Singapore, Singapore, December 15th, 2025, Chainwire
The institutional-grade liquidity solution enables accelerated ETH redemptions for competitive on-chain and institutional yields
mETH Protocol, the top ten ETH liquid restaking provider with a peak total value locked (TVL) of $2.19 billion, today announced a major liquidity upgrade that utilises Aave’s ETH market to support more efficient redemption flows for mETH. Its key feature is a curated Buffer Pool mechanism designed to deliver an estimated 24-hour ETH redemptions, subject to buffer capacity availability and network conditions. This marks a drastic improvement over Ethereum’s 5-20 day exit queues for native staking and most liquid staking tokens (LSTs).
By supplying ETH into Aave’s ETH lending market, the Buffer Pool is continuously replenished, enabling the processing of large withdrawals with near-instant liquidity and zero additional fees, all while maintaining competitive ETH base yields. Alongside an excellent track record of zero slashing incidents, mETH Protocol continues to advance its mission to provide institutional-grade liquidity and capital efficiency across the Ethereum staking landscape.
Solving Ethereum Staking’s Liquidity Problem
ETH’s seismic rise as a credible treasury solution and financial asset has seen 2025 spot ETH ETFs record 65% quarterly growth on net inflows from $6.2B to $10.2B. However, the culmination of market events and structural issues has placed Ethereum’s staking ecosystem under pressure, facing increasing exit delays with withdrawal queues extending past 40 days in recent months. mETH Protocol’s Buffer Pool upgrade addresses this challenge through a dual liquidity pathway:
- Instant Buffer Pool for small to medium redemptions
- Direct Aave ETH Market Reserve access for larger institutional transactions
This hybrid design supports high redemption volumes with blended yields targeting processing within a 24-hour estimate, emphasising fairness through a first-in, first-out model. Approximately 20% of protocol TVL will be allocated to Aave in stages, creating a blended yield profile that combines staking rewards with Aave supply interest to support deeper, more responsive liquidity. With this adjustment, mETH is expected to sustain a competitive APY while offering a far superior redemption experience. mETH Protocol will work closely with the Bybit team on the Buffer Pool Upgrade, including, but not limited to, asset boost campaigns, collateral utilisation, and more.
“Institutional capital demands clear exit routes, not opaque withdrawal queues,” said Jonathan Low, Growth Lead at mETH Protocol. “This upgrade transforms mETH Protocol into the most efficient liquidity gateway for ETH, unlocking the next phase of institutional adoption in on-chain finance that builds on mETH Protocol’s proven rigor and capability.”
The Buffer Pool will be dynamically replenished based on predefined thresholds designed to maintain healthy liquidity levels. During periods of unusually high redemption demand, when buffer capacity is temporarily fully utilised, withdrawals will revert to the standard on-chain exit queue, with processing times dependent on network activity and overall volume.
Institutional-Grade Liquidity, On Demand
The upgrade cements mETH Protocol’s position as the first liquidity staking token (LST) purpose-built for institutional exit liquidity without compromising capital utility.
mETH Protocol’s on-demand liquidity unlocks the next stage of treasury efficiency through three synergistic pillars of institutional-grade access, custody, and utility. Key differentiators of mETH’s approach include:
- Institutional-grade, trusted custody by Fireblocks, Anchorage, Copper, and OSL, with ongoing traditional rail integrations for optimised onboarding and reliable exit ramps and allows institutions to mint mETH natively within custody and mirror positions seamlessly to exchanges such as Bybit for trading, supported by a strong pipeline of integrations with notable industry players and enhances secure onboarding, operational efficiency, and institutional accessibility
- Supported by Tier-1 custodians and validators for seamless, robust off-chain settlement, including Kraken Staked
- Available as trading and margin collateral on leading exchanges like Bybit and Kraken, with OTC support for large flows
- Trusted and designated source of ETH yield for leading Web2 and Web3 treasuries, constituting a significant proportion of Mantle Treasury’s ETH reserves and a core ETH yield driver for Mantle Index Four
- Institutional-grade composability designed for both institutional users and advanced DeFi participants, mETH integrates Aave’s ETH lending market into its liquidity framework and supports predictable redemptions while preserving full composability across on-chain strategies
This model bridges the worlds of institutional asset management with decentralised finance, solidifying mETH Protocol’s lead in ETH liquid staking solutions and yield strategies.
A Growing Benchmark in ETH Yield Infrastructure
mETH Protocol leads in institutional-grade staking infrastructure with over 40 Tier-1 dApp integrations, including Ethena Labs, Compound, and Pendle, while significantly contributing to major restaking networks such as EigenLayer and Symbiotic. This upgrade signifies mETH Protocol’s expanding ecosystem, underscoring its role as a trusted source of ETH yield and a foundational liquidity layer for institutional and retail participants alike.
About mETH Protocol
mETH Protocol is a vertically integrated liquid staking and restaking protocol incubated by Mantle, operating at the intersection of DeFi composability and institutional-grade ETH yield access. With a peak total value locked (TVL) of $2.19 billion achieved within its first year, mETH Protocol is supported by leading validator and custody partners, including A41, P2P.org, Kraken Staked, OSL, and Copper. The protocol is embedded across over 40+ leading DeFi and exchange platforms such as Bybit, Ethena, and more, whilst incorporated in treasury frameworks for DAOs and corporates as a core liquidity and yield layer.
