Tempo Mainnet Goes Live With Machine Payments Protocol, Paving the Way for Agent-First Payments

Tempo’s mainnet is officially live, and from today, developers can start building directly on the platform using public RPC endpoints. This is a major step forward in making payments faster, cheaper, and more seamless, especially as more transactions are handled by machines rather than humans. Alongside the mainnet, Tempo has launched the Machine Payments Protocol … Read more

Coinshares Debuts Regulated DeFi and RWA Yield Strategy With Railnet

On Wednesday, Coinshares announced a new onchain asset management strategy that blends decentralized finance ( DeFi) yields with tokenized real-world assets within a regulated framework. Coinshares Launches Onchain Strategy Combining DeFi and Tokenized Asset Yields The Jersey-based digital asset manager said the strategy is built in partnership with infrastructure provider Kiln and powered by its … Read more

Nebius Prices $4 Billion Convertible Notes to Fuel AI Data Center Expansion

Nebius Group N.V. priced an upsized $4 billion convertible senior notes offering on Wednesday increasing the deal size after strong institutional demand. Inside Nebius’ $4B Raise to Power Next-Gen AI Infrastructure Nebius, the Nasdaq-listed AI infrastructure firm, trading under NBIS, had initially proposed a $3.75 billion raise a day earlier before expanding the offering. The … Read more

Redotpay Courts $150M Ahead of Potential US IPO as Stablecoin Spending Push Accelerates

Hong Kong-based fintech Redotpay is in talks to raise up to $150 million ahead of a potential U.S. IPO, aiming to cement its role in turning stablecoins into everyday spending tools. Redotpay Positions Itself as Revolut-Style Crypto Payments Leader According to Bloomberg, the fundraising effort follows a $194 million capital raise completed in 2025, placing … Read more

New Visa Crypto Labs Tool Hands AI a Wallet—and the Keys to the Checkout

Visa’s latest experiment turns the command line into a checkout lane, signaling that AI agents are no longer just thinking—they’re spending. Visa’s Command Line Bet: Let the Bots Pay Visa Crypto Labs has introduced Visa CLI, a beta command-line interface tool designed to let AI agents execute payments directly from the terminal, eliminating the clunky … Read more

FOMC Keeps Interest Rates Steady, Ignoring Trump’s Call to Cut

The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady Wednesday, brushing aside public pressure from President Donald Trump and signaling a cautious stance as economic crosscurrents persist. FOMC Holds the Line on Rates The Federal Open Market Committee voted to keep the federal funds rate in a target range of 3.50% to 3.75%, opting for patience despite … Read more

Polymarket Doubles Down on Growth With DC Bar Launch and Brahma DeFi Deal

Polymarket is doubling down on its real-time prediction identity with a Washington, D.C., bar launch and a fresh DeFi acquisition, even as scrutiny from U.S. lawmakers intensifies. Polymarket’s D.C. Bar Debut and Brahma Deal Signal Aggressive Growth Polymarket has unveiled “The Situation Room,” a Washington, D.C.-based bar designed around live monitoring of global events, while … Read more

Tempo Launches Mainnet With Machine Payments Protocol, Targeting AI-Driven Commerce

Tempo, a Stripe- and Paradigm-backed layer-1 blockchain, has launched its mainnet alongside a new Machine Payments Protocol designed to let AI agents transact autonomously across the internet. Machine Payments Protocol Goes Live as Tempo Targets AI Economy The debut positions Tempo as infrastructure built specifically for payments, not general-purpose blockchain activity, with a focus on … Read more

US PPI Data Surprises to the Upside, Sends Hawkish Signals, Bitcoin Plunges to $72K

Inflation just kicked the door in, and February’s Producer Price Index is the kind of uninvited guest the Federal Reserve definitely did not RSVP for. U.S. Wholesale Prices Jump, Reinforcing Higher-for-Longer Rate Narrative Wholesale prices rose 0.7% in February, nearly double expectations and a not-so-subtle reminder that inflation still has a pulse — and apparently … Read more

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