Another massive week for PayFi and our ecosystem partners. Headlines ↓ 1️⃣ Cross-border payments startup @NiumGlobal acquired @Cypher_HQ_, a crypto wallet and card-issuing startup, to expand its crypto card push. 2️⃣ @Ripple received full MiCA CASP authorization from Luxembourg's CSSF, unlocking crypto payments across all 30 EEA countries. 3️⃣ UNDP and @Stellar extended their partnership to scale proven digital payment solutions. 4️⃣ @Tether to invest $20M in a strategic growth financing round for Mercado Bitcoin to push into capital markets across Latin America. 5️⃣ @PayPal's PYUSD launches natively on @0xPolygon with built-in support for the Open Money Stack. 6️⃣ @BNBCHAIN is building a new Layer 1 targeting sub-50ms transaction preconfirmation for agentic and high-frequency trading. 7️⃣ @binance pay reported 114% YoY growth, observing strong demand on day to day crypto payments. 8️⃣ @gauntlet_xyz raised $125M from SBI Holdings to scale its DeFi vault risk-curation business. 9️⃣ @Aave introduced Stable Vaults, an all-in-one solution for embedding fixed-rate stablecoin yield into any financial product.