Kolo expands features with ATM withdrawals, BTC cashback, and payment notes
#Kolo cardholders can now withdraw cash from ATMs, with a limit of up to $500 per transaction and a maximum of three withdrawals every 24 hours. Each ATM withdrawal incurs a $1.00 + 0.65% fee, while standard FX rates apply to non-USD transactions.
Kolo now offers EUR cardholders 5% $BTC cashback in the first month, followed by 1% on all purchases, plus 40% of fees generated through referrals. Additionally, Kolo's new feature allows users to add private notes to transactions, making payment history easier to manage and export.
Kolo is a licensed European platform that integrates a crypto wallet, asset exchange, and virtual payment card with a dedicated IBAN into one application.
#DowProtocol secures $9M in a Seed funding round from MH Ventures, OKX Ventures, Animoca Brands, Arcane Group, Essentia Partners, and Quartet Group. Dow Protocol has not disclosed how it plans to allocate the $9M in funding.
Dow Protocol is a blockchain-based platform designed to structure and accelerate payment flows and real-world asset financing on-chain.
#AxisRobotics secures $12M in a Seed funding round led by Hack VC, with participation from Nomad Capital, Pi Network Ventures, 10K Ventures, and angel investors. The funding will help Axis accelerate its mission to build a massively parallel, human-in-the-loop global data engine.
Axis Robotics is building distributed infrastructure and a data engine for physical #AI , using human-guided simulations to generate training data for robotics foundation models.
World Foundation secures $52.5M through a WLD token sale
#WorldFoundation secures $52.5M through a $WLD token sale, with all purchased tokens subject to a one-year lockup. The sale was led by Pantera Capital, with participation from Bain Capital Crypto, Eightco Holdings, Selini Capital, Susquehanna Crypto, and other investors. The funds will support the global expansion of #WorldID , the project's proof-of-humanity infrastructure, across enterprises, consumers, and AI agents.
World is a digital identity and cryptocurrency project that uses biometric iris scanning to prove people are real humans rather than #AI bots.
ZIGChain launches its buyback program and opens voting
#ZIGChain launches its buyback program, with voting now open. Unlike typical treasury-funded buybacks, the initiative is powered by #ZIGMarkets ’ commercial revenue, generated from fees on capital flowing through its layer to access compliant onchain yield. This revenue stream remains active beyond market cycles and is used to purchase $ZIG on the open market.
Half of the repurchased tokens flow automatically into the ecosystem pool, while validators decide how to allocate the remaining half through a public, stake-weighted vote. If a vote fails, tokens are still directed to the ecosystem pool, ensuring all repurchased $ZIG remains within the ecosystem.
Cycle one launches with 1,038,600 $ZIG. The stake-weighted vote runs until July 31, requiring 51% approval, with onchain results, a public retirement wallet, and a live dashboard providing transparency.
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.
Payward has acquired Magic Labs' embedded wallet business
#Payward , the parent company of Kraken, has acquired Magic Labs' embedded wallet business. The deal is structured as an asset sale, with #MagicLabs and Payward continuing to operate as separate independent companies after closing. Wallet customers will transition to Payward Services, while Magic Labs will rebrand as #NewtonLabs.
The company stated that Newton Labs will focus solely on developing the Newton Protocol, an onchain finance authorization layer designed to enforce compliance, security, and risk controls before transactions are finalized onchain.
BitMart has decided to gradually wind down its trading platform after evaluating market conditions and future strategy. BitMart suspended new registrations, deposits, and trading orders at 01:30 UTC on July 26, shortly after announcing its wind-down plan. Remaining futures positions may be settled according to the platform’s applicable mark price, index price, or settlement rules. BitMart Earn, Staking, Lending, and Launchpad services will be phased out over time.
BitMart will formally cease trading platform operations on January 31, 2027, while users will retain limited access to accounts and withdrawals. The exchange urges users to complete verification, close positions, and submit withdrawal requests before August 26. Some withdrawals may require compliance reviews, including KYC, security checks, risk assessments, Travel Rule compliance, and sanctions screening, with processing times varying due to volume.
Colibri Trade secures $1M from ZBS Capital to strengthen prediction market liquidity
#ColibriTrade has secured $1M in trading capital from #ZBSCapital to enhance liquidity across trading venues. Unlike a venture round, this mandate directs capital straight into Colibri's market-making systems rather than its equity. The company generates over $10M in monthly trading volume across over 70 markets spanning Polymarket, Kalshi, Limitless, Predictfun, XO Markets, and Opinion.
Colibri Trade builds proprietary pricing algorithms and automated execution infrastructure for CLOB-based prediction markets, deploying its own capital to provide liquidity across crypto, sports, politics, geopolitics, macro, and financial markets.