Fellaz, a decentralized protocol suite for entertainment, and Dnable, a content production house and design studio, have partnered to create the next generation of digital-native intellectual property. Fellaz will provide the blockchain infrastructure for Dnable’s two flagship projects: a virtual K-pop boy group and an enhancement of its social application, Peeksup. The partnership aims to empower fans to become active participants, co-creators, and financial stakeholders in the IP they love. The project will be developed at Dnable’s state-of-the-art studio in Seoul, fostering deep integration and synergy between its assets to pioneer new markets. The centerpiece of the collaboration is a virtual boy group whose entire fan economy will be built on the Fellaz protocol suite, creating a comprehensive case study for the future of interactive media: Community Governance via Fellaz Creator Protocol: The group’s creative and strategic direction will be guided by its fans through a DAO (Decentralized Autonomous Organization). Fans holding the group’s unique tokens will have the power to vote on key decisions, such as song choices, character outfits, and narrative arcs in the group’s story, fulfilling the promise of a truly community-owned franchise. Verifiable Fandom via Fellaz ID Protocol: Every meaningful fan interaction, from watching livestreams to voting in polls to creating fan art, will be recorded on their personal Fellaz ID. Early adopters will be granted a permanent “Original Supporter” Soulbound Token (SBT), giving them recognized status and tiered access within the community for life. Shared Ownership via Fellaz RWA Protocol: In a revolutionary move, Dnable will tokenize a portion of the virtual group’s intellectual property, allowing fans to purchase fractional shares. This transforms fans into true co-owners who can share in the financial success of the group, earning revenue from sources like music streaming royalties and virtual concert ticket sales.
WSPN’s platform offers institutional clients a unified platform for stablecoin to fiat conversions, providing both on-ramp and off-ramp services and covering the entire operational workflow from initial client onboarding to transaction execution through a single API interface
Worldwide Stablecoin Payment Network (WSPN) launched Global Payment 1.0, a comprehensive API-driven payment infrastructure designed specifically for institutional clients. This innovative solution provides seamless connectivity between major stablecoins and fiat currencies, enabling businesses to integrate complete crypto payment capabilities into their existing systems. Global Payment 1.0 offers institutional clients a unified platform for USDT/USDC/WUSD to fiat conversions, providing both on-ramp and off-ramp services through a single, robust API interface. The solution eliminates the complexity traditionally associated with crypto-fiat transitions, offering businesses a streamlined pathway to digital asset integration. The platform covers the entire operational workflow through API connectivity, from initial client onboarding to transaction execution. Institutional clients can seamlessly manage registration processes, KYB procedures, compliance verification, on-ramp services, off-ramp functionality, and token swapping—all through standardized API calls. The solution is designed with simplicity and efficiency at its core, ensuring smooth user experiences while maintaining the robust security and compliance standards required by institutional clients. The API architecture allows for rapid deployment and easy maintenance, reducing time-to-market for businesses seeking to integrate crypto payment capabilities.
Banks are recognizing that stablecoins represent more than just another payment rail—they’re a gateway to programmable money, automated financial services and agentic commerce
Finzly announced its preparation to support stablecoin and tokenized deposits —adding to its platform that already supports Fedwire, RTP, FedNow, ACH, SWIFT, and cross-border rails. With its built-in multi-currency FX engine, Finzly’s platform is designed to support conversion between fiat and digital currency pairs, such as USD to USDC, enabling smoother multi-currency flows. Virtual accounts on the platform can function as wallet-like constructs, offering banks and fintechs a way to reflect and manage balances tied to stablecoin activity, while preserving visibility, control, and compliance alignment. “Banks are recognizing that stablecoins represent more than just another payment rail—they’re a gateway to programmable money, automated financial services and agentic commerce. Our API-first architecture and programmable rules engine will be able to make it easier for banks to implement stablecoin payments thoughtfully aligned with their compliance, operational, and customer experience goals,” said Dean Nolan, head of payment strategy at Finzly.
