Stephen Gregory, as the new CEO of Binance. US, was interviewed to discuss relevant topics. （Cointelegraph）

Apyx announced the addition of a $25 million purchase of STRC, bringing its total holdings of STRC to $125 million.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) in the UK has released PS26/7 guidelines to support innovation in the field of fund tokenization and explain how companies can use distributed ledger technology (DLT) under existing rules. The new regulations introduce the Direct to Fund (D2F) model, allowing investors to trade directly with traditional or tokenized funds. The announcement states that tokenization using DLT to represent assets or asset ownership can help reduce costs and create more investment opportunities.

U.S. banks are looking to delay landmark stablecoin legislation even as crypto firms like Agora push ahead.

According to CCTV News, Vice Premier He Lifeng of the State Council held a video call with US Treasury Secretary Bessent and Trade Representative Greer to exchange ideas on implementing the consensus reached by the heads of state of China and the United States, resolving economic and trade issues, and expanding cooperation. The Chinese side expresses serious concern over the US economic and trade restrictions, and both sides agree to continue to enhance consensus, manage differences, and strengthen cooperation through the China US economic and trade consultation mechanism.