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Kraken's parent company, Payward, has delayed its U.S.

HyperStrat, a private company, increased its equity facility from $1B to $2.5B to expand its treasury's capacity to accumulate tokens.

Coinbase’s tokenized stock offerings on its Base network recorded $228 million in decentralized exchange (DEX) trading volume, signaling notable activity in crypto‑based equity trading.

The article reports a memecoin-related speculative surge in Farmmi (FAMI), a microcap stock, with a 350% price increase and trading volume of 720 million shares—90 times its daily average.

Securitize and Socios have launched a project to tokenize equity in professional sports teams, leveraging Securitize’s EU DLT Pilot Regime-authorized trading and settlement system.

The article reports a 73% month-over-month increase in onchain tokenized equity holders, reaching 1.9 million, signaling growing adoption of decentralized trading infrastructure.

Backpack US, a private company focused on integrating DeFi with regulated equity trading, appointed Kyle Samani, co-founder of Multicoin Capital, to its board.

Uber announced the elimination of 3,300 jobs (10% of its workforce) and a $10 billion investment in a driverless strategy, including equity stakes in Lucid and Rivian.

Binance expanded its traditional finance (TradFi) offerings by introducing physically settled options contracts on over 1,000 US equities, integrating with Nest for order routing, Alpaca for execution and settlement, and custody services.

In August, centralized crypto exchange (CEX) perpetual futures volume reached $665.42 billion, a 4.6% increase from July, with three underlying stocks accounting for over half of the activity.

Hyperliquid Strategies, a Nasdaq-listed company, expanded its equity facility to $2.5 billion and previously raised $647 million through the facility while accumulating approximately 29.3 million HYPE tokens.

Hyperliquid Strategies, a private derivatives trading firm, expanded its equity facility from $1 billion to $2.5 billion as of June 30, having sold approximately $647 million worth of shares.