🚀 It’s Governance Digest Friday. This week is a strong week for institutional adoption, governance, developer incentives, and enterprise infrastructure across the ecosystem. 🔹 @CantonNetwork creator Digital Asset raised $355M in funding led by a16z crypto and backed by more than 20 major financial institutions. The capital will support growth of the privacy-focused network, which already supports regulated tokenised asset workflows at scale. 🔹 @iota introduced IOTA Audit Trails, an open-source toolkit that creates tamper-resistant, verifiable records of business workflows. Sensitive data remains off-chain while authorised parties can independently verify process histories. 🔹 @zilliqa governance is active as gZIL holders vote on a committee compensation proposal. The proposal would introduce modest compensation for operational work ahead of Season 2, with voting now available across both native and EVM gZIL. 🔹 @pharos_network launched Developer Season with its Skill-to-Agent Dual Cascade Hackathon. The six-week builder program features a 50,000 $PROS prize pool, encouraging developers to create reusable AI agent skills and full on-chain agents for the Pharos ecosystem. The week highlighted a clear trend: institutions are investing in regulated blockchain infrastructure, while ecosystems continue to deepen governance participation and attract builders through developer-focused programmes. What caught your attention this week? 👇 #GovernanceDigestFriday #Web3 #Blockchain #Governance #DeFi #RWA #AIAgents

✨ It’s #ChainWatchThursday, and what’s new with @wardenprotocol as it advances its vision for verifiable AI infrastructure? 🤔 🏛 Warden has entered a new phase with the launch of the Warden Foundation, with a focus fully on developing Halo and expanding the role of WARD within the protocol. The move separates protocol development from the Warden App and concentrates resources on building decentralised AI infrastructure. 🤖 At the centre of this strategy is Halo, a peer-to-peer compute marketplace designed for AI workloads. Halo aims to enable decentralised access to compute resources, with execution verified through SPEX, payments settled in USDC, and infrastructure built on Base alongside ecosystem partners. 🔥 WARD is also being positioned more directly around network activity. According to Warden, protocol fees are designed to contribute to a deflationary model where increased usage can drive greater token burn, tying token utility more closely to activity occurring across the network. 🔄 The Warden App is simultaneously moving to a new home under the BasedAI team. Warden noted that the app operates independently from both the protocol and WARD, remains fully self-custodial, and that user funds continue to stay under users' control throughout the transition. The direction is becoming clearer: Warden is narrowing its focus around decentralised AI infrastructure, with Halo, verifiable compute, and protocol-level utility forming the foundation of its next stage of growth. #WardenProtocol #ChainWatch #AIxCrypto #DecentralizedAI #Web3 #BlockchainInfrastructure #WARD

It’s #TechieTuesday, and crypto this week reflects how privacy, tokenisation, and regulated access to digital assets continue to evolve: 🔒 Sui has launched confidential transfers in public beta on Devnet, allowing transaction amounts and balances to remain private while preserving auditability and compliance controls. The feature is designed to give institutions and fintechs more flexibility to use public blockchain infrastructure without exposing sensitive financial data. 📈 Tokenised real-world assets have reached nearly $31B on-chain, led by U.S. Treasuries, commodities, and credit products. The milestone highlights growing demand for blockchain-based ownership, with major financial institutions increasingly building infrastructure around tokenised assets and deposits. 🏛️ The UK Financial Conduct Authority has proposed allowing certain retail investment funds to allocate up to 10% of assets to crypto exchange-traded notes. While direct crypto holdings would remain restricted, the proposal could expand regulated retail access to crypto-linked investment products. 🚀 Ondo Finance plans to launch a tokenised version of SpaceX shares on the day of the company's IPO, enabling eligible non-U.S. investors to access and trade the stock on-chain around the clock. The move reflects a broader trend of traditional financial assets becoming available through blockchain networks. TL;DR: Privacy features are advancing on public blockchains, tokenised assets continue to scale, regulators are exploring controlled crypto exposure, and real-world equities are increasingly moving on-chain. #Crypto #Tokenization #RWA #Blockchain #Web3 #DeFi

