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Visa, Mastercard, Coinbase Join 140+ Firms to Launch Open USD Stablecoin Network

A consortium of more than 140 global businesses, including Visa, Mastercard and Coinbase, has unveiled a new stablecoin initiative aimed at accelerating the mainstream adoption of digital dollars. The project, called Open Standard, will introduce a U.S. dollar-pegged stablecoin known as Open USD (OUSD) later this year, positioning itself as an open, business-focused alternative in…

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Robinhood Accelerates Global Expansion with Chain Mainnet, Stock Tokens, AI Trading, and New DeFi Suite

Robinhood has unveiled one of its most ambitious product expansions yet, launching its own blockchain network, introducing tokenized stocks to more than 120 countries, expanding decentralized finance (DeFi) offerings, and bringing AI-powered trading to cryptocurrencies. Announced during the company’s Robinhood Presents: The World is Flat keynote in London, the new products highlight Robinhood’s strategy to…

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Anchorage Digital Adds Lido Support, Opens Liquid Staking Access for Institutions

Key Takeaways Anchorage Digital integrated Lido, letting institutions mint wstETH directly on its platform. wstETH already links to lending markets, DEXs, and cross-chain protocols across DeFi. Anchorage Digital plans to expand staking, restaking, and settlement under one regulated platform. The announcement shared with Bitcoin.com News says that the integration lets institutional clients connect to the…

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Solana Governance Proposals Just Gave Stakers Override Power – Huge for SOL?

In Solana news today, the Solana Foundation has launched Solana Governance Proposals (SGPs), a fully on-chain governance system that lets validators submit major protocol questions to a stake-weighted network vote, and for the first time, gives individual SOL stakers a direct override mechanism when their validator’s position doesn’t match their own. The stakes are meaningful….

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