Avalanche Payments Collective: The Future of Global Payments on Avalanche Cross-border payments still runs on outdated infrastructure, correspondent banking, prefunded accounts, fragmented liquidity and slow settlement. As stablecoins evolve from crypto-native assets into real financial infrastructure, attention is shifting from the assets themselves to the ecosystem around them: networks, liquidity providers, settlement rails, compliance, treasury systems, FX and applications that let businesses move money faster and across borders. Avalanche is positioning itself at the center of that shift. And with the launch of the Avalanche Payments Collective (APC), the "Future is being built on Avalanche" thesis is being put into practice. The Avalanche Payments Collective unites 29 organizations spanning settlement, stablecoins, treasury, FX, asset management, compliance, commerce, and global payouts, reflecting a broader industry shift where speed alone isn't enough. Modern payment providers need liquidity, compliance, treasury, settlement, and local payment networks working together as one infrastructure layer.

The Avalanche Summit has officially come to an end and here are some major news and updates we got from the event🗽 🔺Insomniac, the team behind the world’s largest festivals, brings fan loyalty to Avalanche, in partnership with Rain. Entertainment Powered by Avalanche. 🔺$807B New York Life Investment Management is bringing its first tokenized fund to Avalanche. 🔺Avalanche is now live on @Paxos across their regulated financial infrastructure platform, expanding institutional access to AVAX and Avalanche-native USDC. The integration puts Avalanche, with infrastructure serving 650+ institutions and supporting 470M+ end users worldwide. 🔺Francesco Abbate, CEO of FIFA Collect spoke about their decision to use @avax technology: He said: “Given all the specific requirements that we had, in the end, the choice of Avalanche technology was an intuitive choice.” 🔺@FIFACollect says they’ve crossed 1 MILLION users. 🔺Bloxtel announced that they’re bringing private 5G infrastructure onchain with Avalanche. Each physical AP 201 is registered on Avalanche, while Bloxtel’s dSIM technology moves subscriber identity and authentication onchain. 🔺 Multiple new stadiums will be going onchain with @si_tickets_. David Lane, CEO of Sports Illustrated Tickets, teased that "multiple Premier League stadiums" will go fully onchain in 2027. 🔺NYSE plans to bring 24/7 trading on chain with their in-development ATS platform. 🔺@COTInetwork’s Privacy-on-Demand and Privacy Portal are now live on Avalanche. 🔺$500B global asset manager, Janus Henderson, is now a validator on Avalanche. 🔺For the first time, permissionless tokenized stocks will be coming to Avalanche as Pharaoh is planning to bring 24/7 trading of tokenized U.S. stocks to its decentralized exchange built nativelyon Avalanche. 🔺Aave is set to launch specialized RWA lending market on Avalanche, the new RWA Hub will allow institutions to use tokenized financial assets as collateral to borrow stablecoins without selling their underlying positions. 🔺Hyundai outlined the next steps after their successful Proof of Concept with Avalanche earlier this year. 🔺Iris has raised over $40M to expand ALVA’s onchain financial services on Avalanche. New tech, new products, new ideas and a look at where the Avalanche ecosystem is headed with the people building it. The @avax Summit wasn't just an event, it represented the global force of adoption that the Avalanche Blockchain brings to the table.

Crypto shouldn't stop being useful the moment you need to pay for something in the real world. It shouldn't just be for trading, staking, holding, or gambling. It should be something you can actually spend on the things you need in your every day life. Now, let's talk about @SliqPay and it’s utilities 👇

We had yet another big week for the avalanche ecosystem, from major announcements to real world asset tokenization and an incredible atmosphere ahead of the Avalanche Summit. Here's what happened: 🔺 Hanwha Investment & Securities, part of the $200B Hanwha Group, is building its new tokenization platform on Avalanche, connecting traditional assets and institutional finance to global onchain markets. 🔺 Our very own @vohvohh officially stepped into a new role at @AvaLabs and will serve as the new Director of Social Media. 🔺India moved agricultural credit infrastructure on-chain through Avalanche, alongside @finternet_org and Arya.ag. The initiative brought agricultural financing infrastructure on-chain with major lenders, including Singularity Credit and Aryadhan. With Arya.ag managing more than $2B in grain across 12,000+ warehouses, the initiative aimed to make stored grain verifiable collateral and make the lending process more transparent and traceable. 🔺 Baylor Athletics, the University of Memphis and the University of Nevada, Reno are bringing fan rewards to Avalanche through @uptop_xyz, launching programs that connect fan engagement with rewards, tickets, merchandise, experiences and sponsors. 🔺Empowr received a $5,000 @AvaxTeam1 Builder Mini Grant. Empowr will be an on-chain bounty platform aimed to create new earning opportunities for the community. 🔺 @loopia_world Season 2 begins September 14 with amazing rewards up for grabs, ferdyfrens NFTs, merchs and $PNG etc. 🔺 @Team1USA_ launched Proof of Origin, a new series telling the stories behind projects built on Avalanche, beginning with @Kodr_pro and the story behind @dive_chain. 🔺 100+ students at UED began building on Avalanche with @Team1VN, exploring Web3 careers while getting hands on experience creating Avalanche L1s and deploying their first smart contracts. 🔺 @Team1KOR brought 30+ builders together in Gangnam for its first Open Source Builder Connect, creating a new developer networking space for the local Avalanche builder community. 🔺 @AvaxTeam1 is heading to Amsterdam for its first Team1 Connect in the Netherlands, expanding Team1 into another local European community. 🔺 @Team1TUR brought the @avax community together in Istanbul for its Coffee Meetup and announced the Seed Sprint Builder Residency, bringing 50 builders together for three days to develop ideas and ship alongside @OKXTurkiye. 🔺 @therollupco joined Avalanche Summit NYC as an official media partner, bringing live conversations, reactions and takeaways from the Summit floor next week. 🔺 @TheArenaApp and @pangolindex will bring the community together in New York after Day 1 of @avax Summit, limited to 50 spots. 🔺 The @avax ecosystem marked six years since its Genesis Block, celebrating the network's journey since Block 0 was minted with the message, “From Snowflake to Avalanche. Per consensum ad astra." It's been a Phenomenal journey since then. 🔺 @Frens_DAO_ is working with @AvaxTeam1, @AvalancheFDN and @AvaLabs to support community relations across multiple verticals, with a focus on growing activity around Avalanche C-Chain.