A7 introduce a service that reinvents international payments. On 13 October, Bank PSB’s Russian international settlement platform A7 launched A7 International. The product lets users settle invoices from foreign counterparties in USDT, while the recipient obtains the funds through an ordinary SWIFT bank transfer in the desired currency. Foreign-trade operators form the core audience; individuals may also take part. The fee is locked at 0.3 percent. Petr Fradkov, Chairman of PJSC Bank PSB, and Ilan Shor, CEO of A7, give an overview: Website A7.biz

Most people keep their stocks in a traditional brokerage account and their crypto on an exchange. @Bitget is making it possible to bring those two worlds closer with its new rToken Stock Transfer feature. If you hold eligible U.S.-listed stocks or ETFs, you may be able to transfer them from your external brokerage account to Bitget and receive corresponding rTokens without needing to sell your holdings first. Here’s what stood out to me Bitget supports 3,000+ U.S.-listed stocks and ETFs. Once eligible shares are received and processed through the transfer workflow, the corresponding rTokens are minted and credited directly to your Bitget Spot account. For eligible users and supported assets, rTokens may also be available across selected Bitget products, including trading, margin, lending, borrowing, and Earn features. Getting started is straightforward: → Open Bitget and find Stock Transfer → Select Transfer In and follow the instructions → Submit the eligible tickers and quantities you want to transfer → Initiate the outbound transfer from your external broker using Bitget’s receiving details → Once the transfer is completed and processed, your rTokens will appear in your Spot account Bitget currently does not charge a transfer-in fee, although your external broker may charge fees. Processing generally takes several business days and may vary depending on your broker, asset eligibility, and transfer conditions. Transfer-out fees may apply currently listed at $150 so make sure to review the latest terms before transferring your portfolio. Bitget is also running a $1M Stock Transfer Rewards campaign for eligible participants. If you already hold U.S. stocks and want to explore tokenized stock exposure within a crypto platform, this may be worth checking out. Campaign details and eligibility: bitget.com/launchhub/stocks-… Availability, supported assets, fees, product access, and campaign rewards may vary by jurisdiction, eligibility, and applicable terms. This is for informational purposes only and not financial advice. #Bitget #rToken #TokenizedStocks #RWA

Already holding US stocks or ETFs? 👀 Bitget now lets eligible users transfer supported holdings from their brokerage accounts and receive tokenized stocks (rTokens) in their Bitget spot accounts. No need to sell your holdings first. The feature supports 3,000+ eligible US-listed stocks and ETFs. Depending on the asset, rTokens may also be used for trading, lending, borrowing, and Earn products. Selected assets support 24/7 trading. Transfers in are free, but processing can take around 10 business days. There’s also a $1M rSPCX reward pool for eligible users completing their first qualifying transfer: • 5,000 USDT+ → 200 USDT in rSPCX • 20,000 USDT+ → 800 USDT in rSPCX + a 50 USDT fee rebate voucher • 50,000 USDT+ → 2,000 USDT in rSPCX + a 150 USDT fee rebate voucher Rewards are paid in three monthly installments, subject to an 80% holdings-value requirement for each installment. Only the first qualifying transfer counts. The campaign runs until November 18 (UTC+8), subject to the official terms. Interesting to see traditional stocks and crypto infrastructure getting closer. #TokenizedStocks #Bitget #RWA

