Polygon Labs is making its blockchain ecosystem, that holds 35% of global stablecoin transfer volume, more efficient by putting POL token assets to a good use via a new protocol-level standard sPOL.
Industry Leaders, Regulators, and Innovators to Convene in Bangkok at the Intersection Where Digital Assets and Traditional Banking Enter New Era of Collaboration
To boost its control over payment settlement, Polymarket — one of the world’s largest crypto prediction platforms, rolls out its own stablecoin, Polymarket USD, and starts the most sweeping infrastructure upgrade in its six-year operation period.
A strategic alliance between Noah and Hyperbeat establishes the payment provider as the default EUR, USD, and other major currency settlement engine for on-chain “Liquid Banking” layer, creating a seamless bridge between local bank accounts and the HyperEVM chain.
In a blockchain industry largely content to defer hard problems until they become crises, Circle is doing something unusual: solving one before it arrives.
For fifty years, SWIFT has been the invisible toll booth of global finance, moving messages, not money, while banks queue up on either side waiting days for transactions to clear. That model is now under structural assault. The most visible force leading the charge is private blockchain infrastructure. One example of that is JPMorgan Chase […]
A new push to redesign how money moves online is gaining momentum, as Coinbase and partners roll out the x402 Foundation with support of Linux Foundation — an initiative aimed at turning payments into a native function of the internet itself.
While economic uncertainty reshapes investment strategies, a new niche within wealth management is moving closer to the mainstream: crypto-backed mortgages. Positioned at the intersection of digital assets and real estate, these products are increasingly seen as a way for investors to unlock liquidity while preserving long-term exposure to cryptocurrencies.
From subscription management to stablecoin and blockchain infrastructure, this week delivered a concentrated burst of fintech news that signals where the industry’s attention and capital is pointing in early 2026. Here are the five stories shaping the conversation.
A new wave of blockchain-based trading is quietly redrawing the map of global finance and this time, it’s not about owning assets, but betting on them. Fresh DWF Labs research into so-called real-world asset (RWA) “perpification” suggests that blockchain-powered perpetual futures tied to traditional assets (e.g. oil or equities) are rapidly gaining traction, driven largely […]
Revolut is making a decisive push deeper into crypto. The fintech giant has now surpassed $1 billion in on-chain transactions on Polygon. This milestone highlights the firm’s own growing blockchain footprint while also signaling how quickly mainstream users are moving toward on-chain finance.
Hedge funds and family offices have watched prediction markets grow into a serious price-discovery tool but had no institutional way in. That changes today with BitGo Prime and Susquehanna Crypto collaboration.
Traders in Asia, Latin America, and beyond can now take positions on Nvidia, Tesla, Apple, and 17 other major equities around the clock without ever leaving the OKX crypto ecosystem via the new perpetual swaps feature.
The Digital Uzbekistan International PLUS-Forum 2026 will take place on May 19–20 in Tashkent, bringing together leading voices from across Central Asia and beyond to explore the future of digital transformation. As the region’s largest platform dedicated to innovation, the forum focuses on advancing digital public services, fintech, payment infrastructure, and the broader digital economy. […]
DeFi blockchain Katana has acquired IDEX, one of the earliest decentralised exchanges, and launched a perpetual futures trading platform called Katana Perps. The moves represent the company’s first major strategic steps under newly appointed Chief Executive Matthew Fisher and reflect a broader push to consolidate more of the onchain trading stack within a single environment.
Nevermined has introduced a major upgrade to its AI payments infrastructure, adding multi-currency payments, API key analytics, and advanced payment controls as demand grows for infrastructure supporting the agentic economy and next-generation digital finance.
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