TronBid has expanded its two-sided marketplace for TRON network resources, positioning the platform as a venue where both buyers and sellers can post orders for energy and bandwidth. The company says the update is aimed at users who want to access TRON resources without staking large amounts of TRX, and at businesses looking to manage the network-cost component of frequent TRC-20 USDT transfers. Under the model described by TronBid, buyers can create BUY orders by setting the amount of energy they need, the rental duration, and the price they are willing to pay. Sellers can publish SELL offers with their own quantity, price, and term, and buyers may take all or part of those listings. TronBid says this structure differs from platforms where rental terms are set only by providers. The company also highlighted a set of tools built around immediate access and business automation, including Quick Rent for predefined short-term packages, Flash Recharge for wallets managing depleted in-house energy capacity, and a B2B Quick Rent API for exchanges, payment processors, wallets, OTC services, and other firms handling frequent TRON transactions. Separately, TronBid said it has become a TRON Super Representative partner within the network’s DPoS governance ecosystem. The article was published as sponsored content written and provided by TronBid, according to BlockTempo’s disclosure.

TronBid, a peer-to-peer marketplace for Tron network resources, has completed a platform upgrade that adds a two-way order market for Energy and Bandwidth, along with Quick Rent, Flash Recharge and a B2B API for enterprise users. The platform says buyers and sellers can now create their own listings instead of relying on terms set solely by resource providers. On Tron, Energy is required to execute smart contract operations, including TRC-20 USDT transfers, while wallets that lack enough Energy may end up consuming TRX to complete a transaction. TronBid is positioning its marketplace as a way for individuals and businesses to source temporary network resources without staking large amounts of TRX. The company also said it has become a Tron Super Representative partner, linking the platform more closely with Tron’s delegated proof-of-stake governance ecosystem. TronBid’s pitch is centered on helping frequent Tron users, especially firms handling large volumes of TRC-20 transactions, manage network-resource costs through automated or on-demand rentals.

MiniMax’s first half-year earnings report since going public points to a major shift in how the company makes money. Revenue reached $117 million in the first half, already above its full-year 2025 figure, but spending remains heavy: research and development costs came in at $297 million, about 2.55 times revenue, while adjusted net loss widened to $293 million, up 111.2% from a year earlier. The more striking change is in the revenue mix. Open platform and other AI enterprise services generated $73.93 million, accounting for 63.4% of total revenue, while AI-native products brought in $42.64 million and fell to 36.6% of the mix. That marks a sharp reversal from the prior year, when AI-native products contributed 69.7% of revenue. The report also showed some improvement in unit economics. Revenue rose 283.1% in the first half, ahead of a 258.1% increase in cost of sales. Gross profit climbed from $3.69 million to $20.81 million, and gross margin improved from 12.1% to 17.9%. Geographically, MiniMax generated $70.83 million, or 60.8% of revenue, from outside mainland China, compared with $45.75 million from mainland China. Its products and services now cover more than 230 countries and regions. According to the original article, the market’s next question is no longer whether MiniMax can grow revenue, but whether its model business can eventually support itself financially.

Shinhan Financial Group has signed a strategic memorandum of understanding with Visa to test stablecoin-based payment functions in South Korea, according to a report by The Block on Aug. 26. The planned work covers issuance, transfers, and redemptions, and will use Visa’s stablecoin platform to verify how those processes operate in practice. The agreement was signed at Shinhan Financial’s headquarters in Seoul. Beyond testing core stablecoin flows, the two companies also plan to design a business model tailored to South Korea’s domestic financial environment. The cooperation extends to integrating stablecoins into credit card payment settlements, exploring AI-based future payment models, and expanding both B2B and B2C payment services. Key details have not been disclosed. The report said the parties have not revealed which stablecoin will be used, how large the pilot will be, or when testing will begin. The move comes as South Korea broadens its digital asset push. The Ministry of Economy and Finance is planning to introduce a tokenization system in Sejong City in the fourth quarter of 2026, pointing to a wider effort by both public and private sector players to bring digital assets into the existing financial system.

Shinhan Financial Group of South Korea has signed a strategic partnership agreement with Visa, according to Yonhap News Agency. The cooperation will center on digital assets and future financial services, with Shinhan planning to use Visa’s stablecoin platform to test core functions tied to issuance, transfers, and redemptions. The group said the work will be carried out with South Korea’s domestic financial rules and market conditions in mind as the two sides shape a business model. The agreement also covers possible stablecoin use in financial services such as credit card bill settlement, along with AI-driven payment models and the expansion of both B2B and B2C payment businesses. The announcement outlines an operational testing and design effort rather than a public product launch.

Payouts.com, a payments platform, has entered into a partnership with blockchain platform Casper to support transactions carried out by AI agents. According to Techub, citing Crypto Briefing, the tie-up is expected to speed up AI-driven business-to-business, or B2B, transactions. The report also said the collaboration could reshape the digital commerce and financial ecosystem by 2028. No additional terms of the partnership were disclosed in the source brief. The announcement centers on the use of blockchain infrastructure to facilitate trading activity by AI agents, with the stated focus on B2B use cases rather than consumer payments. The item was published by Techub as a brief and attributed to Crypto Briefing.

Standard Chartered Hong Kong has become the first bank distributor for HKDAP, the Hong Kong dollar stablecoin issued by Anchorpoint Financial, adding a banking channel to a product that had previously relied on virtual asset exchanges for distribution. According to a report by Hong Kong 01 cited in the source article, the bank is aiming as early as the fourth quarter this year to work with asset managers on a tokenized money market fund service that would let institutional clients complete subscriptions and settlement on-chain. Standard Chartered has also outlined two other use cases for HKDAP: internal group settlement and cross-border payments. Still, most of the announced plans remain at the research or planning stage, and access is limited to qualified institutional clients and professional investors. Retail customers are not yet able to subscribe to HKDAP through the bank. The move expands HKDAP’s reach beyond exchange-native users and into the client base served by a traditional bank, a segment that includes corporate treasury teams handling routine funding and payment schedules.

Mastercard used its July 30 second-quarter earnings call and a same-day Motley Fool podcast appearance by CEO Michael Miebach to lay out a consistent view across three hot topics in fintech and crypto: stablecoins, agentic commerce and AI. His argument was not that every payment should stay on card rails. It was that settlement may move across several rails, while trust, security and interoperability remain the layer Mastercard intends to own. Miebach said stablecoins already have clear utility in some B2B and P2P flows, especially where correspondent banking is expensive and opaque, but argued there is "no problem to solve" for everyday pay-to-merchant spending. In agentic commerce, he drew a line between AI buying on behalf of people or businesses, where Mastercard believes cards and existing protections still fit, and machine-to-machine transactions, where on-chain permissioning and off-chain settlement may require new infrastructure. That framework helps explain Mastercard’s acquisition of BVNK, which closed on August 3 for $1.8 billion, five months earlier than originally planned. With BVNK bringing annualized stablecoin volume of about $30 billion, more than 25 licenses across 130 markets, MiCA authorization and SEPA euro connectivity, Mastercard is adding a working stablecoin settlement layer to support sending, receiving, storing and converting assets.