TermMax, a fixed-rate lending protocol built by Term Structure Labs, announced on August 26 that it has received a strategic investment from YZi Labs. Terms were not disclosed.

TermMax was selected for YZi Labs’ EASY Residency Season 3 and has raised more than $8 million to date. Its earlier backers include Cumberland DRW — which led the 2023 seed round — HashKey Capital, Decima Fund, Longling Capital and MZ Web3 Fund.

The protocol has been live on mainnet since April 2025 and now runs across 10 EVM-compatible chains, with 60 fixed-rate markets, 40 strategy vaults, tens of millions of dollars in total value locked and more than 1.5 million registered wallets. Keyrock, Hardcore Labs, Edge Capital and Origami serve as Curators, managing strategy vaults on the protocol. The $TMX token completed its TGE on August 25.

The investor’s own public position points to the gap this investment is meant to fill. In an August 14 post describing what it wants to see built, YZi Labs wrote that tokenized blue-chip equities have reached meaningful volume, but that the financial application layer around them — credit, collateral management, risk transfer and structured products — remains underdeveloped, and that options and other risk-transfer products in particular remain conspicuously absent.

YZi Labs placed this investment precisely where that gap sits.

“When I left banking, there were a few hundred billion dollars of assets sitting on-chain without a single directly observable interest rate curve between them. In traditional markets, that would be unheard of. That is what made me decide to build this infrastructure on-chain.” - Jerry Li, Co-founder and CEO, TermMax.

Tokenized equities are the fastest-growing asset class on-chain, now at $2.48 billion, with holder count up 165% in 30 days.

TermMax integrated Ondo Global Markets in January 2026 to launch the first fixed-rate borrowing market to accept tokenized U.S. equities as collateral, then added Binance’s bStock. In August it went live on Robinhood Chain, where QQQ, SPY and NVDA can be posted against USDG.

But financing is only half of what tokenized equities need. Nearly all of this year’s tokenized-equity infrastructure has gone into perpetual futures, and almost none into options.

TermMax Alpha is where that changes: physical delivery options, with no liquidation before expiry. The conversion price is fixed when the position is opened, and the position is settled by physical delivery at expiry. A directionally correct position therefore cannot be knocked out by a few minutes of volatile trading in thin liquidity — the failure mode that makes perpetuals unsuitable at the illiquid end of tokenized equities.

This no-liquidation design rests on a choice running through the whole protocol: when liquidation does happen, it settles by physical delivery, with collateral delivered directly to the lender rather than sold into the market. The usual assumption — that collateral can be sold at fair value on demand — holds for ETH and fails for a tokenized equity with a few million dollars of depth.

On the institutional side, TermPrime completed its first live trade on Canton Network at the end of June and has since grown its counterparty network to nine institutions.

TermMax runs an early validator node on Canton, and TermPrime is ready to support lending business for institutions there through open markets.

TermMax holds a DeFiSafety Process Quality Review score of 93%, matching Aave V3.

“What we set out to do is not to teach traditional institutions DeFi. It is to let DeFi grow into something professional enough to genuinely serve finance.” - Jerry Li, Co-founder and CEO, TermMax.

What TermMax wants to be is not another lending protocol, but the on-chain interest rate curve itself.

About TermMax

TermMax is a fixed-rate, fixed-term borrowing and lending marketplace built by Term Structure Labs, live on mainnet since April 2025 and deployed across 10 EVM-compatible chains, where it runs 60 fixed-rate markets and 40 strategy vaults. The protocol splits debt into three tradable tokens: FT (principal), XT (interest and option value) and GT (an ERC-721 receipt for leveraged positions). Professional Curators set target APR ranges across isolated markets and manage strategy vaults, and liquidations settle by physical delivery of collateral. Co-founder and CEO Jerry Li has 25 years in global financial markets and served as Managing Director at Deutsche Bank, running fixed income and FX for Greater China.

Website: https://ts.finance/

About YZi Labs

YZi Labs manages over $10 billion in assets globally. Our investment philosophy emphasizes impact first — we believe that meaningful returns will naturally follow. We invest in ventures at every stage, prioritizing those with solid fundamentals in Web3, AI, and biotech. YZi Labs’ portfolio covers over 300 projects from over 25 countries across six continents. Some notable portfolios include Trust Wallet, CoinMarketCap, Polygon, Injective, Ethena, SafePal Wallet, Better Payment Network, Aster, XAI, and more. More than 65 of YZi Labs’ portfolio companies have gone through our incubation program, EASY Residency. For more information, follow YZi Labs on X (@yzilabs).

