AMINA Bank Shatters Barriers: First Regulated Institution to Offer Polygon (POL) Staking for Big Players

Traditional finance meets blockchain revolution as AMINA Bank crosses the regulatory Rubicon.

The Institutional Gateway Opens

Switzerland's AMINA Bank just rewrote the rulebook for digital assets. Forget crypto cowboys and unregulated wild west operations—this is the real deal. The Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) just gave institutional Polygon staking its first regulated home.

Big Money Gets Serious About Staking

While retail investors have been playing in the staking sandbox for years, institutions faced regulatory limbo. AMINA's move changes everything. Now hedge funds, family offices, and asset managers can stake POL with the same oversight they expect from traditional banking.

Because nothing says 'we're serious' like Swiss banking regulations wrapped around blockchain technology. Finally, institutional money can stop pretending they're just 'researching' crypto and actually start earning yield like the rest of us.

The Polygon ecosystem just got its most credible validator yet—and traditional finance just lost another excuse for staying on the sidelines.

Binance Token Sudden Crash Shows Market Fragility

Based on reports, the bloodbath unfolded very quickly. Trading volume spiked as roughly 573,000 AB tokens changed hands during the volatility, which pushed the 24-hour volume past $5 million.

Liquidity numbers were thin by comparison: the token’s liquidity pool was reported at about $2.17 million. That gap between volume and liquidity can make markets vulnerable when large orders hit.

According to Binance market data, the Binance Alpha token AB plunged from $0.0083 to $0.0000051 within two minutes — a drop of about 99% — before rebounding to $0.00151, still down more than 80% on the day. pic.twitter.com/mH8Y98MzES

— Wu Blockchain (@WuBlockchain) October 9, 2025

The Likely Culprit

Observers pointed to concentrated ownership as a likely amplifier. Reports have disclosed that the top 10 wallets controlled more than 97% of the circulating supply, which is listed at about 81 billion AB tokens with a total supply around 98 billion.

Where so much of a token sits in a few hands, a single large sell order can push the price through multiple levels with little resistance. On-chain reports showed two large sales around the event: one for 192 million AB and another for 500 million AB, moves that coincided with heavy downward pressure.

Market watchers suggested a number of possible triggers. A big wallet dump, a market Maker pulling liquidity, or algorithmic trading that amplified price swings were among the ideas floated.

Because the token trades on several venues, including Bitget and Gate, contagion between platforms can happen fast. No official explanation has been released by Binance or the AB project team, and that lack of comment has left traders relying on public trades and exchange charts to piece the timeline together.

The price later retraced some losses, and some reports said it nearly reached prior levels at times. However, that bounce did not erase the hit to confidence. Many retail traders who were hit by the flash crash reported losses, and sentiment turned strongly negative in the short term.

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