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🤑 Ripple is proud to join the x402 Foundation as a Premier Member

The Linux Foundation announced the operational launch of the x402 Foundation, a new open-governance body formed to steward the x402 protocol – the open standard for internet-native payments over HTTP.

🔜 The Foundation is now fully active under formal, open governance to steward the x402 protocol – the universal standard that embeds secure payment capabilities directly into web interactions, allowing AI agents, APIs, and applications to process financial transactions as easily as they exchange data.

🟠Under the neutral governance of the Linux Foundation, the x402 Foundation will allow developers, financial institutions, cloud providers and other community members to collaboratively shape the protocol's development.

❗️This open structure ensures that payments remain highly secure and adaptable, supporting multiple payment types, from traditional cards to stablecoins, without vendor lock-in.

Since the Foundation's intent to launch in April, 40 organizations have joined as members. Ripple is included in that number. 🚀

As AI agents begin to take on more of the transaction lifecycle, they'll need a way to pay that's as fast and reliable as the way they already exchange data.

"We've been helping build that future on the XRP Ledger with the tools and infrastructure developers need to enable agentic payments, including support for x402 that enables agents to transact using XRP and RLUSD today," — Ripple wrote on X.


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⚡️🇺🇸Trump rescinds his 20% toll on cargo ships transiting the Hormuz Strait.

Based on highly productive conversations with Middle East leadership, I have decided to replace the 20% United States Reimbursement Fee with Trade and Investment Deals that the various Gulf States will be making into the United States. Those Investments will be MASSIVE but, at the same time, extraordinarily good for them, and their future.


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🤑 SDF is joining the x402 Foundation as a Premier member

SDF will hold a seat on the x402 Foundation Governing Board, representing SDF in the protocol's open governance.

❗️x402 is an open payment protocol that lets any API or web service charge per requestno platform accounts, no billing system, no API keys required. A client hits your endpoint, pays in crypto, and gets the resource. All in one HTTP round-trip.

🔜 For AI agents that need to discover and pay for services autonomously, this is the difference between a workflow that runs and one that stalls.

🟠The Stellar Development Foundation is a Premier member of the x402 Foundation, the Linux Foundation body stewarding the x402 standard under open, vendor-neutral governance.

🟠As a Premier member, SDF holds a seat on the Foundation's Governing Board, represented by Tomer Weller, SDF's Chief Product Officer, helping ensure payments for the agentic economy stay open, interoperable, and free from lock-in.

x402 already works on Stellar today. Charge per request from any API, with payments that typically settle in about 5 seconds. 🚀

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🤖 Reflection inks $1B compute deal with Nebius

Reflection AI
, a U.S. startup vying to develop open models, has signed a $1 billion compute deal with European AI infrastructure company Nebius. Nebius, formerly the international arm of Russian tech giant Yandex, will provide Reflection access to Nvidia’s latest chips.

The deal comes just a few weeks after the startup signed a similar deal to access SpaceX’s computing resources, and mirrors several partnerships by AI firms as they race to secure compute for training and deploying their models.

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🇺🇸🇬🇧U.S., UK move to align rules for tokenized finance across world's largest financial markets

The United States and the United Kingdom have laid out a plan to make it easier for tokenized financial products to move between their markets, signaling that both governments want blockchain-based finance to become a bigger part of mainstream capital markets.

Both governments recognise the importance of promoting competition and innovation, protecting financial stability, safeguarding consumers, and maintaining public confidence in money, in a financial ecosystem that includes multiple forms of money.


⬇️ The report sets out 10 recommendations covering digital assets and traditional capital markets.

1. The UK and United States affirm that stablecoins are an important vehicle for innovation in digital money.

2. The UK and United States intend to stimulate competition and innovation through policies that facilitate the coexistence and circulation of different forms of digital money solutions.

3. The UK and United States intend to advance a timely, clear, and consistent legal, regulatory, and supervisory pathway for digital financial innovation, including for stablecoins.

4. The UK and United States affirm that stablecoins held out as money should be fully backed, on at least a one-to-one basis, by high-quality, liquid assets.

5. The UK and United States affirm that reserve, liquidity, and other prudential requirements for stablecoins should seek to mitigate risks and avoid unnecessary fragmentation.

6. The UK and United States intend to advance regulatory approaches that promote innovation and resilience, without imposing burdensome constraints that undermine commercial viability, create barriers to entry, or hinder competition.

7. The UK and United States support the integration of well-regulated stablecoins into activities including payments, settlement, and tokenised financial markets.

8. The UK and United States intend to set high standards for the custody, segregation, and protection of stablecoin reserves.

9. The UK and United States support clarity, predictability, and cross-border coordination in the event of any potential failure of a stablecoin issuer.

10. The UK and United States affirm the importance of formal mechanisms to enable cross-border stablecoin activity as a feature of domestic regulatory and supervisory regimes.

