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Stablecoins are increasingly moving beyond cryptocurrency exchanges and blockchain transfers into ordinary consumer payments. Spending through tracked crypto payment cards reached approximately USD 1.04 billion in July, more than tripling over the past year. Dollar-backed stablecoins were responsible for most of this activity, with users increasingly paying for groceries, transportation, restaurants, and online subscriptions directly from their digital asset balances.

American investment bank Goldman Sachs continues its massive expansion in the actively managed funds segment. It has agreed to acquire NEOS Investments, with the maximum value of the transaction reaching USD 2.25 billion. This acquisition will bring Goldman Sachs Asset Management not only USD 30 billion in assets under management, but also specialized options strategies and funds with exposure to Bitcoin and Ethereum.

A pilot project within the Digital Pound Lab environment is testing the interconnection of crypto-assets and state digital money. At the same time, the United Kingdom is adjusting rules for systemic stablecoins and preparing its payment infrastructure for continuous operation.

Analysts at international bank Standard Chartered have presented a bold outlook that has stirred discussion about the future of digital finance. According to their latest study, the market for tokenized real-world assets is expected to reach USD 4 trillion by the end of 2028. The Chainlink network is expected to become a key infrastructure for this massive shift of capital, with the bank projecting as much as a 25-fold increase in the price of its LINK token – from the current approximately USD 8 to as much as USD 200 by 2030.

Can stablecoins become the new standard for global trade if their development in practice encounters complex verification and regulatory obstacles? This is precisely the challenge that payments giant Mastercard is attempting to address in a new pilot project in cooperation with Borderless. Together, they are connecting the world of traditional payments with blockchain infrastructure and demonstrating what the future of international transfers could look like.

A survey by the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) showed a significant increase in cryptocurrency ownership since 2023. However, many investors still misunderstand the scope of client protection or regulation, while the government has proposed a ban on digital asset ATMs.

A new tool designed for companies and financial institutions significantly simplifies the creation, management and redemption of the RLUSD stablecoin within a single integrated platform. This technological shift comes at a crucial time, when Ripple’s cryptocurrency, less than a year after its launch, is firmly establishing itself among the ten largest US dollar stablecoins and expanding its use across the market.

Can the connection of a private institutional blockchain and a traditional banking network accelerate international trade? South Korea’s KB Kookmin Bank, which manages assets worth more than 550 billion USD, will launch a new wholesale settlement system for corporate importers and exporters in August 2026. By using JPMorgan’s closed interbank platform Kinexys, intended exclusively for institutional transactions, not for the public cryptocurrency market, in combination with the SWIFT network, it aims to offer near-instant settlement in USD across ten countries.

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The decentralized financial market has reached a significant milestone in its connection with the traditional economy. The largest lending protocol, Aave, has officially launched its fourth version (V4) on the Avalanche blockchain, representing the first-ever expansion of this advanced infrastructure beyond the Ethereum network. This step creates the conditions for a new generation of lending markets backed by tokenized real-world assets (RWA).

The growing infrastructure for modern financial markets is increasingly running up against the limits of traditional mechanisms. In response to these challenges, the finance ministries of the USA and the United Kingdom have taken a fundamental joint step toward the future of the financial system. Their latest initiative shows how the two global financial powers intend to coordinate rules for digital assets and prepare the ground for a new era of cross-border investing and digital payments.

Zcash is a well-known cryptocurrency that allows its users to send money completely privately, similarly to an opaque digital vault. However, on 28 July 2026, the network will undergo a major technical repair called Ironwood. Its goal is to close the old, damaged part of the system and move all users’ assets to a new, much safer location.