As Ethereum’s market presence expands, so do the risks that keep investors awake at night. Today, ID-Bound officially announces the launch of TRIO, a Crypto Safe designed to eliminate the three greatest existential threats to digital wealth: user error, sophisticated theft, and the “Q-Day” quantum brute-force timeline.

The current crypto landscape is littered with “permanent” losses. As of mid-2025, data suggests that over $3 billion worth of Ethereum has been rendered inaccessible due to forgotten seed phrases or hardware failures. Unlike traditional finance, a lost key in crypto usually means the assets are gone forever. ID-Bound is ending this era of digital fragility.

The TRIO Solution: Solving the “Impossible Trinity” of Crypto Risk

The TRIO solution—comprised of a proprietary Identity layer, a self-custodial, “hot” Wallet, and utility Tokens—addresses the three primary vectors of asset loss:

1. Immunity to User Error: For the first time, losing your private keys doesn’t mean losing your fortune. If a user loses access, the TRIO platform can replace the tokens via verified identity protocols. Your ETH is no longer a “use it or lose it” asset.
2. Theft-Proof Architecture: Phishing scams and malware are becoming increasingly indistinguishable from legitimate services, as evidenced by massive platform breaches like the $1.2 billion ByBit hack. Even if a user’s hardware or software is compromised, TRIO tokens are protected by a guarantee against theft, ensuring that hackers cannot drain the “Identity-Bound” safe.
3. Quantum-Resistant Brute-Force Protection: With Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin noting a non-trivial (20%) chance that quantum computers could break modern cryptography by 2030, the “Harvest Now, Decrypt Later” threat is real. TRIO is designed to withstand brute-force attacks, ensuring assets remain intact even if the private key is compromised.

From Passive Security to Active Yield and Institutional DeFi.

ID-Bound believes that high security shouldn’t mean low utility. While traditional “cold storage” leaves assets unproductive, TRIO allows users to generate a solid yield through a unique collateralization model https://id-bound.com/investments . This setup maximizes the benefits of blockchain technology non-custodial holding and the traditional legal system’s enforceability.

Users can leverage their protected TRIO tokens as risk-free collateral in Fractional Real Estate & Real-World Asset (RWA) Acquisition . In the 2026 market landscape, “RWA Tokenization” has moved from a buzzword to the primary driver of institutional and retail crypto adoption. By combining this with ID-Bound’s unique “Unstealable” architecture, we solve the single biggest barrier to entry: the Trust Gap.

“We are moving past the ‘Seed Phrase Era,’ which was always a stopgap for secure digital ownership,” says Dr. Eli Talmor, Co-Founder of ID-Bound. “With TRIO, we’ve built a safety net that is both quantum-ready and human-error-proof. The use of risk-free TRIO token collateral will form the foundation of Institutional DeFi.”

About ID-Bound

ID-Bound is a blockchain security leader dedicated to making digital asset ownership as safe and intuitive as a traditional bank account, without sacrificing decentralization. Through the TRIO platform, ID-Bound provides the infrastructure for the next billion users to enter the Ethereum ecosystem with total confidence. Join TRIO Public Demonstrator now: https://www.id-bound.com/get-on-board

For more information, visit: www.id-bound.com/newsroom

• First actively managed tokenized equity fund extending tokenization beyond single assets to professionally managed public equity strategies
• Tokenized on Ethereum and distributed via DigiFT, providing eligible investors a regulated on-chain way to invest
• Advances institutional adoption of tokenization, building on BNY’s deep investment expertise and DigiFT’s track record of bringing Tier-1 asset manager strategies on-chain

DigiFT, a regulated on-chain exchange for institutional real-world assets, today announced the introduction of DigiFT U.S. Equity Income Fund (“bEQTY”), the first actively managed tokenized U.S. equity income fund on the Ethereum public blockchain.

The launch of bEQTY, which is eligible for accredited investors, represents a significant milestone in the evolution of tokenization—marking a shift from early experimentation with blockchain-based financial instruments toward enabling investors to construct more complete, portfolio-relevant strategies on-chain.

BNY serves as the investment manager for the underlying traditional U.S. equity income strategy which extends tokenization into actively managed public equities. This launch demonstrates how regulated on-chain infrastructure is advancing beyond initial applications to address more sophisticated areas of the capital markets.

Tokenization as institutional portfolio infrastructure

Public equities remain a core component of institutional portfolios. Tokenization introduces a digitally native form factor that enables programmable settlement, enhanced transparency, and more streamlined lifecycle management—without changing the underlying investment strategy or governance framework.