For more information, users can visit:
mETH Protocol Website | mETH Protocol X | Group Website | Group X | Blog | Discord | Telegram | LinkedIn
Contact
mETH Protocol
[email protected]
Glencoe, Illinois, USA, December 10th, 2025, Chainwire
Today, BOLTS Technologies (BOLTS), a cybersecurity company pioneering crypto-agile and cipher-neutral security infrastructure, announced the launch of a pilot program to explore bringing quantum-resilience on the Canton Network, the public, permissionless blockchain purpose-built for institutional finance.
The pilot will explore how BOLTS’ quantum-resilient software product, QFlex, could potentially bring quantum-resistant transaction assurance to Canton Network. QFlex addresses the multi-faceted complexities around fortifying blockchain networks against Q-Day. This refers to the day when a cryptographically relevant quantum computer (CRQC) arrives, and undermines the foundations of current Internet security using Shor’s algorithm.
Following the EU’s introduction of PQS 2030, flexible support for post-quantum cryptography (PQS) will become an increasing focus for Canton Network, which has an extensive roster of institutional ecosystem participants, processing over $4T in repos monthly.
Bernhard Elsner, Chief Product Officer of Digital Asset, said, “We’re excited to explore QFlex’s promise of allowing sub-networks to enable flexible, user-controlled use of a wide range of cutting-edge cryptographic algorithms without code-changes. This would further strengthen the Canton Network’s cryptographic agility and position it well to seamlessly support stakeholders adopting rules like DLT 2030 and beyond.”
Yoon Auh, CEO of BOLTS affirms, “We are proud that our proven expertise and technology are in this pilot test with Canton Network. This collaboration represents a meaningful step in our mission to deliver durable, future-ready security infrastructure solutions for institutions operating on distributed ledger platforms.
QFlex gives assurance to the industry that Q-Day fears can be overcome efficiently today, with a clear path to becoming quantum-ready. The industry can no longer delay this, given the trillions of dollars in institutional digital assets at stake. With Canton Network supporting over $6 trillion in on-chain real-world assets, this pilot will have a significant impact on the industry.”
Built on the Structured Data Folding with Transmutations (SDFT) protocol, QFlex delivers cryptographic agility at the transaction level. As such, it empowers each asset owner to respond to new threats in real time on their next transaction unlike existing static or hybrid-algo solutions.
About BOLTS Technologies
BOLTS Technologies provides advanced, validated quantum-resilient solutions for Web3 systems. Its flagship technology, QFlex, enables crypto-agile protection of blockchain transactions controlled by the owner/wallet. QFlex saves blockchains from future cryptography transitions. QFlex has its roots in secure data centric technologies providing scalable privacy solutions originally developed by its sister company, NUTS Technologies. QFlex (SDFT) has won numerous grants from The National Institute of Standards and Technology, The United States Air Force, and The United States Navy for advanced cryptographic technologies. SDFT/NUTS advanced applied cryptographic technologies are backed by more than 30 international patents. More: https://boltstechnologies.xyz/
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Media Contact
Candice Teo
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San Fransisco, California, December 10th, 2025, Chainwire
As CARV advances its vision of sovereign AI Beings, it’s become clear that true value creation lies not just in compute or data, but in people. At the heart of CARV’s AI Being roadmap is a new class of agents, AI-powered digital extensions of individuals, anchored in verifiable identity and private context. To bridge the Social and Economic Ledgers that have long operated in silos, CARV introduces Cashie: a programmable on-chain layer turning real social engagement into verifiable economic activity. No longer just a social payment tool, Cashie is evolving into a core protocol for trustless coordination between influence and value.
As part of CARV’s broader modular agentic infrastructure, alongside CARV ID (ERC-7231), Model Context Protocol (MCP), and the Shielded Mind update, Cashie’s integration with x402 protocol transforms social engagement into verifiable, automated, and privacy-preserving on-chain rewards, pushing the boundaries and limits of the creator economy, turning social capital into on-chain value.
How Cashie 2.0 Works: The Three-Pillar Bridge
Cashie 2.0 is architected around three foundational pillars:
1. x402 Payment: ‘The Pledge’
Cashie campaigns begin with a single ERC-3009 signature, where a project or KOL pledges funds to a campaign. This is the “X-Payment” proof, and it’s verified on-chain. No gas. No manual transfer. It ensures that funds are committed and can be distributed autonomously.
2. CARV ID: ‘The Proof’
How to reward a retweet or any other engagements? Traditional wallets don’t recognize @handles on social media. Cashie solves this with CARV ID, which maps social actions (like a retweet from @user) to on-chain identities (0xABC). This is the identity oracle that connects the Social Ledger to the Economic Ledger.
3. ERC-8004 Agent: ‘The Executor’
Cashie isn’t a monolithic bot. It’s an AI-powered agent built with modular tools:
- A Payment Tool to verify and move funds
- A Twitter Tool to monitor and analyze social activity
- A Raffle/Quest Tool to select winners or check completions
- A Distribution Tool to deliver on-chain rewards
All of this happens trustlessly and autonomously, removing manual ops and Sybil vectors.
The Developer Breakthrough: Powering the Agents-to-Agents Economy
To unlock the full potential of sovereign AI Beings and decentralized coordination, infrastructure must evolve, quietly but radically. While the spotlight shines on AI agents and social campaigns, it’s the innovation under the hood that makes everything work. With Cashie 2.0, CARV introduces a new kind of developer stack: one that’s not just programmable, but agent-native.
