- 14 Jul 202619:30Analytics
Early Access Radar: 18 Waitlists to Join NowNo matter what the market's doing — green, red, sideways — new projects keep launching every week. And the best window to get involved is the earliest one: before the token, before the crowd, while the door's still open.
So we rounded up 18 fresh projects with open waitlists into one Early Access Radar — AI trading, perps, prediction markets, crypto cards. A few minutes each, all in one place, so you don't have to go hunting.
- 14 Jul 202619:00Project update
36 Payment Giants Join Digital Euro Pilot Ahead of 2027 LaunchThe European Central Bank has picked 36 payment providers from 50+ applicants for a 12-month digital euro pilot starting H2 2027. Selected names include Deutsche Bank, UniCredit, BPCE, Revolut Bank UAB, Stripe, and Adyen.
Providers will either distribute beta digital euro accounts to Eurosystem staff or help merchants accept beta payments. The pilot covers P2P and P2B transactions, both online and offline, across the ECB and 19 national central banks.
Board member Piero Cipollone said the strong response shows the private sector is ready to move fast on the project. A first issuance is targeted for 2029, pending 2026 regulatory approval.
The news follows Isabel Schnabel's remarks that CBDCs are key to protecting central bank money as stablecoins grow, a view that clashes with the US, where Treasury Secretary Bessent has rejected a US CBDC in favor of the Clarity Act.
Source - 14 Jul 202618:00Analytics
Velocity Raises $38M Series A Led by Dragonfly and FirstMarkStablecoin treasury and settlement platform Velocity has raised $38 million in a Series A led by Dragonfly and FirstMark, with participation from Coinbase Ventures, Ripple, Wintermute Ventures, Capital One Ventures, and others.
Founded in 2025, Velocity now says it has raised nearly $50 million since May. The startup is building tools for enterprises and financial institutions to move, settle, and manage funds with stablecoins while connecting to traditional banking and compliance rails.
The new funding will support global expansion, product development, and regulatory capabilities as institutional demand for stablecoin-powered payments continues to grow.
- 14 Jul 202617:00Analytics
Former Ethereum Foundation Team Launches EthSystems for Institutional PrivacyA team of former Ethereum Foundation researchers has launched EthSystems, a new company focused on building confidential infrastructure for institutional Ethereum adoption.
The startup will help financial institutions deploy privacy-preserving solutions for stablecoins, tokenization, settlement, and payments, combining technologies such as zero-knowledge proofs (ZKPs) and fully homomorphic encryption (FHE).
Founded by Mo Jalil, Oskar Thorén, and Aaryamann Challani, EthSystems will operate as a for-profit company providing protocol research, architecture design, and production systems, while continuing to open-source its technical work for the Ethereum ecosystem.
- 14 Jul 202616:01Analytics
Nous Research Targets $1.5B Valuation in New $75M RaiseOpen-source AI lab Nous Research, the team behind the Hermes agent, is reportedly finalizing a new round led by Robot Ventures with strong participation from USV, at a $1.5 billion valuation.
The company is raising at least $75 million, following a prior $50 million Series A and a fast rise in developer interest around Hermes, which ships with built-in skills for web search, coding, and image understanding.
Hermes has already built a large open-source following, with roughly 214K GitHub stars and nearly 40K forks, as Nous continues pushing into the agentic AI race.
- 14 Jul 202615:07Analytics
Tether Invests $7M in Pact Labs to Bring USAT to U.S. PayrollTether has led a $7 million Series A round in Pact Labs, joined by Blockchange Ventures and Lasagna, to expand USA₮ across payroll, earned wage access, credit, and everyday payments.
Pact Labs' infrastructure will enable businesses to integrate digital wallets, process real-time payroll, and offer financial services without relying on legacy payment rails. The move aims to bring USA₮, Tether's U.S.-focused dollar-backed stablecoin, into one of the country's largest financial markets, where over $11 trillion in payroll is processed annually.
The investment marks another step in Tether's strategy to drive real-world stablecoin adoption beyond crypto trading and into everyday financial infrastructure.
