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๐Ÿค‘๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฒ Bermudians face high payment processing fees and limited economic growth opportunities due to outdated financial infrastructure and a lack of mobile money apps.

An onchain economy
powered by the Stellar network has the ability to transform that reality. ๐Ÿคช

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๐Ÿ”‹GM joins race to build batteries for AI data centers and the grid

General Motors Co. (GM) is announcing its own plans for an energy-storage system (ESS). In partnership with startup Peak Energy, GM is developing an entirely new sodium-ion battery chemistry tailored for grid-scale deployments.

โ—๏ธOutside of China, no automaker has announced plans to build sodium-ion cells. Sodium-ion batteries work similarly to lithium-ion, but they swap out key materials to make the cells cheaper, longer lasting, and less prone to overheating.

โ€œThe way weโ€™re getting into the market is the easy way, through ESS,โ€ โ€” Kurt Kelty, vice president of battery and sustainability at GM, said. โ€œThe performance characteristics are just what is needed in that market.โ€


GM and Peak Energy plan to develop batteries that can store energy on the grid during off-peak hours. GM is also taking steps to allow more of its EVs that are in customer hands today to store energy for the grid when plugged in at home,๐Ÿ”ฃ a move to that could help utilities handle power needs from AI data centers.

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๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ›ฐ Starlink is providing connectivity for 30 schools in remote parts of Kenya, improving digital literacy for students and teachers

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๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ Meta signs first AI data center deal in India with Reliance

Meta and Reliance Industries announced a significant expansion of strategic partnership with an agreement for an AI-enabled data center in India, located in Jamnagar, Gujarat. As part of the agreement, Reliance will build a data center with 168 MW capacity, which Meta will lease, with options to scale.

โ€œWeโ€™re proud to be working with Reliance to build our first AI-enabled data center in India. This world-class facility in Jamnagar will help us scale our AI infrastructure globally while deepening our long-term investment in Indiaโ€™s economy,โ€ โ€” said Mark Zuckerberg, Founder and CEO, Meta. ๐Ÿค


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โšก๏ธ๐Ÿค‘ Mastercard launches Agent Pay for Machines to unlock super-fast, always-on payments

As AI agents begin transacting on behalf of businesses, payments need more than speed. Mastercard developed a new way to pay for these services: payments, some only fractions of a cent, to be completed quickly, programmatically and securely.

โ—๏ธToday, the company is introducing Agent Pay for Machines (AP4M), a new service that will allow these transactions to be permissioned, orchestrated and settled at machine speed across its global payments network.

Initial participants and supporters include: Aave Labs, Adyen, Alchemy, Anchorage Digital, Ant International, Basis Theory, BVNK, Catena, Checkout, Cloudflare, Coinbase, Coinflow, Crossmint, Getnet by Santander, Global Payments, Lovable Labs Incorporated,Mastercard Merchant Cloud, MoonPay, Nevermined, OKX, PayOS, Polygon, Rain, RippleX, Sapiom, Skyfire, Solana Foundation, Stripe, t54 Labs, Tempo, Turnkey and Utila. ๐Ÿค

โ€œXRPL and RLUSD are built so enterprises can let agents transact at machine speed within rules the chain itself enforces, with settlement in seconds, predictable costs, programmable compliance, and a full audit trail, so agents can only ever do what they are authorized to do," โ€” said Markus Infanger, senior vice president of RippleX.


โ€œMastercard's move toward regulated stablecoin settlement on-chain is an important signal that this is evolving from an emerging capability into an enterprise standard," โ€” he added.


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๐Ÿค– Decart launches Oasis 3 for photorealistic driving simulations via API

The Decart research team unveiled a new world model Oasis 3 capable of simulating hours of photorealistic driving across different road scenarios. The system can reproduce complex visual and dynamic aspects of control, including realistic scenes, weather conditions, and traffic flows.

The startup is initially targeting autonomous vehicle companies that need to simulate rare driving scenarios at scale, and plans to expand into robotics and other physical AI applications. By offering API access from day one, Decart is trying to build a developer ecosystem around world models much like how OpenAI did with language models.

โ€œItโ€™s going to be the first usable world model that people can actually program on top of,โ€ โ€” Dean Leitersdorf, CEO of Decart, said. โ€œI think thereโ€™s going to be an entire developer community that emerges on top of this.โ€


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๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ First Lady Melania Trump awarded Americaโ€™s six student National Champion Teams at the White House during the first Presidential AI Challenge National Champion Awards Ceremony.

