Moody's said on Tuesday that it launched a network-agnostic Token Integration Engine to move its credit analysis onto blockchain infrastructure, initially by running a node on the Canton Network. The firm also released its finalized methodology for rating stablecoins, centered on the credit quality and composition of their reserve assets alongside market, liquidity, operational and technology risks.

Stablecoin payments infrastructure provider TransFi has raised $19.2 million, including $14.2 million in Series A equity and a $5 million committed liquidity facility. The company plans to use the capital to expand its stablecoin-based cross-border payments platform across Southeast Asia, South Asia, the Middle East, Latin America, and Africa while deepening regulatory licensing and enterprise merchant onboarding.

An Australian Senate committee has recommended passing the Corporations Amendment (Digital Assets Framework) Bill 2025, which would require digital asset and tokenized custody platforms to obtain Australian Financial Services Licences. The bill, introduced by the Treasury in November 2025 and advanced by the House of Representatives in early February, aims to align crypto platforms with other financial service providers and strengthen consumer safeguards.

U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune said he does not expect the Clarity Act, a key crypto market structure bill, to pass out of the Senate Banking Committee before April. The legislation, which has already moved through the House, remains stalled amid disagreements over stablecoin yield, even as the Senate advances a housing bill with a CBDC ban and prioritizes President Donald Trump's SAVE America Act.

U.S. prosecutors have asked a judge to reject former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried's February motion seeking a new trial, arguing he has not brought forward any valid newly discovered evidence. They said potential testimony from former executives Daniel Chapsky and Ryan Salame was known before his 2023 fraud and conspiracy conviction and would not have altered the verdict, while also disputing his claims that FTX was solvent and that the case was politically motivated.

Patrick Witt, executive director of the President's Council of Advisors for Digital Assets, argued in a Wednesday X post that GENIUS Act-compliant stablecoins could channel new global capital into the U.S. banking system by meeting overseas demand for dollar-based tokens. His comments come as traditional banking groups warn that yield-bearing stablecoins may drain deposits and as disagreements over stablecoin rewards continue to stall broader crypto market structure legislation, including the Clarity Act.

Nasdaq-listed Solmate, operating as Brera Holdings PLC under ticker SLMT, plans to rename itself Solmate Infrastructure PLC and concentrate on building Solana infrastructure from a base in Abu Dhabi. The firm has proposed a 10-for-1 reverse stock split and intends to wind down two underperforming soccer teams, reallocating capital to its Solana treasury and infrastructure strategy while keeping Italian club Juve Stabia.

Circle Internet Group shares climbed 9.74% to close at $111.84 on Monday, their highest level since early November, after Bernstein reaffirmed an "outperform" rating and a $190 price target implying about 70% upside. The report cited resilient growth in stablecoin supply and transaction volumes, including $55 trillion in total stablecoin transfers and expanding use cases across cross-border payments and emerging AI-driven machine-to-machine transactions.

Nasdaq has entered into a partnership with Boerse Stuttgart Group's tokenized settlement platform Seturion to connect its European trading venues to blockchain-based post-trade infrastructure. The collaboration initially targets structured products and is intended to support trading and settlement of tokenized securities across asset classes over time.