By representing equity income strategies on regulated on-chain infrastructure, eligible investors gain greater flexibility in how sophisticated financial instruments are held, transferred, and integrated into portfolios, supporting more agile capital management.

For Web3-native allocators, as on-chain treasuries and funds mature, there is growing interest in incorporating assets that introduce exposure to the real-economy and are less correlated with crypto-native market cycles.

The launch also illustrates how regulated on-chain marketplaces can support wider institutional participation by enabling eligible investors to access the strategy through DigiFT’s regulated framework.

Henry Zhang, Founder and Group CEO of DigiFT, said: “For years, tokenization has been about proving the technology. This launch proves its use case. By bringing an actively managed equity income strategy on-chain within a regulated market, we’re demonstrating how blockchain infrastructure is becoming part of mainstream institutional finance.”

Doni Shamsuddin, Head of Asia Pacific, BNY Investments, said: “We are thrilled to work with DigiFT in bridging traditional finance and emerging on-chain solutions for institutional investors. Leveraging BNY’s deep investment capabilities, we enable a professionally managed portfolio on blockchain — anchored in established trust, scale, and governance.”

From experimentation to portfolio-relevant strategies

Tokenization has gained early traction in short-duration and cash-like instruments, demonstrating the operational benefits of blockchain within regulated frameworks.

As tokenization matures, extending its capabilities into actively managed public equities represents a natural next phase—moving beyond single assets toward actively managed strategies within regulated market infrastructure.

About DigiFT

DigiFT is a next-generation exchange for tokenized real-world assets (RWAs), licensed by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC). The platform offers end-to-end digital asset services—including tokenization, issuance, distribution, trading, and instant liquidity provision—purpose-built for institutional RWAs. Trusted by global financial institutions, DigiFT is the on-chain tokenization and distribution partner for leading asset managers such as Invesco, UBS Asset Management, and Wellington Management. For more information, visit https://digift.io

About BNY

BNY is a global financial services platforms company at the heart of the world’s capital markets. For more than 240 years BNY has partnered alongside clients, using its expertise and platforms to help them operate more efficiently and accelerate growth. Today BNY serves over 90% of Fortune 100 companies and nearly all the top 100 banks globally. BNY supports governments in funding local projects and works with over 90% of the top 100 pension plans to safeguard investments for millions of individuals. As of December 31, 2025, BNY oversees $59.3 trillion in assets under custody and/or administration and $2.2 trillion in assets under management.

BNY is the corporate brand of The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation. Headquartered in New York City, BNY has been named among Fortune’s World’s Most Admired Companies and Fast Company’s Best Workplaces for Innovators. Additional information is available on www.bny.com.

Traders Shift Focus From Strategy Alone to Scalable Capital Infrastructure

As global financial markets grow increasingly competitive, professional and independent traders alike are recognizing a critical shift: success is no longer defined by strategy alone, but by access to scalable capital and disciplined infrastructure. Addressing this evolution, QuickFund AI, a service offered through TruTrade, enables qualified traders to operate with funded capital while maintaining full control over their trading decisions.

For years, retail traders focused almost exclusively on indicators, setups, and technical strategies, often while operating under severe capital constraints. These limitations frequently forced traders into over-leveraging, emotional decision-making, and inconsistent execution. Industry leaders increasingly point to capital structure—not strategy quality—as one of the primary barriers preventing traders from scaling responsibly.

“Capital determines how effectively a strategy can be deployed,” said Danny Rebello, CEO and Co-Founder of TruTrade. “Without adequate capital, traders are forced to compromise risk management, timing, and diversification. That’s where most breakdowns occur.”

QuickFund AI was developed to address this structural imbalance. Rather than requiring traders to risk significant personal funds, the service provides access to funded accounts designed to support disciplined, rules-based execution. This approach mirrors institutional trading environments, where exposure is distributed across multiple accounts and systems rather than concentrated into a single position.

Importantly, TruTrade does not trade on behalf of users, manage client funds, provide investment advice, or guarantee results. All trading decisions remain entirely under the trader’s control. QuickFund AI functions strictly as a capital-access and operational framework for qualified traders using TruTrade-compatible software.

“Funding is not a shortcut,” said Brian Nutt, COO and Co-Founder of TruTrade. “Capital amplifies whatever habits a trader already has. Discipline, structure, and risk control are still the deciding factors.”

The rapid adoption of funded trading models reflects a broader maturation of the retail trading ecosystem. Traders are shifting away from speculation-driven approaches and toward professional standards built on accountability, consistency, and infrastructure.

As market volatility persists and competition intensifies, capital efficiency—not hype—is emerging as the true competitive edge.

For more information, visit https://trutrade.io.