🔍 May was a month defined by execution. Across the networks we support, teams shipped products, expanded infrastructure, onboarded institutions, improved developer tooling, and continued moving toward real-world adoption. We've published our May Monthly Digest covering the biggest developments shaping the ecosystems we help secure. Read the full update 👇 lithiumdigital.com/blog/lith… Featuring updates from: @AvailProject @WalrusProtocol @CantonNetwork @wardenprotocol @pharos_network @Oraichain @iota

🚀 It’s Governance Digest Friday. This week leaned into institutional infrastructure, AI-native systems, and giving builders more tools to move faster. 🔹 @CantonNetwork shared progress on institutional payments infrastructure as @Visa and @Brale_xyz explore private stablecoin settlement using SBC on Canton, testing how privacy-enabled infrastructure can support institutional payment flows while maintaining control over sensitive transaction data. 🔹 @pharos_network upgraded Builders Harbor with new project templates, technical resources, and developer tooling designed to accelerate ecosystem development. The update introduces 12 ready-to-use templates alongside a dedicated hub for technical guides and ecosystem resources. 🔹 @WalrusProtocol introduced Walrus Memory, a portable memory layer for AI agents designed to carry context across applications. The goal is simple: reduce fragmentation and give agents portable, verifiable memory that remains under user control. 🔹 @RedbellyNetwork announced the launch of Tokeniser, a platform focused on tokenised asset origination, registry, and servicing. Already supporting 150 companies, 20,000 investors, and over $1B in issued equities, the launch expands Redbelly’s push into operational tokenisation infrastructure. Infrastructure is increasingly moving beyond experimentation toward systems designed for scale, compliance, and real-world deployment. #GovernanceDigestFriday #Web3 #Blockchain #Tokenization #AI

✨ It’s #ChainWatchThursday, and what’s new with @pharos_network as it expands its vision for RealFi, AI infrastructure, and onchain capital markets? 🤔 💰 Real-world yield products are now moving on-chain through Pharos Port. Pharos introduced rcPC Vaults, institutional-grade RWA yield products designed to bring diversified consumer credit exposure on-chain through structured yield rails. The vaults offer different liquidity profiles while aiming to make traditionally inaccessible credit markets more transparent and accessible through blockchain infrastructure. 🌉 Crosschain liquidity infrastructure is also expanding. Bridge Kit now supports Pharos, allowing builders to integrate cross-chain USDC transfers with lightweight implementation requirements, helping liquidity move more easily across payments, DeFi, RWAfi, and broader on-chain applications. 🤖 Pharos is also increasing its focus on AI-native infrastructure with the launch of Agent Centre, introducing unified on-chain skills that allow AI agents to perform actions such as transaction execution, contract interactions, gas estimation, token deployment, and wallet operations across supported frameworks. 🛠 To expand this ecosystem further, Pharos launched the Agent Centre Skill Builder Campaign, encouraging developers to build new on-chain skills for AI agents through the Pharos Skill Engine, with rewards available for selected contributions. The direction is becoming clearer: Pharos is building beyond base infrastructure toward an ecosystem where capital formation, real-world assets, cross-chain liquidity, and AI-native applications operate within the same financial environment. #Pharos #ChainWatch #RealFi #AIxCrypto #RWA #Web3 #BlockchainInfrastructure

Big milestone. Congratulations to the @WalrusProtocol team on launching Walrus Memory. Excited to see how builders and teams adopt Walrus Memory and push this next chapter forward 🚀

📩 Phase 3 invite codes for Cauri Wallet early access have now been rolled out. More pre-registered users are getting access today, so if you’ve been waiting, this is the time to check your email. 🔐 Each phase brings more people into Cauri as access gradually expands. 💬 Join our Discord for updates and upcoming invite drops 👇 discord.com/invite/cauri

