Partnerships & Ecosystem

According to PR Newswire, MoonPay acquired crypto key-management firm Sodot this month in an all-stock deal valued at approximately $100 million, and launched MoonPay Institutional to serve banks, asset managers, trading firms, and exchanges. The new unit is led by Caroline Pham, former acting

Crypto exchange OKX rolled out its Agent Payments Protocol (APP) on Wednesday, an open standard designed to support AI agents conducting full business cycles beyond simple payments. According to OKX, the protocol enables AI bots to "pay for services and pay each other" while handling quoting,

According to Visa's announcement on Wednesday (April 29), the payments giant expanded its global stablecoin settlement pilot to nine blockchains, with its annualized settlement run rate surging to $7 billion, up 50% from the previous quarter. Visa added support for five new blockchains—Arc, Base,

XRP Las Vegas 2026, officially listed on Ripple's events page, will take place April 30–May 1, 2026 in Las Vegas. The event is positioned as the largest dedicated gathering for the XRP ecosystem, bringing together Ripple leadership, institutional participants, and policy voices around

According to The Block, Securitize and Computershare, the world's largest transfer agent, entered into an agreement on Wednesday to allow publicly traded companies to issue tokenized versions of shares alongside traditional ones. The partnership enables listed companies to offer Issuer-Sponsored

According to Odaily, Pump.fun announced a partnership with Donate.gg to launch Charity Coins, a feature allowing projects to direct creator fees to charitable organizations. Users can designate up to five charities as fee recipients through the Pump.fun app or web interface, with Donate.gg

According to a Meta help page, the social media giant has begun rolling out stablecoin payouts for creators in Colombia and the Philippines. Creators can now opt to receive earnings in USDC on either the Solana or Polygon networks by connecting a compatible third-party wallet such as MetaMask or Pha

Trust Wallet, the self-custody crypto wallet with over 220 million downloads, integrated Hyperliquid, a decentralized blockchain with $4 trillion in trading volume, on April 29, 2026. The integration enables users to access perpetual contracts and real-world asset (RWA) markets including oil,

According to ChainCatcher, Ripple and digital asset trading platform Bullish announced today an expansion of their long-term partnership, with Bullish's bitcoin options market now opening to Ripple Prime institutional clients. The integration will enable Ripple Prime users to directly access Bullish

WHITE TECH, part of the W Group ecosystem and majority-owned by WhiteBIT founder Volodymyr Nosov, has received authorization from Croatia's Financial Services Supervisory Agency (HANFA) to operate as a crypto-asset service provider (CASP) under the EU's Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) regulation.

According to official sources, a major cryptocurrency exchange has launched the Agent Payments Protocol (APP), an open payment standard for AI Agent commercial transactions on April 29. The protocol enables AI Agents to process single payments, batch payments, usage-based payments, and escrow paymen

According to Base, Chiliz integrated with the Base blockchain network on April 28, enabling users to hold, trade, and interact with fan tokens tied to major football clubs including Manchester City, FC Barcelona, and Juventus. The integration is strategically timed ahead of the World Cup cycle,

According to official statements, Stables and eStable announced a strategic partnership on 29 April 2026 to integrate institutional banking infrastructure and local stablecoin issuing capabilities across Asia, with all issued stablecoins backed by USDT and Tether's Hadron tokenisation platform.

According to Forbes, Computershare, one of the world's largest stock transfer agents serving most S&P 500 companies, announced a partnership with digital asset firm Securitize to enter the tokenized stock market. Under the collaboration, Computershare's U.S. listed clients can issue

According to The Block, stablecoin management platform Stable Sea has partnered with asset manager WisdomTree to integrate the tokenized money market fund WTGXX directly into its enterprise payment and treasury management platform. Stable Sea users can now convert idle stablecoin balances into WTGXX

According to BlockBeats, on April 29, Visa expanded its stablecoin settlement network to 9 blockchains, adding support for Base, Polygon, Canton Network, Arc, and Tempo. The payment giant now supports Ethereum, Solana, Avalanche, and Stellar in addition to the newly added networks. Visa's stablecoi

According to BlockBeats, WalletConnect and Ingenico announced a partnership on April 29 to integrate cryptocurrency payments into retail point-of-sale terminals, allowing consumers to pay with digital assets while merchants avoid direct crypto holdings. Stablecoin adoption is driving the shift

According to Mezo and its partners, the Bitcoin-native finance platform has launched Mezo Prime, an institutional product offering yield and lending against held Bitcoin, today. Bullish (NYSE: BLSH) is the launch customer, investing 250 BTC into Mezo and deploying part of its corporate Bitcoin

MoonPay has acquired Sodot, a crypto key-management infrastructure firm, and launched MoonPay Institutional, a new business unit aimed at serving banks, asset managers, trading firms, and exchanges entering digital assets, according to a Wednesday announcement. ## New Institutional Leadership Moon

According to The Block, Ripple announced on Wednesday a partnership to expand RLUSD access to over 280 spot trading pairs on a major cryptocurrency exchange. The USD-pegged stablecoin, which launched in December 2024, has a market capitalization of over $1.5 billion and aims to compete with Tether's