US Treasury secretary emerges as frontrunner for Trump’s AI czar role: Report
US President Donald Trump previously tapped David Sacks as his AI and crypto czar before Sacks stepped down from the role earlier this year after reaching his…
Solana starts testing upgrade that could cut finality from 12.8 seconds to 150 milliseconds
Alpenglow would let exchanges, bridges and merchants treat payments as irreversible almost immediately. Source：CoinDesk
OpenAI, Anthropic to brief UN Security Council on AI risks: Reports
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman are expected to brief the UN Security Council as it examines AI risks and global security.…
The bond market is flashing a warning for stocks. These sectors are already wobbling.
The yield curve could invert again — but is that still a reliable recession signal? Source：MarketWatch
Next for the U.S. SEC: Agency's chief crypto counsel illuminates path for custody
Taylor Lindman, the top lawyer on the agency's Crypto Task Force, says the SEC is trying to get firms comfortable with blockchain technology and crypto assets.…
ECB to put its own money into tokenized securities via new Pontes DLT
The ECB aims to gain firsthand DLT market experience by buying tokenized publicsector securities and settling the trades through Pontes. Source：Cointelegraph
‘She gave a neighbor $2,000’: Social Security overpaid my mother, 82, by $20,000. What else is hiding in her finances?
“My mother has a pension, Social Security, investments and a house probably worth over $1 million.” Source：MarketWatch
Why this investment bank expects little demand for tokenized stocks despite SEC’s new trading rules
TD Cowen expects limited demand for tokenized stocks despite new SEC rules opening a path for trading outside traditional markets. Source：CoinDesk
Ondo lets institutions convert stocks directly into tokenized shares
Ondo’s new inkind conversion system allows approved institutions to mint and redeem tokenized stocks and ETFs using the underlying securities instead of cash.…
Crypto Biz: CLARITY Act setback puts Coinbase in the spotlight
Coinbase draws scrutiny after the CLARITY Act stalls, while the SEC moves ahead with tokenized stocks and crypto firms push deeper into payments.…
ECB plans to buy tokenized bonds with its own funds
The European Central Bank rolled out a new system to link its payment system to blockchainbased financial markets. Source：CoinDesk
AT&T’s stock looks like the smartest bet in the wireless sector, analyst says
An analyst at BNP has taken a positive view of AT&T’s stock, writing that investors should have “little to quibble with on the mobile side.” Source：MarketWatch