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OpenFX Raises $94 Million to Scale Stablecoin FX Settlement

The startup uses stablecoins to move large cross-border transfers in under an hour for institutional clients.

Swift Moves Interbank Blockchain Ledger to MVP for 24/7 Cross-Border Payments

Ripple CEO Puts XRP Utility at the Center and Pushes CLARITY Timeline to Late May

S&P 500 Debuts First Licensed Perpetual on Hyperliquid

Moody’s Launches Token Integration Engine to Bring Credit Ratings On-Chain, Runs First Ratings Node on Canton

U.S. Regional Banks Launch Cari Network to Tokenize Deposits on ZKsync

Societe Generale-FORGE Extends Euro Stablecoin EURCV to Stellar

RedStone Deploys Enterprise Price Oracles on Stellar to Expand DeFi and Curb Oracle Risk

Pakistan Senate Passes Virtual Assets Bill, Paving Way for Regulated Crypto Market

SBI and Startale Unveil JPYSC, Japan’s First Trust Bank–Backed Yen Stablecoin, Targeting Q2 2026 Launch

NPCI Launches FiMI, a Payments-Native AI Model Now Powering UPI Help Assistant

Ripple and UAE’s Zand Expand Partnership to Link RLUSD and AEDZ Stablecoins

European Parliament Backs Digital Euro With Online and Offline Use, Aligning With EU Governments

EPFO Pilots UPI Withdrawals App, Targets April 2026 Launch

Ripple Repositions XRP for Institutional Settlement as XRPL Debuts Compliance Tools

Ripple Outlines Institutional DeFi Roadmap for XRPL With XRP at the Center

XRPL Activates Permissioned Domains as Permissioned DEX Enters Two-Week Countdown

Lightning Network Clears Publicly Reported $1 Million Transfer From SDM to Kraken

SBI and Startale Unveil Strium, a 24/7 Layer-1 Exchange for Institutional Tokenized Assets

MetaMask Integrates Ondo to Offer 200+ Tokenized U.S. Stocks, ETFs and Commodities in Mobile Wallet