Solayer has introduced a Visa-compatible payment card that lets users spend USDC through online, in-store and contactless purchases, with ATM withdrawals available in supported regions. The card can be ordered via the Solayer Pay app; existing users can request it for free, while new users pay a $20 annual activation fee.

Polymarket has launched price-based prediction contracts linked to equities, commodities and exchange-traded funds, with outcomes automatically settled using Pyth Network price feeds. The lineup includes daily up-or-down and closing-price markets for major equity indexes, gold and oil, plus more than a dozen US-listed stocks such as Tesla, Nvidia and Apple. Contracts reset at the end of each trading session.

Gnosis and Zisk developers, backed by the Ethereum Foundation, proposed the "Ethereum Economic Zone" to let rollups and mainnet coordinate within a single transaction without bridges. The framework aims to reduce liquidity and infrastructure duplication caused by Ethereum's multi-rollup scaling approach, with technical details and benchmarks expected in the coming weeks.

S&P Dow Jones Indices has licensed the S&P 500 Index to Trade[XYZ] for a perpetual futures product on Hyperliquid that offers continuous leveraged exposure for eligible non-US traders. The contract, announced on Wednesday, uses official S&P index data, has no expiry date and runs outside traditional exchange hours, while Trade[XYZ] reports over $100 billion in onchain volume since October 2025.

Moody’s Ratings has introduced its Token Integration Engine to distribute credit analysis on the Canton Network, enabling permissioned access to its traditional ratings data within blockchain-based financial workflows. The system is aimed at institutional finance, keeps issuer-controlled permissions under Moody’s governance framework, and is initially live on Canton with plans to expand to other chains and asset types. This rollout adds to growing institutional use of Canton for tokenized funds, collateral markets, settlement infrastructure and bank-issued deposit tokens.

Ironlight Group has raised $21 million in a Series A funding round to scale its SEC-regulated alternative trading system and settlement platform for tokenized securities. The privately held firm plans to use the capital to grow its marketplace for digital and traditional assets, with support from institutional investors, industry executives and the Sei Development Foundation. The platform targets asset classes such as private equity, fixed income and real estate, aiming to streamline post-trade workflows for institutional clients.

Crypto exchange KuCoin announced on Friday the launch of USDt‑settled perpetual derivatives linked to Tesla and Strategy stocks via TSLAUSDT and MSTRUSDT contracts. These synthetic products track equity price movements without share ownership, can be traded 24/7 with a minimum position size of 1 USDt, and may face access limits in some jurisdictions.

On Thursday, Anchorage Digital announced an integration with Puffer Finance that lets institutional clients restake Ether held in Anchorage custody. Institutions can receive Puffer's liquid restaking token pufETH, keep assets within Anchorage's governance framework and earn both staking and restaking rewards without operating validators themselves.

Mastercard has introduced a global cryptocurrency partner program that initially links more than 85 digital asset, banking and payment companies to develop blockchain-based payment and settlement solutions. The initiative will focus on cross-border transfers, settlements and commercial payments, while Mastercard and SoFi Technologies have also agreed to use the SoFiUSD stablecoin for card transaction settlement in 2024.