🌟 It’s #TechieTuesday, and crypto this week reflects how exchanges, institutions, and infrastructure providers are building systems that look increasingly like traditional financial markets: 🏦 Anchorage launched Coordinated Multiparty Settlement, a network that allows institutions to trade across venues while keeping assets inside regulated custody throughout the trade lifecycle. The model aims to reduce counterparty risk and dependence on prefunded exchange accounts as institutional trading infrastructure evolves. 📉 DeFi lender Radiant announced plans to wind down after failing to recover from its 2024 exploit. While users can still repay loans, withdraw assets, and manage positions, development and expansion efforts will stop as the protocol shifts into maintenance mode. 📈 Binance launched U.S. equities trading for eligible users, offering access to thousands of stocks and ETFs with fractional investing and extended trading hours. The exchange also confirmed plans to introduce tokenised stocks later as part of its broader multi-asset strategy. 🇮🇳 Coinbase enabled direct INR bank rails through IMPS, allowing Indian users to move funds between local bank accounts and the exchange while accessing spot markets, perpetual futures, and advanced trading tools. TL;DR: Institutions are upgrading trading infrastructure, failed protocols are struggling to recover, exchanges are expanding beyond crypto, and global platforms are building deeper local market access. #Crypto #Binance #Coinbase #DeFi #India #Trading #Web3 #Blockchain

🚨 Walrus Sessions Round 3 is live. We're teaming up with @at_bellyseal (bellyseal.com) for the Deep Dive: a creative challenge built around AI-generated images, NFTs, and stress-testing the official Walrus template. $1,500 WAL $1,000 BellySeal credits up for grabs. The brief 👇

🚀 It’s Governance Digest Friday. This week leaned into AI agents, institutional access, and builder incentives pushing ecosystems toward production-ready infrastructure. 🔹 @pharos_network launched the Agent Centre Skill Builder Campaign, allowing developers to build onchain skills for AI agents using the Pharos Skill Engine, with selected builders earning up to $500 rewards per submission, while also partnering with @TermMaxFi to bring institutional-grade RWA yield products to USDC holders through productive assets such as US Treasuries and private credit, expanding RealFi use cases beyond token incentives. 🔹 @CantonFdn announced that @Bitwise has launched the Bitwise Canton ETP on Deutsche Börse Xetra, bringing regulated exchange-traded exposure to Canton Coin into European markets while expanding institutional access to the ecosystem. 🔹 @WalrusProtocol concluded Walrus Sessions 2, rewarding builders who created feedback and form infrastructure on Walrus. The program wrapped with multiple winners, community rewards, and signals that future builder sessions are already being planned. As ecosystems mature, attention is shifting from experimentation toward infrastructure, regulated access, and developer ecosystems that can sustain long-term growth. #GovernanceDigestFriday #Web3 #Blockchain #AI #Tokenization

🌟 It’s #TechieTuesday, and crypto this week reflects how exchanges, infrastructure providers, and regulators are redefining how digital markets operate on-chain: ⚙️ OKX launched Exchange OS on X Layer, allowing users and institutions to create spot, perpetual, and prediction-style markets on shared infrastructure powered by OKX’s exchange stack. The platform is designed to reduce fragmentation in crypto trading by combining liquidity, settlement, margining, and risk management into a unified on-chain environment. 🌍 Ledger integrated support for the UAE-linked ADI token, giving users access to ADI Chain’s stablecoin and tokenised asset ecosystem through Ledger’s self-custody infrastructure. The move reflects growing institutional blockchain development around regulated payments, settlement, and tokenised finance. 📈 Hyperliquid introduced validator-governed prediction markets through its HIP-4 upgrade, allowing validators to deploy and settle outcome markets tied to real-world events. The system embeds market resolution directly into the protocol, reducing reliance on external oracle networks as Hyperliquid expands beyond perpetual futures. 🏛️ The SEC delayed plans for an “innovation exemption” that could enable tokenised stock trading after industry participants raised concerns around shareholder rights, token issuance authority, and ownership verification. The pause highlights regulators' caution in integrating blockchain-based equities into existing securities frameworks. TL;DR: Trading infrastructure is becoming more modular and on-chain, Gulf-backed tokenised finance is expanding, prediction markets are evolving into native protocol functions, and tokenised equities still face regulatory friction. #Crypto #OKX #Ledger #Hyperliquid #Tokenization #PredictionMarkets #Stablecoins #Blockchain #Web3 #SEC