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TronBid expands its two-sided TRON resource marketplace, giving users new ways to rent Energy, trade Energy and Bandwidth, and reduce USDT fees for TRC-20 transactions.

TronBid, a peer-to-peer marketplace for TRON network resources, has expanded its platform with new tools for users looking to rent TRON Energy, manage transaction costs and access network resources without maintaining large amounts of staked TRX.

The platform now operates as a two-sided marketplace where both buyers and sellers can create orders for TRON Energy and Bandwidth.

Understanding TRON Energy Usage

TRON uses Energy and Bandwidth as its primary network resources. Energy is required for smart-contract computation, including USDT TRC-20 transfers.

When a wallet does not have sufficient Energy, TRX may be consumed to cover the resources required by the transaction. This has created demand for users and businesses to rent Energy instead.

By receiving temporary Energy delegated from another account, users can perform eligible TRON transactions without maintaining enough staked TRX for their maximum resource requirements.

For businesses processing frequent TRC-20 transactions, choosing to rent TRON Energy can therefore provide another way to manage network costs and reduce USDT fees.

A Two-Sided Marketplace for Energy

Unlike platforms where rental conditions are determined entirely by the provider, TronBid allows both sides of the market to create orders.

Buyers can create BUY orders specifying the amount of Energy required, rental duration and price they are willing to pay.

Sellers can create SELL offers with their own amount, price and rental period. Buyers can purchase all or part of these offers directly.

For example, if a seller offers 600,000 Energy, one buyer can rent 350,000 Energy, leaving the remaining amount available for other buyers.

Creating a SELL offer does not reserve the seller's Energy. If resources become unavailable because they are being used elsewhere, recurring offers can automatically pause and become active again when sufficient Energy returns.

This allows sellers to participate in the TronBid marketplace while continuing to manage their resources elsewhere.

Rent Energy Without Waiting for the Marketplace

For users who need resources immediately, TronBid also provides Quick Rent with predefined Energy packages and short rental periods.

Energy can be delivered directly to any specified TRON address, even when payment is made from another wallet.

TronBid has also introduced Flash Recharge, an alternative designed for wallets that already maintain their own Energy capacity but need to manage consumed resources.

Energy and Bandwidth Trading

TronBid's marketplace supports both Energy and Bandwidth, allowing holders of staked TRX to monetize the network resources their stake generates.

This creates two sides of the ecosystem: users who need to rent TRON Energy or Bandwidth and resource owners looking to make unused capacity available to the market.

By allowing both buyers and sellers to determine their own terms, TronBid aims to create more transparent price discovery based on actual supply and demand.

B2B API to Reduce USDT Fees at Scale

TronBid also provides a B2B Quick Rent API for exchanges, payment processors, wallets, OTC services and other businesses processing frequent TRON transactions.

Businesses can maintain a prepaid balance and automatically request Energy for specified TRON addresses before executing transactions.

Instead of manually renting resources for every transfer, companies can integrate Energy rental directly into their transaction infrastructure.

For businesses handling large numbers of USDT TRC-20 transfers, this can make it easier to rent Energy automatically and manage the network-resource component of transaction costs.

TronBid Becomes a TRON SR Partner

Alongside the expansion of its marketplace, TronBid has become a TRON Super Representative Partner, adding the project to TRON's delegated proof-of-stake governance ecosystem.

The development strengthens TronBid's connection with the underlying TRON ecosystem while the platform continues building infrastructure around Energy and Bandwidth.

About TronBid

TronBid is a peer-to-peer marketplace for TRON Energy and Bandwidth. Buyers can rent TRON Energy, create BUY orders or purchase existing seller offers, while resource owners can create SELL offers with their own prices and rental periods.

The platform also provides Quick Rent, Flash Recharge and a B2B API for businesses looking to automate Energy rental and reduce USDT fees for TRC-20 transactions.

More information: https://tronbid.com

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Aligned allows fintechs and institutions to build financial products on Ethereum, with one-click solutions for wallets, rollups, interoperability, and zero-knowledge services.

Today, Aligned, a full-stack Ethereum infrastructure project, has launched $ALIGN*, the native token of its ecosystem, with listings on major exchanges. Aligned is working to turn Ethereum into the world's financial backend, and its ecosystem is the single integration fintechs, institutions, and enterprises use to build financial products on Ethereum.

