The AI startup energy was full throttle last week. We hosted our latest cohort of frontier finance and tech builders with our partner @PlugandPlayTC accelerator and many of the industry blue chip co's at XDC Tech NYC.

Inside XDC NYC for the XDC AI Agents & Blockchain Accelerator with @PlugandPlayTC. XDC’s @TravisJohn, Billy Sebell & Sebastian Eelbode share more about the program, alongside leaders from @IBM and @GoldmanSachs. The next phase of AI will be defined by what can actually be deployed. This cohort is about finding the companies building what comes next — and creating a path to real-world adoption. Meet the cohort: @BlockRunAI @t54ai @hinkal_protocol @SynergeticsAI @Vishwa_lab @AstraSync_KYA @xdcaitech @KeybanTech @Quote_Trade @rupi_global @bondoncredit XDC’s mission is to bring builders and institutions together to turn emerging technology into real-world opportunities. More to come 🤝

If you're in NYC next week, come join us.

Looking forward to joining @CertiK during NFT.NYC @TravisJohn, Head of Institutional Defi for XDC, will be speaking on The Institutional Trust Stack for Onchain Finance — September 2 in NYC. See you there!

Enjoyed talking trade finance with industry pioneers @StowellPorter and Anthony Day and sharing why I believe being the 'aggregator' and 'translator' to diversified, durable, tokenized yield is the WAY to meet accredited investors where they are.

For years @XDCNetwork has built the next-gen infra for trade finance, but the missing piece for completed deals was payments. Last year, USDC on XDC opened the door, and now with partners like Bridge (a @stripe co), we have compliant multi-currency cross-border payments enabled for our flows.

Must-go event for people who are already in NYC A great chance to get updated about the latest on @XDCNetwork and its AI Agentic plans. Reply here if you wanna get access to the event.👇

Excited to bring @XDCNetwork staking native to @dfnsHQ

@ethconf NYC brought together an incredible mix of builders, institutions, allocators, and infrastructure teams. We were pleased to host a series of events and welcome partners from across the digital asset ecosystem. From thoughtful discussions during the day to continued conversations in the evening, the week highlighted the growing momentum across payments, tokenization, and real-world assets. Thank you to everyone who joined us, and to the XDC team whose hard work made the week possible. 🤝 @ProofOfAmit @NolchaShows @introductioncom @ArcadiaGTM @joinrepublic @0xCregis @knowitowlz @FalconXGlobal @Alchemy @graphprotocol @XDC_USA @XDCFoundation @nexchangeCC @XDCSolutionsLLC @maymichelson @Santosh_r_v @BlockXDC @Picard_on_chain @XinfinUSA @leighaantonia_ @MiaSu86 @XDCNetwork @riteshkakkad @atulkhekade @TravisJohn @XDCInnovLabs @Nadar_Suresh_ #XDC #ETHCC #NYCTechWeek

Big week for XDC with NYC Tech Week and ETHConf. We're hosting all day on Wednesday, June 10th at the @XDC_USA Office in NYC Breakfast: • RWA Day NYC – our flagship event speaks for itself, now in its 3rd year running. luma.com/rwa.day Lunch: • Payments & Allocators NYC – for the people moving money and the people funding the rails underneath it. luma.com/payments-and-alloca… Afterdark: • ETH Nights at Arlo Rooftop – closing soiree for ETHConf week, on a Brooklyn rooftop that looks out over all of Manhattan. luma.com/ETHNights Let's connect. 🤝

New York, let’s talk about the future of institutional money movement. Payments & Allocators NYC brings together banks, fintechs, PSPs, treasury leaders, stablecoin players, allocators, founders, and the XDC ecosystem for an invite-only industry day focused on payments, RWAs, trade finance, and validator economics. Date: June 10 Time: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM EDT Hosted by @TravisJohn and @XDC_USA at XDC NYC, West Chelsea. Register from link below (1/2)

Did this interview with @TheBlockCo at the @consensus2026 Miami closing party for The White Papers, talking trade finance and what we've been building at @XDCNetwork since 2019. Trade finance is a $15 trillion-a-year industry. It still runs 80% on paper. A single deal can involve 20-plus documents and 9 to 11 parties, and it takes 7 to 10 days to settle. In the age of AI, that should sound impossible. It isn't. It's the reality most of global commerce still operates in. The part people miss: this isn't really a money problem. It's a PRICING RISK PROBLEM. Nobody could price the full chain, so small- and mid-size businesses got left out or got stuck financing/factoring their invoices at 25% APY. With blockchain, smart contracts, proof of goods, a bill of lading, and a vault structure, we've cut that in half. A domestic example is US trucking. Largest employer in the country, 90 days to get paid, and our partners are taking issuers from 25% down to 10-12%. The bottom-up approach XDC and our partners are solving is what we refer to as the SME 2.5T financing gap, and stablecoins were the last piece of the puzzle. The Genius Act and MiCA made them legitimate tender on the balance sheet, and that's what finally let us close the loop on the settlement. That's also why XDC brought Contour Network into the fold, which the bank consortium HSBC, Citi, and Standard Chartered helped start. They digitized the documents but never got the settlement rails. We're rebuilding it on XDC. I said it in the interview, and I'll say it here. This is one of the few blockchain use cases that actually works, and it's durable. Once you've seen it, going back to paper feels like trading your iPhone for a BlackBerry. Nobody's doing that. Full conversation below. Worth a watch if you want to understand where this is going.

Regulated stablecoins unlocked the final piece of the puzzle to run full-lifecycle trade finance on @XDCNetwork.

🍫 $XDC is now tokenizing the cacao trade industry. Global cocoa trade is valued at over $150 billion. @Blockticity authenticated the harvest. @Brickken tokenized the receivable. @XDCNetwork settled it. Full interview:

Regulatory clarity could be the catalyst that brings tokenization into mainstream banking. In this clip from Tokenization 101: What the C-Suite Needs to Know, @tommyabe and @TravisJohn discuss why the proposed U.S. CLARITY Act could be the turning point for tokenized deposits, loans, and other on-chain banking products. Banks are already preparing. They’re waiting for the regulatory green light. At Zeeve, we help banks and financial institutions launch secure, compliant blockchain infrastructure for tokenization and stablecoins. Talk to us now: zeeve.io/talk-to-an-expert/?… #Tokenization #TokenizedDeposits #BankingInnovation #DigitalAssets #Stablecoins #Zeeve #XDC

Spent a lot of time with Hashfire team lately prepping our Day 1 portfolio. Excited to have Hashfire on the list and live on @XDCNetwork. Their fully onchain system sets a new bar for receivables financing marrying short duration investment grade yield with look through transparency, open markets and liquidity profiles for today’s allocators.

XDC Network is solving a $15 Trillion problem. I interviewed the Head of Institutional @XDCNetwork: • XDC has acquired Contour Network • Citi. HSBC. Standard Chartered. Infra. • $80M solana:EPjFWdd5AufqSSqeM2qN1xzybapC8G4wEGGkZwyTDt1v now live on XDC network • $2.5T trade finance gap being solved • New ETF coming for US participants • Only L1 in the International Trade & Forfeiture Association (ITFA) "BOA and JPMorgan are already convinced the plumbing needs upgraded. They just needed a network effect." @XDCFoundation | @TravisJohn | xdce-crowd-sale:native Full interview @Genfinity

Trade Finance workflows on @XDCNetwork connect proof of product, paperwork, and payment. 🔄

Huge momentum coming out of Miami for the @XDCNetwork 🤝