Crypto Today: Trump GOLD Token Scam, Polygon Discloses Security Flaws, Stellar RWA Hits $4B

Real Trump Coins has denied any involvement in launching, promoting, or authorizing the Trump Digital GOLD token, blaming "third-party bad actors" after the Solana-based asset appeared on its official X account and RealTrumpCoins.com. The company stated it was working with authorities to investigate the incident, noting that the promotional X posts were subsequently deleted. Notably, the account had directed customers to RealTrumpCoins.com as recently as Aug. 25, and the site was still promoting the GOLD token at the time of publication. President Donald Trump also continues to follow the Real Trump Coins X account, one of only 53 accounts he follows on the platform.

Polygon has disclosed several previously private security vulnerabilities that could have disrupted its proof-of-stake network, with fixes deployed through two recent hard forks. The flaws affected Polygon's Bor and Heimdall clients and included denial-of-service risks, validator resource exhaustion, and issues impacting checkpoint and milestone processing. Polygon confirmed that the vulnerabilities were resolved through the Austin and Kyoto hard forks, both privately deployed and tested before mainnet activation and public disclosure. No exploitation was observed on mainnet, though nodes running older client versions past the hard fork activation heights have fallen out of consensus and must upgrade to rejoin the network.

The tokenized real-world asset market on Stellar has surged roughly 360% in 2026 to reach nearly $4 billion, climbing from $868.8 million at the end of last year. As of Aug. 29, Stellar's RWA market cap stood at $3.996 billion, spanning US Treasuries, private and public credit, non-US government debt, and other tokenized asset classes. The expansion reflects growing institutional adoption and increased activity from financial institutions and tokenization platforms building on the network.

Meanwhile, tokenized stock activity also surged over the past 30 days, signaling broader momentum in the real-world asset tokenization space. Traders are increasingly turning to blockchain-based equity products as traditional brokerages race to integrate onchain settlement infrastructure.