volume of approximately 12.6 billion dollars.

According to the token unlocking data from the crypto asset data platform RootData, Cycle Network (CYC) will unlock approximately 14.17 million tokens at 0:00 Beijing time on October 4, with a value of about 1.13 million USD.

According to Hyperliquid News data, the Hyperliquid assistance fund has repurchased and destroyed over 47.5057 million HYPE, with a purchase cost of approximately 1.321 billion dollars, and at the current price, it is valued at about 4.366 billion dollars.

According to token unlocking data from the crypto asset data platform RootData, BIO Protocol (BIO) will unlock approximately 30.8 million tokens at 10:00 AM Beijing time on October 3rd, worth about 1 million USD.

According to token unlocking data from the crypto asset data platform RootData, Cheelee (CHEEL) will unlock approximately 6.42 million tokens at 8:00 AM Beijing time on October 3, valued at around 2.15 million USD.