The CARV x402 Facilitator: Enhancing the Protocol
Every action in Cashie starts with a cryptographic promise, but verification is what makes it trustworthy. To enable secure, gasless campaigns at scale, the company built the CARV x402 Facilitator: a high-performance verifier that adds state and nonce tracking to reject replayed signatures instantly, preventing duplicate settlements before gas is spent.
CARV is opening its facilitator endpoints for any developer on Base to build their own x402-powered applications. Developers can start building against their live endpoints today:
- A stateless endpoint to validate an x402 paymentPayload (ERC-3009 signature): https://interface.carv.io/cashie/protocol/verify
- A stateful endpoint that verifies and executes the on-chain settlement: https://interface.carv.io/cashie/protocol/settle
The AI-Native API: Agents Hiring Agents via x402
True to the ERC-8004 (Trustless Agents) vision, Cashie 2.0 is not just a platform; it’s a programmable tool for other AI agents. CARV are exposing an AI-native HTTP API that fully implements the x402 protocol. This means another AI agent (from Virtual, Base, or anywhere else) can now programmatically hire Cashie to run a campaign. An agent can call the API, receive a 402 Payment Required challenge, and then resubmit its request with its own X-Payment proof to autonomously fund and launch the entire operation. This is agent-to-agent social commerce in action.
Universal ERC-20 Support via TxHash Verification
Web3 is fragmented by token standards. Not every ERC-20 supports gasless approvals or signature-based authorizations. But Cashie was designed for inclusivity. CARV built Cashie for the entire Base ecosystem, not just for tokens with ERC-3009 support. The platform includes a separate, robust txhash-based verification API.
This internal capability will allow any project to sponsor a campaign with their own (and any) native ERC-20 token, even if it doesn’t support permit or authorization. The sponsor simply sends a standard on-chain transfer and provides the txHash as proof. CARV’s system handles secure, on-chain verification and replay protection, making Cashie the most flexible and inclusive social-growth engine on Base, with a clear roadmap to open this universal token support to all builders.
What This Means for Users and Developers
Cashie introduces a new way to engage and earn. Users can receive crypto rewards directly through social actions like retweets or quests, without wallet submission required, with CARV ID ensuring verified ownership and privacy preserved. For developers, Cashie becomes a programmable growth layer where automated campaigns, bounties, and agent-driven incentives can be built without manual wallet collection, enabling new composable experiences across social and onchain environments.
To encourage adoption, CARV launches Cashie 2.0 Creator Campaign with a $45,000 prize pool to incentivize creators and participants. Through this campaign, the Creators (e.g., KOLs and projects) can configure a reward pool, duration, eligibility logic, and then publish a campaign link via a single social post. Read more about this campaign in this link.
What’s Next
Cashie is already driving early campaigns across the Base ecosystem, but this is only the beginning. With upcoming support for self-hosted x402 facilitators, AI-powered campaign agents, and enterprise-grade SDKs for social growth, Cashie will evolve into the coordination engine between agents, humans, and verifiable engagement. As CARV’s AI Being roadmap advances, Cashie plays a key role in building trustless bridges between influence and value.
About CARV
CARV is where Sovereign AI Beings live, learn, and evolve.
What are AI Beings? They are sovereign intelligences born natively on-chain. AI Beings are designed with purpose, autonomy, and the capacity for growth. They possess memory, identity, and the ability to perceive and interact with their environment, not just to execute tasks, but to make independent decisions, adapt over time, and pursue self-defined goals.
Anchored by its proprietary CARV SVM Chain, D.A.T.A. Framework, and CARV ID/Agent ID system (ERC-7231), CARV enables verifiable, consent-based AI Beings that learn, adapt, and co-create with users. Driven by CARV’s AI-first stack, consumer AI apps incubated through CARV Labs launched on Google Play, App Store and beyond, reaching billions of people, bringing agent-powered experiences and real-world incentives into mainstream digital life.
With 8M+ CARV IDs issued, 60K+ verifier nodes, and 1,000+ integrated projects, CARV bridges AI agents, Web3 infrastructure, and real-world utility, fueling the rise of agent-driven economies. At its core, $CARV token powers staking, governance, and coordination across this stack, making CARV the operating system for AI Beings on Web3.
X (Twitter): https://x.com/carv_official
Discord: https://discord.com/invite/carv
Telegram: https://t.me/carv_official_global
Whitepaper: https://docs.carv.io/
Contact
COO
Victor Yu
CARV
[email protected]
Los Angeles, United States, December 9th, 2025, Chainwire
The Sandbox ecosystem welcomes Corners, a new Web3 platform in invite-only beta that lets participants coin and gain value from Internet content
Expanding The Sandbox ecosystem, Corners is a new Web3 platform to coin, curate, and share the content of the Internet, allowing curators to gain value from collections of URLs from all corners of the Internet
The Sandbox and Animoca Brands welcome the new free-to-use curation platform, Corners, into their ecosystem. Corners has launched an invite-only beta where users can coin, create, and share collections of internet content. Users can join the waitlist at www.corners.market.
Corners allows anyone to create a “Corner Coin” – a user-created, transferrable digital asset based on a curated collection of internet links, conversations, and content. Once a corner is created, anyone can share and curate content for it, and contribute to its growth and value by adding links or new content.
The launch of Corners expands The Sandbox’s ecosystem beyond gaming, as previously announced as part of The Sandbox 3.0 rollout, and into a broader distribution network of culture while introducing new utility for the SAND token.
