Security
Rumor vs record: 128 Japanese banks went dark on November 6. Notices blame broken equipment
A viral reel says 128 banks in Japan were taken down all at once. The outage was real. The official notices we could read point to a failed piece of communications equipment, and none of them mention an attack.
AI & RWA
4.40% on a token: SoFi launches the first national bank-issued tokenized deposit for consumers
SoFi Earn (SOFIE) turns a dollar on deposit at SoFi Bank into a token that pays 4.40% and keeps FDIC coverage. Swap it for SoFi's stablecoin to spend or send, and that coverage ends.