About TruTrade

TruTrade is a trading software company providing data-driven tools, analytics, and AI-supported automation designed to assist self-directed traders. TruTrade does not manage funds, execute trades, or provide investment advice.

About QuickFund AI

QuickFund AI is a funding facilitation service for qualified traders using TruTrade-compatible software, providing access to funded trading accounts while maintaining strict compliance boundaries.

AIxCrypto Inc. (“AIxC”), a pioneer in Embodied AI (EAI) infrastructure, today announced that its flagship platform, AIxC Hub has surpassed 500,000 registered wallets and 200,000 daily active participants (DAU) within seven days of its launch.

High-Frequency Engagement & Behavioral Intelligence

The platform has processed millions of directional predictions on the Company’s proprietary C10 Index. Beyond simple engagement, AIxC Hub serves as a massive behavioral data engine, capturing real-time human decision-making patterns to train the Company’s Embodied AI models.

• Zero-Capital Arena: A zero capital participation model that removes financial barriers, allowing for authentic analytical instincts
• C10 Index Forecasting: Users perform high-frequency predictions on top digital assets, updated every 10 seconds
• Merit-Based Recognition: A unified Points system rewards accuracy and community participation, creating a highly engaging skill-building environment

“Reaching 500,000 accounts in a week validates our strategy of using zero-capital environments to collect high-quality behavioral intelligence,” said Jerry Wang, Co-CEO of AIxC. “These datasets are the foundational inputs our EAI systems need to optimize decision-making in real-world asset (RWA) contexts.”

Global Community Network & Data Integrity

AIxC has built a robust global user network through multi-channel outreach. The Company maintains approximately 42,000 followers across social media platforms (AIxC Twitter 23,000 + Foundation Twitter 19,000), with core communities concentrated in Discord (27,000 members) and Telegram (17,000 members), totaling approximately 44,500 community members. This multi-tiered community architecture provides a solid foundation for the platform’s rapid growth.

To ensure the integrity of this training data, AIxC utilizes advanced AI-driven quality assurance to filter automated bot activity, ensuring the dataset reflects genuine human cognition. With users distributed across multiple countries and regions, the platform is building a globally diverse behavioral library essential for training adaptable AI systems.

Deep Community Engagement Initiatives

The Company will host its first Twitter Space next week, themed “Futurist Dialogue: Where Are the Opportunities for Ordinary People in the AI Era?” The event will feature industry guests discussing the convergence of AI and Crypto, alongside the launch of the Company’s first community AMA to address questions about the product roadmap.

Concurrently, the platform will launch an interactive AI Agent that uses gamified dialogue to help users understand their decision-making styles. After users provide basic information such as birth details and professional background, the AI generates personalized behavioral analysis.

To explore AIxC Hub, visit:
https://hub.aixcrypto.ai

To explore AIxC S1 Arena gameplay and season rules, visit:
https://aixc.gitbook.io/aixc-hub-docs-en/

About AIxCrypto

AIxCrypto is a U.S.-Nasdaq listed company dedicated to building a world-leading ecosystem that integrates AI and blockchain while bridging Web2 and Web3. Its core products include the BesTrade DeAI Agent and the AIxC ecosystem products.  

Noctura is introducing a new standard for on-chain confidentiality: a compliant privacy protocol on Solana built for speed, security, and institutional confidence. In today’s transparent blockchain environment, every transfer can expose balances, counterparties, strategy, and treasury movements forever. For individuals that can mean safety risks and doxxing exposure; for traders it can mean front-run and inference; for enterprises it can mean leaking confidential operations. Noctura’s mission is simple: make privacy usable and verifiable without forcing the market to abandon compliance.

At the center of Noctura is a shielded privacy layer on Solana paired with a wallet-first experience. Instead of asking users to move to a new chain or accept complicated workflows, Noctura is designed as a privacy overlay that anchors a shielded state directly on Solana. The protocol maintains cryptographic commitments, a nullifier set, and a Merkle root on-chain, while heavy proof generation happens off-chain and is verified on-chain by lightweight programs that update shielded state deterministically. The result is privacy with finality, plus the composability advantages of Solana.

Noctura’s dual-mode wallet is engineered for clarity and control. Transparent Mode behaves like a standard Solana wallet for full DeFi and NFT compatibility. Shielded Mode enables private transfers where sender, receiver, and amounts are hidden, with correctness enforced by zero-knowledge proofs. Users can move between modes through cross-mode transfers designed to break linkability at the proof boundary, making “public to private” and “private to public” flows practical without exposing a complete transaction graph. Noctura also plans developer SDK hooks so applications can integrate shielded transfers, cross-mode flows, and disclosure requests in a consistent way.