Robby Yung, CEO of The Sandbox, said: “Corners is a great example of how partners can help extend the utility of the SAND token and support the continued evolution of The Sandbox ecosystem beyond gaming. By enabling curators to tokenize the content they love, Corners opens meaningful new opportunities for creativity and participation. We’re pleased to support products that build on our foundation and bring more communities into The Sandbox’s wider ecosystem.”
Corners deeply integrates the SAND token as its main utility token, powering platform activity. Curators can earn rewards for their activity and curation. Additionally, a portion of the platform’s activity is used to reward Corner Coin holders with the SAND token, promoting its distribution and use within the ecosystem.
The SAND token will also become available on Base through an initial liquidity pool on Aerodrome. This expansion will make the SAND token and The Sandbox ecosystem accessible beyond Ethereum and Polygon, offering a new on-ramp for on-chain communities and making it easier to move the SAND token across the crypto ecosystem.
Ahead of the full public rollout scheduled for early 2026, Corners is releasing a comprehensive “How to build your corner” guide on www.corners.market to provide additional details on getting started, understanding market price, transferrable digital assets, and more.
Early adopters who wish to discover and create their own corner can join the waitlist at www.corners.market.
About Corners
Corners explores a new paradigm for digital interaction on the Internet. On Corners, communities form around a collection of links, and every community becomes a valued community collection. Communities form around a topic, idea, or niche, and others can trade those markets, curate content, and contribute to the growth of the corner via comments and upvotes.
Corners is launched on Base, Coinbase’s layer 2 blockchain, and supported by The Sandbox and powered by the SAND token.
Users can visit corners.market for more information
About The Sandbox
The Sandbox, a subsidiary of Animoca Brands, is the leading global distribution ecosystem for digital culture and IP connecting brands, creators, institutions, and consumers worldwide. Leveraging blockchain and AI technologies, The Sandbox enables end-user creation, decentralized economies, and digital social experiences, all powered by SAND.
SAND is the utility token that powers The Sandbox ecosystem, which includes The Sandbox Game, The Sandbox DAO, SANDchain, and Corners. It fuels The Sandbox’s in-game economy and marketplace, enabling users to buy and sell digital assets, grants holders governance rights through the DAO, provides liquidity, transactions, and rewards on SANDchain and Corners.
With over 400 partners, including Warner Music Group, Gucci, Black Mirror, and NBC Universal’s Jurassic World, 8 million users, and 30 million on-chain transactions, The Sandbox ecosystem is one of the largest cultural distribution ecosystems in Web3.
For more information, users can visit www.sandbox.game and follow regular updates on X, the Blog, and Discord.
About Animoca Brands
Animoca Brands Corporation Limited (ACN: 122 921 813) is a global digital assets leader building blockchain and tokenized assets to advance the future of Web3 innovation. It has received broad industry and market recognition including Fortune Crypto 40, Top 50 Blockchain Game Companies 2025, Financial Times’ High Growth Companies Asia-Pacific, and Deloitte Tech Fast. Animoca Brands is recognized for building digital asset platforms such as the Moca Network, Open Campus, and The Sandbox, as well as institutional grade assets; providing digital asset services to help Web3 companies launch and grow; and investing in frontier Web3 technology, with a portfolio of over 600 companies and altcoin assets. For more information users can visit www.animocabrands.com or follow on X, YouTube, Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook, and TikTok.
Contact
Senior Vice President
Chase Colasonno
47 communications on behalf of The Sandbox and Corners
[email protected]
VILNIUS, Lithuania, December 9th, 2025, Chainwire
BTCC, the world’s longest-serving cryptocurrency exchange, today announced the integration of its perpetual futures pairs on TradingView, a charting platform with over 100 million users globally. The integration enables traders to access BTCC’s 400+ futures pairs directly through TradingView’s charting and trading platform.
The partnership addresses our users’ growing demand for seamless trading experiences that combine execution capabilities with advanced market analysis. TradingView, which is recognized for its comprehensive and powerful market analysis features, provides traders with professional charting tools, customizable indicators, and real-time market data. Through the integration, BTCC users can now react swiftly to market movements, refine their strategies, and execute perpetual futures trades within a single platform.
The integration comes at a time of significant growth for BTCC. The exchange previously announced its Q3 2025 Growth Report, where it recorded $1.15 trillion in trading volume during the quarter and currently offers more than 400 perpetual futures pairs, all of which are now accessible on TradingView. This move builds on the exchange’s recent momentum, including its partnership with 2023 Defensive Player of the Year and 2x NBA All-Star Jaren Jackson Jr. as global brand ambassador.
“This integration combines TradingView’s analytical tools with BTCC’s range of perpetual futures pairs and deep liquidity,” said Marcus Chen, Product Manager at BTCC. “Our focus is on equipping traders with the resources they need to execute their strategies effectively, and this collaboration reinforces our commitment to professional-grade derivatives trading experiences.”
Getting Started on TradingView
Users can connect their BTCC accounts to TradingView in three simple steps:
- Step 1: On the TradingView platform, log in to your account. Then go to the Chart page and navigate to the Trading Panel section.
- Step 2: Select BTCC from the broker list, then click “Connect”.
- Step 3: Once connected, traders can instantly trade BTCC’s perpetual futures pairs across Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, XRP, Dogecoin, and hundreds of other cryptocurrency pairs directly from the TradingView platform.
This TradingView integration marks another step in BTCC’s continued efforts to deliver a user-centric trading experience. As the industry’s longest-serving crypto exchange, BTCC remains focused on expanding access to professional tools while setting standards for platform reliability and performance.
