A new Block Scholes report finds that routing engine quality is becoming one of the most important cost factors in onchain trading as DEX volumes, stablecoin adoption, and trade sizes continue to grow.
Real Finance has launched the REAL Competition, offering up to $20,000 in USDC rewards and a $3,400 raffle pool for users who trade, stake, and hold $ASSET.
Trace Finance has raised $32 million in a Series A led by CoinFund as it expands the regulated banking and stablecoin infrastructure behind more than $10 billion in cross-border payment volume.
HIFI, DRW, and Marex have completed an onchain repo transaction on the Canton Network, offering a glimpse into how the $12.6 trillion repo market could benefit from real-time settlement and tokenized collateral. Cover: @YuvalRooz Co-Founder & CEO of Digital Asset
Polygon says its Open Money Stack can now process up to 5,000 stablecoin payment transactions per second, giving fintechs and enterprises access to high-throughput blockchain payments with predictable costs and near-instant settlement.
WSOP players can now purchase tournament entries using stablecoins on Solana through MoonPay, with stablecoin prize payouts coming later this year at WSOP Paradise.
Tether is leading a financing round of up to $1.4 billion for NEURA Robotics, bringing self-custodial wallets and edge AI to autonomous machines as the company bets on the emerging machine economy.
Zakariya Mahdadi of Nawa Finance argues that DeFi must move beyond speculative yields and embrace sustainable, asset-backed strategies capable of delivering long-term returns across market cycles.
Fireblocks has launched Flow, a new infrastructure platform that enables PSPs and fintechs to accept stablecoins and crypto from 800+ wallets while settling in their preferred stablecoin.
Franklin Templeton and MoonPay have partnered to connect stablecoins with tokenized money market funds, expanding institutional access to onchain treasury management, liquidity, and real-world assets through the BENJI platform.
OpenPayd plans to go public through a Nasdaq SPAC merger valuing the fintech and stablecoin infrastructure provider at $1.145 billion, with up to $276 million in growth capital.