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🚀 The rocket carrying the crewed spacecraft "Soyuz MS-29" and the US-Russian crew for the 75th mission to the International Space Station (ISS) has successfully launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome.

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🇺🇸New York State halts construction of all new data centers

New York became the first state to halt data center construction after Gov. Kathy Hochul signed an executive order today that temporarily bars the state from approving new permits for large projects.

Hochul’s order applies to data centers 50 megawatts or larger, potentially affecting more than a dozen projects. The state’s Department of Environmental Conservation will not issue any permits that haven’t already been completed.

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🤖 DeepMind CEO calls for an independent standards body to regulate frontier AI

Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis called for the creation of a new regulatory body to oversee frontier model releases.

🔜 Titled “A Framework for Frontier AI and the Dawning of a New Age,” the post makes the case for a “standards body” modeled after the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), which could test frontier models and develop best practices for their release.

“Initially, Frontier Labs would voluntarily share models with the Standards Body for review up to 30 days before release,” the post reads. “Once the assessment protocol is shown to be effective and robust, formalisation could quickly follow, meaning that Frontier Models would be required to pass it to be deployed in the US market. Labs would also work with the Standards Body to address any critical post-release vulnerabilities.”


The proposed system would build on the ad hoc reviews performed by the U.S. government on Anthropic’s Mythos and OpenAI’s Sol. Under Hassabis’ proposed regulator, those decisions could be handed off to a new organization, backed by the U.S. government but funded by the AI industry and operated independently.

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⚡️🔥 DTCC Begins Soft Launch of Tokenization Service

The DTCC, custodian of over $114 trillion in assets, initiated the soft launch of its tokenization platform targeting real-world assets including select stocks from the Russell 1000, major ETFs, and U.S. Treasuries.

Tokenization is moving beyond theory and into real-world application as clients begin leveraging live trading environments to demonstrate and transact tokenized assets.

❗️Today marks a significant milestone in the evolution of capital markets, turning tokenization from a future concept into a tangible, operational reality.

Stay tuned for updates throughout the day. 🚀

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🇬🇧UK plans first G7 digital sovereign bond by early 2027

The U.K. plans to issue a digital sovereign bond by early 2027, becoming the first of the seven leading industrialized nations to place government debt on a distributed-ledger infrastructure.

🔜 Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced the timeline in her annual Mansion House speech to industry leaders. The government plans further issuance after the initial sale.

🟠The Digital Gilt Instrument, known as DIGIT, will be a sterling-denominated government security issued on HSBC’s Orion platform and will operate inside the Bank of England and Financial Conduct Authority’s Digital Securities Sandbox.

🟠Speaking at the same event, Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey said the central bank will work to make DIGIT eligible as collateral in its market operations.🔣That could support tokenized repo and allow banks to use the bond in central bank funding transactions.

The Treasury has not disclosed the bond’s size, maturity, coupon, investor eligibility or settlement asset. The initial sale will sit outside the government’s conventional gilt-financing program.

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⚡️🤑 Sentora Launches Vaults on the Stellar Network, Accessible via Stellar DeFi Hub

“We’re happy to announce the launch of curated vaults on the Stellar network. The vaults are accessible via Stellar DeFi Hub, a service operated by Ultrastellar, a longtime Stellar ecosystem participant. The vaults are also accessible via yield.xyz,“ — Sentora wrote.


➡️ The launch marks Sentora’s first integration with the Stellar network, bringing institutional-grade vaults to one of the industry’s most active payments and asset-tokenization platforms.

“Stellar has the payment rails, tokenization tools, and DeFi primitives that make real-world financial products possible. Sentora adds to vaults on Stellar, increasing access for institutions and fintechs,” — said Raja Chakravorti, Chief Business Officer, Stellar Development Foundation.


➡️ Sentora’s platform provides vault curation, risk management, deployment parameters, and institutional-grade policy enforcement.

“Institutions and fintechs require more than onchain access. They need transparency, operational controls, and infrastructure for large-scale capital. Stellar is the network that provides that foundation, and these vaults make it accessible,” — said Anthony DeMartino, Co-Founder and CEO, Sentora


The roadmap includes additional vault strategies spanning DeFi and RWAs, with deeper integration across the Stellar DeFi ecosystem. 🚀

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🍏 Apple Intelligence approved for launch in China with Alibaba’s Qwen AI

Apple Intelligence, the iPhone maker’s generative AI offering, is coming to China. China’s regulator, the Cyberspace Administration of China, approved Apple’s AI services in the country, on the back of a deal to integrate Alibaba’s Qwen AI model into Apple’s operating systems, including iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and visionOS.

