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TradFi & Fintech
Cash App Goes Live With Fee-Free USDC Transfers, Framing Stablecoins as a Path to Bitcoin
Block's payments app, home to 59 million monthly active users, now supports sending and receiving USDC across four blockchain networks with no wallet setup required, even as Jack Dorsey admits he doesn't like it.

TradFi & Fintech
SoFi Brings Its Bank-Issued Stablecoin to 14.7 Million Members
SoFiUSD, first launched in December for enterprise clients, is now live inside the SoFi app — making it the first stablecoin issued by a US national bank available directly on a consumer banking platform.

TradFi & Fintech
Mastercard Wins NY BitLicense, Deepening Push Into Stablecoin Settlement
The payments giant, which processed nearly $11 trillion in volume last year, secured one of the US's most demanding state crypto licenses as it moves to settle transactions in digital assets.

TradFi & Fintech
DTCC Picks Stellar for Tokenized Securities Rollout as Multi-Chain Push Expands
The post-trade giant plans to make DTC-custodied assets available on the Stellar public blockchain in the first half of 2027, adding a second network to its growing tokenization strategy

DeFi
Base Launches MCP Agent Gateway for Onchain Portfolio Management
Base introduces Model Context Protocol integration enabling AI agents to execute swaps, trades, and portfolio management across leading DeFi protocols.

DeFi
Tokenized Stocks Emerge as Fastest-Growing Asset Class on Ethereum
Token Terminal reports that tokenized stocks have become the leading category of tokenized assets on Ethereum, with xStocks and Ondo Finance leading the sector.

TradFi & Fintech
Franklin Templeton's Tokenized Treasury AUM Surpasses $2.5 Billion, up 100% Year-to-Date
Franklin Templeton has crossed $2.5 billion in tokenized U.S. Treasury assets under management in 2026, doubling its holdings as the third-largest issuer in the growing tokenized sovereign debt market.

Regulation & Politics
SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce Clarifies Distinction Between Tokenized Securities and Synthetic Instruments
SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce references a staff statement on tokenization to distinguish between issuer-sponsored tokenized stocks and synthetic crypto instruments offering stock exposure.

Markets
Hyperliquid ETFs Surpass $69 Million in Net Inflows
Spot ETFs tracking Hyperliquid ($THYP and $BHYP) attracted over $16 million in flows yesterday, bringing cumulative net inflows to $69 million.

Blockchains
NEAR Launches Confidential Payments via Intents Protocol
NEAR Protocol has launched confidential payments on its Intents platform, enabling private cross-chain swaps between NEAR and ETH.