Privacy, however, is not enough if it cannot survive the real world of listings, counterparties, and regulated access. That is why Noctura is “compliance-first” by design. The wallet supports selective disclosure mechanisms intended to prove legitimacy without bulk deanonymization. View Keys provide scoped, read-only access (for example: a single transaction, a time window, or proof-of-funds) without granting spend authority, and can be revoked. Audit Tokens are consent-bound, expiring credentials that can validate specific facts (such as a KYC pointer assertion or proof-of-funds) without revealing raw transaction history. This approach is built to reduce friction with exchanges and partners while preserving strong confidentiality for everyday users.

Noctura’s performance posture is deliberately conservative and credibility-driven. The project targets hundreds of shielded transactions per second at launch, with staged scalability via batching, aggregation, and GPU prover lanes. The whitepaper explicitly avoids unrealistic claims about fully shielded throughput and frames scaling as an engineering roadmap, not marketing theater. Noctura’s operational design also includes a prover/relayer participation model with incentives and guardrails, including staking-based registration and slashing hooks for misbehavior, aligning service quality with protocol economics.

Security is treated as a process, not a slogan. Noctura outlines a staged audit approach covering presale/token programs, verifier and state logic, wallet cryptography and SDK flows, and the zero-knowledge circuits themselves, alongside bug bounty planning, anomaly detection signals, and incident response controls. The protocol’s compliance posture is reinforced by transparent-by-default onboarding, opt-in shielded mode, geo-fencing where required, and optional Travel-Rule/KYC integration patterns designed to minimize data exposure while meeting partner requirements.

$NOC is designed as functional infrastructure within the Noctura ecosystem. The total supply is fixed at 256,000,000 tokens, with allocations outlined for community presale, staking rewards, liquidity, marketing, community rewards, team, and reserve. $NOC is intended to power shielded transaction fees and incentivize prover/relayer lanes, while also supporting staking and governance over key parameters, including optional fee-burn settings. Post-TGE staking tiers are described with lock-based APR targets, aligning long-term participation with network growth and operator reliability.

Noctura’s presale is structured as an on-chain, multi-stage distribution with transparent pricing mechanics and broad access, including support for multiple networks and payment methods as described in the whitepaper. The Noctura team has announced that the $NOC presale is scheduled to begin on January 20. Participation details, eligibility requirements, and regional availability will be communicated through official Noctura channels, with an emphasis on verifiability, audit readiness, and responsible onboarding.

More information: https://noc-tura.io/

AEON, the foundational payment and settlement layer built for the new AI economy, today announced a partnership with United Stables ($U), a next-generation stablecoin designed to enable seamless value flow across payments, trading, and autonomous systems. Through this collaboration, AEON Pay now supports $U for real-world crypto payments, while AEON’s x402 Facilitator integrates $U as a settlement asset on BNB Chain, bridging everyday commerce and AI economy.

Bringing $U Into Everyday Spending

With this integration, users can now pay with $U across a wide range of real-world scenarios using AEON Pay, AEON’s Web3 mobile payment product. By scanning a merchant’s QR code, users can spend $U for offline shopping, dining, and daily purchases, while merchants receive local fiat settlement seamlessly.

AEON Pay currently supports offline payments at over 50 million merchants across Southeast Asia, Nigeria, Mexico, Brazil, Georgia, and Peru, with continued expansion planned across Africa and Latin America. The addition of $U extends its utility beyond digital finance, positioning it as a practical medium of exchange for everyday life.

AEON Pay is accessible via the Telegram MiniApp, as well as through integrations with leading wallets and platforms including Bitget Wallet, Binance Wallet, OKX Wallet, Solana Pay, OKX Pay, TokenPocket, KuCoin, and Bybit.

Powering AI-Native Settlement With x402 Standard

The collaboration also brings $U into AEON’s AI payment stack. AEON’s x402 Facilitator will support $U as a settlement asset on BNB Chain, enabling AI agents to transact autonomously using a stable, liquid unit of account.

AEON has been an early pioneer of AI payment standards such as x402 and ERC-8004, building infrastructure that allows intelligent agents to request, verify, and settle payments on-chain while connecting directly to real-world merchants. With $U integrated into this flow, AI agents gain access to a stablecoin purpose-built for fluid value movement between humans, applications, and autonomous systems.

Expanding the Real-World Use and AI Economy Together

U is designed to unify fragmented liquidity across use cases, from payments and DeFi to institutional settlement and AI-driven automation. By integrating $U into AEON’s global payment network and AI settlement infrastructure, this partnership connects on-chain liquidity with real-world commerce at scale.