Pharos Agent Centre - Skill Builder Campaign is live 🧑‍💻 Build new onchain Skills for AI Agents using the Pharos Skill Engine for a chance to win 500 USD each! Campaign Details: silken-muskox-24e.notion.sit… Join Discord: discord.com/invite/pharos

🚀 Governance Digest Friday is here. Across infrastructure, interoperability, AI, and digital public systems, this week showed how Web3 projects are moving from experimentation toward real-world coordination. 🔹 @AvailProject is powering smoother cross-chain onboarding as @foresightnow integrates Avail Deposits via Avail Nexus. Users can now move assets from 14 EVM chains into prediction markets on @citrea_xyz with near-instant access. 🔹 @WalrusProtocol announced a hands-on workshop helping builders ship AI-powered apps with MemWal. The Walrus track carries a $70K prize pool. 🔹 @CantonNetwork took a major interoperability step as Cancore launched atomic swaps between Canton and public blockchains, connecting institutional-grade privacy with public liquidity. Backed by players including DTCC, J.P. Morgan, and Visa. 🔹 @iota and partners, including @AfCFTA, @wef, and @InstituteGC selected Kenya, Nigeria, and Morocco as the first pilots for ADAPT, a continental digital infrastructure initiative for identity, payments, and cross-border trade. 🔹 @pharos_network launched the Pharos Agent Center, giving developers AI-native tools for on-chain actions including contract deployment, gas estimation, batch transfers, and more. Check it out here: pharos.xyz/agent-center On our end, earlier this week, we rolled out Phase 2 invite codes for access to Cauri Wallet. If you pre-registered, check your email for access details and make sure to join our Discord to stay updated on the next wave. 👉 discord.com/invite/cauri #Web3 #Blockchain #Crypto #DeFi #AI #Interoperability #DigitalInfrastructure

✨ It’s #ChainWatchThursday, and what’s new with @CantonNetwork as institutional infrastructure and governance continue evolving on-chain? 🤔 🏛 April’s CIP-0111 to CIP-0114 governance proposals focused heavily on validator accountability, token infrastructure, and institutional participation. Recent approved CIPs introduced a formal process for reducing Super Validator weight, upgrades to the Canton token standard for improved privacy and accounting support, and a new framework allowing publicly traded companies to participate in the validator set through structured Canton Coin treasury commitments tied to long-term alignment. ⚙️ Developer accessibility is also receiving attention. Canton released a major overhaul of its developer documentation, consolidating guides for application development, participant node operations, synchronizer setup, wallet integrations, and USDC xReserve deployment into a more unified onboarding experience for builders and institutions entering the network. 👉 docs.canton.network/ 🔐 Canton is continuing to position privacy and compliance as complementary rather than opposing priorities. Through its collaboration with TRM Labs, the network highlighted how compliance tooling and transaction monitoring can operate alongside Canton’s privacy-preserving infrastructure for regulated financial activity. 🏦 Institutional access to Canton Coin is also expanding. AMINA Bank became the first FINMA-regulated bank to offer Canton Coin custody and trading services, giving institutions regulated banking access to the asset across jurisdictions including Switzerland, Hong Kong, Abu Dhabi, and the EU. The broader direction remains consistent: Canton Network is continuing to build institutional-grade financial infrastructure where governance, compliance, privacy, and regulated participation are designed to operate together rather than in isolation. #CantonNetwork #ChainWatch #RWA #Tokenization #InstitutionalFinance #Web3Infrastructure #Blockchain

📩 Phase 2 Cauri Wallet invite codes have now been sent out. If you pre-registered and didn’t get access in the first round, check your email (and your spam folder). Your invite code might already be waiting. 🔐 More users are now getting into Cauri and exploring the wallet. 💬 Join our Discord for updates and upcoming invite drops 👇 discord.com/invite/cauri