Less than one percent of the world's assets are onchain, and most of what has moved sits on Ethereum as stablecoins, tokenized treasuries, and wrapped assets. Building on top of them is still harder than it should be. A fintech going onchain usually signs with multiple vendors, one for wallets, another for scalability solutions (including rollups and proving systems), then spends months wiring them together and keeping them in sync. There is no standard way to ship a financial product on Ethereum yet.

Aligned was built to fix that. It's built in close collaboration with LambdaClass, a company behind key contributions across the Ethereum ecosystem, including work on Starknet, zkSync, Polygon Miden, and EigenCloud (formerly EigenLayer), as well as Ethrex (the execution client which powers Aligned's Rollup-as-a-Service) and lambdaworks, a cryptography library written in Rust. By integrating with Aligned, users can access wallets, rollups, interoperability, and zero-knowledge services through a single stack.

Aligned ships the stack one piece at a time:

• Proof Aggregation Service: live on mainnet alpha. Batching the proofs a rollup generates so verification stays cheap as Ethereum scales.
• Wallet-as-a-Service: MVP already launched. Users sign in with Google or Face ID and get a real Ethereum wallet, with no seed phrases, extensions, or gas fees.
• Rollup-as-a-Service, the LambdaVM, and the interoperability protocol: in development. The LambdaVM is Aligned's RISC-V zkVM (zero-knowledge virtual machine), built in collaboration with LambdaClass and 3MI Labs. Each ships as it's ready.

The world's assets are moving onto Ethereum, and Aligned is creating the stack that makes it easy to build on. In the future, $ALIGN will be available as an option to pay for the services across that stack, from Proof Aggregation to Wallet-as-a-Service. As more teams build on Aligned, it will be the asset they use to pay for that usage. It is a utility token. It is not equity, a share, or a claim on revenue or dividends, and it does not promise a yield or a price.

$ALIGN has a fixed supply of 10 billion tokens, with about 16% circulating at launch. The full allocation and the Genesis airdrop are laid out in the ALIGN tokenomics. The airdrop was distributed across several waves spanning developers and researchers, the Discord and Galxe communities, distinguished contributors to Ethereum and ZK such as Protocol Guild, L2BEAT, ZachXBT, and ZK Podcast, and holders of ecosystem tokens including Starknet, Mina, zkSync, Polygon, Scroll, Taiko, and EigenCloud.

Aligned is committed to Ethereum by choice, focusing all of its efforts on it. Through the rest of the year, the team plans to ship the remaining pieces of the stack and grow the number of products built on it. The longer-term goal is to make building a financial product on Ethereum a single decision, not a systems-integration project.

Check eligibility and follow the launch at community.alignedlayer.com. To hear more, read the ALIGN tokenomics at blog.alignedlayer.com and follow @alignedlayer.

About Aligned

Aligned builds the tools that turn Ethereum into the world’s financial backend. It gives fintechs, institutions, and enterprises one integration for wallets, rollups, interoperability, and zero-knowledge services, so they can build real financial products on Ethereum instead of assembling a stack from separate vendors. Users can learn more at alignedlayer.com.

*$ALIGN is the native asset of the Aligned ecosystem, built on Ethereum as an ERC-20 token and also available on Base, with a fixed total supply of 10 billion and an initial circulating supply equal to approximately 16% of the total token supply. It will be used across the Aligned stack. $ALIGN is not equity, a share, or a claim on revenue or dividends. This announcement is informational only and is not financial advice. Do your own research.

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Global crypto exchange BYDFi is participating as a Gold Sponsor at Coinfest Asia 2026, taking place August 20-21 at Melasti Beach in Bali. Positioned as “The World’s Crypto Festival Built for Institutions, Builders & Traders,” the event brings together participants across digital assets, finance, technology, and trading. Attendees can meet the BYDFi team at Booth A1 throughout the two-day event.

Coinfest Asia 2026 Returns for Its Fifth Edition

Coinfest Asia 2026 marks the fifth annual edition of the event, spanning five beach clubs at Melasti Beach as one integrated venue. With more than 150 CEOs and industry leaders expected across the two-day event, the program combines conference sessions, product discovery, networking, and community experiences within the beachfront setting.

