dtcpay, a licensed Major Payment Institution (MPI), today announced a strategic partnership with WalletConnect , the connectivity layer for the financial internet. The collaboration will accelerate the adoption of secure, frictionless onchain payments and reinforce dtcpay’s role in shaping the next generation of onchain finance.

Global-leading exchange traded product issuer 21Shares and new personalised wealth management platform, Stratiphy have partnered to unlock regulated access to cryptocurrencies and digital assets for UK investors once the FCA changes have been introduced to UK investors.

Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange by trading volume and users, today announced the inaugural launch of The Blockchain 100. This new annual awards show is designed to recognize and celebrate the most influential creators advancing blockchain education, innovation, and community engagement.

21X, a leader in regulated on-chain trading and settlement, today announced its expansion into the United States with the establishment of a new operation incorporated in Delaware and a primary office in New York. The move marks a monumental next step in the company’s global growth strategy and paves the way for the launch of the 21X U.S. exchange, a fully regulated blockchain-based trading venue for digital financial instruments.

Blockpass, the identity verification and compliance service for blockchain and beyond, is excited to announce the launch of its new and improved On-Chain KYC® 2.0. With the adoption of crypto growing rapidly, Blockpass has created a flexible, powerful solution for blockchain identity verification and attestation which doesn’t compromise on privacy or security.

iPiD, the leading provider in Know Your Payee (KYP) solutions worldwide, today announced it will power payee verification for Triple-A, a Singapore-headquartered and Monetary of Authority of Singapore (MAS)-licensed digital currency payment institution.

The Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF), the only global source of open, standardized and high-quality legal entity reference data, and Chainlink, the industry-standard oracle platform, today announced a strategic partnership to create an institutional-grade identity solution for the blockchain industry.

Quantoz euro and dollar denominated stablecoins EURQ and USDQ are now integrated with LayerZero and Stargate. The first cross-chain connection is between Ethereum and Polygon, with further blockchain integrations to follow.

Keel, a new Solana-native onchain capital allocator, has today officially launched to drive the next wave of DeFi and RWA adoption. Launching with an initial roadmap of $2.5 billion, Keel will allocate into DeFi and RWA liquidity, and yield-bearing tokenized assets. These allocations will act as an engine for ecosystem growth, and provide the depth and stability required to support institutional access to Solana’s capital markets.

BTCS, the largest European Digital Asset Treasury Company (DATCO), today announced plans to raise an additional $100 million through a Series G fundraise, coming immediately on the heels of its recently closed Series F. This rapid succession of capital formation highlights strong market confidence in the model of institutional-scale digital asset treasuries.

Integral, a global leader in FX and digital asset technology, today announced the launch of PrimeOne, the world’s first stablecoin-based crypto prime brokerage. Built on the Codex Layer-1 EVM blockchain, PrimeOne delivers institutional-grade credit, trading, and net settlement in a single, integrated platform.

B2BROKER, a global fintech solutions provider for financial institutions, today announced its partnership with Finery Markets, a leading provider of non-custodial ECN and SaaS trading solutions and the first crypto ECN to receive SOC 2 Type 1 & 2 certifications. The collaboration will enhance the institutional crypto OTC offering of B2TRADER, B2BROKER’s multi-asset trading platform, by integrating Finery Markets’ advanced liquidity and infrastructure technology.

Swift will add a blockchain-based shared ledger to its technology infrastructure that promises to make instant, always-on cross-border transactions possible

EMURGO Labs, a full-stack innovation agency with deep blockchain expertise and a contributor to the Cardano ecosystem, has signed an MoU with Pravica, a blockchain infrastructure service provider specializing in money tokenization, have signed an MoU to establish a framework for collaboration to integrate Cardano native stablecoins on the Sui blockchain.

Midnight TGE, the entity responsible for distributing NIGHT, Midnight Network’s native utility token, today announced a 16-day extension to the first phase of its multi-phase token distribution that has already seen over 2.7 Billion tokens claimed from users across blockchain’s most prominent ecosystems.