AEON currently operates one of the largest crypto payment settlement networks using QR codes and bank transfers, serving over 20 million merchants and 200,000 users within four months of launch. Its payment infrastructure processes nearly 1 million transactions per month, with over $29 million in monthly volume across 50 million real-world merchants.

By combining AEON’s real-world payment reach and AI settlement capabilities with U’s next-generation stablecoin design, the partnership advances a future where stable value can move seamlessly across people, merchants, and autonomous AI,turning both everyday payments and AI commerce into a unified economic layer.

About U

$U is a next-generation stablecoin backed by fully fluid assets, designed to unify fragmented liquidity across trading, payments, DeFi, institutional settlement, and AI-driven autonomous systems. It is the embodiment of a “fluid” future where value flows seamlessly between humans and AI.

About AEON

AEON is the foundational payment and settlement layer built for the new AI economy. By pioneering support for emerging AI payment standards like x402 and ERC-8004, AEON is actively reshaping the internet’s production relations. Its AI payment and Web3 Mobile Payment solutions AEON Pay have processed 994k transactions with $29M+ in volume across 50M real-world merchants in Southeast Asia, Africa, and Latin America.

With the massive shift from the attention economy to the call-based economy, AEON provides the financial backbone required to power the next-gen agentic commerce at scale, and accelerate real-world adoption of crypto and AI.

MGC has released updated information regarding recent activity related to its native token, highlighting patterns of holder retention observed during broader cryptocurrency market volatility.

According to internal data shared by the project, MGC’s holder base has remained comparatively stable over the past year, even as several gaming- and metaverse-related tokens experienced declines in participation. Analysts monitoring the sector have noted that MGC has shown fewer abrupt changes in holder distribution than is typically observed during periods of market stress.

During a recent market downturn that followed a sharp decline in Bitcoin prices and coincided with sell-offs across multiple altcoins, MGC did not reflect the same degree of short-term volatility seen elsewhere in the sector. Project representatives stated that the observed price behavior aligned with consistent on-chain holding patterns rather than external market activity.

Utility-driven token use

MGC functions as the native token within the Ranking Platform ecosystem. Within the platform, the token is used for in-platform activities such as game registration, participation in ranking mechanisms, position upgrades, and reward distribution. These functions are designed to support platform operations rather than speculative trading.

Project representatives indicated that usage-based interaction may contribute to longer holding periods, as participants engage with the token in the context of platform activity rather than short-term market movements.

Market stability as a magnet for new investors

Something interesting happens when a token behaves well during market stress: new investors pay attention. In the case of MGC, this effect has become increasingly visible.
When newcomers observe that the token does not collapse during volatility, their perception shifts from “another gaming token” to “a token whose community knows its value.” Stability becomes a narrative, and that narrative becomes a catalyst for new demand.

Community engagement and platform development

MGC representatives stated that ongoing development within the Ranking Platform continues in line with its published roadmap. The project reports steady participation from users engaging with platform features and updates, though it emphasized that adoption levels may vary over time.

The project characterized current activity as reflective of an engaged user base rather than market-driven momentum.

Context within the Web3 gaming sector

As the Web3 gaming sector continues to evolve, MGC positions its recent token metrics as an example of how platform usage and participant behavior can influence observed market activity. The project noted that market conditions remain dynamic and that outcomes depend on multiple external and internal factors.

The transaction was settled and serviced through Membrane’s post-trade credit infrastructure and executed under a GMRA and Digital Asset Annex, establishing the first standardized stablecoin funding market on public blockchains.

Solstice Labs, Cor Prime, and Membrane Labs today announced the successful completion of the first institutional stablecoin-for-stablecoin repurchase agreement (Repo) executed under traditional market documentation and settled on a public blockchain. The transaction marks the creation of a standardized, institutional-grade stablecoin funding market that brings familiar TradFi liquidity tools directly onto public blockchain rails.

The repo was executed bilaterally under a Global Master Repurchase Agreement (GMRA) and Digital Asset Annex, with asset and cash legs transferred directly between institutional wallets on Solana and Ethereum. Membrane’s institutional post-trade credit infrastructure provided onchain settlement, servicing, and lifecycle management, enabling cross-chain movement of assets with full ownership transfer and repo-style unwind.

This structure represents the first time a native stablecoin has served as the asset leg in an institutional repo. Solstice posted its native stablecoin, USX, as the asset leg, while Cor Prime provided USDC as the cash leg. The two legs will unwind at maturity at a price reflecting the agreed-upon repo rate. Unlike smart-contract lending pools, this transaction mirrors the legal, operational, and economic mechanics of traditional repo markets.