DeFi lender Aave hits $3 trillion deposits, $40 billion TVL and 26% TVL growth in 30 days rivaling major banks; expanding institutional use and $100 billion target
Aave, the leading decentralized finance (DeFi) lending platform, has experienced record-breaking growth, surpassing $3 trillion in lifetime deposits and $29 billion in active loans. The total value locked (TVL) in Aave reached an all-time high of $40 billion, reflecting its expanding footprint in the decentralized lending market. This surge coincides with the broader expansion of the DeFi lending category, which has become the second-largest segment in the DeFi ecosystem. Aave dominates this growth, controlling roughly two-thirds of the market and outperforming its closest rival, Morpho, by nearly six times. The platform’s financial scale is now comparable to major commercial banks, with institutions like Barclays and Ethena using Aave to earn yield on their Ethereum holdings. Aave’s native token, AAVE, has rallied 138% since April, and founder Stani Kulechov has set an ambitious target of $100 billion in net deposits by year-end. As the DeFi sector matures, the challenge for Aave and other protocols will be to maintain innovation, security, and regulatory compliance to ensure long-term sustainability in an increasingly competitive market.
Paybis enhances near‑instant USDT purchase across Europe, UK, US, Brazil and Southeast Asia by integrating regional instant rails (Instant SEPA, Faster Payments) and local wallets (Pix, GrabPay, InstaPay, Apple Pay)
Paybis announced a major enhancement to its platform, making it easier for users worldwide to buy USDT through a broader and faster range of payment methods. With these updates, Paybis offers users an easier way to access and use stablecoins worldwide: Instant SEPA, Faster Payments, and Fedwire. Bank transfers (such as Instant SEPA in the EU, Faster Payments in the UK, and Fedwire in the U.S.) now allow users to buy USDT nearly instantly from their bank accounts in supported regions; GrabPay in Malaysia and the Philippines. Users in Southeast Asia can now purchase USDT in under 10 minutes using GrabPay, a widely adopted mobile wallet in the region; InstaPay in the Philippines. Filipino users can leverage real-time electronic payments through InstaPay to acquire USDT instantly, backed by regulated and secure infrastructure; Pix in Brazil. Brazilian users benefit from the fast, low-cost Pix payment system to buy Tether in just a few clicks; Credit and Debit Cards, including Apple Pay. Retail users globally can continue using familiar options like cards and Apple Pay for rapid USDT purchases.
Swiss-regulated partnership between Alchemy Pay and Fiat24 enables seamless fiat-crypto banking with Swiss IBAN accounts, integrated crypto cards, and compliant multi-currency transactions
Alchemy Pay, a renowned fiat-crypto payments firm, has partnered with fintech platform Fiat24 to enhance its Web3 Digital Bank service. The partnership aims to bridge the gap between digital assets and traditional finance for a global user base. Users can now open Swiss IBAN accounts and use crypto cards, providing a streamlined and compliant financial hub. The collaboration also allows for multi-fiat account management, fiat-to-crypto conversions, and refined cash flows within an inclusive platform. The Swiss-licensed infrastructure of Fiat24 ensures users can use European financial services in a trusted regulatory setting. Fiat24’s blockchain-led platform broadens conventional wallets into complete financial ecosystems, allowing users to top up their accounts through bank wire or crypto assets. The partnership also allows for rapid currency exchanges and payments. Alchemy Pay’s CMO, Ailona Tsik, believes the move will drive the merger of the platform’s expertise in fiat-crypto payments and the resilient regulatory environment of Switzerland.
Belong’s customer acquisition model ensures venues only pay for real visits by using a multi-verification system that connects QR codes, NFC technology, and geo-location to confirm physical presence and automatically calculates and distributes rewards on purchases by referrals
The cost of acquiring customers has increased by nearly 35% between 2022 and 2025, particularly for venues like restaurants, bars, clubs, and corporate event spaces. Traditional advertising channels often require significant upfront spend but provide little clarity about what truly drives results, leading to an “attribution black box.” Traditional promotional arrangements often rely on self-reported metrics, which can lead to campaigns that never deliver real value. This high-risk environment makes customer acquisition feel like a gamble rather than an investment. Belong, a Web3 community platform, has developed a zero-risk customer acquisition model called CheckIn, which uses a multi-verification system that connects QR codes, NFC technology, and geo-location to confirm physical presence. Once a referred customer makes a purchase, smart contracts automatically calculate and distribute rewards. This model eliminates common pitfalls of traditional affiliate arrangements and ensures venues only pay for actual value. CheckIn’s architecture builds on Belong’s existing geo-rewards layer, which was originally developed for the Chain Atlas project. It now extends this verification expertise to ongoing customer relationships and integrates with Belong’s upcoming LONG token. Customers who pay with LONG receive an automatic 3% discount, while venues benefit from near-instant settlement. With Belong’s established infrastructure and performance-based model, it has the potential to set a new benchmark for customer acquisition in the venue sector.
