South Korea just flipped a switch on crypto utility. With Oobit live, millions of Koreans can tap their phones at any Visa terminal and pay in their local currency, directly with crypto. It’s one of the cleanest real-world wallet → checkout bridges we’ve seen yet. The move follows Oobit’s partnership with Kaia, connecting USD₮-on-Kaia and $KAIA to everyday checkouts across Asia through the existing card network. Users are able to pay from Klip/Kaia wallets online and in store while merchants ...

South Korea just flipped a switch on crypto utility. With Oobit live, millions of Koreans can tap their phones at any Visa terminal and pay in their local currency, directly with crypto. It’s one of the cleanest real-world wallet → checkout bridges we’ve seen yet. The move follows Oobit’s partnership with Kaia, connecting USD₮-on-Kaia and $KAIA to everyday checkouts across Asia through the existing card network. Users are able to pay from Klip/Kaia wallets online and in store while merchants ...

Maple has defined itself as a full-stack, institutional on-chain asset management rail. Its ecosystem now spans syrupUSDC and syrupUSDT; Aave-integrated vaults that distribute that yield to a broader liquidity base; and a maturing governance token economy under SYRUP, upgrades that have allowed Maple to achieve record monthly protocol revenues last month.

Maple has defined itself as a full-stack, institutional on-chain asset management rail. Its ecosystem now spans syrupUSDC and syrupUSDT; Aave-integrated vaults that distribute that yield to a broader liquidity base; and a maturing governance token economy under SYRUP, upgrades that have allowed Maple to achieve record monthly protocol revenues last month.