A New Funding Primitive for Stablecoins

Stablecoins vary widely in liquidity, regulatory treatment, and institutional adoption. Until now, issuers and traders have lacked the funding tools used in traditional markets to source liquidity, defend pegs, or access short-term financing without selling inventory. Overcollateralized loans and automated lending pools have been the only available models, neither of which resembles institutional repo structures.

By enabling USX to be financed against USDC through a standardized repo, Solstice gains new flexibility in balance sheet management and peg resilience. The structure also opens new avenues for investors to earn structured returns using market mechanics they already understand.

“This repo shows that stablecoins can use the same balance sheet tools as traditional market participants,” said David Plisek, COO of Solstice. “For Solstice and USX, it reinforces peg resilience through disciplined liquidity management and enables surplus capital to enhance structured, low-risk yield for the protocol without compromising stability.”

New Institutional Infrastructure for Onchain Credit Markets

Membrane provided the post-trade credit infrastructure required to execute, margin, settle, and service the repo across chains. Its platform enables institutions to transact using familiar legal documentation while benefiting from the speed and finality of public blockchain settlement.

“This is the first step toward a true institutional repo market for digital assets. Stablecoin collateral can now move with legal certainty, operational discipline, and term structure, all on public blockchains,” said Carson Cook, CEO at Membrane. “Membrane is building the pre-and post-trade credit infrastructure layer that will make this market function at global scale.”

Cor Prime supplied the institutional liquidity required to make the repo functional, acting as the OTC counterparty and enabling the first cross-chain repo settlement between stablecoins on a public network.

“Working in partnership with Solstice Labs and Membrane, this repo transaction demonstrates that systematically integrating off-chain liquidity with on-chain markets strengthens the entire ecosystem,” said Tim Bevan, CEO at Cor Prime. “The result is a more efficient market, where capital can move seamlessly to where it is best utilized.”

A Foundation for a Stablecoin Funding Curve

The successful completion of this transaction establishes the basis for a true funding market for stablecoins across public blockchains. As this structure evolves, issuers will be able to manage liquidity more effectively, market makers will gain access to stablecoin financing aligned with institutional standards, and investors will be able to earn repo-style returns backed by digital assets.

This is the first step toward a standardized stablecoin funding curve, bringing repo-style financing — one of the most important liquidity mechanisms in global markets — into the digital asset ecosystem.

About Solstice

Solstice Finance is a decentralized finance protocol developed by Solstice Labs AG, a Deus X Enterprise company, in partnership with the Solstice Foundation. Collectively they are reimagining asset management for the onchain era. Solstice’s Protocol leverages a licenced approved manager and fund to offer institutional-grade access to DeFi and TradFi investors. Key products include USX, a Solana-native stablecoin alongside Solstice’s YieldVault, a democratized yield-bearing protocol that allows participants to access institutional-grade delta-neutral yields.

Bolstering the group’s crypto credentials, Solstice Labs AG also operates Solstice Staking AG, one of the most trusted infrastructure providers in the industry, securing over $1 billion in assets across 9,000+ validator nodes.

Users can learn more at https://solstice.finance.

About Membrane

Membrane is the leading global provider of custodian- and blockchain-agnostic credit infrastructure. Its patented technology supports end-to-end pre- and post-trade workflows, enabling institutions to discover, execute, settle, and manage loan, repo, and collateral lifecycles with confidence.

Users can learn more at https://membranelabs.com/.

About Cor Prime

Cor Prime is an institutional-grade digital asset credit platform designed to deploy funding using bank-style risk architecture. The firm provides collateralised credit through legally segregated, bankruptcy-remote structures, combining rigorous counterparty due diligence, continuous collateral monitoring, and predefined margining and liquidation processes. Backed by first-loss capital and operating under regulatory oversight, Cor Prime enables institutional investors to access yield in digital asset markets with a strong focus on capital preservation and risk control.

Users can learn more at https://corprime.com/.

BlockSec today announced the launch of Phalcon Compliance 3.1, an upgraded version of its blockchain compliance platform designed to support the rapidly evolving regulatory landscape across the Web3 and digital asset ecosystem. The release introduces a search-first compliance workflow that allows users to conduct KYT screening instantly, without requiring pre-payment, demo-driven onboarding, or account registration before users can run their first compliance checks. Phalcon Compliance 3.1 is aimed at exchanges, OTC desks, cross-border payment providers, compliance teams, and individual Web3 participants operating across multiple blockchain networks who require fast, scalable, and shareable risk intelligence.

