Plume has joined the DTCC Digital Assets Solutions Industry Working Group
#Plume is now a member of the #DTCC Digital Assets Solutions Industry Working Group alongside institutions including Charles Schwab, Nasdaq, and Alpaca. The working group aims to provide input on the DTCC Tokenization Service while fostering digital asset adoption and innovation. Plume aims to support the initiative by bringing its compliance expertise to the Digital Assets Solutions Industry Working Group.
Plume is a fully integrated and modular chain designed to incorporate real-world assets into the blockchain. It supports diverse asset investments, including art and green energy, while offering fast transactions and low fees.
JPYC raises $38M in extended Series B funding round
#JPYC secures $38M in extended Series B funding round. Investors include logistics firm AZ-COM Maruwa, which plans to pay around 2,300 business partners in JPYC, and Metaplanet Ventures. JPYC will use the funding to expand its ecosystem across traditional finance and Web3, accelerating the adoption and circulation of its stablecoin.
JPYC is a yen-denominated stablecoin pegged 1:1 to the Japanese yen. It operates as a regulated electronic payment instrument under Japan’s Payment Services Act and is fully backed by bank deposits and government bonds.
#Sapiom secures $35M in a Series A funding round led by Dragonfly, with participation from Accel, Anthropic, Coinbase Ventures, and others. The funding will support the development of three new products, Router, Agent Studio, and Runtime, designed to make #AIagents reliable, cost-efficient, and production-ready.
Sapiom is an infrastructure platform for #AI agents, providing tools, model routing, and payment rails for secure, autonomous execution in production.
Public companies continue to expand their Bitcoin holdings, solidifying cryptocurrency's role in traditional financial markets. With industry leaders like #Strategy holding substantial amounts, the total $BTC reserved by these firms now surpasses an impressive 1,199,884 $BTC , representing significant confidence in Bitcoin's long-term value. As the market matures, these holdings underscore the evolving relationship between traditional institutions and digital assets.
#ZIGChain $ZIG secured backing from Nomura's #LaserDigital , a Dubai VARA-regulated firm that was the first to receive approval for fund tokenization and an early investor in $SUI and $KAIO. Еhe two sides will work together to support the on-chain development of private credit markets in the Middle East Gulf region, including Sharia-compliant asset products. The exact size of Laser Digital’s investment was not disclosed.
ZIGChain previously teamed up with #ADIChain to build productive onchain finance infrastructure, focusing on receivables financing, PayFi, SME liquidity, and tokenized private credit to move real-world financial activity onchain.
ZIGChain is a #Layer1 purpose-built for regulated institutional capital markets, enabling institutions to originate, structure, and distribute compliant investment products onchain at scale.
#Arc , the open #Layer1 blockchain by #Circle , has announced that its mainnet will launch on September 16. Additionally, Arc disclosed the initial group of partners that will help run the new blockchain. The initial network operators include BlackRock, Intercontinental Exchange, Visa, Mastercard, DTCC, Galaxy, Global Payments, MoneyGram, SBI Group, Standard Chartered, and Sumitomo Corporation. Validators secure the blockchain by verifying transactions, maintaining network integrity, and adding new blocks.
Yellow Card raises $40M in a Strategic funding round
#YellowCard secures $40M in a Strategic funding round from SC Ventures, Sony Innovation Fund, Polychain Capital, Blockchain Capital, and others. This funding round brings Yellow Card's total funds raised to $129.5M. The funding will support the expansion of Global USD Accounts, allowing businesses to hold USD, swap stablecoins, manage treasury, and access local payment rails across over 50 countries.
Yellow Card is a stablecoin payment infrastructure and cryptocurrency platform designed for emerging markets.
Squid will be listed on multiple exchanges today at 13:00 UTC
#Squid $QUID will be listed on Binance Alpha, Kraken, Bitget, PancakeSwap, and other exchanges today, on August 4th, at 13:00 UTC. Previously, Squid conducted a $QUID token sale on #Legion and #KrakenLaunch platforms. The token sale price was $0.045, valuing the project at a $45M FDV.
Squid is the cross-chain infrastructure layer for moving digital value across 100+ blockchains and 20,000+ tokens.
#Horizon3 secures $250M in a Series E funding round at a $2B valuation. The round was co-led by NightDragon and NEA with participation from Acrew Capital, Blue Cloud Ventures, Demeter Group, EDBI, PSG, SAIC, Sapphire Ventures, Craft Ventures, Prosperity7 Ventures, Qualcomm Ventures, Ridge Ventures, and SignalFire.
The funding will support Horizon3’s global expansion, including the opening of new offices in Amsterdam, Australia, and Singapore, while strengthening its partner network and continuing significant investment in R&D.
Horizon3 is an American cybersecurity company that specializes in autonomous penetration testing and proactive security validation.
BlackRock rolls out two tokenized money market investment products
#BlackRock has launched two tokenized money market solutions, #BSTBL and #BRSRV , aimed at enhancing its cash management business through blockchain-based products. BSTBL represents a tokenized share class of an existing Ethereum-based money market fund, enabling transfers between approved investor wallets, with BNY providing transfer agent and tokenization services. BRSRV is a new tokenized money market fund tailored for digital-native institutions, featuring daily dividend reinvestment, multi-chain accessibility, and support for stablecoin reserve management.
#Securitize will act as the transfer agent and tokenization service provider for the funds. Both products primarily invest in cash, short-term U.S. Treasury securities, and overnight repurchase agreements collateralized by Treasurys.