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.

On March 17, 2026, centralized exchange Crypto.com announced a partnership with KG Inicis, South Korea's largest payment gateway and value added network provider, to enable digital asset payments for foreign travelers. The collaboration will use the Crypto.com Pay app to let visitors spend crypto at Korean merchants and online platforms connected to KG Inicis, while merchants can choose to settle in fiat or digital assets. KG Inicis processes over 400 million transactions annually and holds around 40% of the local gateway market, giving the project immediate access to large-scale payment infrastructure.

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.

Tally, a governance platform serving over 500 DAOs such as Uniswap, Ethereum Name Service and Arbitrum, has announced it will close after operating for more than five years. The decision follows new joint guidance from the SEC and CFTC stating that most cryptocurrencies are not securities, which has eased legal pressures and reduced demand for DAO governance structures in the US.

Meta Platforms will discontinue virtual reality access to its Horizon Worlds metaverse on June 15, 2026, shifting the service to a mobile-only format. The VR-focused world, launched in late 2021 as part of Mark Zuckerberg's metaverse strategy, has struggled to deliver profits while Reality Labs has accumulated nearly $80 billion in losses since 2020.

On March 1, crypto e-commerce firm Bitrefill reported a cyberattack involving an employee's compromised laptop, hot wallet theft and access to 18,500 purchase records. The firm linked the tactics to North Korean groups Lazarus and possibly BlueNoroff, and said it will cover the undisclosed losses using its operational capital. Bitrefill added that core services and sales volumes have largely returned to normal after introducing stronger security controls.

The U.S. Secret Service, the UK's National Crime Agency and Canadian law enforcement have launched Operation Atlantic to counter crypto scams such as approval phishing and pig butchering. The cross-border initiative works with exchanges and VASPs to analyze live blockchain data and contact at-risk wallet owners before funds are drained. Despite scammers receiving tens of billions of dollars in illicit crypto, recent analysis indicates that legal crypto activity is growing faster than criminal use.

Ironlight Group has raised $21 million from backers including former TD Bank CEO Greg Braca, the Sei Development Foundation, and Laidlaw Private Equity to expand its Ironlight Markets ATS platform for regulated tokenized securities. Tokenized stocks have grown 10% in the past 30 days to a $1.05 billion market cap, with Ethereum, Solana, and BNB Chain processing hundreds of millions of dollars in settlements.