OpenTrade

1/ OpenTrade has raised $17M in a strategic round, bringing total capital raised to over $30M. Led by @mercuryfund and NotionCapital, with participation from @a16zcrypto, @AlbionVC, and @CMCC_Global.

2/ Custom yield vaults, institutional-grade infrastructure, and no building from scratch. Interested in a custom vault for your platform? Reach out to the team. 👇 opentrade.io/contact

1/ OpenTrade has raised $17M in a strategic round, bringing total capital raised to over $30M. Our clients are live worldwide, offering their users stablecoin yields that banks can't match. RWA-backed infrastructure that any fintech, neobank, or exchange can plug into, whether they custody funds or not.

Most tokenization efforts fall for the same reason. If every institution runs on its own blockchain, you have recreated the exact problem you set out to solve: a collection of disconnected networks that do not coordinate with one another. As OpenTrade Co-Founder and CEO @BTC_Dave puts it, tokenization is not a technology problem. It is a coordination problem. The value of a shared ledger only materializes when everyone is on the same one. A question worth asking of every tokenization use case is not what it does on a blockchain, but what coordination problem it actually solves. @BTC_Dave, @sjolewis, and @eppy314 unpack this on Episode 5 of Money Moves. Link provided in the comments

The payments layer in LATAM has already been moving towards stablecoins. But the yield layer hasn't, and that's the gap. Sthefano Batista, Head of LATAM at @Figment_io, makes the case in our latest LATAM report: millions of users across Brazil, Colombia, and Mexico already move money, pay suppliers, and receive wages on stablecoin rails. What that creates is a significant pool of idle balances sitting in wallets, not working for the people who hold them. In November 2025, @Figment_io and OpenTrade launched a stablecoin yield product built on exactly that premise. The infrastructure to deliver yield on those balances is ready to go. For more insights on stablecoins in the LATAM region, read our full report, “The Stablecoin Surge: Unlocking Growth Across Latin America” - link in comments

@BMInBC @fgalvisn @littioco @IvanTorroledo 100%. And the appetite from investors backs that up, our recent $17M raise was a signal that institutional-grade yield infrastructure built on transparency is exactly what the market wants right now

@opentrade_io @fgalvisn @littioco @IvanTorroledo that's a solid deep dive on the architecture. transparency around rwa collateral and yield mechanics is exactly what builds durable trust in this space. looking forward to seeing how things scale moving forward.

Our SVP of Business Development & Sales, @fgalvisn, joined @littioco Co-Founder @IvanTorroledo for a live session to break down the architecture behind Littio's Pots. Understanding how yield is generated and what sits behind it matters. Full transparency into the infrastructure is part of what makes a product worth building on. Link to the full session is in the comments 👇

@kore_vs_ @fgalvisn @littioco @IvanTorroledo Agreed. Yield sources are not all equal. Risk profile, quality, and structure vary significantly. Knowing exactly what backs the number is non-negotiable

@opentrade_io @fgalvisn @littioco @IvanTorroledo the transparency angle is underrated. most yield products avoid showing the architecture. this kind of content builds real trust with builders and integrators.

@OpusDgreat @fgalvisn @littioco @IvanTorroledo Exactly. Millions of people across LATAM have been locked out of dollar savings for years. Products like this change that in a real way

@opentrade_io @fgalvisn @littioco @IvanTorroledo Littio making it dead simple for LatAm users to ditch inflation and earn real USD yield on their savings via OpenTrade’s RWA vaults. Stablecoins + Treasuries on Avalanche = the future of emerging market banking. Well done team!

@fgalvisn @littioco @IvanTorroledo instagram.com/littio.co/reel…

@OncactusX The capital concentration into infrastructure shows where the conviction is. Yield, payments, and prediction markets are three different bets on the same thesis: on-chain rails outperform legacy ones on speed, cost, and transparency