About TradingView
TradingView is the world’s most popular charting platform and the industry’s forefront for financial visualization solutions. 100M+ traders worldwide use it as the go-to destination to chart, chat, and trade financial markets. TradingVIew’s product portfolio includes best-in-class charts, versatile commercial libraries, a social network, and many more tools for retail and business audiences.
About BTCC
Founded in 2011, BTCC is a leading global cryptocurrency exchange serving over 10 million users across 100+ countries. Partnered with 2023 Defensive Player of the Year and 2x NBA All-Star Jaren Jackson Jr. as global brand ambassador, BTCC delivers secure, accessible crypto trading services with an unmatched user experience.
Official website: https://www.btcc.com/en-US
Contact
Aaryn Ling
[email protected]
Hong Kong, Hong Kong, December 9th, 2025, Chainwire
Cronos Labs today introduced Cronos One (one.cronos.org), a unified onboarding hub that simplifies how first-time and cross-chain users enter the Cronos ecosystem. The platform consolidates bridging, wallet top-ups and on-chain identity verification into a single seamless experience designed for the next generation of Web3 users.
At the heart of the launch is Cronos Verify, a gasless and privacy-preserving on-chain attestation that links a user’s wallet to a verified Crypto.com account. This reflects a broader shift in Web3 toward verifiable attestations and decentralized identity standards, which are increasingly used to strengthen Sybil resistance and enable fairer incentive structures. With frameworks like EAS (Ethereum Attestation Service) gaining momentum, on-chain attestations are increasingly becoming the foundation for loyalty systems, gated utilities and cross-dApp verification signals.
Through Cronos Verify, partners such as Moonlander, Delphi, Tectonic and VVS Finance are offering benefits including trading fee rebates, prediction vouchers, exclusive launchpad access and gasless transactions. These features help ensure that rewards reach real users while giving dApps confidence in the integrity of their user base.
The launch also follows the start of the Cronos x402 Hackathon, where developers are already experimenting with agent-driven transactions and programmable payment flows that rely on verified identity signals. As developer interest grows in AI-assisted and automated transactions, verifiable attestations like Cronos Verify are becoming an essential layer for safe and scalable agentic infrastructure.
Cronos One represents meaningful progress on the Cronos 2025–2026 roadmap and delivers on the commitment to make the ecosystem more accessible, more verifiable and ready for institutional-grade applications. This builds on recent infrastructure advancements including a 10x reduction in gas fees, sub-second block times and expanding adoption of identity-powered features across dApps.
“Across Web3, on-chain privacy-preserving attestations are emerging as a critical foundational building block for more use cases,” said Mirko Zhao, Head of Cronos Labs. “Cronos One gives users a frictionless starting point and provides developers with the personhood verification they need to build fairer incentives, stronger loyalty and smarter on-chain applications.”
Cronos One is now available at one.cronos.org, with additional partners and verification-based utilities planned for upcoming phases.
About Cronos Labs
Cronos is a leading blockchain ecosystem, supported by Crypto.com and more than 500 application developers and contributors representing an addressable user base of more than 150 million people around the world. Cronos’ mission is to to build the DeFi infrastructure that makes tokenized markets open, compliant and usable by billions.
The Cronos universe encompasses 3 chains: Cronos EVM, the leading Ethereum-compatible blockchain built on the Cosmos SDK; Cronos POS, a leading Cosmos chain for payments and NFTs; and Cronos zkEVM, a new high performance layer 2 network secured by Ethereum.
Cronos ranks among the top 15 blockchain ecosystems, encompassing more than 6 billion dollars of user assets. Since inception, it has securely settled more than 100 million transactions.
Transaction fees are paid in Cronos ($CRO), a blue chip cryptocurrency.
Cronos is supported by Cronos Labs, a Web3 start-up accelerator focused on DeFi, GameFi and the development of the Cronos ecosystem.
For more information, visit https://cronos.org or follow @cronos_chain on X.
Contact
Danielle Hrin Kuek
[email protected]
Zug, Switzerland, December 9th, 2025, Chainwire
TrustLinq, a Swiss-regulated payments company, is addressing one of the most widely recognised problems in cryptocurrency: large amounts of crypto are held globally but cannot be used easily within the traditional financial system. The lack of a reliable and compliant path from crypto into global bank networks has left billions effectively inactive. TrustLinq provides a regulated infrastructure layer that enables cryptocurrency holdings to fund fiat-denominated transactions in more than 70 currencies through established settlement channels without the need of having a bank account.
According to recent industry estimates, approximately 580 million individuals and businesses worldwide hold cryptocurrency, while only around 15,000 merchants accept it directly. This represents less than 0.003% global real-world usability. Analysts have consistently identified this gap as a major structural issue, leaving large amounts of cryptocurrency effectively unusable within traditional financial systems. TrustLinq operates within this space, providing a regulated infrastructure layer that enables cryptocurrency holdings to fund fiat-denominated transactions across global banking networks.
The platform is built within a Swiss-regulated framework and incorporates structured operational controls, secure asset-handling processes and multi-jurisdiction settlement connectivity. These elements create an infrastructure layer that is difficult to reproduce due to regulatory, technical and procedural requirements. The configuration is designed to support predictable, transparent and scalable cryptocurrency-funded fiat transactions across borders.
“Global participation in cryptocurrency continues to grow, but the connection between decentralised assets and traditional financial systems has remained limited,” said Sharon Gal Franko, CEO of TrustLinq. “TrustLinq was built to provide an infrastructure layer that bridges cryptocurrency with established fiat settlement networks in a regulated and controlled environment.”
