Web3 Morning Report: Cardano Releases New Phase Roadmap, Australia Releases Draft Digital Asset Regulation Bill, Stablecoin Startup Bastion Secures $14.6 Million in Funding, Led by Coinbase

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• Cardano releases new phase roadmap

• Hong Kong Monetary Authority: Currently no offshore RMB stablecoin is issued in Hong Kong

• Vitalik: Fusaka upgrade will solve data availability issues

• Australia releases draft bill on digital asset regulation

• Gate launches high-performance L2 network Gate Layer

• APRO Launches AI-Enhanced RWA Oracle

• Bankr to Launch Protocol Security Reserve

• Tempo announces first infrastructure partners

• Stablecoin startup Bastion completes $14.6 million in funding , led by Coinbase

• Solana Ecosystem Perpetual Contract DEX BULK Completes $8 Million Seed Round , Led by 6th Man Ventures and Robot Ventures

• SuperImage, a decentralized AI image generation and editing platform, announced the completion of a $5 million strategic financing round led by Genesis Block Capital.

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The official launch of the Digital RMB International Operations Center and the simultaneous launch of three platforms signal mainland China's commitment to building an institutionalized clearing foundation for "payment-as-settlement, auditable vouchers." Meanwhile, Hong Kong, China, released a roadmap for the development of its fixed income and money markets, aiming to establish a compliant market front end through primary issuance, secondary liquidity, and next-generation infrastructure. By connecting the foundation with the market, on-chain fixed income is expected to move from "demonstrable" to "operational," bringing institutional benefits such as duration compression, credit reduction, and information symmetry. This issue of Web3Caff Research's "Market Trends Insights" will analyze the logical starting point, market-oriented evolutionary path, and potential risks of cross-strait institutional coordination, and explore whether fixed income can be the first asset class to achieve large-scale on-chain implementation.

This article includes a comparison chart of the digital RMB’s cross-border settlement mechanism and the Hong Kong version of the fixed income market route to help you quickly understand the underlying logic and evolutionary rhythm of the cross-strait institutional linkage.

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