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Sophon Shuts Down Its zkSync Chain and Rebuilds as a Consumer App Studio on Base

Sophon is decommissioning its zkSync-based Layer 2 chain and pivoting to Soph+, a consumer product studio building exclusively on Base. The shutdown caps a...

What about the American consumer?

Welcome to our institutional newsletter, Crypto Long & Short. This week:Alex Tapscott on the stalling of the CLARITY Act and how it’s impacting the...

R25-Powered Vault Brings Emerging-Market Consumer Lending Onchain

R25 has powered the launch of Axil Consumer Credit Vault, an institutional-grade onchain vault offering exposure to emerging-market consumer lending.The vault, live on Pharos,...

UK Consumer Awareness of ‘Pay by Bank’ Plummets Despite Open Banking Boom

Yaspa, an award-winning fintech specialising in instant payments and identity services, has officially released the findings of its second annual Yaspa Index. The 2026...

Swift Accelerates Consumer Payments Transformation with new Retail Transaction Framework

Consumers and small businesses receiving payments across the globe will soon benefit from a pioneering new framework rolled out by Swift and a coalition...

Why Stablecoins Are Now the Fastest Growing Consumer Payment Method in the United States

Stablecoin transaction volume reached $46 trillion globally in 2025. That is more than 20 times the total volume processed by PayPal, roughly three times...