Katana is a DeFi-focused Layer-2 built on Polygon’s AggLayer CDK and incubated by Polygon Labs and GSR, designed to concentrate liquidity around core apps and drive sustainable on-chain yields.

Playnance, a Web3 infrastructure company for digital entertainment, will launch $GCOIN token on March 18. The $GCOIN powers its on-chain gaming, prediction, and financial platforms, already held by 200,000+ users with ~13B tokens distributed in presale.

ℹ️ $GCOIN acts as the unified economic layer across Playnance’s ecosystem, enabling gameplay, predictions, settlements, and rewards. It runs on PlayBlock, the company’s fast, gasless blockchain, allowing non-custodial ownership and smooth on-chain interactions

The ecosystem recently generated $5.3M in revenue and $2M in cash payouts via its Be The Boss incentive. Founded in 2020, Playnance builds non-custodial Web3 platforms simplifying blockchain for mainstream users, processing ~2M transactions daily.

The token will power Grvt’s ecosystem, unlocking benefits across trading, investing, yield generation, and payments. The exchange also plans to return protocol surplus to token holders through systematic buybacks and ecosystem growth.

Cryptio develops enterprise software for managing digital assets across wallets and exchanges and already serves 450+ clients, including Circle and Société Générale’s blockchain subsidiary.

The platform converts on-chain data from wallets, exchanges, DeFi protocols, and custodians into accounting records that comply with GAAP and IFRS financial reporting standards.

OplyScan has launched a paid Telegram bot that sends instant alerts on arbitrage opportunities between Polymarket and Opinion Trade. While the OplyScan website has been live for some time, the new bot is designed to solve the biggest issue for arbitrage traders — speed. The most profitable opportunities often disappear within seconds, so the bot delivers real-time notifications directly in Telegram.

ℹ️ Users can also customize filters to match their strategy, including parameters such as slippage, minimum profit, expiry, and more, which are not available in the web application.

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Elon Mask revealed that early public access for X Money, the payments system being built inside X, is expected to launch next month. X Money is designed as a native digital wallet within the X app, enabling peer-to-peer payments, creator tipping, and fund storage directly on the platform.

The product is currently running in a closed internal beta and will first roll out to a limited group of external users before a broader launch

The initiative is part of Musk’s plan to transform X into an “everything app.” The platform has already secured multiple U.S. money transmitter licenses and partnered with Visa to support transfers and account funding.

Nasdaq and Kraken are developing infrastructure for tokenized stocks, enabling traditional equities to be issued as blockchain-based tokens and distributed globally through Kraken’s platform.

The move reflects a wider trend among major financial institutions exploring tokenization of real-world assets, which could enable faster settlement, global access, and potentially 24/7 trading of traditional securities.

Stablecoin payments startup KAST has raised $80 million from QED Investors and Left Lane Capital, bringing its valuation to roughly $600 million. The company is targeting an annual revenue run rate of around $100 million this year.

The capital will support global expansion, regulatory licensing and further development of its stablecoin payments platform.

KAST is building a platform designed for storing, earning and spending stablecoins, targeting the growing market for digital-dollar transactions.

Crude prices have officially surged past the $100-a-barrel threshold for the first time since the 2022 energy crisis. This marks a massive 50% rally following the joint US-Israeli strikes on February 28, as the market braces for a prolonged supply shock.

Asian markets faced a brutal sell-off on Monday morning, with the Nikkei 225 and KOSPI plunging over 7% and 8% respectively as investors reacted to soaring energy prices. This downward spiral extended to the West, where US stock futures dropped nearly 2% in pre-market trading, signaling a global retreat from risk assets.

GRVT, a perpetuals exchange, is gaining attention for turning trading collateral into yield. Unlike most platforms where deposits sit idle, GRVT integrates with Aave, allowing traders to earn up to ~11% APY while keeping funds available for trading.

Built by former professionals from Goldman Sachs, DBS Bank, and Meta Platforms, GRVT combines centralized exchange usability with on-chain, self-custodial infrastructure

ℹ️ Platform Highlights & Growth

– Total Value Locked (TVL): $102.58M

– Trading Volume: +352.5% WoW

– Open Interest: +1,796.15% WoW

– Collateral Yield: Up to ~11% APY via Aave integration

– Product Focus: Perpetual futures with self-custodial trading

With perpetual futures remaining one of crypto’s largest trading sectors, GRVT’s model, where trading capital can generate yield without sacrificing execution speed, is quickly becoming a trending topic among traders and DeFi users