The onchain ecosystem isn’t slowing down From new infrastructure and AI-powered tools to tokenized equities, lending markets, and upcoming token launches, there’s been plenty happening across crypto this week. Some protocols are expanding into new ecosystems, others are shipping entirely new products, and a few are quietly hitting major milestones. Let’s break down what’s worth paying attention to. MAJOR UPDATES • @ether_fi introduced ether.fi USD, a dollar-denominated stablecoin powered by @ethena. • @grass launched its Contents API, bringing live context retrieval to AI agents. • @3janexyz introduced credit scoring through @cred_protocol to support its capital-efficient DeFi lending framework. • @Aptos unveiled MonoMove, an optimized smart contract execution engine. • @Dolomite_io rebuilt its web app with improved borrowing, portfolio management, and lifetime yield tracking. • @infiniFi went live on @monad. • @DeriveXYZ V3 launched with a new Ethereum L1-backed zkVM architecture, replacing its standalone chain. • @orca_so and @Loopscale merged into @formation_so, a full-stack DeFi platform on @solana. • @jup_mobile introduced onchain QR payments. • @tenero_io launched V2, upgrading its multichain token analytics platform for BTCFi. • @CatalystLabsX introduced an AI-powered platform for automated finance and market analysis. • @Ledger added crypto loans to its wallet app, powered by @Morpho. • @LidoFinance introduced Lido Lend, a decentralized lending protocol focused on security. • @circle’s CCTP V2 went live on @SuiNetwork. • @superformxyz introduced Earn Stocks, bringing automated yield strategies to tokenized equities. • @Securitize launched global onchain trading of U.S. stocks with security entitlements. • @Ondo introduced Ondo Private Markets, bringing tokenized exposure to private pre-IPO companies onchain. • @chainlink introduced CCIP Vault Adapters to simplify crosschain deposits for vault providers. • @virtuals_io launched Virtuals App, combining an AI companion, an onchain wallet, and market access. UPCOMING TGEs Two launches to keep on your radar: • @truetradingai — $TRUE TGE on October 15. • @fablesfi — $FABLES TGE on October 20. PROTOCOL MILESTONES Some notable numbers from across the ecosystem: • @jup_lend deposits reached a new ATH of $2.6B. • Backpack-issued tokenized stocks on Solana surpassed 300,000 holders. • @openstandard’s OUSD market cap crossed $700M. YIELD OPPORTUNITIES TO EXPLORE ① @verantaxyz | @base Deposit USDC at veranta.xyz/earn to receive avUSDC. Advertised yield: 18.68% APY. ② @Vault_St | @ethereum Deposit USDC into the Carry Vault at app.vaultstreet.com/carry. Advertised yield: 10.4% APY. ③ @thevaultfinance | @solana Supply SOL at thevault.finance/stake to receive vSOL. Advertised yield: 4.73% APY. Note: APYs can change, and yields aren’t guaranteed. Research each protocol and its risks before depositing. THE BIGGER PICTURE A few themes stand out this week: → AI agents are gaining new tools and financial capabilities. → Tokenized stocks and private-market assets are expanding onchain. → DeFi protocols are improving their infrastructure and user experience. → Crosschain connectivity continues to evolve. → Lending markets and stablecoin ecosystems are reaching new milestones. The bigger story isn’t just about new launches. It’s about the infrastructure, financial products, and real-world use cases being built across crypto. Which development caught your attention the most

gm CT New week, new opportunities. Back to researching, building, connecting, and trying to make sense of this crazy market Hope everyone has a productive week ahead. Let’s get to it 🫡

This week in Web3, several narratives are worth keeping an eye on. From AI agents and DeFi security to tokenized assets, privacy, and physical AI, the industry continues to evolve beyond speculation Here are some projects and developments I’m watching this week👇 1/ AI AGENTS & DEFI SECURITY AI agents are moving beyond chatbots toward systems that can interact with applications, execute transactions, and operate with increasing autonomy. But this also introduces new risks As automation improves, malicious actors could use AI to discover vulnerabilities and scale attacks against DeFi protocols, wallets, and bridges. Projects such as @agenticscredit are worth following as the broader agent economy develops. The key question is whether security infrastructure can keep pace with increasingly autonomous systems. 2/ TOKENIZED REAL-WORLD ASSETS RWA tokenization continues to attract attention as traditional financial institutions explore blockchain-based infrastructure. The collaboration between Franklin Templeton and @animocabrands around NUVA highlights the growing interest in connecting institutional investment products with digital asset infrastructure. Meanwhile, @RobinhoodApp and @base remain worth watching as tokenized assets and on-chain financial applications evolve. The next phase will depend on real adoption, liquidity, regulatory clarity, and the usefulness of these products. 3/ PRIVACY INFRASTRUCTURE Blockchain transparency is valuable, but not every piece of information needs to be publicly exposed. That’s where privacy technologies, including zero-knowledge proofs and selective disclosure, become relevant. Projects like @Americanfort_io and @PrimusLabs are worth researching in the broader privacy conversation. I’m particularly interested in how these systems balance privacy with verification and practical usability. 4/ PHYSICAL AI & REAL-WORLD DATA @vangrid_io is another project on my radar. As AI systems become more connected to physical environments, reliable data collection, verification, and privacy-aware processing become increasingly important. The opportunity is bigger than simply collecting data. It’s about making real-world information useful for AI applications while addressing the risks associated with sensitive information. Adoption and real-world utility will be important metrics to watch. 5/ ON-CHAIN FINANCIAL APPLICATIONS As tokenized assets and blockchain-based financial products develop, the applications built around them will matter just as much as the underlying infrastructure. Portfolio tools, trading applications, automated strategies, and better market data can help make on-chain assets more useful. @injective and @BNBCHAIN are worth following for developments across their respective ecosystems. The focus should be on what is actually being built, how people are using it, and whether activity can be sustained. FINAL THOUGHTS The narratives I’m watching this week are connected by one thing infrastructure. AI agents need security Tokenized assets need reliable financial infrastructure. Privacy needs practical implementation Physical AI needs trustworthy data The projects that solve these problems could play an important role in the next phase of Web3. As always, I’m paying more attention to product development, adoption, and measurable progress than hype. Which narrative are you watching most closely this week 👀