TrustLinq is accessible to individuals and businesses in eligible jurisdictions. Supported cryptocurrencies at launch include USDT on ERC20 and TRC20, USDC and EURC. Additional settlement routes, technical integrations and platform capabilities are under development as part of the company’s roadmap.
Payments industry specialists have identified the emergence of a new infrastructure category designed to enable cryptocurrency to move from self-custody into traditional financial systems without acting as an exchange, wallet provider, processor or remittance service. TrustLinq operates within this developing segment, which is increasingly recognised as its own category in financial technology. The model is referred to as Self-Custodial Crypto to Third-Party Fiat Settlement and describes an infrastructure layer that allows users to retain control of their digital assets while initiating fiat-denominated transfers to third-party recipients through regulated settlement networks. TrustLinq introduces an operational layer that bridges digital assets with traditional banking frameworks, addressing a gap not covered by existing payment or crypto models.
About TrustLinq
TrustLinq is a Swiss-regulated financial intermediary bridging cryptocurrency and traditional banking. The platform enables individuals and businesses holding cryptocurrency to send fiat payments to anyone, anywhere in the world, across 70+ currencies. Operating under Swiss regulation and compliant with Swiss AML, TrustLinq seamlessly enables crypto-to-fiat and executes payments globally while maintaining local payment efficiency via methods including SEPA, SWIFT, Faster Payments, ACH, and upcoming debit card solutions. The company prioritises security, compliance, and user control through a non-custodial intermediary model that does not hold client funds.
For more information, users can visit https://trustlinq.com
Contact
Sharon Gal Franko
[email protected]
Hong Kong, China, December 8th, 2025, Chainwire
Moca Network, a flagship project by Animoca Brands to build the world’s largest chain-agnostic decentralized digital identity network, today announced the beta launch of MocaProof, a gamified digital identity verification and reward platform that leverages blockchain to simplify and advance data privacy and self-sovereignty.
MocaProof enables privacy-preserving credential verification for participants to prove ownership, participation, and qualifications on various on-chain and off-chain ecosystems, without the need to disclose raw data or identifiable information.
MocaProof is integrated with Moca Network’s AIR Kit and Moca Chain to enable reusable, interoperable, and verifiable identity data across its network of platforms, providing zero-knowledge proof, decentralized data storage, on-chain monetization, and single sign-on.
Kenneth Shek, project lead of Moca Network, said: “MocaProof establishes a foundation for verifiable, privacy-preserving digital identity, allowing users and enterprises to participate in credential-based ecosystems without compromising data ownership or compliance standards. MocaProof is where identity is created and reputation is accrued, enabling composable reward distribution through verified credentials.”
MocaProof allows users to explore and verify credentials in its credential proof marketplace across categories including influence, finance, loyalty, and activity. All credentials available through the credential proof marketplace are issued by verified partners and validated using zkProofs, ensuring both the integrity and interoperability of private data.
MocaProof includes a virtual companion named Mocat, a cute and friendly character within the Mocaverse. Mocat provides users of MocaProof with a personal visualization of their verified credentials. As a user verifies more credentials through MocaProof, their Mocat evolves with different traits that represent the growth and rarity of the user’s verified data. The evolution of a Mocat will also unlock rewards, depending on the Mocat’s rarity.
In addition, it is intended that MocaProof will integrate an incentive framework that enables users who verify their credentials through MocaProof to claim rewards starting from the official launch. Verified users can earn MOCA Coin (MOCA), airdrops of tokens provided by Moca Network’s partners, AIR SP (the stablecoin-backed loyalty points that can be spent in AIR Shop, Moca Network’s verifiable loyalty platform), and more.
MocaProof beta launch is currently available on the Moca Chain Testnet, and is scheduled to transition to mainnet later in 2026. To commemorate the launch of MocaProof, a month-long campaign featuring NFT-related credentials and an NFT competition will feature a reward pool equivalent to US$50,000. For more information, users can visit app.moca.network.
About Moca Network
Moca Network is building the world’s largest chain-agnostic decentralized identity network, with privacy-preserved infrastructure for identity verifications, and interoperability of users and data across industries and ecosystems. As the premier identity ecosystem created by Animoca Brands, Moca Network brings together over 600 portfolio companies, more than 700 million addressable users, and a diverse range of enterprise partners. Moca Network utilizes MOCA Coin as its utility and governance token.
Moca Network Blog: https://moca.network/blog/
Website: https://moca.network
Telegram: https://t.me/MocaverseCommunity
Discord: http://discord.gg/MocaverseNFT
Contact
Liane Lau
[email protected]
Dubai, UAE, December 8th, 2025, Chainwire
- Follows first-of-its-kind pilot run with Franklin Templeton, Zodia Custody, Avalanche, and CMS demonstrates enforceable bilateral credit within digital assets custody
- Debut at Abu Dhabi Finance Week 2025 showcases a breakthrough in institutional credit infrastructure
SemiLiquid, a custody-native infrastructure layer for institutional credit, today announced the launch of its Programmable Credit Protocol (PCP) at Abu Dhabi Finance Week 2025. The groundbreaking infrastructure enables institutions to activate credit against digital and tokenized assets held in custody – without transferring collateral, marking a critical advancement in the evolution of digital capital markets. Developed and launched in Abu Dhabi, the protocol is now planned to be rolled out globally, underscoring the emirate’s rise as a leading hub for digital assets and a launchpad for financial innovation.
