Trade finance platforms need to work with the standards banks already use. @swiftcommunity MT and MX messages carry payment and trade instructions. UCP and ISBP guide how letters of credit are examined and paid. @contourtrade, XDC Ventures’ trade finance platform, connects stablecoin settlement to those existing workflows. The team will be presenting its approach at @Sibos Miami 🗓️ September 28 - October 1.

The @wto’s new report examines where stablecoins could help with cross-border trade payments and settlement. Its acknowledgements thank Saloi Benbaha, Ken Cowan, and @SunilSenapatiGo from XDC Network for sharing insights that informed the publication. @XDCNetwork is the only blockchain network named there, alongside contributors from the @BIS_org, @circle, the @bankofengland and the @SNB_BNS.

Happy Monday! From growing institutional activity in Brazil and Asia to the infrastructure emerging around AI-powered payments, here’s what’s happening across the XDC ecosystem. 👇 XDC Weekly September 13, 2026 - September 19, 2026 _____________________________ XDC Network on CNN Brazil @XDCNetwork was featured on @CNNBrasil in an interview with @DConsimo, Head of Business Development at XDC LATAM, discussing the growth of tokenization and blockchain-based financial infrastructure in Brazil. The conversation covered XDC's growing institutional presence, approximately USD 1.4 billion in tokenized assets issued in the country, Brazil's evolving regulatory landscape, and the role of AI agents in emerging financial applications. _____________________________ AI-Powered Payments A new conversation featuring @REDausen and @satz_tr explores what AI-powered payments could look like as agents move from recommending actions to executing them. The discussion covers autonomous purchasing, 24/7 payment infrastructure, @USDC on XDC Network, and how blockchain-based settlement could support AI agents as they discover services, initiate payments, and transact on-chain. _____________________________ DSRV Joins XDC Network South Korean blockchain infrastructure provider @dsrvlabs has joined XDC Network as an institutional masternode validator, expanding the network's institutional infrastructure across Northeast Asia. The addition follows an earlier collaboration with @sbixdc and establishes DSRV within XDC's consensus layer as the organizations explore enterprise use cases spanning trade finance, supply chains, and tokenization across Japan and South Korea.

Happy Monday! Last week brought the XDC ecosystem to New York for conversations spanning agentic finance, enterprise AI, and the infrastructure connecting traditional and on-chain finance. Here’s the latest. 👇 XDC Weekly September 6, 2026 - September 12, 2026 _____________________________ Cohort 4 Kickoff Event XDC Foundation and @PlugandPlayTC hosted the Cohort 4 kickoff at the XDC USA office in New York, bringing together founders, investors, enterprise leaders, and industry participants. The event explored the intersection of AI agents and blockchain, with discussions focused on the current state of agentic finance, infrastructure gaps, and emerging applications across payments, digital identity, tokenization, and enterprise finance. _____________________________ Building an AI-Ready Governed Data Foundation @XDC_USA hosted a panel focused on the governed data infrastructure enterprises need to scale AI responsibly and effectively. @LetiziaRoyo of @PlugandPlayTC, Kait Arnold of @GoldmanSachs, and Rick Robinson of @NTTDATA discussed the role of data governance and enterprise infrastructure as organizations move toward broader AI implementation. _____________________________ XDC MENA Podcast Episode 32 of the XDC MENA Podcast features @JeremyStir and @REDausen discussing the infrastructure needed to bring institutional capital on-chain. The conversation covers structured products, tokenized real-world assets, staking, stablecoins, native USDC settlement, and the convergence of traditional and digital finance, while also examining how programmable infrastructure could support autonomous AI payments.

Happy Monday! From the next accelerator cohort to AI-driven adoption and a look back at August, here’s what’s happening across the XDC ecosystem. 👇 XDC Weekly August 30, 2026 - September 5, 2026 _____________________________ XDC Accelerator Cohort 4 @PlugandPlayTC has announced 12 startups selected for Cohort 4 of the XDC Accelerator, focused on AI agents and blockchain. The cohort will work alongside Plug and Play and the XDC Foundation on business development, mentorship, investor connections, and opportunities to integrate their solutions with the XDC Network ecosystem. _____________________________ AI and the People Problem A new article from XDC Foundation Executive Director @XinfinUSA explores how AI could help close the gap between blockchain infrastructure and the people and institutions it is designed to serve. Rather than treating AI as a replacement for existing blockchain use cases, the article examines its potential as an adoption layer that can simplify access to trade finance, tokenized assets, DeFi, and payments while emphasizing the trust and controls required as agents gain greater autonomy. _____________________________ XDC Pulse - August 2026 The August edition of XDC Pulse recaps a month of expanding infrastructure and ecosystem activity across XDC Network. Highlights include continued validator growth, the launch of the @QAIXAlliance, XDC integration with @OrbitX_Pay Corporate Cards, new market access through @kucoincom Futures, and global ecosystem engagement across Singapore, Paraguay, Brazil, Australia, and other markets.