Taurus Custody and Issuance Platforms Now Available on Stellar

Bitget Wallet, the everyday finance app, has expanded its QR payment capabilities across Asia-Pacific, allowing users to pay from a self-custodial wallet by scanning supported local merchant QR codes across one of the world's most established QR payment regions. The rollout positions Bitget Wallet as the first self-custodial wallet to offer crypto QR payments at APAC scale, serving both local spending and cross-border travel use cases.

Creating a new market for small business credit and marking a milestone for real-world asset adoption on institutional blockchain infrastructure NEWITY, a financial technology company transforming how small businesses access capital, today announced it has selected the Canton Network to support on-chain distribution of small business credit, creating one of the first dedicated on-chain markets for small business loans.

Episode Six will serve as a key processing partner for Rain's credit, debit, and prepaid card programs across networks and geographies

Franklin Templeton, a global investment leader, today announced a plan to acquire 250 Digital, an active cryptocurrency investment management firm led by financial industry veterans Christopher Perkins and Seth Ginns of CoinFund Management LLC. The acquisition would include the 250 Digital investment team and all liquid cryptocurrency strategies previously run by CoinFund. Franklin Templeton will invest in the strategies as part of the agreement.

IAMTN, the international trade association representing the global cross-border payments industry, today announced a strategic move to integrate digital assets into its core operations and membership roadmap. Reflecting the growing convergence of traditional finance and decentralised finance (DeFi), IAMTN has entered a forward-thinking partnership with the French-based fintech firm Next Generation NGPES.

Apex Group Ltd. (“Apex Group”), a leading global financial services provider, plans to expand its digital asset servicing capabilities through a new collaboration between the European Depositary Bank (“EDB”), an Apex Group company, and Zodia Custody, the institution-first digital assets platform with shareholders and investors including Standard Chartered, Northern Trust, SBI Holdings, National Australia Bank, and Emirates NBD.