โ€œWhen new doors open, passions flow, courage blossoms, and dreams are realized. AI inspires." โ€” First Lady Melania Trump.


Mrs. Trump emphasized that emerging technologies are creating new opportunities for young people to learn, innovate, and help shape the future of America. ๐Ÿš€

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๐Ÿค‘ Reliability at Scale: RedStone and the Data Standard for Stellarโ€™s RWA Moment

The results are legible in the numbers. ๐Ÿ“ˆ

Stellarโ€™s RWA ecosystem has surpassed $2 billion in tokenized asset value, a quadrupling in roughly a year, while the broader market grew from $6 billion to over $31 billion between early 2025 and mid-2026. Issuers found their footing.

What SEP-40 Actually Solvesโ“

๐Ÿ“š SEP-40 is Stellarโ€™s standard interface for oracle consumers, a specification that defines how smart contracts request price data, regardless of which oracle provides it.


RedStone has implemented the SEP-40 oracle standard on Stellar, providing a unified, high-frequency pricing interface for on-chain RWA assets across the ecosystem. ๐Ÿค

๐Ÿ“š RedStone is the data layer for institutional DeFi, delivering secure, low-latency price feeds for digital assets, RWAs, stablecoins, LSTs, LRTs, and Bitcoin LSTs across 110+ chains.


A protocol using SEP-40-compliant data can switch oracle providers without changing its own logic. The interface defines how feeds show their base asset, supported assets, decimal precision, and resolution. Consumer contracts request prices via last price, point-in-time price, or multi-record price calls for TWAP calculations. Each PriceData record includes a timestamp for staleness checks on the consumer side.

โ—๏ธStellar has always had a strong case for institutional issuance of RWA.

RedStoneโ€™s SEP-40 implementation delivers the pricing layer by offering a standard, interoperable, high-frequency data infrastructure that works across all protocols in the Stellar ecosystem without needing custom adapters.๐Ÿ”ฃNine assets are live across Stellarโ€™s key asset classes, from stablecoins and sovereign debt instruments to Bitcoin products.

The RWA pipeline on Stellar has quadrupled over the past year. The infrastructure that turns issued assets into usable DeFi collateral is now live. ๐Ÿš€

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๐Ÿš€ SpaceX aims to launch orbital AI computing tests by end of next year

SpaceX executives say the company is aiming โ€‹to launch initial demonstrations of space-based AI computing infrastructure by late 2027, ahead of the "as early as โ€Œ2028" timeline for deployment disclosed in its IPO filing.

The company claims in its IPO documents that it is "the only company with a commercially viable path to building orbital โ€‹AI compute at scale."


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๐Ÿค‘ Mastercard is expanding its settlement capabilities with additional intraday, weekend and holiday card settlement using regulated stablecoins. Programmable, always-on payments now on Stellar. ๐Ÿค

"Institutional adoption from companies like Mastercard prove what we've known for years: blockchain integration is an infrastructure upgrade, not a trend," โ€” said Denelle Dixon, CEO of the Stellar Development Foundation.


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โšก๏ธ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Meta, X to Face Moratorium on Users Under 16 With New Canada Bill

Canadian Identity and Culture Minister Marc Miller
introduced the Liberal governmentโ€™s Safe Social Media Act that would ban social media for youth under 16 unless companies such as Meta Platforms Inc. and X Corp. meet a set of safety standards.

โ€œWe need basic protection in place, so every child in this country can be safe on platforms they use every day,โ€ โ€” Miller said.


The bill would also impact AI chatbots, though they wouldnโ€™t face a ban on youth users. Firms must mitigate the risk of the chatbot communicating harmful content and be transparent about their reporting thresholds in crisis situations.

โ—๏ธThe bill will have to pass through Parliament before a ban comes into effect.

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๐Ÿ”ฅ Lumendex Is Not What You Think It Is

Most people think their account lives inside the app they use, but that's only part of the story. ๐Ÿงฉ

Lumendex provides a practical way to interact with Stellar, while the account itself exists independently on the network. Logging into an app is only one layer of access.๐Ÿ”ฃTrue control comes from the keys that identify the account and determine who can control it.

