Securitize tokenizes own stock on Solana and Avalanche as NYSE trading begins

Securitize began trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker SECZ on Thursday and launched a tokenized version of its common stock through its regulated platform. The listing follows the completion of Securitize’s business combination with Cantor Equity Partners II. The company has brought more than $4 billion in assets onchain through its ...

Both total nonfarm payroll employment (+57,000) and the unemployment rate (4.2 percent) changed little in June, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Employment continued to trend up in professional and business services, social assistance, and health care. Leisure and hospitality lost jobs. This news release presents statistics from two monthly surveys. The household survey measures labor force status, including unemployment, by demographic characteristics. The establishment survey measures nonfarm employment, hours, and earnings by industry. For more information about the concepts and statistical methodology used in these two surveys, see the Technical Note. U.S. economy added 57,000 jobs in June, less than expected; unemployment rate at 4.2% The U.S. economy saw job creation cool sharply heading into the summer, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Thursday. Nonfarm payrolls for June increased by a seasonally adjusted 57,000 for the month, slower than the downwardly revised 129,000 added in May and worse than the 115,000 Dow Jones consensus forecast. The unemployment rate, however, dropped to 4.2%, and slightly ahead of the 4.1% where it was a year ago. The U.S. economy added 57,000 jobs in June and revisions subtracted a combined 74,000 jobs from the previously reported figures for May and April. The unemployment rate edged down to 4.2%. Leisure and hospitality employment declined by 61,000 in June.

Bitget launched U.S. stock options trading on Thursday for eligible users, expanding its Stock+ platform beyond tokenized stocks and private market access into listed derivatives. The initial rollout gives users access to long call and long put strategies. That means traders can buy call options to gain upside exposure to U.S. stocks or buy put options to ...