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Tokenized real‑world assets see heightened activity while the Federal Reserve prepares a conference focused on tokenization, decentralized finance, and payments. The timing underscores growing institutional attention to how blockchain-based assets and payment rails intersect with traditional finance.

Hackers adopt a technique that embeds malicious code within Ethereum smart contracts, creating new risks for developers and project teams. The approach leverages contract infrastructure to conceal payloads, raising concerns about tooling, audits, and secure development practices across the ecosystem.

Coinbase sets an aggressive engineering goal for artificial intelligence systems to generate around 50% of its platform’s code by October. The push reflects a broader effort to integrate AI into software workflows at the crypto exchange, with leadership emphasizing speed and productivity gains.

Ripple expands the RLUSD stablecoin initiative to African markets with a $700 million footprint and begins trials of insurance solutions for extreme weather. The rollout combines digital dollar access with risk products intended to address climate-related events in regions with limited financial coverage.

The World Gold Council launches a wholesale digital gold initiative designed to update how market participants trade and settle exposure. The effort aims to bring a digital format to gold transactions at scale, aligning the metal’s market with modern infrastructure used by institutional investors.