The 2026 agenda is organized into three intent-based tracks: Institutional, Builders, and Traders. Together, they cover digital asset adoption, stablecoins, tokenization, regulation, AI, blockchain infrastructure, product development, market narratives, and trading strategy. Asia Go-To-Market Sessions add localized perspectives on regulatory environments, user behavior, and ecosystem development across key Asian markets.

Trading Conversations and Community Interaction in Bali

At Booth A1, BYDFi is meeting with traders, builders, institutional representatives, partners, and community members to exchange perspectives on market access, product usability, and changing trading needs. Visitors can also learn more about BYDFi’s trading experience across spot trading, perpetual contracts, copy trading, trading bots, and TradFi trading.

The booth features a Lucky Wheel where attendees can take part in on-site interaction and receive exclusive BYDFi merchandise. The activity has drawn a steady flow of visitors, with attendees gathering around the booth to watch, participate, and speak with the BYDFi team.

Reliability in a Fast-Moving Market

Coinfest Asia 2026 brings institutions, builders, and traders into one setting as digital assets become increasingly connected to the wider financial system. For BYDFi, the conversations taking place in Bali offer a timely view of shifts in technology, industry priorities, and user expectations.

This environment reinforces BYDFi’s focus on practical product improvement, steady execution, and a dependable trading experience. As user needs continue to change, that focus remains central to how BYDFi carries Built for Reliability forward.

About BYDFi

Founded in 2020, BYDFi now serves over 1,000,000 users across 190+ countries and regions. BYDFi is Newcastle United’s Exclusive Official Crypto Exchange Partner and is listed by Forbes Advisor Canada among the best crypto exchanges in Canada for 2026.

BYDFi is dedicated to delivering a world-class crypto trading experience for every user.

BUIDL Your Dream Finance.

• Website: https://www.bydfi.com
• Support email: cs@bydfi.com
• Business partnerships: bd@bydfi.com
• Media inquiries: media@bydfi.com

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1win, a crypto entertainment platform, has added Crypto Genesys, Pragmatic Play’s new crypto-themed slot, giving its players access to a title currently available across only a limited selection of gaming platforms.

As one of the few selected gaming platforms that offer Crypto Genesys, 1win is expanding its entertainment offerings beyond cryptocurrency transactions to include gaming experiences designed specifically for crypto-oriented audiences.

Set in the world of crypto, AI, and digital culture, Crypto Genesys takes players into a neon-lit cyberpunk metropolis where digital currencies meet futuristic gameplay. A cyborg character overlooks the reels, while crypto-inspired tokens, including a prominent Bitcoin symbol, drive the game’s visual identity.

Instead of traditional paylines, Crypto Genesys uses a scatter-pays system across a 6-reel, 5-row grid, allowing winning symbols to land anywhere on the reels. Tumbles clear winning symbols to make room for new ones, creating opportunities for consecutive wins within a single sequence.

The game also features multiplier symbols and Free Spins with accumulating multipliers. Players looking for more control over the gameplay can use the Ante Bet feature to increase their chances of triggering Free Spins or access the bonus round directly through the Buy Free Spins option.

With high volatility and a maximum win of up to 15,000x the stake, Crypto Genesys is designed for players looking for high-risk, high-reward gameplay wrapped in a distinctly crypto-inspired experience.

Crypto Genesys is now available to play on 1win.

About 1win

Founded in 2016, 1win is a crypto entertainment platform in the global gaming industry. Operating across Asia, Latin America, and Africa, 1win offers a wide range of entertainment products adapted to regional audiences. The brand has active collaborations with international public figures, including football legend Luis Suarez, martial artist Jon Jones, and Olympic champion and UFC fighter Gable Steveson. In 2026, 1win welcomed rapper Tyga, UFC legend Ilia Topuria, and reggaeton star Nicky Jam as members of the 1win VIP community.

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BiggerZ is strengthening its position as a fairness-first betting platform, bringing casino gaming, sports betting and prediction markets together under one account while making transparency, verifiability and clearly defined rules central to the player experience.

As online betting platforms expand across crypto, casino gaming, sports and prediction markets, BiggerZ is taking a different approach to how these products are presented to players: fairness should be explained rather than simply claimed.

The platform's approach is built around four principles - transparency, clarity, verifiability and defined rules - applied at the moments where players would otherwise be asked to simply trust an operator.

BiggerZ combines a crypto casino, sportsbook, and prediction markets product through one account and one balance, supporting cryptocurrency alongside selected fiat payment methods.