Something interesting is happening with tokenized stocks For a long time, putting traditional assets onchain was mostly about proving that it could be done. Now the conversation is starting to shift toward what those assets can actually do once they are onchain. September gave us a good example Tokenized equity assets reached a record $4.87B, while monthly onchain trading volume climbed to $15.6B But one number stood out to me @RobinhoodApp processed $6.57B in trading volume, giving it roughly 42% of the market in a single month. That kind of shift is hard to ignore. And I don’t think Robinhood is simply trying to create another way to trade stocks. It is building the infrastructure around them. Robinhood already has the distribution through its brokerage and wallet products. Now, with Robinhood Chain, it is moving further into the onchain side of the stack. The bigger idea is simple Take a traditional financial asset, put it onchain, then make it usable across different financial applications That could eventually mean: Trading: @Uniswap @1inch @JupiterExchange Lending: @Aave @MorphoLabs @eulerfinance Derivatives: @HyperliquidX @aevoxyz @DeriveXYZ Wallets: @MetaMask @phantom @zerion Tokenization and settlement: @OndoFinance @Securitize @BackedFi These are not all confirmed Robinhood integrations. The point is what becomes possible when an equity exists as a programmable asset. Instead of buying a tokenized stock and simply holding it, that asset could eventually move through different parts of the onchain financial system. That is where I think the real opportunity is. And Robinhood is not alone. @OndoFinance, @Securitize and @BackedFi are building different pieces of the tokenized asset ecosystem, while @chainlink is working on infrastructure that connects blockchain applications with real world data. The pieces are gradually coming together. Assets Data Liquidity Settlement Compliance DeFi But there is still a lot to prove $15.6B in monthly volume looks impressive, but volume alone does not mean tokenized equities have reached maturity. The bigger test is whether these assets become genuinely useful Can they be used as collateral? Can they move between different applications? Can they access deep liquidity? Can developers build new products around them? Can investors use them outside traditional market hours? If that happens at scale, tokenized equities stop being simple digital representations of stocks They become financial primitives There is also an important distinction here. A tokenized stock does not necessarily give you the same rights as owning the underlying shares directly. Some products provide economic exposure without traditional shareholder rights. That matters once these assets start being used for lending, collateral and other DeFi applications. So for me, the bigger story is not Robinhood taking 42% of the market. It is the direction the entire sector is moving. Traditional financial assets are becoming programmable And if tokenized equities can combine real liquidity with real utility, they could become one of the strongest bridges between TradFi and crypto.

Just because everyone is going one way doesn’t mean it’s the right way. Sometimes, being the black sheep is the whole point

The 10/10 crash wiped out a lot of projects. $FUN wasn't one of them. 💪 It fell hard, down to ~$0.0003, and plenty of people wrote it off. Today it's back near ~$90M in market cap. While others went quiet, FUN kept shipping: ✅ 10 games live on FUN Free Play ✅ LayerZero bridge ✅ TRUMP, PYUSD, JUP and AAVE integrations. Each new token added is a new community unlocked. Survived every cycle since 2017. Underdogs make the best stories. 🎮 #FUNToken

TOKEN2049 Singapore is buzzing right now 🇸🇬 If you’re around the event or trading while the action is heating up, this might be worth checking out. WEEX is running a special TOKEN2049 campaign on Oct 7–8. Register through my referral link and trade during the event for a chance to receive a cash gift pack 🎁 Simple sign up, trade, and you could walk away with something extra 🔗 👉: weex.com/register?vipCode=5o… #WEEX #TOKEN2049