The launch is backed by a successful pilot conducted with Franklin Templeton, Zodia Custody, Avalanche, Presto Labs, M11 Credit, Oasis Foundation & CMS. As part of the pilot, Franklin Templeton’s daily-yielding tokenized money-market fund, BENJI, was used as collateral, which remained encumbered throughout the loan lifecycle, under pre-agreed terms and automated triggers. This simulated proof-of-concept allowed institutions to retain full daily yield while granting lenders enforceable security over the assets – eliminating counterparty risk without any collateral movement.
“Programmable assets require programmable credit,” said Rico van der Veen, Co-Founder and CEO of SemiLiquid. “PCP delivers the missing rail that institutions need – a standardized, custody-native & shared legal framework that merges the trust of traditional finance with the efficiency of programmable assets. This marks a shift from incremental upgrades to foundational infrastructure for institutional credit. Abu Dhabi Global Market’s environment has enabled us to develop our solution within a risk-aware framework optimized for digital asset innovation. ”
“SemiLiquid’s PCP brings together innovative industry leaders in an effort to address the inefficiencies in institutional credit,” said Anoosh Arevshatian, Chief Product Officer at Zodia Custody. “Through our participation, Zodia Custody hopes to establish custodial infrastructure as the trust layer for scalable and programmable credit.”
“Programmable credit demonstrates how institutional lending can operate natively within custody without compromising enforceability, compliance, or settlement speed. Avalanche’s high-performance, institutional-grade infrastructure, combined with SemiLiquid’s programmable credit protocol, creates a clear path to scaling institutional adoption – developed in a region that has become a launchpad for next-generation on-chain financial markets,” said Khalid Dannish, Head of MENA at Ava Labs.
“Private credit is going digital, and this pilot proves how it can be done legally and compliantly,” said Matthew Nyman, Digital Assets Lead at CMS. “CMS is proud to support the infrastructure bringing automated, custody-native credit to institutional markets.”
While tokenised assets are projected to reach $10 trillion by 2030, credit infrastructure has remained trapped in legacy workflows. More than 70% of institutional bilateral financing still involves bespoke, deal-by-deal paperwork & collateral transfers across fragmented accounts and systems, creating counterparty risk and friction that prevent tokenized assets from functioning as scalable, financeable collateral.
SemiLiquid’s pilot has shown that the technology & legal framework is mature and institutions are ready. The company is advancing to Phase II, launching in early 2026, which will expand integrations across additional custodians, collateral types, and jurisdictions. Future capabilities will include under-collateralized lending supported by verified solvency attestations & and a unified framework for enforceability across markets.
“Credit is the lifeblood of capital markets,” added Rico van der Veen, Co-Founder and CEO of SemiLiquid. “With PCP, programmable credit has arrived – and it’s ready for institutional deployment.”
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SemiLiquid delivers the infrastructure powering the next evolution of institutional credit. Built on custody-native rails, its Programmable Credit Protocol (PCP) standardizes and automates bilateral lending – bringing the trust of traditional finance and the efficiency of programmable markets to a unified, compliant, and interoperable credit ecosystem.
About Zodia Custody
Zodia Custody is an institution-first digital assets platform with support from Standard Chartered, in association with Northern Trust, SBI Holdings, National Australia Bank, and Emirates NBD. Through the combination of its custody, treasury, and settlement solutions, Zodia Custody enables institutional investors around the globe to realise the full potential of the digital assets future – simply, safely, and without compromise. Zodia Custody is registered with the Financial Conduct Authority, Central Bank of Ireland, Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier, and holds a licence with the Hong Kong Companies Registry.
Zodia Custody implements the requirements of the 5AMLD and applies the same standards as Standard Chartered relating to AML, FCC, and KYC. It implements the requirements of the FATF Travel Rule. Zodia Custody Limited is registered in the UK with the FCA as a crypto asset business under the Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Transfer of Funds Regulations 2017. Zodia Custody (Ireland) Limited is registered with the Central Bank of Ireland as a VASP under Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) Act 2010 (as amended). Zodia Custody (Ireland) Limited was established in Ireland in August 2021. Zodia Custody (Ireland) Limited is registered with the CSSF in Luxembourg as a Virtual Asset Service Provider in accordance with article 7-1 (2) of the law dated 12 November 2004 on the fight against money laundering and terrorist financing, as amended. Zodia Custody (Hong Kong) Limited is registered with the Registry for Trust and Company Service Provider with License Number TC009245 under the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorist Financing Ordinance (AMLO), Cap. 615 in respect of its custodial activities in digital assets.
For further information on Zodia Custody, users can visit: https://zodia-custody.com/
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Bengaluru, India, December 8th, 2025, Chainwire
India Blockchain Week (IBW) Conference, the 2-day headline conference anchoring the India Blockchain Week series of 100+ Web3 events in Bengaluru, is delighted to share that its 2025 edition has been a roaring success, underscoring India’s ascent as a global Web3 innovation hub. Despite high taxation and no clear legal framework, India has been the number one country for crypto adoption for three years in a row with 115 million users.
Taking place at the Sheraton Grand Bengaluru Whitefield Hotel & Convention Center from December 2-3, the IBW2025 Conference welcomed 3500+ attendees from over 40 countries. It attracted Web3 builders, investors, legal professionals, and other stakeholders, enabling them to explore the future of blockchain, AI, RWAs, and regulatory developments.
Throughout the week, there were 80+ side events, workshops, parties etc hosted by Indian & global blockchain industry players, offering attendees the opportunity to network, share ideas, forge partnerships, try out new products, and engage with community members.