As financial infrastructure evolves, understanding the layers beneath the interface becomes increasingly important. ๐Ÿง 

๐Ÿ“ฑ Watch the video on YouTube, Rumble

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๐Ÿค– A modified Unitree G1 reached Chimborazoโ€™s summit

Pemba
, a modified Unitree G1, completed the 16-hour summit push with help from the team behind it. The robot walked on its own during easier sections, while people carried it through steeper, more technical terrain.

"The first humanoid to climb to 20,000ft. Everest next," โ€” said on X.


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๐Ÿค‘๐Ÿค‘ XRP, XLM, and LINK Get Featured in Brand New Nasdaq CME Crypto Index, Alongside Bitcoin

Major global derivatives exchange CME Group has officially announced the launch of trading in futures contracts on the new Nasdaq CME Crypto Index.

โ—๏ธThe main feature of the new benchmark is the inclusion of XRP, Stellar (XLM), and Chainlink (LINK) in a single regulated basket alongside Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, Cardano, and Bitcoin Cash.

โคด๏ธThis comprehensive approach is designed to give institutional investors easy access to a broader spectrum of crypto assets through one targeted product.

The new contracts operate with cash settlement, referencing the Nasdaq CME Crypto Settlement Price Index. This structure enables funds to gain diversified exposure to the crypto market without directly buying or managing the underlying tokens.

๐Ÿ“š Cash-settled futures allow parties to exchange the difference in the underlying assetโ€™s value in cash, rather than delivering the actual asset at contract expiry. For institutional investors, this simplifies storage and operational procedures.


"With trading now officially underway, our new Nasdaq CME Crypto Index futures represent a major milestone in the expansion of our regulated digital asset marketplace. These contracts give clients a cost-efficient tool to hedge their risk or directly pursue broad-based crypto opportunities," โ€” said Giovanni Vicioso, Global Head of Cryptocurrency Products at CME Group.


Company officials say the move was driven by investor calls for clarity and rule-based frameworks. The futures contracts empower funds with robust tools to manage crypto risk within the familiar infrastructure of traditional finance. ๐Ÿš€

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โšก๏ธ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡บ Hungary to Decriminalize Crypto Trading, Reversing Orban-Era Restrictions

Hungary plans to remove criminal penalties for cryptocurrency trading, reversing measures put in place under former leader Viktor Orban, government spokeswoman Anita Kobol said.


โคด๏ธThe outgoing rules required approved validation for crypto-to-fiat and crypto-to-crypto conversions and carried potential prison terms for violations โ€” measures that prompted several digital-asset platforms, including Revolut, to suspend services in the country.

Trading volumes for digital assets declined in the country following the implementation of the rules. The European Union opened an investigation into whether the restrictions complied with the blocโ€™s regulations.

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โšก๏ธ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ China Vice Premier to Join Macronโ€™s G7 Call on Trade Imbalances

Chinese Vice Premier Zhang Guoqing will join a video call Thursday with Group of Seven countries to discuss trade imbalances, following a rare invite for China to take part in the multilateral discussion. Emmanuel Macron had previously considered inviting Chinese President Xi Jinping to the G7 summit in France this year.

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๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Japan's parliament advances bill to classify cryptocurrencies as financial instruments

Japan could soon treat cryptocurrencies like stocks and other financial investments, rather than just as a payment method.

๐Ÿง‘โ€โš–๏ธ The country's House of Representatives passed a bill that shifts crypto regulation from the Payment Services Act to the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act. The legislation is expected to take effect next year if approved by the House of Councillors.

Under the proposed framework, crypto assets would be classified as financial instruments, placing them under a regulatory regime similar to that governing stocks.


โคด๏ธ The change would subject the crypto sector to stricter trading rules, while paving the way for more favorable tax treatment, potentially reducing the tax rate on crypto gains from a maximum of 55% to a flat 20%, in line with stocks and bonds.

โ—๏ธIt also opens the door to new products like exchange-traded funds (ETFs).

"Crypto-ETFs would provide investors with easy-to-understand ways of investment," โ€” the ruling Liberal Democratic Party said recently.


"Our framework intends to improve user protection while remaining mindful of promoting innovation, given that crypto assets are increasingly positioned as investment targets for both domestic and foreign investors," โ€” the Financial Services Agency (FSA) said in the statement.


The FSA attributed the move to crypto quickly becoming a more mainstream investment asset in an announcement of the passage of the bill Thursday. Japan now has more than 14 million open crypto accounts, according to data cited by the FSA. ๐Ÿš€

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