Dollar Jumps on War, but Treasuries are No Safe Haven north There is one fundamental driver today and that is the Middle East war. After finishing last week on a soft note, the greenback has rallied. It is up by 0.5% or more against most of the G10 currencies. The Canadian dollar, which often performs relatively better in a strong US dollar environment [...]
How Cards Became the Trojan Horse for Stablecoin Adoption north How Cards Became the Trojan Horse for Stablecoin Adoption Rain's Nick Pinto explains why stablecoin-backed cards are scaling quickly, how Rain settles with Visa in USDC, and why cards may be the distribution layer that brings digital dollars into everyday commerce. Read article
Solana Ecosystem Roundup: April 2026 north Case Studies Institutions Solana Ecosystem Roundup: April 2026 A deep dive into everything that shaped the Solana ecosystem in April 2026, from institutional adoption and tokenized RWAs to stablecoins, DeFi infrastructure, AI agents, and consumer apps. Read article Solana Foundation Launches [...]
March 2026 Monthly north March seems to be more about the unfolding of current forces driving the capital markets, rather than new forces or policies. All the G10 central banks but the Reserve Bank of New Zealand meet in March, and none are likely to change policy. China formalizes its next Five-Year Plan. In the US, [...]
Celo Integrates Morpho, with Institutional-Grade Vaults Curated by Feather north Morpho Markets and Vaults are now live on Celo, the Ethereum Layer-2 designed for fast, low-cost transactions and built for real-world applications. This integration brings Morpho’s immutable money markets and expert-curated vaults to Celo’s global ecosystem, bringing yield to 700k+ daily [...]
2025 Year in Review: While Crypto Talked, Celo Delivered north 2025 was a year of compounding adoption, heralding proof over promises. Not only did Celo’s mission go mainstream, the metrics made it obvious.Every year, I write a letter to capture what has happened across our ecosystem and the industry at large — not just what it felt like inside the [...]
Opera and Celo Foundation Announce Extension of Strategic Partnership to Provide Financial… north Opera and Celo Foundation Announce Extension of Strategic Partnership to Provide Financial Inclusion to a Billion People by 2030Key highlights:With over 11 million activated wallets and more than 300 million transactions, Celo Foundation and Opera announce an extension of their strategic, [...]
ERC-8004 is Live on Celo: Accelerating Agentic Activity with Real World Utility north Today, ERC-8004 is deployed on Celo, bringing standardized AI agent infrastructure to the L2 built for the real world and designed for fast, low-cost transactions worldwide. Agents deployed on Celo now have portable, built-in reputation and global discoverability without platform lock-in.The [...]
Ledger Integrates Celo into Ledger Wallet™, Supporting Crosschain Send, Receive, and Swap… north Ledger Integrates Celo into Ledger Wallet™, Supporting Crosschain Send, Receive, and Swap FunctionalitiesCelo, the blockchain built for the real world and designed for fast, low-cost transactions worldwide, continues to deepen its integration with Ledger, the world leader in digital asset [...]
Uniswap v4 Deploys on Celo, Bringing Low-Cost, Customizable DeFi to the Global Ecosystem north The Celo Foundation is excited to announce that Uniswap v4 is now live on Celo, the Ethereum Layer-2 designed for fast, low-cost transactions and built for real-world applications. Uniswap v4 brings the most customizable, lowest-cost version of the Uniswap Protocol to Celo’s robust global [...]