LINK is consolidating above $9 with solid trading volume as Chainlink expands CCIP adoption across ADIChain and institutional tokenization pilots, reinforcing its role in cross-chain and real-world asset infrastructure.
LINK is trading above $9 with solid liquidity as Chainlink’s CCIP gains traction through ADIChain integration and institutional tokenization pilots, reinforcing its position in cross-chain and tokenized asset infrastructure.
Sonic Labs (formerly Fantom) has integrated Chainlink's CCIP, Data Streams, and Data Feeds on the Sonic mainnet, enabling cross-chain dApps with enhanced security and performance. The move follows the Chainlink SCALE program participation and is expected to drive DeFi growth.
Sonic Labs (formerly Fantom) has launched Chainlink's CCIP, Data Streams, and Data Feeds on its mainnet. Developers can now build cross-chain DApps with enhanced security, leveraging Sonic's 10,000 TPS throughput. This integration marks a major step for Sonic's ecosystem and DeFi growth.
The stablecoin consortium Open Standard has announced the launch of Open USD, a new stablecoin designed to address scalability, cost, and governance issues. Open USD offers free minting and redemption, default earnings sharing, and collaborative governance. Over 140 businesses, including Visa, Stripe, Mastercard, BlackRock, BNY, and Coinbase, have signed up. The project is expected to go live in H2 2026 and could help drive the stablecoin market to $1.5 trillion by 2030.
On June 30, 2026, the stablecoin alliance Open Standard officially announced Open USD, a new stablecoin designed for global money movement. Featuring zero-cost minting and redemption, default earnings for partners, and collaborative governance, Open USD has already secured commitments from over 140 enterprises including Visa, Stripe, Mastercard, BlackRock, BNY, Coinbase, Google, and Samsung. The stablecoin aims to address key pain points in existing stablecoins—high fees, inability to share reserve earnings, and lack of partner influence over roadmaps. Open USD will go live later this year, with the potential to accelerate the stablecoin market's growth toward an estimated $1.5 trillion by 2030.
The Open Standard stablecoin alliance has announced Open USD, a new stablecoin designed for global money movement, addressing key challenges faced by businesses in scaling stablecoin usage: high mint/redeem fees, lack of reserve earnings participation, and centralized governance. Open USD introduces three core design principles: zero-cost, unlimited-volume minting and redemption; default yield pass-through to partners (minus a small management fee); and collaborative governance via an independent board composed of partners. Over 140 companies have signed up, including Visa, Stripe, Mastercard, American Express, BlackRock, BNY, Standard Chartered, Coinbase, Shopify, DoorDash, Google, Samsung, and many more across payments, banking, technology, and crypto. Open USD is expected to go live later this year, aiming to become the default infrastructure for internet-native value transfer.
On June 30, the stablecoin alliance Open Standard announced the launch of Open USD, a new stablecoin designed for global money movement. With over 140 partners including Visa, Stripe, Mastercard, BlackRock, and Coinbase, Open USD introduces three key design principles: zero-cost minting and redemption at scale, default earnings pass-through to partners (minus a small management fee), and collaborative governance through a board composed of partner representatives. It is expected to go live later in 2026. Industry leaders from BBVA, BlackRock, BNY, Chime, Coinbase, DoorDash, Félix, Fireblocks, Mastercard, Shopify, Stripe, and Visa praised the initiative as a pivotal step toward mainstream stablecoin adoption, with BlackRock forecasting a $1.5 trillion stablecoin market by 2030.
