USDe Is Getting a Payment Layer
@ethena has launched Ethena Pay in beta, moving USDe from DeFi portfolios toward everyday financial use.
Built on Avalanche (@avax), the self-custodial app combines USDe transfers and spending with banking rails provided by licensed partners.
London Stock Exchange Moves Toward Tokenized UK Stocks
London Stock Exchange Group is partnering with Payward, Kraken’s parent, to explore bringing UK-listed equities on-chain.
The plan could eventually bring xStocks representing major London-listed companies to LSE24, subject
NYSE’s parent is taking another step toward putting traditional securities on-chain.
ICE is bringing tZERO into the infrastructure behind its developing tokenized securities platform.
But the partnership goes beyond tokenized stock trading. $XRP
Zcash Private Transactions Get a Major Speed Boost
Zakura Common can reduce the local proving time for shielded @Zcash transactions from more than 3 seconds to under 200 milliseconds in some benchmarks.
Mobile proof generation improves by more than 14x, while zk-SNARK
Prediction markets are finding another route into mainstream finance.
@Kalshi and @AlpacaHQ have joined forces in a deal that could significantly expand where event contracts can be offered and who can access them.
The interesting part is how that distribution could work.
