Zodia Custody, the institution-first digital assets platform backed by Standard Chartered, Northern Trust, SBI Holdings, National Australia Bank, and Emirates NBD, today announced that it is the first bank-backed custodian to offer custody support for Canton Coin (CC), the native token for Canton Network.

Brickken, the institutional-grade platform powering compliant real-world asset (RWA) tokenization, has announced a new partnership with Credefi, a leading decentralized lending protocol bridging traditional finance and DeFi. Together, the two platforms are enabling a permissionless lending environment for tokenized real-world assets, starting with equity tokens created through Brickken’s infrastructure.

Zepz, the global payments group behind WorldRemit and Sendwave, joins forces with Circle Internet Group, Inc. (NYSE: CRCL), a global financial technology company and stablecoin market leader, to transform cross-border payments with stablecoin technology.

Aave, the leading decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol, is now powering Stablecoin Earn on MetaMask, a feature that lets users earn yield and grow their assets directly inside their wallet. As MetaMask Earn’s DeFi lending partner, Aave gives millions of users direct access to USDC, USDT, and DAI stablecoin yield backed by its trusted infrastructure. The integration marks a step beyond MetaMask’s existing staking options, making DeFi earnings simpler and more accessible to everyday users.

SOL Strategies Inc. (CSE: HODL) (OTCQB: CYFRF) (formerly, Cypherpunk Holdings Inc, "Sol Strategies" or the "Company"), a publicly traded Canadian company dedicated to investing in and providing infrastructure for the Solana blockchain ecosystem, today announced that ARK Invest’s Digital Asset Revolutions Fund has selected SOL Strategies as its new Solana staking provider. ARK Invest (“ARK”) is the prominent investment management firm led by renowned investor Cathie Wood.

Kraken, a technology platform built on crypto that unlocks access and reduces inefficiencies to drive financial freedom, plans to introduce the $INK token and Ink Layer-2 into its existing product suite to unlock a new wave of use cases powered by onchain protocols and infrastructure. This move is intended to deliver seamless onchain experiences and new opportunities to Kraken’s global client base.

Bitget, the world’s leading cryptocurrency exchange and Web3 company, partnered with Indian crypto thought leader Pushpendra Singh to support a landmark Blockchain & AI Summit in Southeast Asia—further strengthening its role as a global enabler of the decentralized tech ecosystem.

Concordium today announced that its native token, CCD, is now listed on leading cryptocurrency platform Kraken. The listing makes CCD accessible to users in over 150 countries, including U.S. and U.K., enabling access to a token built for real-world blockchain applications, especially in the ever-growing PayFi space.

Bitget Wallet, the leading non-custodial crypto wallet, has partnered with MoonPay, a global crypto payments infrastructure provider, to launch a new fiat withdrawal feature that allows users to convert stablecoins directly into cash. Through MoonPay, Bitget Wallet users can now sell USDT and USDC for more than 25 major fiat currencies, including USD, EUR, GBP, CHF, AUD, HKD and more, without relying on centralized exchanges. This service addresses increasing global demand for simple, secure, and direct ways to withdraw crypto holdings while maintaining full self-custody. The launch also introduces fiat withdrawal functionality to Bitget Wallet for the first time.

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With digital investing continuing to soar across the US, Ocala Community Credit Union has ramped up its digital innovation, driving secure crypto investments for its members. The Florida-based Credit Union has today announced its partnership with InvestiFi, the leading digital investment platform, to seamlessly integrate a crypto trading solution through its online banking app.

After ending 2024 with an average monthly trading volume of over $1.5 trillion, the second-highest in the market's history, crypto exchanges had a wild ride in 2025. Monthly trading volumes went up and down sharply, showing how unpredictable the crypto market can be. However, despite significant price swings and ongoing volatility, crypto exchanges still managed to post a multi-year high in H1.

South African Bitcoin and crypto payments solution provider MoneyBadger has closed a $400,000 pre-seed funding round

Bitget Wallet, the leading non-custodial crypto wallet, has expanded its onchain earning suite with the integration of Solana-based stablecoin staking through Kamino, a decentralized lending protocol native to the Solana ecosystem. The launch marks Bitget Wallet's first support for Solana-native USDC and USDT yield products, offering users flexible, onchain earnings with annualized returns of up to 50% APY during an initial two-week period.

Kraken, a technology platform built on crypto that unlocks access and reduces inefficiencies to drive financial freedom, today announced the launch of Kraken Derivatives US, a regulated US derivatives offering. The launch will initially provide direct access to crypto futures listed on the CME through an integrated Kraken Pro trading experience.