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The global stablecoin payment infrastructure platform WasabiCard today announced the completion of its Pre-A round of financing. Including previous funding, the total amount raised by the company has approached 10 million USD, with participation from four well-known institutions: Vernal Capital, Avenir Group, Vision Plus Capital, and 01VC.This round of financing will be used to build and improve the global payment infrastructure, compliance system, and key market business layout, enhancing cross-border payment service capabilities and global operational capabilities, further promoting the company's construction of a compliant, efficient, next-generation financial infrastructure aimed at the internet era.As stablecoins gradually move from trading scenarios to real commercial applications, the demand from enterprises for global payment, global card issuance, fund management, and cross-border settlement infrastructure continues to grow. WasabiCard currently serves over 500 enterprise clients globally, with a cumulative card issuance exceeding 500,000 cards and a total transaction scale surpassing 1 billion USD.In the future, WasabiCard will continue to expand its global payment network and multi-chain payment ecosystem, promoting the further implementation of stablecoin payments in global commercial scenarios.

According to The Block, the RWA yield protocol TownSquare announced the completion of its Pre-A round financing, bringing its total financing to approximately $16.25 million. The funds will be used to advance yield products based on institutional strategies and cross-chain brokerage services.The protocol focuses on bringing yield from institution-backed on-chain assets to ordinary users. Currently, the scale of institution-backed assets on-chain is approximately $36 billion, with yields exceeding the traditional 3%-5% level of U.S. Treasury bonds. TownSquare will build yield vaults around stablecoin USD1, tokenized gold, USDC, cbBTC, and other RWA, and will work with partners like World Liberty Financial to advance a USD1 pipeline plan with a scale of about $100 million.

The new DeSci project NanoVita announced today that it has completed its Pre-A round of financing, with a post-investment valuation of 20 million USD, co-invested by K24 Ventures, LandScape Capital, and WestLabs.It is reported that NanoVita is a decentralized science (DeSci) protocol that deeply integrates nanotechnology, AI biological intelligence, and real-world health data, aiming to build an open on-chain health research infrastructure that allows everyone to participate in and benefit from the next generation of personalized health research and data sovereignty revolution.After this round of financing is completed, NanoVita will accelerate the advancement of the TGE (Token Generation Event), which is scheduled to officially launch on the BNB Chain (BSC) at the end of April.

According to Vestbee, the RWA tokenization platform Brickken, headquartered in Barcelona, Spain, announced the completion of a €3 million Pre-A financing round, with participation from Dedagroup and GRX.The new funds will be used to strengthen the compliance of its RWA tokenization infrastructure, support the tokenization of assets such as stocks, debt, bonds, funds, real estate, and commodities, and expand into the EU and UAE markets.

The AI hardware operating system company, Boundless Ark, has recently completed two rounds of Pre-A financing, with investors including the globally renowned wearable device brand Shokz, Guoruiyuan Fund, Hengsong Capital, and Shanghai Angel Club, with ECA Capital serving as the exclusive financial advisor.In the past year, the company has completed a total of 4 rounds of financing, raising hundreds of millions. Boundless Ark's core product is the AI operating system EVA OS, positioned as the "hardware version of OpenClaw" — essentially a set of Agent frameworks running on the hardware side, supporting various terminal devices such as robots, headphones, and glasses. Developers only need to describe their requirements in natural language, and EVA OS can autonomously complete program writing, driver debugging, and application deployment, averaging about half an hour, significantly improving efficiency compared to traditional solutions (3 people, 2-3 months).EVA OS adopts a cloud and local collaborative architecture, with voice latency below 250ms and multimodal feedback below 350ms, outperforming the industry standard of about 600ms; the self-developed end-to-end model reduces voice costs to one-twentieth of the industry standard, and perception model costs can be reduced by 70%-92%. Currently, since the release of EVA OS 1 three months ago, over 2,500 enterprises and R&D units have connected, covering multiple categories such as AI headphones, AI glasses, desktop robots, and robotic arms.

MetaComp, a licensed stablecoin cross-border payment and fund management service provider headquartered in Singapore, announced the completion of its Pre-A+ round financing, led by venture capital firms such as Alibaba and Spark Venture, with existing shareholders also participating in the co-investment. 100 Summit Partners acted as the exclusive financial advisor.The company completed two rounds of financing within three months, with a total amount reaching $35 million. The new funds will accelerate the expansion of its StableX network in high-growth regions such as Asia, the Middle East, Africa, and Latin America, and develop its artificial intelligence strategic initiative Agent-Skills-MCP (Model Context Protocol) architecture to support agent-based Web 2.5 payment and wealth management services.