Fairness That Players Can Verify

One of the clearest examples of this approach is BiggerZ Touch, the platform's exclusive collection of short-format fair games, including Mines, Dice, Plinko, Hi-Lo, Keno, Baccarat, Limbo and Soccer.

Eligible BiggerZ Touch outcomes include a provably fair transparency layer, allowing players to independently verify results rather than relying solely on what appears on the platform interface.

This distinction is important. Third-party slots and live dealer games remain governed by their respective providers' certified systems, RNG controls and audit standards. BiggerZ Touch adds a separate verification mechanism for eligible in-house game outcomes.

For BiggerZ, the principle extends beyond casino results: players should be able to understand the mechanism governing an outcome before committing funds.

Transparency Beyond Casino Games

The same fairness-first philosophy extends across BiggerZ's sportsbook and prediction markets.

In the BiggerZ sportsbook, fairness is primarily a question of settlement clarity. Market rules, live betting conditions, void bets, cancelled or postponed events and settlement conditions are defined through the applicable rules so players can understand how their bets will be resolved.

With BiggerZ Prediction Markets, transparency centres on defined resolution.

Markets can cover real-world outcomes across crypto, sport, finance, politics, culture, entertainment and major world events. Each market is connected to specific resolution criteria, with its wording, timing, settlement conditions and specified data source determining the final outcome.

The objective is straightforward: users should be able to understand what must happen, when it must happen and what determines the result before taking a position.

Clearer Rules Around Payments and Verification

BiggerZ also applies the same principle to payments and account verification.

The platform supports cryptocurrencies including Bitcoin, Ethereum, USDT and USDC alongside other digital assets and selected fiat payment methods, depending on location and account status.

Crypto deposits are credited following the required network confirmations, while BiggerZ supports instant crypto withdrawals for eligible approved transactions, subject to network conditions and any required account verification.

Verification requirements are governed by the platform's Terms and Conditions, KYC Policy and AML Policy.

The philosophy is that requirements affecting access to funds or account activity should be available to players before they deposit or place a bet, rather than becoming visible only after a win.

Global Partnerships and Social Proof

BiggerZ has also built brand visibility through partnerships and documented betting activity involving globally recognised figures across music, sport and entertainment. High-profile activity has included names such as Cardi B, Rick Ross, French Montana, Rich The Kid, Nicky Jam and Nate Diaz.

These partnerships provide social proof and brand visibility alongside the platform's broader focus on transparent game mechanics, settlement rules and verifiable outcomes.

One Fairness Standard Across Three Products

Casino games, sports betting and prediction markets operate differently, meaning fairness cannot rely on one mechanism alone.

For BiggerZ Touch, it can mean independently verifiable outcomes. For third-party casino games, it means provider-level certification and auditing. For sportsbook bets, it means clearly defined settlement rules. For prediction markets, it means transparent resolution criteria. And for payments and verification, it means communicating applicable conditions before they become relevant.

By connecting these products through one account and balance, BiggerZ is working to make that same expectation of transparency consistent across the wider platform.

Rather than treating fairness as a marketing claim, BiggerZ's approach is to make the mechanisms behind outcomes, settlement and verification easier for players to understand.

About BiggerZ

BiggerZ is a crypto-friendly online betting platform combining casino gaming, sports betting and prediction markets through one account and balance. The platform supports cryptocurrency and selected fiat payment methods and includes BiggerZ Touch provably fair games, pre-match and live sports betting, esports and outcome-based prediction markets.

BiggerZ is operated by CDK PLAY INC SRL and licensed by the Government of the Autonomous Island of Anjouan, Union of Comoros.

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A high-stakes crypto player connected to 1win’s Global Crypto Ambassador network received a 1.749 million USDC payout following a seven-figure wager on Paris Saint-Germain against Aston Villa in the 2026 tUEFA Super Cup.

The payout was received in USDC via the Ethereum network. Both the original deposit and subsequent withdrawal are publicly traceable on-chain, providing independent confirmation of the movement of funds.

The player joined 1win through the network of one of the brand’s Global Crypto Ambassadors, following the recent launch of the 1win Global Crypto Ambassador program. The initiative was designed to build a worldwide network of crypto-native creators, community leaders and active Web3 participants, as well as to connect 1win with established crypto communities.

The latest result also follows another seven-figure bet placed on 1win earlier this summer. In July, Mia Khalifa received a total payout of $1.65 million after placing a $1 million bet on Spain to defeat Argentina in the 2026 FIFA World Cup final.

