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Crypto cards are not a trend. They are the next evolution of distribution. Stablecoins have already moved beyond wallets into everyday spending at global scale. The next phase is seamless access. Digital assets integrated directly into how people pay, anywhere.

NEW: @Visa partners with @WeFi_official, co-founded by @Tether co-founder Reeve Collins, to build onchain banking infrastructure targeting underbanked populations across Europe, Asia and Latin America.

🔵 WeFi x Visa Story: The New Phase Starts Today We've been talking about Deobanking for a while now. Today, that vision gets a MAJOR push forward. WeFi is collaborating with @Visa to explore on-chain payment use cases across key international markets. And we are starting with Europe, Asia, and Latin America. 🌎 Here's what that actually means: - Most crypto payment products today are built on fully custodial models. - WeFi's deobanking model keeps asset control and payment execution separate. - You stay in control of how your digital assets are held, while still being able to spend. We’re working with Visa with two main focuses: 1️⃣ Regulated stablecoins 2️⃣ Tokenized assets Making them practical, everyday payment instruments. → Real use cases, real markets, real infrastructure. We're rolling out region by region, within local regulatory frameworks, eventually ensuring as much global coverage as possible. 🌍 As @maksymsakharov, our Co-Founder & Group CEO, put it: "People expect money to work seamlessly across borders, without unnecessary complexity. This is the bridge between DeFi and everyday finance that people have been waiting for. And WeFi is building it." This is just the beginning. Our vision with Visa is another step forward as the Onchain Financial Infrastructure ⚡️

Governance & voting capabilities are coming to Ondo tokenized stocks. Ondo has partnered with @Broadridge, which facilitates issuer communications for retail and institutional investors, to enable holders of Ondo's 250+ tokenized stocks and ETFs to access investor communications and participate in proxy voting. For the first time, investors in tokenized equities can benefit from all the advantages of being onchain while also participating in governance of the underlying securities across the largest stocks & ETFs globally.

The State of RWAFi Q1 2026 Report is here. Developed in collaboration with @DefiLlama, this report breaks down tokenised commodities, equities, real estate & alternative finance. Same macro trend, yet evolving differently under unique constraints. assets.dlnews.com/dlresearch/The…

Tokenization is often framed around institutions, but its potential implications extend beyond them. DTCC’s perspective on retail investors focuses on infrastructure-led progress that seeks to balance efficiency, access, and investor protections. Read more on tokenization and retail investors: dtcc.com/dtcc-connectio…

Stablecoin velocity — adjusted monthly transfer volume relative to circulating supply — has more than doubled, climbing from 2.6x to 6x. Demand is outpacing new issuance. That’s a sign of a real payments network, one where the underlying currency is being used, not just held.

Strip out trading, treasury flows, and exchange mechanics and you're left with $350–550B in real stablecoin payments last year. B2B leads on volume, but every segment is expanding fast.

What are people actually doing with stablecoins? Consumer-to-consumer dwarfs every other category by raw transaction count, but consumer-to-business stablecoin transactions are growing the fastest.

from what I can tell re: kelp dao, this seems to be a combination of a 1-of-1 dvn setup and a compromised layerzero dvn. Apechain and other protocols with at least 2 required DVNs should be unaffected, but might be worth pausing out of an abundance of caution.

A new chapter for tokenized stocks in Europe. Ondo tokenized stocks and ETFs are now on 360X, a regulated, Deutsche Börse-backed digital asset platform. This will bring Clearstream-enabled custody, settlement, and collateralization to institutional workflows across the EU and EEA. The initial listing includes: → SPYon → QQQon → AAPLon → TSLAon → CRCLon → MSFTon → METAon → NVDAon → AMZNon → GOOGLon Tokenized securities, now inside the core infrastructure institutions use today.

Today Ondo filed with the SEC to show that public blockchain infrastructure and serious securities regulation can be designed to be compatible. The reason for the filing is practical. Ondo is asking the SEC to confirm it can proceed with a specific model for adding a targeted onchain layer to Ondo Global Markets, without changing the existing legal framework and customer protections: 1. Cleaner collateral monitoring for OGM products 2. More efficient creation-and-redemption workflows 3. Simpler reconciliation across the OGM product stack Each of these improvements is possible because the underlying structure stays intact. Public blockchain rails and serious securities regulation can be, and are being, designed to work together. Ondo looks forward to a thoughtful review of this filing as part of the broader conversation about how public blockchain infrastructure fits into regulated markets.

🇺🇸 JUST IN: SEC says certain crypto interfaces, including DeFi front-ends, wallet extensions, and apps, may operate without broker-dealer registration under conditions: • No custody of user funds (self-custodial only) • No investment advice or recommendations • No order routing or execution • Fixed, neutral fee structures only • No discretion over transactions or market activity

NEW 🚨: As part of Project Crypto, the Division of Trading and Markets issued a staff statement providing its views on broker-dealer registration requirements in connection with certain interfaces used to prepare transactions in crypto asset securities. ow.ly/fiGs50YImGn

Huge! The SEC just gave DeFi a broker exemption. Uniswap UI, MetaMask Swap, DEX aggregators DON'T need to register as a broker-dealers. DeFi apps just can't get paid for order flow, offer investment advice, or touch user funds - all fair. Exactly the clarity we needed - the right approach. I remember SBF telling us in 2022 they'd never allow DeFi apps to not be regulated as broker-dealers (and that only he could save us....by selling out DeFi to the U.S. gov). Wrong again Sam. And as for this Atkins/Pierce SEC....they just keep being awesome.

LIVE NOW - The Largest Securities Exchange in the World is Coming Onchain NYSE and Securitize are laying the rails to bring real, issuer-backed securities onchain. @mblaugrund of @NYSE and @carlosdomingo of @Securitize break down how blockchain-native equities could work in practice: - transfer agents, - tokenized issuance, - interoperable trading infrastructure, - 24/7 markets, - and what it will take for public stocks to move from legacy rails to crypto rails. Enjoy! -------------- TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Intro 0:52 NYSE x Securitize Partnership 4:57 Digital Transfer Agent 8:39 Blockchain Infrastructure 11:07 NYSE Alternative Trading System 17:01 Every NYSE Asset? 22:30 Portability & KYC 33:38 RWA Decentralization Debate 38:47 New NYSE Paradigm 44:46 24/7 365 Markets 48:03 Clarity Act 52:21 Issuer Choice 57:08 Tokenized Securities vs Perpetuals 1:00:24 Securitize Going Public 1:03:20 When Launch 1:04:04 Closing & Disclaimers