MetaComp, a licensed stablecoin cross-border payment and treasury management service provider in Singapore, announced the completion of a $22 million Pre-A funding round, which is one of the largest Pre-A financings for compliant stablecoin payment companies in the region this year. This round of financing was participated in by institutions such as Eastern Bell Capital, Noah, Sky9 Capital, Freshwave Fund, and Beingboom Capital, with 100Summit Partners serving as the exclusive financial advisor.MetaComp stated that this financing marks an important milestone for the company as it transitions from the "validation phase" to the "scaling phase," which will accelerate the regional expansion of its StableX Network. The network integrates the upgraded VisionX risk intelligence engine, enabling real-time cross-border settlement, compliance monitoring, and dynamic risk scoring based on stablecoins and fiat currencies.Currently, MetaComp's cross-border stablecoin business covers over 30 markets, with a monthly processing volume exceeding $1 billion, and it holds a Major Payment Institution (MPI) license issued by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS). The team stated that the StableX Engine supports the SWIFT system and multiple stablecoin networks, covering more than ten mainstream stablecoins such as USDT, USDC, RLUSD, FDUSD, PYUSD, and WUSD, with plans to expand to more high-liquidity compliant assets in the future.Bai Bo, co-founder of MetaComp, stated that Asia is entering an accelerated construction phase for stablecoin settlement infrastructure, and "regulated stablecoin settlement will become a key financial foundation for the next decade." The company plans to further expand its presence in Southeast Asia, South Asia, and the Middle East by 2026, enhancing capabilities for local fiat currency inflow and outflow, as well as cross-border stablecoin clearing.

MetaComp, a licensed stablecoin cross-border payment and treasury management service provider in Singapore, announced the completion of a $22 million Pre-A funding round, which is one of the largest Pre-A financings for compliant stablecoin payment companies in the region this year. This round of financing was participated in by institutions such as Eastern Bell Capital, Noah, Sky9 Capital, Freshwave Fund, and Beingboom Capital, with 100 Summit Partners serving as the exclusive financial advisor.MetaComp stated that this financing marks an important milestone for the company as it transitions from the "validation phase" to the "scaling phase," which will accelerate the regional expansion of its StableX Network. The network integrates the upgraded VisionX risk intelligence engine, enabling real-time cross-border settlement, compliance monitoring, and dynamic risk scoring based on stablecoins and fiat currencies. Currently, MetaComp's cross-border stablecoin business covers over 30 markets, with a monthly processing volume exceeding $1 billion, and holds a Major Payment Institution (MPI) license issued by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS).The team stated that the StableX Engine supports the SWIFT system and multiple stablecoin networks, covering more than ten mainstream stablecoins such as USDT, USDC, RLUSD, FDUSD, PYUSD, and WUSD, with plans to expand to more high-liquidity compliant assets in the future. MetaComp co-founder Bai Bo stated that Asia is entering an accelerated construction period for stablecoin settlement infrastructure, and "regulated stablecoin settlement will become a key financial foundation for the next decade." The company plans to further expand into Southeast Asia, South Asia, and the Middle East markets by 2026, enhancing capabilities for local fiat currency inflows and outflows, as well as cross-border stablecoin clearing.

Compliance RWA Infrastructure Pruv Finance announced the completion of a $3 million Pre-A round of financing, led by UOB Venture Management, a venture capital arm of United Overseas Bank, with participation from Saison Capital, Taisu Ventures, Ascent, Spiral Ventures, and Royal Group. The new funds are intended to support its development of a digital financial platform to assist institutional users in achieving RWA asset tokenization and on-chain distribution.

ChainCatcher news, according to Businesswire, blockchain-based financial services company Telcoin announced the completion of a $25 million Pre-A round of financing to fund its digital asset bank, which is scheduled to open later this year.This funding enables Telcoin to meet the capital requirements for its conditionally approved digital asset custody institution license in Nebraska, USA, helping the company bridge the blockchain economy with traditional banking. This financing also supports Telcoin in creating the first bank-issued stablecoin, eUSD.Telcoin is described as a multinational fintech company serving 171 countries, integrating blockchain technology, telecommunications, and banking. Telcoin provides secure, self-custodied blockchain payment and banking services globally, supported by its own decentralized financial infrastructure.

ChainCatcher news, Bitcoin RGB protocol, and Lightning Network stablecoin payment infrastructure Bitlight Labs has completed a $9.6 million Pre-A round financing at a valuation of $170 million. This round of financing was led by Amber Group and Fundamental Labs.The funds from this round will be used to accelerate Bitlight Labs' core contributions to the RGB protocol, deepen integration with the Lightning Network, and bring application-level solutions to market, including native Lightning Network payments, wallets, and RGB-based stablecoin channels.More than twenty investors from the cryptocurrency, stablecoin, traditional finance, and payment sectors participated in this round of financing, including Amber Group, Fundamental Labs, United Overseas Bank, HV Capital, Outliers Fund, Taisu Ventures, Arkstream Capital, Signum Capital, Gate Ventures, and Sidedoor Ventures, as well as unnamed global stablecoin and digital asset companies.

ChainCatcher news, RGB protocol infrastructure developer Bitlight Labs announced the completion of a $9.6 million Pre-A round of financing, led by Amber Group and Fundamental Labs. The funds will be used to launch the RGB-Lightning integration, helping to build Bitcoin-native stablecoin payment channels.