The two million-dollar wagers within weeks of each other highlight the growing presence of high-stakes players on the platform. The latest case also demonstrates the role of stablecoins in high-value iGaming transactions, with the full cycle from deposit to payout conducted in USDC and recorded on Ethereum.

The win comes as 1win continues expanding its presence among crypto-native audiences, combining its Global Crypto Ambassador program with an increasing focus on digital assets and Web3 communities.

About 1win

Founded in 2016, 1win is a crypto entertainment platform in the global gaming industry. Operating across Asia, Latin America, and Africa, 1win offers a wide range of entertainment products adapted to regional audiences. The brand has active collaborations with international public figures, including football legend Luis Suarez, martial artist Jon Jones, and Olympic champion and UFC fighter Gable Steveson. In 2026, 1win welcomed rapper Tyga, UFC legend Ilia Topuria, and reggaeton star Nicky Jam as members of the 1win VIP community.

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Businesses are increasingly looking for ways to offer more payment options without adding operational complexity. ForumPay, a crypto payment infrastructure company, enables merchants to accept crypto payments across online, in-store, and in-app channels, with instant conversion and next-day settlement.

ForumPay has recently announced a new payment flow that it says could meaningfully alter how payments are processed. Customers can now initiate purchases using any Visa or Mastercard and bank transfers in selected markets, with funds routed automatically through ForumPay's infrastructure. Merchants can now offer card and bank payments without registering as a card acceptance businesses, sidestepping chargeback liability and PCI-DSS compliance costs while still receiving precisely the amount invoiced. 

This latest ForumPay release represents one of the more ambitious developments yet to bridge the gap between traditional payment rails and crypto infrastructure. 

Built for Modern Payment Acceptance

Businesses increasingly want to offer customers greater flexibility at checkout, but additional payment methods tend to bring additional operational and cost burdens. Card acceptance, in particular, can introduce chargeback exposure, compliance requirements, fraud management responsibilities, and more complex settlement processes, challenges that only grow more acute for organizations operating across multiple markets.

ForumPay's innovative new payment flow is designed to solve these issues. Customers can initiate payments using any Visa, Mastercard, or bank transfer in selected markets, with those funds automatically used to purchase crypto and processed through ForumPay's existing crypto payment infrastructure, with all of the inherent features and benefits, and converted and settled as per the preferences a merchant has already established on their account. Merchants will receive exactly the amount invoiced. For example, if a customer is billed $100, then $100 is what arrives in the merchant's preferred bank account.

Critically, ForumPay will pass the additional card and bank transfer costs directly to the payer, meaning merchants pay only their usual crypto acceptance fees that would apply to any transaction processed through the platform. The approach allows businesses to expand the choice of available payment methods at checkout without taking on the compliance architecture, risks and costs that card acceptance would ordinarily require.

More Payment Options, the Same Operational Footprint 

Businesses increasingly want to offer customers greater flexibility at checkout, but incorporating additional payment methods tend to bring with it additional operational burdens. Card acceptance, in particular, can introduce chargeback exposure, compliance requirements, fraud management responsibilities, and more complex settlement processes, challenges that only grow more acute for organizations operating across multiple markets. 

ForumPay's new payment flow is being designed to address this friction. Customers will be able to initiate payments using any Visa, Mastercard, or bank transfer in selected markets. Those funds are then automatically used to purchase digital assets and processed through ForumPay's existing infrastructure, allowing merchants to continue receiving funds according to their established settlement preferences without having to overhaul their operations to accommodate the new options in the process. The approach, ForumPay says, allows businesses to expand what they can offer at checkout without taking on the compliance architecture that card acceptance would ordinarily require.

About ForumPay

ForumPay is a complete cryptocurrency-to-fiat payment technology firm; its core processing technology helps businesses attract new customers, optimize customers’ ability to spend, and increase revenue. ForumPay’s wallet-agnostic solution enables crypto consumers to spend their preferred cryptocurrency, from any wallet for everyday goods and services to luxury goods, automobiles, real estate, and private jets. ForumPay eliminates merchant exposure or risk by processing transactions with instant crypto-to-cash conversion. ForumPay merchants receive payments in the currency of their choice directly into their bank account. The transactional experience is similar to accepting other popular payment methods, including cash, credit cards, and bank transfers, but simpler, faster, and more secure.

