RT Sandeep | CEO, Polygon Foundation (※,※) (@sandeepnailwal)BIG Shipping Announcement!This is a pivotal moment in the history of Polygon.The Rio upgrade, a payments-focused network rehaul, is live on Polygon PoS mainnet.- Near instant finality- Eliminates Reorgs from Polygon POS, single biggest devX and UX complaint is now resolved- This enables POS chains to go to 5000 tps which we will gradually unleash in the network- Optimises POS chain for payments-focused roadmap- - lightweight nodes that lower the ba ...

Funding & Investment - YZi Labs announces a $1 billion Builder Fund to support founders in the BNB ecosystem [1] Focus Areas - The fund targets teams in trading, RWA (Real World Assets), AI (Artificial Intelligence), DeSci (Decentralized Science), DeFi (Decentralized Finance), Payments, and Wallets [1] Geographic Expansion - YZi Labs is expanding operations to NYC (New York City), San Francisco, Dubai, and Singapore [1]

Stablecoin Adoption & Market Growth - Mainstream media is increasingly focusing on stablecoins, highlighting their potential to revolutionize payments and business operations [1][5] - Stablecoin adoption is accelerating, potentially becoming a catalyst for mass crypto adoption by attracting enterprise and institutional users [3][4] - The total stablecoin market cap has surpassed $300 billion, with a significant increase of approximately 55 billion (55%) in just 7 days [6][7] - Stablecoin monthly transfer volume is consistently around $3 trillion, indicating substantial activity even during relatively inactive periods in the crypto market [9][10][11] - Year-to-date stablecoin transfer volume is over $2556 trillion, approaching the $274 trillion recorded in 2024 [12] ROUSD Performance & Ripple's Strategy - ROUSD market cap has surpassed $90 million, with monthly transfer volume up over 53% in the last 30 days, reaching almost $5 billion, indicating strong adoption [13][15] - Ripple emphasizes ROUSD's role in transforming financial services, particularly in Africa, by reducing costs and improving access to financial services [22][23][24] - ROUSD is expanding globally, with plans to launch in Japan in 2026, aiming to become a top stablecoin due to increasing adoption [27] - ROUSD is committed to regulatory compliance and transparency, as demonstrated by the independent attestation reports [32][33] - ROUSD is being integrated into institutional finance, serving as a key stablecoin offramp for tokenized funds and enabling repo trades for tokenized money market funds [34] Challenges & Future Outlook - Concerns exist about the proliferation of stablecoins with unclear use cases, potentially mirroring the NFT hype [16] - The inefficiency of Ethereum could lead to a shift in stablecoin dominance to other networks like XRP, especially as stablecoin use cases like payments at scale increase [37][38]

TradFi & DeFi Integration - Apollo (840 billion USD AUM) deployed its Diversified Credit Fund with Securitize [1] - Agora's 170 million USD AUSD0 coming to Sei, backed by State Street & VanEck [1] - Canary Staked SEI ETF acknowledged by the SEC [1] Onchain Data & Infrastructure - Chainlink Data Streams live, providing U S Department of Commerce data, U S equities & 300+ global market feeds onchain [1] - Etherscan live with Seiscan, offering a trusted EVM explorer on the fastest EVM chain [1] Payments & User Adoption - PayPal's PYUSD0 launching on Sei, aiming to become the onchain payment standard for 434 million+ users worldwide [1] AI Integration - Kindred AI building the consumer layer of AI, bringing IP onchain as agentic companions [1] Institutional Adoption - Institutional custody from Crypto com now live [1]

RT Hadron Founders Club (@Hadronfc)10 teams. 5 weeks. Dubai.We’re going all in on founders with big ideas for Payments & RWAs on @0xPolygon.Dedicated mentorship for each team, on-the-ground Polygon support, access to dedicated capital, and a Demo Day to show off your product. Launch market-ready products that’ll shake up the space.Applications open on the 13th of October.@0xPolygon is uprooting the payments space. Be part of the revolution.Reach out to @ArpitGuptaji19 and @WEB3douin if you're interested in ...

Three facilitators are already live on Polygon, meaning you can start integrating agentic payments via x402 directly on Polygon today.Shoutout to @thirdweb, @x402rs and @PayAINetwork for powering this ...

Industry Trend - A cold war is ongoing on the payments frontline, requiring Europe to keep up with the US and China [1]

RT Capital Markets (@capitalmarkets)BREAKING: Corporate card giant @brexHQ announces plan to move payments onchain, to be integrated with @solana from the start 💳🔥 https://t.co/wRk69RzWSn ...

The future of payments is converging around AP2 mandates: authorization, privacy, refunds, and cross-chain settlement.Sui’s object-centric design offers a blueprint for how these requirements can be met at scale. Let’s break it down 👇Sam Blackshear (@b1ackd0g):To accompany the AP2 announcement, I wrote a broader piece on how Mysten is thinking about problems in AI + how Sui/Walrus/Seal fit in. Agentic commerce is one of several problems we're interested in. https://t.co/ApgdxvNVw9 ...

💥BREAKING:VISA PARTNERS UP WITH CIRCLE TO TEST USDC & EURC FOR FASTER PAYMENTS. https://t.co/90V9nG3IJ3 ...