- 14 Jul 202611:34Article
Early Access Radar: 18 Waitlists to Join NowNo matter what the market's doing — green, red, sideways — new projects keep launching every week. And the best window to get in is the earliest one: before the token, before the crowd, while the door's still open.
We tracked down 18 active waitlists you can join right now — from prediction markets and DEXs to crypto cards and privacy AI. One rule first: a real waitlist only ever needs an email or a social handle. Never connect a wallet, sign a transaction, or share a seed phrase to "join" one. With that out of the way — here's the radar.
1. Arcus — The native DEX for Robinhood Chain, bringing early spot trading to the fastest-launching L2 in history. Website
2. blink — A high-performance exchange for spot and perpetual markets, built for fair access and blockchain-native settlement. Website
3. Clawx — An agentic prediction market on Avalanche, where AI agents trade real-world outcomes on your behalf. Website
4. Daily Fun — Turns market speculation into a social, game-like experience for everyday traders. Website
5. Hudi — Trade Asian stock perpetuals — Nikkei, KOSPI, Hang Seng names — with up to 25x leverage. Website
6. KOR Protocol — An on-chain platform for tokenizing, managing and monetizing digital intellectual property, built on Base. (Raised $7.5M) Website
7. Koto Trade — A trading platform where the first 250 users on the waitlist receive a funded account at launch. Website
8. Onyx — A social sports prediction platform to trade positions on game outcomes. (Raised $20M from Payward) Website
9. Pinnaccle — A wallet-native trading workspace on Canton — swaps, limit orders, DCA and stop-loss in one place. Website
10. Proof — A new prediction-market venue for trading on real-world events and outcomes. Website
11. Pulsar Money — Free USD and EUR accounts, 0% stablecoin funding, and a virtual dollar card for global spending. Website
12. Pyre — A crypto card for everyday spending, paid straight from your on-chain balance. (Supported by Sophon) Website
13. Rocket Markets — The first time-based prediction yield market — earn yield on where outcomes are heading. Website
14. Shift DeFi — Non-custodial DeFi asset management targeting up to 15% yield via structured, risk-managed strategies. Website
15. Sovra — A self-custodial USDC platform for saving, earning and spending digital dollars anywhere. (Raised $2M) Website
16. Startale Card — A crypto spending card from Startale, with early-access registration now open. (Startale raised $70M) Website
17. Tplus — A decentralized trading platform combining on-chain settlement with fast off-chain order matching. Website
18. Wisp — Privacy-focused AI where your data is never stored or used for training. Fully owned by the Lido DAO. Website───
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Not financial advice. Early-stage projects carry real risk — do your own research, and never share wallet credentials. - 14 Jul 202611:31Analytics
How BTC-ready is the banking system? Depends where you lookStrategy's new Bitcoin Banking Adoption Index scores 25 major banks — and the map is lopsided. US banks lead at ~42% (Fidelity tops it at 71%), Europe sits ~29%, and Japan trails at ~18% (SMBC and RBC at just 13%).
One caveat: this is Strategy's own index, the market's biggest BTC bull, and the full methodology isn't public yet. Directional, not gospel.
- 14 Jul 202610:15Analytics
Tempo Adds Receive Policies to Screen Incoming FundsStripe-backed payments chain Tempo has rolled out Receive Policies, letting accounts choose which tokens and senders they accept — and reclaim anything they don't want.
Built for its stablecoin-optimized TIP-20 standard, the opt-in tool lets exchanges, custodians and users whitelist senders, filter incoming tokens, and name a recovery authority to claw back blocked transfers. It tackles a core payments headache as the $5B, Stripe-incubated network pulls enterprises like DoorDash onto stablecoin rails.
- 14 Jul 202609:30Analytics
Apple Stock Hits a New All-Time High at $323Apple tagged a fresh intraday all-time high of $323.45 and a record $317.31 close, lifting its market cap to about $4.66T — the world's second-most valuable company, behind only Nvidia.
The rally rides strong iPhone 17 sales and AI optimism, with the stock up roughly 50% over the past year.