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🇺🇸New York State halts construction of all new data centers New York became the first state to halt data center construction after Gov. Kathy Hochul signed an executive order today that temporarily bars the state from approving new permits for large projects.…
⚡️🇺🇸Trump on Hochul’s Order Halting Construction of All New Data Centers in New York

One of the biggest Driving Forces in the Future for Jobs, are Data Centers. They are big, strong, bold, and Money Machines for the State in which they are built.


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🇯🇵 Japan passes key bill recognizing crypto as financial product, lowering tax rate

Japan's parliament passed and enacted key amendments to the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act, formally classifying cryptocurrencies as financial products. The amendments were approved in the plenary session of the House of Councillors, completing their passage through both houses of the Diet.

❗️The bill redefines crypto assets as a distinct category of financial products that is similar to stocks and bonds.

🟠The amendments establish the basis for separate crypto taxation at an effective rate of approximately 20%, along with three-year loss carry-forward deductions. Japan currently taxes crypto gains as miscellaneous income, with rates reaching up to 55%. The tax reforms are expected to take effect in January 2028, given that enforcement begins in the fiscal year of 2027.

🟠Furthermore, the bill also lays the groundwork for the domestic issuance of spot cryptocurrency exchange-traded funds. The Japan Exchange Group (JPX) is eyeing the first listings of crypto ETFs as early as 2027, with traditional institutions expected to serve as issuers. However, domestic approval of bitcoin ETFs is not yet confirmed.

The law is set to be promulgated in the near future and is scheduled to take effect within one year of promulgation, with detailed implementation rules to be finalized through cabinet ordinances and supervisory guidelines. 🚀

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🤑 Tokenization startup Tradable plans to bring $1 billion worth of private credit assets to Stellar

ParaFi Capital-backed private credit and tokenization platform Tradable plans to bring $1 billion worth of private credit assets to Stellar, a first-generation blockchain that has been winning many big tokenization deals. 🎉

➡️ Founded in 2024, Tradable is designed to support full deal lifecycle management, compliance controls, investor onboarding, and ongoing operations using blockchain-based smart contracts. Private credit, in traditional finance, is a multi-trillion-dollar industry often described as illiquid and opaque.

"We’re excited to partner with institutionally oriented ecosystems like Stellar," Tradable CEO Alex Cordover said in a statement. "By bringing assets onto the Stellar blockchain network, Tradable is continuing to work toward its goal of building the next generation of alternative asset infrastructure." 🤝


➡️ The move marks a significant step in Tradable’s broader effort to connect traditional asset managers with blockchain infrastructure, enabling tokenized versions of institutional-grade investment opportunities in high-quality private credit.

"Stellar is the network regulated institutions choose to tokenize real-world assets, and Tradable's decision to bring up to $1 billion in private credit to the network is a clear signal that enterprises are choosing Stellar to bring financial assets onchain at scale," Denelle Dixon, CEO of the Stellar Development Foundation, said. 🚀


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⚡️🇺🇸President Trump expected to meet with senators to work on ethics concerns in crypto bill

Several senators will meet with President Donald Trump at the White House on Thursday afternoon to discuss progress on a sweeping cryptocurrency regulatory bill, Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-Ohio) said.

“We’ll be talking about the entirety of the bill. I mean, obviously the president’s been very engaged in this bill,” said Moreno, who has been involved in negotiations over the bill. “He’s the one who’s really driven the innovation that I think will pay dividends.”


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⚡️🤖 Thinking Machines releases Inkling, its first open-weight foundation model

Thinking Machines Lab,
the AI startup founded by former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati, released Inkling. Unlike the flagship models from OpenAI, Anthropic, or Google, it’s open-weight, meaning outside developers and companies can download it and modify it directly.

Our mission is to build AI that extends human will and judgment. We have developed a platform that lets anyone customize models, previewed an AI system built for interactive collaboration.


Inkling is a mixture-of-experts system with 975 billion total parameters. It was trained on 45 trillion tokens of text, image, audio, and video, and reasons natively across all four. For now, its outputs are limited to text, including code, styled artifacts, and structured data.

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🇧🇩 Bangladesh unifies QR payments to reduce cash dependence

Bangladesh has launched an interoperable QR payment system, Bangla QR, aiming to reduce cash dependence and enhance financial inclusion. This system allows customers from various banks and mobile financial services to pay merchants by scanning a single QR code.

It addresses the incompatibilities of previous payment systems, promoting a cashless economy. The initiative is expected to increase tax revenue and formalize the country's large informal economy.

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🇺🇸 Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent released a rendering of a new coin featuring President Donald Trump

"As America commemorates 250 years of independence, the United States Mint will begin striking this new $1 gold coin to honor the enduring legacy of liberty and a lasting symbol of patriotism. Featuring President Trump, it celebrates the strength of American values, and the promise of a nation dedicated to preserving freedom for all," — Bessent wrote on X.


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