China Merchants Port Holdings has withdrawn from a proposed $392 million joint venture to develop a major logistics hub at Sri Lanka’s main seaport. The Sri Lanka Ports Authority said the decision followed an assessment of external circumstances and commercial considerations, adding that the project would continue. #China# #SriLanka# #PortDevelopment# #ChinaMerchantsPort# #PakistanTV#

More merchants are getting paid in stablecoins. The problem is that those settlements usually land in a public wallet, exposing the merchant’s receiving address, balances, transaction history, and what happens to the funds next. Instead of giving your payment service provider your public operating wallet, you can use a Hinkal Deposit Address as the settlement destination. It works like a regular wallet address, so they send the payout exactly as they do today. Once it arrives, eligible funds are screened and automatically moved into your private balance inside Hinkal, so the settlement is not publicly tied to the wallet you actually use onchain. The payment provider does not need to integrate Hinkal, interact with a smart contract, or change how it sends payouts. For them, it is the same settlement flow. For you, the funds arrive privately. They settle as usual. You receive privately. Use a Hinkal Deposit Address for your next merchant settlement at

"Headless merchants" are the most prepared for agents @zincdotcom released this new skill that allows agents to buy any product over their e-commerce APIs via @mpp I had my agent use @p0 to search for what I needed, it grabbed the product URL, gave that to Zinc, and paid over machine payments

Stablecoin checkouts: ON Merchants on Yuno's platform can now accept stablecoin payments through their existing integration. No additional development work. Coinbase payments acceptance is built to be seamless.

Former China Merchants Bank vice president Shi Shunhua is under investigation for suspected severe violations, more than three years after his retirement, adding to a string of high-profile executive downfalls at the Chinese lender

I'm seeing merchants who bought several AI tools in the last few months. But as we all learn that it's one thing to launch AI agents, and a completely other thing to maintain each of them every simple day, I think consolidation is coming. Our team has been cooking. New channels are coming to Gorgias AI agent: - This summer we added Instagram DMs & Messenger - Whatsapp is coming in beta next week (hit me up if you're interested) - And we just added the ability to execute complex actions on SMS With even more to come later in the year 🙌

Exclusive: Independent merchants once treated Amazon as optional, but rising ad costs and weaker traffic to their own websites are changing that calculation. Amazon’s delivery network, reviews and checkout are making it harder for brands to stay independent. Full details:

Shopify gave merchants the infrastructure to launch and operate their own storefronts: payments, fulfillment, and an app ecosystem. Orderly does the same for DeFi apps. Shared liquidity, settlement, product modules, and now an App Store—while builders retain full control of their frontend, brand, and users. Shopify for onchain finance.