Leading Philippine digital financial services platform Maya is working with Lydian to ensure digital asset payments can be used in everyday commerce in the Philippines safely, compliantly and at scale.

Bitget Wallet, the everyday finance app, today unveiled the "Onchain Payments Matrix," a global payment infrastructure designed to connect fragmented financial rails and support stablecoin payments across everyday consumer use and emerging agentic economic activity.

Bitpanda, a leading European platform for crypto and other digital assets, is seeking to address the long-standing infrastructure deadlock in European finance with the launch of Vision Chain. Vision Chain is a dedicated blockchain layer designed to transition tokenized assets from isolated pilots into the mainstream economy. Developed in partnership with the Vision Web3 Foundation and built on the Optimism tech stack, the network provides a standardized environment for institutions to issue and settle tokenized assets in accordance with the EU’s Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCAR) and the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID II) and incorporates technical resilience principles that align with the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA).

B2PRIME Group, a global financial services provider for institutional, professional and retail clients, is proud to announce aт expansion of its digital asset ecosystem. By introducing Crypto Spot and Crypto Perpetual Futures (PF), B2PRIME, through its Bahamas-based entity, regulated by the Securities Commission of The Bahamas under the Digital Assets and Registered Exchanges Act (DARE) and the Securities Industry Act (SIA), now offers an unprecedented level of market access.

MoonPay, the leading global crypto payments network, launched the Open Wallet Standard (openwallet.sh), an open-source standard that gives AI agents a secure, universal way to hold value, sign transactions, and pay for services across every major blockchain, without ever exposing a private key. The standard is available today on GitHub, npm, and PyPI, with over 15 organizations contributing.

Bitget, the world’s largest Universal Exchange (UEX), marked the opening of the 2026 MotoGP™ season in Brazil with an on-site activation and the expansion of its Smarter Speed Challenge mini-game, blending trading concepts with motorsport experiences.

OnePay announced an expansion of its OnePay Crypto platform, adding 10 new assets that customers can buy, sell, and hold directly in the app

Bitget, the world's largest Universal Exchange (UEX), announced that its CFD business has reached a new all-time high in single-day trading volume, surpassing $6 billion and marking a significant milestone in the platform’s continued expansion across multi-asset trading.

Apex Group Ltd (“Apex Group”), a global financial services provider with over $3.5 trillion in assets serviced, in collaboration with Coinbase Asset Management (“CBAM”), today announced the launch of the tokenized Coinbase Bitcoin Yield Fund on Base. Apex Group is enabling world class institutional asset managers like Coinbase Asset Management, to offer clients more functionality with their investment holdings. The enablement of a tokenized Coinbase Bitcoin Yield Fund represents a clear step forward in modernizing regulated fund distribution onchain.

Mesh, the leading crypto payments network, today announced a strategic partnership with Canton Network––a public, permissionless blockchain that enables banks and institutions to move assets and payments securely, while keeping sensitive data private. Through this partnership, Mesh has joined Canton as a Super Validator, a trusted operator responsible for supporting network security and stability.

Para, a company providing wallets and payments infrastructure for more than 10 million users, has launched its Transaction Permissions feature, which provides built-in approval prompts that allow users to review and confirm transactions before they are signed. Managed directly through Para’s API, these permission dialogs let developers integrate blockchain wallets and transaction flows into their apps without having to build their own transaction confirmation infrastructure.

GlobalBlock, part of GCEX Group, today launches its digital assets offering for UK clients, providing a clear, professional route to access crypto services with robust controls and institutional-grade support. GlobalBlock’s UK cryptoasset financial promotions have been approved for communication by Archax Limited (FRN 855171), an FCA-authorised firm, under the FCA’s cryptoasset financial promotions regime.

Bitget Wallet, the everyday finance app, has expanded its Bank Transfer feature to Bangladesh via its partnership with its strategic licensee partners, enabling users to convert stablecoins into Bangladeshi Taka (BDT) and transfer funds directly to leading mobile financial services including bKash and Nagad. The launch allows users to move funds from onchain assets to widely used local payment accounts, simplifying access to everyday financial services directly from a crypto wallet.

Sage Capital Management, which provides the complete operating system for digital assets, has opened an office in Zug, Switzerland. The timing coincides with being granted an SRO/VQF license, recognised by the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA).

Abra Financial Holdings, Inc. ("Abra"), a digital asset wealth management platform, and New Providence Acquisition Corp. III (Nasdaq: NPACU) (“New Providence”), a special purpose acquisition company, today announced that they have entered into a definitive business combination agreement for a transaction to take Abra’s business public. Under the terms of the business combination agreement, New Providence will be renamed Abra Financial, Inc. (the “Combined Company”) and its common stock is expected to be listed on Nasdaq under the ticker symbol “ABRX”.