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Paul Wordsworth
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Limassol, Cyprus – Mark your calendars for WIKIEXPO CYPRUS 2026, taking place on November 6, 2026 at the prestigious Parklane, a Luxury Collection Resort & Spa. As one of Europe’s most influential gatherings for the foreign exchange and fintech services industry, the event is set to welcome over 5,000 professionals, 50+ distinguished speakers, and 50+ exhibitors from more than 30 countries.

This year’s expo places a strategic focus on the core pillars that drive today’s financial markets, with dedicated tracks on:

• Foreign Exchange & Liquidity Solutions – Institutional FX, prime brokerage, liquidity aggregation, and risk management
• Regulatory & Compliance Frameworks – Navigating MiCA, CySEC regulations, AML/KYC, and cross‑border licensing
• Next‑Generation Payments – Cross‑border remittance, digital wallets, instant settlement, and merchant services
• Platform Building & Brokerage Technology – Trading platforms (MT4/5, cTrader, proprietary), white‑label solutions, CRM, and infrastructure providers
• Fintech Service Providers – B2B technology vendors, data analytics, AI‑driven trading tools, and compliance automation
• Crypto & DeFi – On‑chain liquidity, tokenized assets, smart contract‑based settlement, and the convergence of crypto with traditional FX
• AI in Finance – AI‑powered trading algorithms, predictive analytics, fraud detection, and regulatory technology (RegTech)

Set in the heart of Cyprus – a global hub for forex brokers, payment processors, and regulatory technology firms – this expo offers an unrivalled platform for service providers, brokers, IBs, liquidity providers, payment gateways, and platform vendors to connect, showcase innovations, and forge cross-border partnerships. Backed by CySEC’s stringent oversight and EU-wide passporting privileges, this jurisdiction empowers firms to scale operations across the European Economic Area, all while staying ahead of the crypto and AI waves reshaping the industry.

Attendees will gain actionable insights through keynote addresses, panel debates, fireside chats, and dedicated networking sessions, all designed to address the real‑world challenges and opportunities facing the FX, fintech, and digital asset ecosystem.

“Cyprus has long been recognized as a gateway between Europe, Asia, and Africa, with a robust regulatory environment and a thriving community of financial technology providers,” said Loki So, COO of WikiEXPO. “Our Cyprus edition is uniquely tailored to the FX, liquidity, payments, and platform‑building sectors – but we also recognize that crypto and AI are no longer optional. We aim to bring together the entire value chain of service providers – from traditional brokers to cutting‑edge DeFi protocols and AI‑driven analytics firms – under one roof to drive responsible innovation and sustainable growth in this dynamic region.”

How to Participate:

The Only Official Free Registration Link:

https://www.wikiexpo.com/Cyprus/2026/en/?c=7iil3INU

Sponsorship & Exhibiting Opportunities:
Secure a prime booth or exclusive sponsorship package – ideal for liquidity providers, trading platform vendors, payment solution companies, regulatory tech firms, Web3 infrastructure projects, and AI fintech startups.

Contact Name: Loki So
Email Address: loki@wikiexpo.com
Telegram: https://t.me/Loki_wikiexpo_coo

LinkedIn ID: https://www.linkedin.com/in/loki-so-33826318a/

About WikiEXPO

WikiEXPO is a global hub for financial innovation, uniting visionaries and leaders in fintech, forex, and crypto industries. With a worldwide community of over two million followers, our iconic summits are held in global capitals including Dubai, Hong Kong, Cyprus, Bangkok, Singapore, Sydney, South Africa, and beyond. From cutting‑edge startups to industry giants, we connect the brightest minds. After six years of rapid development, WikiEXPO has become one of the world’s largest and most influential event platforms in the forex, fintech, and digital asset space.

Past Speakers at WikiEXPO (selected):

• Dominic Williams – Founder & Chief Scientist, DFINITY Foundation
• Evan Auyang Chi‑chun – Group President, Animoca Brands
• Justin Sun – Founder, TRON; Member, HTX Global Advisory Board
• Reeve Collins – Co‑Founder, Tether
• Cynthia Wu – Founding Partner and CCO, BIT
• Livio Weng – CEO & Executive Director, Bitfire
• Kevin Lee – CCO, Gate
• Mario Nawfal – CEO, IBC Group
• Yiannos Ashiotis – Board Chairman - Revolut Digital Assets Europe
• John Riggins – Partner, BTC Inc
• Loretta Joseph – Policy Consultant, The Commonwealth; Chairman, ADFSAC
• Vít Jedlička, President, Free Republic of Liberland
• Bugra Celik – Director, Digital Assets | Global Private Banking & Wealth, HSBC
• Hassan Ahmed – Country Director, Coinbase Singapore

We look forward to welcoming you to Limassol this November—where the FX, fintech, and crypto communities converge to shape the future of finance!

