Mercado Coin Is Being Discontinued The company notified users through the Mercado Pago digital wallet app and email. No public statement was issued. Mercado Libre introduced mercado coin in August 2022, starting in Brazil. The token was built as an ERC-20 asset on the Ethereum blockchain in partnership with crypto exchange Ripio and initially priced…
Chainalysis Brings AI-Powered Investigation Tools to Compliance Teams The announcement came at the company’s annual Links conference, where CEO Jonathan Levin framed the rollout as a direct response to criminal actors already using AI to scale fraud, theft, and money laundering. Chainalysis stated that it has screened billions of transactions and supported more than ten…
Tehran Holds Firm on Reparations, Rights as Conflict Continues Speaking at a cabinet meeting reported by state news agency IRNA on March 30, 2026, Pezeshkian told ministers that peace talks carry no meaning unless Iran receives firm protections against future attacks. The remarks follow more than a month of direct military conflict that began Feb….
Ripple Convera Partnership Targets Faster Global Payments Using Stablecoins Rising demand for efficient international settlements is accelerating the use of blockchain-based payment models. Ripple, a blockchain infrastructure provider, and Convera, a global leader in commercial payments with a financial network spanning more than 140 currencies across 200 countries and territories, announced on March 31, 2026,…
PRESS RELEASE. VICTORIA, Seychelles, March 31, 2026 – Global crypto trading platform BYDFi will mark its 6th anniversary with a month-long celebration beginning on April 1, 2026, highlighting BYDFi’s evolution into an all-in-one crypto trading platform built on a CEX + DEX dual-engine model. Over the past six years, BYDFi has continued to strengthen product…
Metals.io announced that borrowing against xU3O8, the world’s first tokenized uranium, is officially live as of March 30, 2026. This launch, powered by the Morpho lending infrastructure and available on Oku, allows investors to access liquidity in USDC without selling their underlying physical uranium positions. The integration enhances capital efficiency by bringing real-world assets (…
The Philippine government has finalized its non-negotiable demands for Roblox to avert an impending nationwide ban. During a multi-sectoral stakeholder summit on Tuesday, March 31, state regulators warned that the gaming platform’s continued operation in the country beyond the deferred April 10 deadline is “totally dependent” on its willingness to comply with these safety reforms….
San Francisco-based Nium launched its stablecoin card issuance platform on March 30, 2026, to bridge digital currency with traditional commerce. The solution allows enterprises to convert stablecoin balances into fiat currency at the point of sale across hundreds of millions of merchant locations worldwide. The infrastructure leverages 40 regulatory licenses to provide compliant issuance across…
1inch Business announced the expansion of its Model Context Protocol (MCP) on March 30, 2026, to enable autonomous artificial intelligence (AI) agents to access decentralized finance infrastructure directly. The integration allows developers to build goal-oriented workflows where agents plan and execute swaps across the 1inch network using the Swap Application Programming Interface (API). This update…
Establishing a Core Settlement Layer for RealFi The stablecoin USDC and issuer Circle’s Cross-Chain Transfer Protocol (CCTP) have been deployed on the Pharos Network Layer 1 blockchain, in a milestone seen moving the network closer to its goal of building an inclusive global settlement layer for real-world finance (RealFi). By integrating USDC at the protocol…
