Polymarket said on Monday it will rebuild key parts of its exchange stack over the next 2-3 weeks, including new contracts, a new order book and a new collateral token. The platform plans to launch Polymarket USD, a 1:1 USDC-backed stablecoin, and add EIP-1271 support to improve interaction for smart contract and multi-sig wallets.

Strive (ASST) and Tuttle Capital Management filed with the SEC on Monday for the T-Strive Digital Credit ETF, a proposed fund focused on preferred shares issued by bitcoin treasury companies. The prospectus says it would target income exposure to Strategy's STRC and Strive's SATA using swaps and leverage, while not holding bitcoin directly. STRC is described as paying 11.5% in monthly dividends, and Strive said it lifted SATA's monthly dividend to 12.75% earlier this month.

Anchorage Digital announced Thursday that it will support TRON custody and Tron network staking, positioning itself as the first federally chartered U.S. crypto infrastructure firm to offer TRON within a regulated setup. The rollout includes TRX custody on Anchorage’s main platform and the Porto institutional wallet, with TRC-20 assets and native TRX staking slated to arrive in phases.

Franklin Templeton said it will work with Ondo Finance to issue onchain, tokenized versions of five existing ETFs spanning U.S. equities, high-yield credit, and gold. The tokens are designed for wallet-based access, will trade 24/7, and are intended to be usable across DeFi, with initial availability planned outside the U.S.

Aave DAO has approved an Aave Request for Comment (ARFC) snapshot vote to kick off community discussion on deploying Aave V4 to Ethereum mainnet, with a rollout expected this year. The vote ran four days and closed with 100% support, starting a non-binding phase before any onchain Aave Improvement Proposal and deployment. V4 introduces a modular Hub-and-Spoke design and deeper integration of the GHO stablecoin, as the protocol navigates contributor changes including planned exits by BGD Labs and Aave Chan Initiative.

The Algorand Foundation said on Wednesday it will reduce its workforce by 25% in response to global macroeconomic uncertainty and weakness in crypto markets. The non-profit, which helps oversee the Algorand Layer 1 blockchain and has fewer than 200 employees, also cited broader sector restructuring and the impact of AI as context for the decision. Its latest report shows about $38 million in U.S. dollar‑denominated assets, 1.1 million ALGO tokens, and roughly $83 million in real‑world assets hosted on the network.

Visa Crypto Labs has introduced Visa CLI, a beta command-line interface that lets AI agents initiate secure card payments directly from the terminal without managing API keys. The tool is designed to enable bots, scripts, and other automated workflows to pay for web services with minimal human involvement, while Visa also integrates Tempo's Machine Payments Protocol alongside initiatives like x402 for AI-native transactions.

On Wednesday, S&P Dow Jones Indices licensed the S&P 500 mark to Trade[XYZ] to support what it describes as the first officially licensed perpetual derivative contract tracking the index. XYZ will list this product for 24/7 trading on the decentralized derivatives exchange Hyperliquid, which holds over 36% of DEX perps market share.

Tempo, the payments-focused blockchain incubated by Stripe and Paradigm, has appointed RedStone as its oracle provider to power FX data and stablecoin pricing, including the first native feed for its pathUSD token. The integration will support local-currency pricing and settlement for Tempo applications, such as a global payroll platform and a financial institution testing tokenized deposits. RedStone's RED token traded around $0.13 at 13:00 UTC on Wednesday, while the oracle network reports securing over $8.5 billion in total value locked.