CT3 has announced the start of comprehensive preparations for the future listing of the CT3GB token. The company has begun scaling its data storage infrastructure, building financial and infrastructure reserves, and preparing its own tokenized economy, in which CT3GB will become the platform’s primary settlement asset. At the same time, the transition to a new data storage architecture based on specialized smart contracts is underway, while an independent audit of the entire core smart contract infrastructure will be conducted ahead of the listing.

Over the past several months, CT3 has significantly expanded the capabilities of its platform. One of the most important milestones was the implementation of automatic backup technology, following which demand for data storage services increased substantially. The growth in data volumes confirmed the platform’s readiness to support continuous data storage scenarios and became a signal to move on to the next stage of ecosystem development.

The company notes that further scaling cannot be considered separately from the platform’s economy. For this reason, preparations for the CT3GB listing began before the token enters the open market.

Transition to an In-House Settlement System

Today, most internal CT3 operations are carried out using the Polygon infrastructure. Following the launch of CT3GB, the company plans to transition all major financial processes within the platform to its own token.

CT3GB will be used to pay for data storage services, settle payments with infrastructure owners, distribute rewards, facilitate internal settlements between network participants, and carry out other operations required for the functioning of the CT3 Cloud ecosystem.

Thus, the token will become not merely an additional means of payment, but a fundamental element of the platform’s economy, facilitating the flow of value between users, storage infrastructure, and CT3 services.

Preparing the Economy Before the Listing

According to CT3, the sustainability of a tokenized economy is determined not by the moment of listing itself, but by the degree to which the infrastructure is prepared to operate after the listing.

That is why the company has already begun expanding its data storage network, increasing available computing capacity, and building reserves that will enable the platform to continue scaling without compromising performance.

Part of this strategy is being implemented through the Storage Contracts program. The company views it not as a separate stage of product development, but as one of the tools for building financial and infrastructure reserves. This approach makes it possible to gradually increase the network’s capacity while maintaining a high level of commercial utilization and, at the same time, creating the resource buffer required for the continued growth of the ecosystem after the listing.

A New Network Architecture

In parallel, CT3 continues to modernize its technology platform.

One of the key areas of development is the segmentation of the storage infrastructure into separate specialized smart contracts. Instead of relying on a single architecture, different products within the ecosystem are gradually being assigned their own contracts with independent capacity limits and resource accounting.

According to the company, this model will enable more efficient platform scaling, improve transparency in infrastructure utilization, and provide greater flexibility for developing new services without affecting products that are already operational.

Independent Audit Before the CT3GB Launch

Another mandatory stage of the preparation process will be an independent audit of the smart contracts.

Before CT3GB enters the public market, the company plans to complete a comprehensive review of the smart contract infrastructure that will support the token and the platform’s key services. The audit will focus on verifying the security of the contracts, the correctness of their business logic, and compliance with industry standards.

CT3 notes that the audit is considered an essential part of preparing for the public launch of the project’s economy and one of the factors that can help strengthen trust among users, partners, and cryptocurrency exchanges.

The Next Stage of CT3’s Development

The preparation for the CT3GB listing is part of CT3’s long-term development strategy aimed at creating a fully autonomous data storage infrastructure with its own economic model.

Once the preparations are complete, CT3GB will become the platform’s primary settlement asset and will be used for all internal operations across the ecosystem. At the same time, the value of the token will be driven not only by market demand but also by its practical utility in the day-to-day operation of CT3 Cloud services.

Infrastructure expansion, reserve creation, the implementation of a new storage architecture, and preparation for an independent audit are all part of a unified strategy designed to ensure that CT3GB launches within an ecosystem that is already prepared for further scaling and growth.

About CT3

CT3 is a technology company developing next-generation decentralized data storage infrastructure. The company’s ecosystem combines a distributed storage network, NFT-based access keys, automatic backup technologies, and a scalable smart contract architecture. CT3 solutions are designed for both individual users and the corporate sector, providing secure long-term data storage, backup, and protection of digital information.

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Rodrigo Pereira
CT3
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