I’ve been looking through some of the developments from the past week, and a few things keep standing out. Not because they’re the loudest narratives But because they’re starting to connect. Here are the ones I’m watching 👇 1.AI agents are moving from “tools” to economic actors @SwarmBase launched SwarmSynapse, an onchain marketplace where AI agents can find other agents, agree on terms and pay for services. An agent can need research, data, code or another specialized task, find another agent, hire it and settle the payment onchain. That’s more than AI + crypto It’s an early look at an economy where machines can transact with machines. 2.AI needs better access to reliable data @Blockworks launched its MCP, giving AI agents access to crypto research, market data and other financial information. This is easy to overlook. The next generation of AI applications won’t just need better models. They’ll need better data. An agent that can access reliable market information can monitor narratives, analyze markets and automate research without someone manually feeding it information. 3.Identity becomes critical when agents start acting for us @Moca_Network launched Moca Chain with a focus on portable identity and credentials. Because if agents are going to act on behalf of humans, identity becomes a major piece of the puzzle. Who owns the agent? What is it allowed to do? Can that permission be verified without exposing unnecessary personal information? That’s where identity infrastructure starts becoming much more important. 4.Privacy could become the missing layer This is where @nillion gets interesting. Nillion has been building privacy infrastructure around blind computation and encrypted data, with applications across AI, data and private computation. As more AI agents gain access to sensitive information, privacy can’t be an afterthought. Agents need data to be useful. Users also need control over who can access that data. That tension is going to create a massive infrastructure market. 5.Tokenization is moving beyond the experiment stage Tokenized stocks have now crossed $3B in onchain value, while the broader RWA market reached roughly $39.3B. And projects like @Injective are pushing deeper into tokenized financial markets, while @Aave is bringing tokenized equities into DeFi as collateral. That’s the part I find most interesting. The real opportunity isn’t simply putting a stock onchain. It’s making that asset usable across the rest of the financial ecosystem. Trade it Use it as collateral Borrow against it Build products around it That’s when tokenization starts changing financial infrastructure 6.The infrastructure underneath all of this matters @Safe is launching Safe Pro this week, focused on organizations managing onchain capital across multiple accounts. It might not be the loudest narrative. But as more capital moves onchain, better treasury management, permissions, approvals and security become unavoidable. And then there’s @RobinhoodApp pushing tokenized stocks toward a much broader retail audience. Different approaches, same direction: More traditional financial assets becoming accessible through blockchain rails. My biggest takeaway AI agents are learning how to transact. Identity is becoming programmable. Privacy is becoming increasingly important. Tokenized assets are becoming composable. And onchain capital is getting easier to manage. These don’t feel like isolated narratives anymore. They look like different pieces of the same puzzle. The interesting question is Which piece becomes the bridge that connects everything?

Crypto is getting way more interesting when you look beyond price. A few things I came across this week got me thinking about where the industry is actually heading. Stablecoins, AI agents, RWAs, DeFi and prediction markets, These narratives are starting to connect. Here are a few reads worth checking out 1/ AI agents will need more than intelligence. In a16z crypto’s piece on AI agents, @ccatalini and the team explore how blockchains could give agents things they currently lack: Identity, payments, coordination and access to financial infrastructure. That part stood out to me. An agent that can think but can’t transact is still limited. Once agents can hold money and interact with financial systems, the possibilities get much bigger. Read: a16zcrypto.com/posts/article… @a16zcrypto 2/ This is where @circle gets interesting. Circle is building infrastructure around the idea of agents being able to transact using USDC. Think about an AI agent that can: → pay for an API → purchase data → pay for compute → receive payments → interact with other services without a human approving every small transaction. That’s a very different internet economy Read: circle.com/blog/introducing-… @circle 3/ Visa is looking at the same trend from another angle. Their research with Artemis explores how agentic payments could work in the real world. One thing I found interesting is the possibility of machine-to-machine payments happening at a much smaller scale. An agent might need to make hundreds or thousands of tiny payments for data, APIs or compute. Traditional payment rails weren’t really designed around that. Stablecoins start looking pretty interesting here. Read: visa.com/en-us/thought-leade… @Visa @ArtemisAnalytix 4/ Then there are RWAs I’ve started thinking about tokenization differently. Putting an asset onchain is only the beginning. The real opportunity is what happens after. A tokenized Treasury can potentially become collateral. A tokenized stock can interact with other financial applications. An onchain asset can become part of a larger financial stack. That’s why I’m watching @OndoFinance, @Aave and @MorphoLabs. 5/ @OndoFinance is a good example of this trend. Ondo has been pushing tokenized Treasuries and equities across multiple chains. The bigger question isn’t just how much gets tokenized. It’s how much activity eventually happens around those assets. Issuance is one thing. Liquidity, collateral and composability are another. Read: ondo.finance/blog/ondo-token… @Ondo @solana @ethereum @BNBCHAIN 6/ Prediction markets are another rabbit hole. @GalaxyHQ recently looked at @HyperliquidX’s HIP-4 and the evolution of onchain prediction markets. What’s interesting is how prediction markets are starting to overlap with other forms of trading. Instead of only asking: “What is this asset worth?” You can also trade around: “What happens next?” That turns real-world events into markets. Read: galaxy.com/insights/research… @HyperliquidX @Polymarket 7/ When you put all of this together, the bigger picture becomes pretty interesting. Stablecoins = money RWAs = assets DeFi = financial primitives AI agents = economic actors Prediction markets = information Blockchains = settlement These aren’t really separate narratives anymore. They’re starting to become pieces of the same stack. Crypto isn’t just putting more people onchain. It’s putting more of the economy onchain Money Assets Markets Payments And eventually, autonomous software that can interact with all of them. Still early. 👀