LayerZero enables Cross-Chain Interoperability for Quantoz Stablecoins EURQ and USDQ

MoonPay, the leading crypto payments network, today announced it will launch MoonAgents Card, a virtual Mastercard debit card that lets users and AI agents spend stablecoins directly from their onchain balances. Through seamless crypto to fiat conversion at the point of purchase, the card can be used at any online merchant globally that accepts Mastercard.

Rayls today announced the launch of its Public Chain Mainnet, building on prior deployments and collaboration with leading financial partners and institutions, including Mastercard, XP Inc., and JP Morgan Kinexys. The launch of the mainnet marks the completion of the initial vision for the system, where institutions can tokenise assets in private environments and distribute them via an interoperable public chain.

Zoth, the privacy-first stablecoin neobank purpose-built for the Global South & the Agentic Economy, and Bakkt, Inc., a regulated digital asset infrastructure company, have signed an MOU establishing the framework for a strategic partnership. Bakkt’s participation runs through its licensed subsidiary Bakkt Financial Solutions I, LLC, which holds pan-US money transmitter licenses.

Token unlock events are becoming structural volatility triggers in digital asset markets. Unlocks worth $4.6 billion hit crypto markets from the 9th to the 16th of March, with WBT unlocking $4.34 billion, a massive 81.50 million tokens, which represented 27.77% of the current circulating supply.

KAST, the global financial platform built on stablecoin rails, announced today that Stephanie Allen, a former senior advisor at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, has joined the company as Head of Corporate and Policy Communications.

Ripple, the leading provider of blockchain-based enterprise solutions across traditional and digital finance, today announced an expansion of its presence in the UAE with the opening of its new Middle East and Africa (MEA) regional headquarters in the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), creating capacity to grow its local team as demand for regulated blockchain-powered payment and custody solutions continues to accelerate across the region.