ChainCatcher news, AI Agent + Web3 platform YOMIRGO announced the completion of a $5 million Pre-A round of financing, led by Gobi Partners, with participation from Boman Group, NCIPA, FINWEX, Quest Eternal Group, Infinite Labs, and ZC Capital.This round of financing will be used to support the company's innovation in technology and product development.

ChainCatcher news, the Web3 developer education platform HackQuest announced the completion of a $4.1 million Pre-A round of financing, co-led by Animoca Brands and Open Campus, with participation from Gate Ventures, Hash Global, HashKey Capital, Bytetrade Labs, StepN, Outlier Ventures, and several angel investors including Public Works founder Scott Moore, Signum Capital partner YY, Outlier Ventures ecosystem head Riccardo, and Jambo co-founder James.HackQuest stated that this round of financing will be used to accelerate the development of the developer platform and further expand its influence in the global developer community by acquiring high-quality platforms in the same sector.Currently, HackQuest has established official developer ecosystem collaborations with 30 public chains including Solana, Mantle, Xion, Arbitrum, Consensys, Injective, Soniclabs, 0G, Flow, and Moca Network, as well as official Web3 education collaborations with universities such as Nanyang Technological University, Universiti Malaya, University of Malaya, and University of the Philippines.HackQuest's vision is to become the gateway for global Web3 developers, providing ecological and educational resources for Web3 developers and entrepreneurs.

ChainCatcher news, Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino posted on the X platform that the Tether group is transferring 10,500 BTC to the address bc1qpzt...mqjzm5gc to pre-allocate funds to support SoftBank's investment in Twenty One Capital (XXI).This morning, Tether and Bitfinex invested in Twenty One Capital, transferring a total of over 25,812 bitcoins.

ChainCatcher news, according to Chainwire, the DeFi strategy management platform XSY.fi announced the completion of a $5 million Pre-A funding round, led by Borderless Capital and Protagonist, with participation from Paper Ventures, Chainview Capital, Avalanche Blizzard Fund, Sonic Boom Ventures, and others.In addition, XSY.fi also announced the launch of the digital synthetic dollar Unity (UTY) on the Avalanche blockchain, aimed at enhancing liquidity and capital efficiency in the blockchain ecosystem.

ChainCatcher news, according to ET Realty, the blockchain-driven real estate tokenization trading platform Alt DRX has announced the completion of a $2.7 million Pre A financing round. This round of financing was participated in by institutions such as Qatar Development Bank, Times of India Brand Capital, Hindustan Media Ventures, Zee Group, WeFounder Circle Angel Fund, and nX Capital, while also attracting support from angel investors like Harsha Bhogle, Parthasarathy, and Richard Rekhy.Alt DRX, headquartered in Bangalore, is dedicated to tokenizing residential real estate assets through blockchain technology, providing users with the opportunity to buy and sell residential properties by square foot. The platform supports algorithmic daily pricing, instant settlement, and offers transparent transaction records. Co-founder Anand Narayanan stated that this round of financing will be used for purchasing residential assets, technology research and development, marketing, and regulatory license fees.

ChainCatcher news, according to CrowFund Insider, Singapore-based digital asset infrastructure provider BetterX has completed a Pre-A round financing of 2.3 million SGD (approximately 1.7 million USD). This round of financing will be used to support its business expansion in Asia, the Middle East, and the United States.New investors include Grand Prix Capital, Aument Capital, and notable angel investors such as Sabrina Tachdjian from HBAR Foundation and Riaz Mehta from Crypto Knights. Existing investors Aura Group and Tibra co-founder Kinsey Cotton continue to participate in the funding.BetterX provides institutional-grade infrastructure for tokenization, trading, and digital asset portfolio management for financial institutions. The company has achieved profitability in the Australian market, and its platform supports the issuance and management of tokenized financial products, digital asset trading infrastructure, and custody solutions.The company stated that the new funding will be used to accelerate growth strategies in key markets, establish strategic partnerships, and enhance its technology stack to meet the growing regulatory requirements and customer demands.

ChainCatcher news, according to official sources, OKX has announced that it is the world's first virtual asset exchange to obtain MiCA pre-authorization. OKX will operate through its European Economic Area (EEA) hub located in Malta, providing localized crypto services to over 400 million users in Europe. This milestone achievement not only highlights OKX's long-term commitment to compliant operations but also reflects its core philosophy of responsible growth and user protection.OKX CEO Star stated, "I am very proud that OKX has become the world's first exchange to obtain MiCA pre-authorization. This not only demonstrates our commitment to the highest compliance standards but also showcases our positive contributions to the advancement of the industry. In the future, we will provide more comprehensive services for users in the European Economic Area (EEA), including trading support for over 240 cryptocurrencies and more than 260 trading pairs, a localized customized platform, professional customer support, and many more features. We will continue to work hard to build a new future for a decentralized and transparent global crypto ecosystem."