Core Insights - PhotonPay has joined Circle's Arc public testnet to enhance global payment innovation [1][5] - The Arc public testnet is designed as an open, developer-friendly Layer-1 blockchain to facilitate real-world economic activities on-chain [1][4] Group 1: Company Overview - PhotonPay is an AI-powered financial infrastructure provider that offers scalable and customizable solutions for over 200,000 businesses globally [3] - The solutions provided by PhotonPay include accounts, card issuing, global payouts, online payment, FX management, and embedded finance [3] Group 2: Industry Developments - The collaboration with Circle represents a significant advancement in the development of open and programmable financial infrastructure [2] - The initiative aims to modernize global payment systems, enabling enterprises to implement blockchain-based financial solutions [2] Group 3: Arc Testnet Features - Arc features predictable dollar-based fees, sub-second transaction finality, optional privacy configurations, and seamless integration into Circle's full-stack platform [4] - It supports various use cases across lending, capital markets, FX, and international payments [4] Group 4: Strategic Goals - Through participation in Arc's testnet, PhotonPay aims to bridge traditional finance with blockchain innovation, enhancing transparency, security, and efficiency in the global financial ecosystem [5] - The launch of Arc has seen engagement from over one hundred companies, indicating strong infrastructure support and global participation [6]

Ant International, the Singapore-based spin-off of Chinese fintech giant Ant Group, is stepping up its global treasury operations through a strategic partnership with Swiss bank UBS, as both companies also seek to explore innovations in blockchain-based tokenised deposits. Under a memorandum of understanding signed at UBS' Singapore offices, Ant International will use UBS Digital Cash - a blockchain-based payments platform launched last year - for its global treasury operations to enhance efficiency, trans ...

⏱️ Time is the ultimate layer and @OneAnalog is building it onchain.Analog is not just another interoperability project.‼️It’s a timegraph network that syncs data, assets, and actions across blockchains securely and instantly.✅No bridges.✅No wrapped tokens.✅Just one unified layer of time.✅Every transaction. Every event. ✅Perfectly aligned.✅That’s the future of coordination. ✅That’s Analog. ...

RT BlockchainTekUS (@BlockchainTekUS)He is not wrong. The attack surface has increased.The real question is:What is the likelihood and impact of an adversary exploiting the weakness? ...

SINGAPORE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--UBS has entered a strategic partnership with Ant International, a leading global digital payment, digitisation, and financial technology provider, to explore innovations in blockchain-based tokenised deposits to support Ant International's global payments settlement and liquidity management. Both parties signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) at UBS's flagship office at 9 Penang Road in Singapore. Under the MoU, Ant International will leverage UBS Digital Cash, a. ...

RT StackSats.IO (@StackSatsIO)@anonpragmatic @NickSzabo4 Bitcoin works because its noderunners are decentralised.It won’t remain decentralised if storing the blockchain means you have to knowingly store content which is illegal in your jurisdiction.Cypherpunks didn’t simply dismiss all law entirely. ...

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RT StackSats.IO (@StackSatsIO)@anonpragmatic @NickSzabo4 Bitcoin works because its noderunners are decentralised.It won’t remain decentralised if storing the blockchain means you have to knowingly store content which is illegal in your jurisdiction.Cypherpunks didn’t simply dismiss all law entirely. ...

⬡ Chainlink Adoption Update ⬡This week, there were 18 integrations of the Chainlink standard across 6 services and 15 different chains: AB Blockchain, Aptos, Arbitrum, Base, Bittensor, BNB Chain, Dusk, Ethereum, Etherlink, Hedera, Injective EVM, Mantle, Memento, Optimism, and XDC.New integrations include @ABDAO_Global, @OfficialApeXdex, @Aptos, @Bedrock_DeFi, @bittensor, @Brickken, @DuskFoundation, @etherlink, Global Layer One, @hedera, @injective, @Memento_Bc, @opinionlabsxyz, @Overtime_io, and @XDCNetwork ...

Almost time to announce the top projects who will be pitching to be selected amongst the top 3 projects and advance to Demo Night later today 👀 https://t.co/w6ulisFgCQ ...