🚀 The Era Arrives · The Future Is Now POSX Global Product Launch • 1 Day To Go Tomorrow, we officially unveil the next-generation Web3 global payment network Redefine payments · Set standards · Lead the movement #POSX# #GlobalLaunch# #Web3Payments# #Tomorrow# #GlobalPayments#

Another incredible week for PayFi and our ecosystem partners. From global payment giants to the largest allocators, PayFi was the theme of the past week. Headlines ↓ 1️⃣ @WesternUnion, one of the largest payment networks, launched @USDPT_ on @solana via @Anchorage. 2️⃣ Kraken parent @Payward acquired @reapglobal for $600 million, expanding @PaywardServices with globally regulated card issuance and stablecoin payments. 3️⃣ @Visa expanded stablecoin settlement to Arc, Base, Canton, Polygon, and Tempo as volume reaches $7B with 50% QoQ growth. 4️⃣ @a16zcrypto raised $2.2B for their new fund, highlighting payments and on-chain finance as the leading use cases. 5️⃣ @HaunVentures raised $1B to invest in the new financial infrastructure including payments, banking, capital markets, custody, foreign exchange, as well as the agentic economy. 6️⃣ Huma selected @chainlink’s CCIP for cross-chain expansion of yield products, enabling the expansion of PST across chains while maintaining the highest level of security. 7️⃣ @raincards is now a @mastercard Principal Member. Stablecoin card infrastructure, now with global network reach. 8️⃣ @jpmorgan's 2026 Payments Outlook Report reiterates, “The next generation of payments will be defined by liquidity." 9️⃣ @Tether launched Developer Grants Program to fund local-first AI and payments infrastructure. 🔟 @fun announced $72 million Series A, co-led by @multicoin and @SignalFire to modernize global payments for modern fintechs. 1️⃣1️⃣ @Meta begins offering USDC creator payouts to wallets on Solana and Polygon.

Thrilled to see our portfolio company @reapglobal join the @Payward / @krakenfx family. Proud to have backed Reap since the early days as they build the future of stablecoin-powered global payments. Congratulations to the entire team on this milestone! 🚀

TradFi x Crypto Finance took center stage at #Web3Festival#. 🇭🇰 Our CEO @mehler joined industry leaders across finance and crypto to discuss the future of cross-border payments and asset digitization, sharing how @Stable is building payment rails for faster global settlement. 📢 Fellow panelists: Richard Teng @_RichardTeng, Co-CEO of @binance Akhil Devmurari, Head of Fintech Industry for Payments, @jpmorgan Asia Pacific Leonard Hoh @Len_hoh, President of @Bitstamp Global payments are entering a new era. 🌍

Sui Dollar is now live. Issued by @Stablecoin, a @Stripe company, Sui Dollar (USDsui) is a native digital dollar built for scalable finance and global payments. Enterprise-grade issuance. Compliance-ready rails. Onchain liquidity meets real-world payment utility. Learn more 👇

$ETH vs. $XRP, how do they compare? In this video, we break down their key differences, including Ethereum’s role as a DeFi platform for smart contracts and XRP’s role in fast, low-cost global payments. Watch the full video:

We just wrapped @consensus2026. The shift towards RWA is clearer, and institutional sentiment is at its highest in years. Some core takeaways we're taking home with us 👇 1. Tokenization is mainstream now. Institutional capital is actively bringing billions onchain, and conversations are no longer about "if" but "when and how". Our dinner with @WisdomTreePrime validated this thesis. 2. Stablecoins are the new institutional settlement layer. Hosting with @Stablecoin at Nikki Beach's Summer House yielded countless conversations that cemented the reality that stablecoins can no longer be ignored. They're the Trojan Horse for blockchain in global payments. 3. Liquidity infrastructure is catching up to the assets. RWAs are only as useful as the market structure around them. The same room, hosted alongside @Keyrock, was a working conversation on what it takes for tokenized assets to behave like crypto-native ones once they move onchain. 4. The builders worth watching are working on the unglamorous parts of onchain finance. Think: infrastructure that scales under real volume and the plumbing between capital and onchain product. That work doesn't always screenshot well, but it compounds significantly. Consensus was a whirlwind of progress. Plume is built for the version of the industry that showed up in Miami this week, and we couldn't be more bullish on the future of open finance.

We're acquiring Reap. Card networks. Banking rails. Blockchains. One platform. Stablecoin-powered. @reapglobal expands @PaywardServices with globally regulated card issuance and stablecoin payments. Financial infrastructure for the next era of global payments.

SNZ–NTU CCTF: "Top Ten Blockchain Industry Trends for 2026" — Now Released! 🧨 On this Chinese New Year's Eve, as we bid farewell to the old and welcome the new, we are excited to announce the release of the "Top Ten Blockchain Industry Trends for 2026" , jointly published by SNZ and Nanyang Technological University The Centre in Computational Technologies for Finance (NTU-CCTF). 👉 Read the full report for free here: As we look ahead from early 2026, the Web3 sector is undergoing a profound transformation — moving away from speculative experimentation and toward building verifiable financial infrastructure. Stablecoins are evolving into a settlement layer for global payments. Real-world assets (RWA) are transitioning from pilots to composable instruments within DeFi. Smart accounts, intent-based execution, and zero-knowledge technology are bringing on-chain interactions closer to the expectations users have of mainstream digital products. Based on a systematic review of technological progress, market developments, and cutting-edge academic research, we outline the top 10 trends most likely to see meaningful breakthroughs in 2026: 1.On-Chain Treasuries and Cash Management: Real-World Assets Move from Concept to Product 2.Stablecoins: A Potential New Focal Point for Global Payments in 2026 3.The Smart-Account Era: Bringing On-Chain Interaction Back to Everyday User Experience 4.From "Manually Constructing Trades" to "Goal-Based Execution with Competitive Back-End Bidding" 5.Zero-Knowledge Proofs: From Privacy Feature to a Foundation for Verifiable Computation 6.Privacy and Compliance: From a Trade-Off to a Verifiable, Engineering-Led Balance 7.Shared Security and Restaking: Reframing Security Budgeting as a Tradable Economic Resource 8.DePIN Networks: From Incentive-Driven Narratives to Verifiable Engineering 9.Decentralized AI: From Narrative-Driven Hype to Engineering Practice 10.Token Governance: From Voting Procedures Back to Institutional Design of Rights and Responsibilities This report brings together SNZ's industry insights and NTU CCTF's academic rigor, offering a forward-looking and practical reference for builders, researchers, and decision-makers across the blockchain ecosystem. 📥 Download, read, and share — and let's witness these trends unfold together in 2026! Happy New Year of the Horse! 🐎