Search-First Architecture for Faster KYT Screening

Phalcon Compliance 3.1 introduces a redesigned compliance workflow that lowers the initial barrier to on-chain risk screening (KYT/KYA) by allowing users to start screening immediately. In traditional compliance systems, KYT/KYA screening typically begins only after after registration, onboarding, and pre-sales processes, including booking demonstrations, completing KYB procedures, and finalizing commercial agreements. These steps can delay time-sensitive AML checks and counterparty verification in fast-moving on-chain environments.

With the new release, Phalcon Compliance adopts a Search-First Architecture that allows users to initiate scans directly from the product’s landing page. By entering a wallet address or transaction hash, users can immediately access compliance results without creating an account or completing onboarding, enabling faster access to compliance tools when speed is critical.

Phalcon Compliance 3.1 also introduces a unified Home Page that brings together multi-chain search, risk trend insights, screening history, and sample datasets in a single interface. Built-in sample data, including the Canadian alleged drug trafficker and former Olympic snowboarder Ryan James WEDDING, allows new users to explore platform capabilities before committing any data or setting up an account.

Lite Scan for Instant Risk Assessment

While the Search-First Architecture removes barriers to starting a scan, many real-world scenarios also require immediate access to risk conclusions without committing to a full subscription. For example, an exchange support team may need to quickly validate a withdrawal destination, or an individual user may want to check a recipient address before sending funds. In these cases, delays caused by subscription requirements can slow decision-making and increase operational risk.

To address this need, Phalcon Compliance 3.1 introduces Lite Scan Mode which enables users to view core risk screening results without subscribing to the full platform. Users can submit a wallet address or transaction hash and immediately access essential risk indicators, supporting rapid first-pass assessments.

The lite screening results include core risk labels, such as sanctions exposure, scam involvement, human trafficking, or mixer-related activity, alongside basic financial metrics and indicators of exposure to high-risk entities. By focusing on critical risk signals rather than full investigative detail, Lite Scan enables faster decision-making in scenarios where a complete investigation is not yet required.

Flexible Credit System and Expanded Payment Options

Phalcon Compliance 3.1 introduces a more flexible credit-based usage model aimed at organizations with fluctuating KYT screening volumes, as well as individuals and early-stage teams seeking predictable compliance costs. Rather than committing to fixed subscription tiers, users can purchase only the number of screening credits required at a given time, reducing unused capacity during low-activity periods while retaining the ability to scale screening activity during periods of higher demand.

The update also expands available payment options to accommodate users in different regions. Domestic users can now purchase credits through WeChat Pay, while international users have access to Cash App as an additional payment method. Existing options, including credit card and cryptocurrency payments, remain supported. According to BlockSec, the expanded payment support is intended to lower geographic and operational barriers for accessing professional blockchain compliance infrastructure.

Meeting Global Regulatory Expectations

Phalcon Compliance 3.1 expands the platform’s ability to support FATF-aligned Know Your Transaction (KYT) requirements and a wide range of regional regulatory obligations. The system maintains a database of more than 400 million labeled blockchain addresses and supports screening across major networks including Ethereum, Tron, BSC, Polygon, Base, and Optimism.

The platform’s millisecond-level API performance enables high-frequency, real-time screening workflows, while its integration with MetaSleuth, BlockSec’s crypto fund flow tracking and investigation platform, supports visual fund-flow analysis and investigative use cases. Phalcon Compliance 3.1 also enables one-click generation of Suspicious Transaction Reports (STRs), aligning reporting workflows with international regulatory standards.

BlockSec reports that the Phalcon Compliance and MetaSleuth platform is currently used by more than 500 clients worldwide, including cryptocurrency exchanges such as Coinbase and Bybit, as well as public-sector and regulatory organizations including the United Nations, the FBI, and the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC).

Referral Program Supporting Ecosystem Adoption

BlockSec has introduced a referral program alongside the Phalcon Compliance 3.1 release, aimed at lowering the cost of access to self-service AML compliance tools and encouraging broader ecosystem adoption. The program provides participants with three scanning credits for each new user.

In addition to scanning credits, the referral program includes a cashback component that offers up to 20% rewards on payments made by referred users. Cashback earnings become withdrawable once they reach 100 USD, with a lifetime cap of 10,000 USD per participant. According to BlockSec, the initiative is intended to support early-stage teams, independent practitioners, and smaller organizations as they begin or scale their compliance workflows.

Availability

Phalcon Compliance 3.1 is now available for all users.

Phalcon Compliance 3.1 Available Now – Ability to start screening in seconds

Referral Program – Earning rewards while sharing compliance tools

For inquiries concerning KYT workflows, DeFi compliance requirements or jurisdiction-specific regulations, users may contact the BlockSec team or consult the official documentation.

