Ledger™, the global leader in digital asset security for individuals and institutions, announced the rollout of Perpetual Trading within Ledger Wallet™ to an initial 20% of users in select regions. Provided by Yield.xyz, the feature enables leveraged trading within a self-custodial environment and brings hardware-level security to perpetual markets for the first time.

Taurus SA (“Taurus”), a FINMA-regulated securities firm and a leader in digital asset infrastructure technology solutions, announced that its Cyprus-based subsidiary Taurus (Europe) Ltd, has been granted an investment firm license under MiFID regulation by the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC).

Bridge today added support for Celo, connecting its stablecoin orchestration platform to one of the most actively used networks in crypto. With 1.3 billion lifetime transactions, $65B+ in stablecoin volume since its March 2025 migration to an Ethereum Layer 2, 600K+ daily active users, and 25 native stablecoins in circulation, Celo gives Bridge developers direct access to a chain where stablecoin payments are already part of daily life for millions of users.

Bitso, Latin America’s leading digital financial services company, today announced it has obtained a license from El Salvador's National Commission of Digital Assets (CNAD) for Nvio Pagos El Salvador, S.A. de C.V. to act as issuer of the Mexican peso pegged stablecoin MXNB. The entity, authorized and regulated in El Salvador, now becomes responsible for the issuance and management of MXNB, which makes it the first Latin American currency-backed stablecoin to operate under CNAD regulation, in accordance with the highest standards of security and transparency for stablecoin issuance.

Bitget Wallet, the everyday finance app, today announced the expansion of its crypto card across Africa, powered by payments technology from Mastercard and infrastructure provider Immersve. The card allows users to spend crypto directly from a self-custodial wallet at hundreds of millions of merchants accepting Mastercard worldwide, enabling everyday purchases such as groceries, travel and digital subscriptions using stablecoins through seamless crypto-to-fiat conversion.

MoonPay, the leading crypto payments network, today announced it will launch MoonAgents Card, a virtual Mastercard debit card that lets users and AI agents spend stablecoins directly from their onchain balances. Through seamless crypto to fiat conversion at the point of purchase, the card can be used at any online merchant globally that accepts Mastercard.

Rayls today announced the launch of its Public Chain Mainnet, building on prior deployments and collaboration with leading financial partners and institutions, including Mastercard, XP Inc., and JP Morgan Kinexys. The launch of the mainnet marks the completion of the initial vision for the system, where institutions can tokenise assets in private environments and distribute them via an interoperable public chain.

Zoth, the privacy-first stablecoin neobank purpose-built for the Global South & the Agentic Economy, and Bakkt, Inc., a regulated digital asset infrastructure company, have signed an MOU establishing the framework for a strategic partnership. Bakkt’s participation runs through its licensed subsidiary Bakkt Financial Solutions I, LLC, which holds pan-US money transmitter licenses.

Token unlock events are becoming structural volatility triggers in digital asset markets. Unlocks worth $4.6 billion hit crypto markets from the 9th to the 16th of March, with WBT unlocking $4.34 billion, a massive 81.50 million tokens, which represented 27.77% of the current circulating supply.

KAST, the global financial platform built on stablecoin rails, announced today that Stephanie Allen, a former senior advisor at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, has joined the company as Head of Corporate and Policy Communications.

Ripple, the leading provider of blockchain-based enterprise solutions across traditional and digital finance, today announced an expansion of its presence in the UAE with the opening of its new Middle East and Africa (MEA) regional headquarters in the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), creating capacity to grow its local team as demand for regulated blockchain-powered payment and custody solutions continues to accelerate across the region.

Tassat Group Inc., a leading provider of blockchain infrastructure for regulated financial institutions, has upgraded Lynq’s real-time settlement and collateral network to a dedicated Avalanche L1. With over 30 leading digital asset institutions onboarded to date, the move strengthens Lynq’s ability to serve as a scalable, next-generation settlement layer for on-chain payments and collateral mobility.

MOTMX, the next-generation on-chain payments and loyalty services company, today announces a partnership with Uphold, the modern infrastructure provider for on-chain finance, to launch GetC by MOTMX, the first pre-built crypto-backed rewards product for banks, credit unions and fintechs.

MoonPay, the leading crypto payments network, announced the acquisition of Sodot, the key management infrastructure company that secured over $50 billion in transactions and protected more than 10 million wallets for clients including eToro, BitGo, Flow Traders, and Exodus.

Ripple, the leading provider of blockchain-based enterprise solutions across traditional and digital finance, and OKX, the blockchain technology and trading company serving more than 120 million people globally, today announced a strategic partnership to bring Ripple USD (RLUSD) to eligible markets on OKX — significantly expanding global access, liquidity, and trading utility for the enterprise-grade stablecoin.