Today’s episode examines Wintermute’s entry into DeFi vault curation with Armitage, a non-custodial platform that leverages internal liquidation execution and institutional trading infrastructure across lending protocols. We cover Thailand’s Securities and Exchange Commission approval of six on-chain initial coin offerings totaling over $263 million, implementing real-time settlement for digital securities using stablecoins and programmable infrastructure. The briefing also covers Tether’s investment in remittance fintech LemFi to deploy USDT as settlement infrastructure across African and Asian corridors, Bloxley’s partnership with Banking-as-a-Service provider Crassula for European expansion, and Revolut’s launch of a physical crypto card operating on Visa and Mastercard networks. These developments demonstrate the structural convergence of institutional capital, regulatory frameworks, stablecoin settlement layers, and consumer payment infrastructure within operational finance.
