Horizen’s mainnet is now live on the Base blockchain. Previously known as ZenCash, this move will bring compliance-friendly path to private onchain activity. It is already available as an ERC20 token with fixed 21-million supply which is same as bitcoin.

Western Union is working on a stable coin card whose value will be pegged to US dollar. This is being made for countries with high inflation. CFO Matthew Cagwin stated at the UBS Global Technology and AI Conference that the product aims to help users protect purchasing power from rapid currency depreciation.

Good news for the cryptocurrency exchanges registered and regulated in Malaysia. Wong Huei Ching, Executive Director of Digital Strategy and Innovation of Malaysia was at the Finternet 2025 where she made a bunch of announcements.

Some news outlets are carrying news on deUSD depegging and dropping from $1 to $0.1. This news is misleading and not true at all.

DeFi protocol Balancer has been exploited for a total $116.6M and the amount is surging quickly. Stay safe and secure your funds.

Binance US may finally be coming back after a long hiatus. Trump’s pardon may pave the way for CZ’s return and Binance’s integration of Binance US. Binance is definitely weighing options, including merging Binance US into global operations or letting its main exchange enter the USA directly.

A Base token is a toll on Coinbase blockspace: sequencer fees + MEV share > ads. $12–34B needs throughput and explicit fee pass-through to holders. With ~40% treasury, make revenue and governance rights real or it’s equity cosplay.

BNY Mellon is currently exploring the launch of tokenized deposits to enable clients to make payments via blockchain. At the time of this post, BNY currently processes about $2.5 trillion in payments per day and oversees $55.8 trillion in assets under custody.

Stripe has launched Open Issuance. It is a stablecoin platform that is going to debut along with Phantom’s CASH. Stripe Open Issuance lets businesses issue and redeem their own stablecoins with minimal code, with custody by BlackRock, Fidelity, and others. Stripe also announced its partnership with OpenAI to launch Agentic Commerce Protocol, enabling merchant–AI agent transactions.