The Great On-Chain Migration The legacy financial stack is a collection of silos. It’s slow, opaque, and gatekept. But capital is voting. In the last 30 days, over $3.2 Billion in new fund capital from a16z and Haun Ventures has been deployed with a singular mandate: Turn infrastructure into products people use every day. Stablecoins. RWAs. Prediction Markets. On-chain Payments. The internet is becoming the world's clearing house. I. Prediction Markets The world is hungry for raw, unfiltered truth. We are moving from "opinion-based" media to "skin-in-the-game" data. @Kalshi ($1B Series F): The regulated giant. Processing $178B in annualized volume. They aren't just building a platform; they’re building the institutional yardstick for global events. @xomarket founder @AliHabbabeh ($6M Seed): The "YouTube of Predictions." Thousands of users and $150M in volume since November. User-generated truth, powered by community liquidity. @ElasticsAI ($2M Pre-Seed): AI-native agents trading with words. Research, execution, and risk managed at the speed of thought. II. The Value Layer: RWA & Stablecoin Infra Money is being rewritten as software. We are separating corporate treasury from the fractional-reserve system. Squads / @altitude ($18M Strategic): The "Stablecoin CFO" stack. $200M+ in payments processed since December for global teams who refuse to wait 3 days for a SWIFT wire. Secured by the $10B+ Squads foundation. @opentrade_io ($17M Strategic): Bringing RWA-backed yield to every wallet and exchange. $250M+ processed last year. The bridge between institutional credit and your balance sheet. @saturn_credit ($2M Seed): Bitcoin-linked stablecoins backed by tokenized U.S. Treasuries. The safest collateral on earth, finally programmable. @onrefinance ($5M Series A): Using stablecoins as insurance collateral. Real-world underwriting meets crypto-native liquidity. III. The Meta-Signal Why does this matter? Because $2.2 Billion from a16z and $1 Billion from Haun Ventures says the "experiment" phase is over. We aren't just building "crypto apps." We are building the financial operating system for a borderless economy. The infrastructure is ready. The capital is here. The on-chain era is no longer a prediction. It is the settlement layer.

@mrnullexcept @Figment_io Utility that's invisible is the strongest kind. When people don't notice the infrastructure, it's working

@opentrade_io @Figment_io Spot on. stablecoins are quietly becoming Brazil’s everyday financial rails. The real adoption story isn’t hype, it’s utility.

90% of Brazil's population has access to stablecoins today. Most of them don't even know it. That's the reality Sthefano Batista, Head of LATAM BD at @Figment_io, points to when describing how far stablecoin distribution has come in Latin America. The infrastructure is already there, embedded inside the apps people use every day. The question is not about access, it's about awareness, trust, and what happens when people start putting that access to work. That shift, and what it means for the future of financial services across the region, is exactly what OpenTrade's new stablecoin report, “The Stablecoin Surge: Unlocking Growth Across Latin America,” explores. We spoke to founders and operators across Latin America who are building on these rails right now. Link to the full report in comments 👇

@BMInBC Agreed. Autonomous systems settling in real time without human intervention changes the economics of a lot of workflows. The infrastructure for it is here faster than most people expected

Great roundup. The combo of bank-issued stables going multi-chain and real AI agent payments via Solana/Google Cloud shows stablecoins are finally moving from speculation to daily infrastructure. I'm specially bullish on regulated CAD rails for cross-border fintech. Keep shipping them.👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

1/ Here is our weekly roundup of the most important developments in Digital Assets, Stablecoins, and RWAs:

2/ The transaction volume reflects the trajectory. $250M+ processed in 2025. ~$300M in the first four months of 2026, and on track to process $1B by the end of the year. A global client base that now spans fintechs, exchanges, and on-chain platforms globally. The infrastructure had to grow with it. What’s next: $17M in funding now goes directly into what’s driving it. Curation+ scales. The team expands across product, engineering, and asset management. And OpenTrade continues to build the yield infrastructure that the next generation of stablecoin-powered financial products will run on. The round was led by @mercuryfund and @NotionCapital, with participation from @a16zcrypto, @AlbionVC, and @CMCC_Global.

1/ $50M TVL to $200M+. From one product to a full stablecoin yield infrastructure stack. This is what the past 10 months of building look like 👇 What started as a Yield-as-a-Service model for fintechs and neobanks has grown into a broader stablecoin yield infrastructure platform with three core offerings: ✅Yield-as-a-Service for fintechs, exchanges and neobanks ✅Permissionless yield infrastructure for non-custodial platforms and asset issuers ✅Curation+, custom vaults tailored to client risk, liquidity, and yield requirements

6/ Solana and Google Cloud launch Stablecoin Payments Service for AI Agents The @solana Foundation and @googlecloud have launched Pay.sh, a gateway that lets AI agents autonomously pay for APIs using stablecoins on Solana. Built on the x402 protocol, agents can access Google Cloud services, including Gemini, BigQuery, and Vertex AI, plus 50+ community providers, on a pay-per-request basis with no subscriptions or minimum spend. solana.com/news/solana-fo…

5/ SoFi Expands SoFiUSD to Solana, Positioning Bank-Issued Stablecoin for Payments Scale @SoFi is launching SoFiUSD on @solana, with head of business banking Ben Reyolds citing cost, settlement speed, and throughput as the deciding factors. SoFiUSD launched on @ethereum in December 2025 as a fully reserved dollar stablecoin issued by SoFi Bank, the first national bank to issue a stablecoin on a public permissionless blockchain. theblock.co/post/400098/so…