Charles Hoskinson, founder of Cardano, demands an apology from the Cardano Foundation after an audit clears him of accusations regarding the alleged misappropriation of $600 million in ADA tokens during a 2021 hard fork.

New rules for crypto loans have been introduced in South Korea.
On September 5, the Financial Services Commission of South Korea (FSC) published guidelines for lending services on centralized cryptocurrency exchanges.
The FSC stated that the document introduces investor protection measures based on global experience. The new rules prohibit

Malicious actors have exploited the Grok chatbot on X to post harmful links by hiding them in the metadata field of video advertisements. This technique, termed "Grokking," circumvents platform scanning and misleads users into clicking on dangerous content, often linked to phishing and malware.

The Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation wanted to tokenize gold. Experts explained why.
Tokenization of gold is a "very promising solution" for Russia that can be implemented in the near future, said Alexey Yakovlev, director of the Ministry of Finance's policy department.
According to him, the digitization of precious metal is

Tristero Research warned of a repeat of the 2008 crisis in the RWA sector.
The rapidly growing RWA sector creates a "liquidity paradox" that could trigger a crisis similar to the 2008 mortgage collapse, but at "blockchain speed." This was stated by Tristero Research.
The RWA market grew from $8

Bitwise analyst predicted a boom in tokenized Pokemon cards
Tokenized Pokemon cards are set to repeat their success

The SEC proposed a Universal Tokenized Ledger (UTL) concept to enhance financial infrastructure against quantum threats, based on BIS and Canton Network developments. The three-tiered system aims to secure key financial instruments using post-quantum cryptography.

Digital Sands
While the world was watching Dubai's regulatory sandboxes, the Gulf countries moved from experiments to large-scale construction of the future. The UAE and Saudi Arabia are pouring hundreds of billions of dollars into creating a new economy based on artificial intelligence and Web3.
And this is not just

MIT researchers have developed an AI model, FlowER, that accurately predicts chemical reactions while adhering to the law of mass conservation. Unlike previous AI models, it tracks all stages of substance transformation. The open-source model could benefit fields like pharmaceuticals and materials science.

Russia and Ukraine have dropped in the Chainalysis cryptocurrency acceptance ranking.
Ukraine and Russia ranked eighth and tenth respectively in the global cryptocurrency adoption index for 2025 by the analytics company Chainalysis.
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Ukraine has launched the world's first government AI agent, "Diia.AI," on the Diia portal. It offers services, answers questions, and provides tailored advice. Aiming for a strong AI integration by 2030, the initiative is currently in beta testing, with promising user engagement.

Bitcoin and Ether: levels of decentralization
Which of the two leading cryptocurrencies demonstrates a higher level of decentralization by the fall of 2025? Web3 researcher Vladimir Menaskop shares his opinion on this issue with ForkLog readers.
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