About us

BlockSec is a top blockchain security firm. It aims to boost security and compliance, which helps increase blockchain adoption. We blend academic knowledge with top industry solutions. This gives full, end-to-end protection for the ecosystem.

Co-founder of Standard Chartered’s tokenization platform launches GENIUS-compatible protocol addressing critical liquidity gap across $35 billion tokenized asset market, unlocking instant conversions between yielding Treasury funds, illiquid RWAs, and stablecoins

Uniform Labs, a blockchain infrastructure company founded by Standard Chartered and UniCredit veterans and digital banking executives, today announced that Multiliquid, its institutional liquidity protocol, is now live in production following comprehensive build, audit, and testing phases.

Multiliquid enables instant, 24/7 conversion between blue-chip tokenized money market funds and stablecoins, eliminating the days-long redemption delays and illiquidity that have made tokenized assets incompatible with institutional treasury operations.

The protocol currently supports integrations with leading tokenized Treasury assets issued or managed by Wellington Management and other leading asset managers, enabling 24/7 instant liquidity. Available stablecoins include USDC and USDT, with additional assets to follow.

The announcement comes as the GENIUS Act reshapes the economics of dollar-backed stablecoins by prohibiting issuers from paying interest or yield directly to holders. Yield-bearing stablecoin models now face tighter scrutiny, and U.S. bank lobby groups have warned that loopholes allowing affiliates to pay yield could put trillions in deposits at risk.

With hundreds of billions of dollars in stablecoins unable to earn yield directly, institutions are in need of compliant ways to pair regulated, yield-bearing assets with the 24/7 liquidity of stablecoins. Multiliquid is built specifically for this environment – stablecoins remain pure payment instruments, while yield comes from tokenized money market funds and other regulated real world assets (RWAs) connected via Multiliquid’s swap layer.

The protocol is also designed to fix the core weakness in today’s tokenization boom – illiquidity. While the tokenized RWA market has surged to more than $35 billion, non-Treasury assets, including private credit, private equity, real estate, and commodities, are still structurally illiquid, with redemptions tied to issuer-controlled windows rather than continuous secondary markets.

A November tokenization report from global regulator IOSCO notes that tokenized asset adoption remains limited and that efficiency gains are uneven because tokenized products still rely heavily on off-chain trading, settlement, and intermediary infrastructure. The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) recently warned in its bulletin that tokenized money market funds face a liquidity mismatch between on-chain and off-chain flows. The BIS believes the risk underscores how today’s tokenization boom could amplify stress if illiquidity persists.

Even for flagship tokenized Treasury funds like BlackRock’s BUIDL, redemptions have been constrained by traditional settlement cycles, in contrast to the promise offered by blockchains of 24/7 instant settlement.

Multiliquid is built to close this gap by allowing institutions to swap between tokenized money market funds or other blue-chip RWAs and stablecoins in a single atomic transaction, allowing portfolios to move at blockchain speed without waiting on issuer redemption cycles.

“The tokenization thesis only works if these assets are actually liquid,” said Will Beeson, founder and CEO of Uniform Labs, and previously co-founder of Standard Chartered’s tokenized asset platform.

“There’s essentially zero secondary liquidity for most tokenized assets, whether money market or private credit funds, with investors largely forced to wait for issuer-controlled redemption windows. Right now, most RWAs are just poorly wrapped versions of the same old assets. Multiliquid is the missing liquidity layer between tokenized assets and stablecoins, so that onchain capital markets can actually function in real time.”

Through Multiliquid, holders can access instant liquidity anytime. The protocol’s architecture supports tokenized money market funds, private credit, private equity, real estate, and other RWAs with the same instant settlement capability.

“For large asset owners, tokenization only becomes compelling when it fits cleanly into existing liquidity and treasury workflows,” said Mark Garabedian, Director of Digital Assets and Tokenization Strategy at Wellington Management. “Infrastructure that can reconcile regulated funds with always-on stablecoin rails is an important part of making tokenized portfolios practical at scale.”

Angelo D’Alessandro, COO of Uniform Labs and former CEO of UniCredit’s Buddybank, added: “For decades, institutional finance accepted that yield and liquidity don’t coexist. That was never a law of nature – just a limitation of the pipes. Multiliquid is new pipes, built to run finance at internet speed.”

Use cases span automated stablecoin sweeps, on-chain repos, instant RWA redemptions, on-chain treasury management, and collateral optimization for exchanges and trading platforms seeking to generate risk-free yield on stablecoin balances.

For more information, please visit: https://www.multiliquid.xyz/