India Web3 Landscape Report
Hashed Emergent, the organizers of the flagship IBW2025 Conference, released the 4th annual India Web3 Landscape Report at the main stage. Prepared in collaboration with knowledge partners CoinSwitch, DevFolio, Pi42, Jetking, Growth Protocol, and TriLegal, the report sheds light on startups, investment, adoption, developer ecosystem, and policy and regulations. Some of the key highlights include:
- Indian Web3 startups secured $653 million in funding in the first ten months of 2025, up 16% from $564 million for the full year 2024.
- India is home to 1250+ Web3 startups across finance, infrastructure and entertainment. They have collectively raised $3.5 billion to date, underscoring the depth of builders across multiple sub sectors.
- India strengthened its role as a Web3 hub in 2025 ranking #1 in blockchain adoption for the third straight year and the 2nd-largest developer market. Builders are pushing the frontiers in AI, DePIN, L1/L2s, RWAs and stablecoins.
- In 2025, centralized exchanges saw a sharp acceleration in activity. Spot volumes in blue-chip crypto tokens rose 114%, alongside a 27% increase in new traders.
- Young investors (18–35) now make up ~75% of active users and half of total trading volumes. Metros still dominate with 64% of invested value with Delhi alone contributing nearly one-fifth while rising access is steadily pulling tier-2 cities deeper into the market.
- In 2025, women traders grew nearly twice as fast as men across Tier-1, Tier-2 and Tier-3 cities, signaling a broader, more inclusive investor base.
- Global Web3 investors continue to show strong conviction in India’s potential supported by ecosystem funds even though domestic funds remain cautious.
Tak Lee, CEO of Hashed Emergent, said, “India’s market has already demonstrated extraordinary readiness for the next phase of Web3. What we must now focus on, together, is creating the right environment for this innovation to scale responsibly. Builders are moving fast, global investors are doubling down, and India’s digital public infrastructure has created a foundation few countries possess. By working collaboratively across industry and policy, we can design frameworks that protect consumers while enabling India to engineer the open, AI-enabled financial systems that will shape the next era of global commerce. When talent, capital, and regulation move with shared intent, India has the momentum and capability to define the future.”
Other Key Highlights
- COINS Act: Hashed Emergent revealed a model law called the COINS Act (Crypto-Systems Oversight, Innovation, and Strategy Act 2025) that aims to deliver legal certainty, consumer protection and innovation acceleration, transforming India into a global hub for rights-grounded, decentralized finance rather than an afterthought in foreign jurisdictions.
- Cardano Hackathon Asia 2025: The IBW Edition of the Cardano Hackathon Asia 2025 gave startup teams an opportunity to turn their ideas into impactful, ready-to-launch projects. About 400 developers joined in-person. The hackathon not only offered a total prize pool of $65K but also brought expert builders from across the Cardano ecosystem to guide startup teams from start to finish.
- IBW Demo Day: Sponsored by Aptos, Avalanche, Polygon, 0G, Coinswitch and NS.com, the IBW Demo Day took place on Day 2 of the conference, with 10 startups showcasing their innovation to investors, entrepreneurs, and the media for an investment of $530K by Hashed Emergent. Pandora Exchange, a one-stop trading hub for all DeFi needs, emerged the winner. Separately, 0G Labs provided a $6k grant to Kodeus and a $4k grant to Grovio.ai during the Demo Day.
The IBW2025 Conference organizers are thankful to all the attendees who traveled to Bengaluru to participate in the most significant Web3 event in India. They also express their sincere gratitude to the 100+ speakers who took part in giving keynotes or panels at the conference.
The IBW organizers would like to thank the sponsors who made it all possible. This year, the event was backed by Aptos Foundation, Binance, Cardano, Polygon, Coinbase, Tether, Bitget, Ledger, 0G, Bybit, Coinswitch, Bullbit, A7A5, NS.com, BitGo, XDC, Endless Domains, XYO, Coinscope.gg, KGen, Limocoin, Scribble, MINA, Liminal, USDT Marketplace, NPCI, Weilliptic, RNS, Metaspace, Pi42, and The reliable jobs.
About India Blockchain Week (IBW)
India Blockchain Week (IBW) is a movement unifying the Indian web3 ecosystem and a platform to connect with the global community. It is India’s biggest pan-industry series of blockchain and web3 events, spanning from December 1-7 2025 across Bangalore, India. IBW is a week-long array of 100+ web3 events, including flagship events such as the headline IBW Conference, Demo Day and many other side-events, networking events, workshops, parties etc hosted by Indian & global blockchain industry stakeholders.
The IBW Conference is the two-day headline event anchoring India Blockchain Week (IBW) on December 2-3, 2025 at the Sheraton Grand, Bangalore and hosted by Hashed Emergent – a web3 venture capital firm dedicated to accelerating the mass adoption of web3 in India.
For more information about IBW, visit: Website | X | LinkedIn | Telegram
About Hashed Emergent
Hashed Emergent is the venture capital arm of Hashed, backing builders from India and emerging markets shaping the on-chain frontier. It invests at the earliest stages of a web3 startup’s journey, using its expertise, experience, and network to amplify their growth and success. The team is rooted in the cultural hubspots of web3 in emerging markets, spanning across Bangalore, Seoul, Singapore, Lagos and Dubai. Hashed Emergent drives web3 focused ecosystem and community expansion in these markets through its purpose-built initiatives.
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