Stablecore integrates stablecoin rails with existing core systems in community banks and credit unions, enabling 24/7 programmable money settlement through collateralized lending algorithms and real-time blockchain-native deposit processing
Stablecore has raised $20 million for a platform that helps community and regional banks and credit unions offer stablecoins, tokenized deposits and digital asset products. Stablecore serves as a “digital asset core,” unifying the critical components of digital asset offerings into a single platform specifically built for America’s 8000+ community and regional banks and credit unions.
The platform integrates with existing banking cores and digital banking services, enabling financial institutions to offer digital asset products without changing their technology infrastructure.
“Following landmark regulatory changes this year, stablecoins and digital assets have entered a new paradigm, becoming permissible activities within banking,” says Alex Treece, CEO, Stablecore. “Banks and credit unions – especially Main Street institutions – are the most logical, secure home for these assets alongside customers’ existing financial accounts. Stablecore helps financial institutions retain their deposits, create new digital asset-powered revenue streams and stay competitive as this transition to digital assets and blockchain technology unfolds.” How They Do It — Key Components & Methods From what is public, here are the main “how” components: Integration with existing bank core / digital banking systems The solution is designed to be plugged into a bank’s core systems so that stablecoins & digital assets feel like just another product offering from the bank (accounts, transfers, etc.). Flexible provider & network support (“zero lock-in”) They integrate with multiple major custodians, exchanges & stablecoin providers. That means a bank can choose which stablecoins, which custody partners, which blockchains/networks it wants, rather than being locked into one vendor. Compliance, security & controls built in They emphasize “highest standards” for security, risk, regulatory compliance. They show SOC-2 compliance badge, which suggests formal security & process audits. Tokenization of deposits Converting traditional bank deposit liabilities into digital tokens (“tokenized deposits”) to allow on-chain uses: faster settlement, programmable money, integration with other stablecoin rails. Collateralized lending using digital assets Allow customers who own crypto/digital assets to use them as collateral in order to access lending. This provides new lending opportunities for banks using digital asset holdings.
Cloudflare introduces an enterprise USD backed stablecoin with x402 protocol enabling instant and autonomous AI agent payments and microtransactions across global connectivity cloud infrastructure
Cloudflare plans to introduce NET Dollar, a new U.S. dollar-backed stablecoin that will enable instant, secure transactions for the agentic web. NET Dollar will help power a new business model for the Internet that rewards originality, sustains creativity, and enables innovation in an AI-driven world. NET Dollar will help modernize the payment ecosystem for the future of the agentic web by: Making payments easy anywhere in the world: Agents will need systems to enable payments that are not only fast and secure, but also trusted, recorded transparently, and executed reliably at a global scale – across currencies, geographies, and time zones. Enabling instant, automated transactions: Personal agents will be able to take instant, programmatic actions like paying for the cheapest flight, or ordering an item the moment it goes on sale. Business agents could be instructed to pay suppliers when a delivery is confirmed. Unlocking a new business model for the Internet: NET Dollar will enable creators to be rewarded for unique and original content, developers to easily monetize APIs and applications, and AI companies to contribute back to the ecosystem that fuels them by compensating content sources fairly.
CME Group to offer around-the-clock regulated cryptocurrency derivatives trading to enable confident risk management any time starting in 2026.
CME Group announced plans to offer 24-hour cryptocurrency futures and options trading starting in early 2026, subject to regulatory approval. The move extends trading hours for its digital asset products to seven days a week on the CME Globex platform. The expansion responds to increasing demand from market participants who need continuous access to manage cryptocurrency exposure throughout the week, rather than being limited to traditional market hours. “While not all markets lend themselves to operating 24/7, client demand for around-the-clock cryptocurrency trading has grown as market participants need to manage their risk every day of the week,” said Tim McCourt, Global Head of Equities, FX and Alternative Products at CME Group. “Ensuring that our regulated cryptocurrency markets are always on will enable clients to trade with confidence at any time.”