PayPal expands PYUSD stablecoin to Tron, Avalanche and 6 other chains

    Payments giant PayPal is expanding its PayPal USD stablecoin across eight new blockchains, seven of which are through an integration with LayerZero’s Stargate Hydra bridge. The integration will create a permissionless version of PayPal USD — PYUSD0 — which will be “fully fungible” with the PYUSD and interoperable across blockchains, crypto infrastructure firm LayerZero said in…

    RWA-friendly L1 blockchain adds native EVM and CosmWasm with protocol-level compliance

    Mantra has upgraded its mainnet to natively run both the Ethereum Virtual Machine and CosmWasm, bringing a MultiVM architecture to an RWA-focused layer 1 so developers can use familiar tooling on a chain tuned for tokenization. Tokenization of real-world assets (RWAs) presents an addressable market that analysts estimate at about $16 trillion. But progress has been slowed…

    ASIC eases licensing rules for stablecoin distributors in Australia

    The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has introduced licensing exemptions for intermediaries involved in the distribution of stablecoins issued by licensed entities. Under the newly published ASIC Corporations (Stablecoin Distribution Exemption) Instrument 2025/631, intermediaries distributing a stablecoin issued by an Australian financial services (AFS) licensee are no longer required to hold their own AFS, market or…

    $657M out of Tesla, $12B into crypto: What Korea’s big bet means for global markets

    Massive pullout of Korean investors from Tesla For years, Korean retail investors have been behind Tesla, contributing significantly to the company’s global stock market surges. However, in August 2025, Korean investors withdrew a whopping $657 million from Tesla stock, the largest monthly outflow in over two years. The withdrawal of investments extends beyond direct stock investments. Leveraged…

    P2P.org becomes validator on $4T Canton Network

    P2P.org has become a validator on the Canton Network, a blockchain platform for institutional finance that handles more than $4 trillion in tokenized assets. As a validator, P2P.org will operate nodes that verify and record transactions on the network. Launched in May 2023, Canton is a blockchain platform developed to support regulated institutions, with emphasis…

    Privacy is ‘constant battle’ between blockchain stakeholders and state

    Blockchain industry participants and regulators continue wrangling over privacy rights as the European Union’s sweeping Anti-Money Laundering (AML) rules look set to ban privacy-preserving tokens and anonymous crypto accounts starting in 2027. Credit institutions, financial institutions and crypto asset service providers (CASPs) will be prohibited from maintaining anonymous accounts or handling privacy-preserving cryptocurrencies under the EU’s new…