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Bybit showcased its innovative crypto solutions at Web Summit Rio 2025, emphasizing its role in integrating crypto into traditional payments.

Ethereum R1 is a new donation-funded, tokenless Layer 2 rollup designed to offer a decentralized, censorship-resistant, and governance-minimized scaling solution for Ethereum

Grayscale has launched the Bitcoin Adopters ETF, which tracks companies with a corporate Bitcoin treasury strategy.

Mastercard has partnered with Circle, Paxos, and Nuvei to allow 150 million merchants to accept stablecoin payments.

Ethereum's EIP-9698 proposes raising the gas limit from 36 million to 3.6 billion units over four years, potentially increasing transactions per second (TPS) to 2,000.

Stripe is testing a new US dollar-backed stablecoin product for businesses outside the U.S., U.K., and Europe, aiming to expand the dollar's global footprint.

Mantle has launched the Mantle Index Four (MI4), an institutional-grade fund providing diversified exposure to yield-bearing digital assets.

Ripple’s RLUSD stablecoin has gained momentum in decentralized finance (DeFi), attracting significant supply to Aave’s V3 Ethereum Core market, with a notable amount in loans taken.

Circle has launched the Circle Payments Network (CPN), a global payment solution designed to streamline cross-border transactions using stablecoins like USDC and EURC for real-time settlement.

The proposal suggests replacing Ethereum’s current execution layer (EVM) with RISC-V, aiming to improve scalability, simplify the execution layer, and boost efficiency.