LayerZero launches ZERO blockchain, partners with ICE and DTCC

RIVER (River) increased by 22.29% in the past 24 hours

Gate News Update, March 4th, according to CoinMarketCap data, as of press time, RIVER (River) is trading at $18.22, up 22.29% in the past 24 hours. The price reached a high of $19.32 and a low of $8.57. The 24-hour trading volume is $52.3 million. The current market capitalization is approximately $357 million, an increase of $65.1 million from yesterday. ## Recent Important News about RIVER: 1️⃣ **Multiple Strategic Financings Boost Market Confidence** River has recently received strategic support from several well-known investment institutions. Tron DAO Ventures injected $8 million to expand the Chain Abstraction infrastructure, and Maelstrom Fund (founded by Arthur Hayes) also made

PYUSD is used to expand TCS Blockchain's on-chain trade finance services in the freight industry.

PANews March 4 News, according to The Block, transportation trade finance provider TCS Blockchain announced the integration of PayPal USD (PYUSD) to offer same-day financing and on-chain settlement for freight invoices. Truck drivers can exchange invoices for TCS tokens, then convert them into PYUSD stablecoins, thereby avoiding the 30-180 day payment terms and over 30% revenue loss associated with traditional factoring companies. The company states that this solution can reduce costs by 90%, and it is expected that the annual transaction volume will exceed $1 billion by 2026.

Hong Kong teams up with the Shanghai government! Building a cross-border blockchain platform to promote digital trade and eBL pilot programs

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority and Shanghai have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to advance the Project Ensemble initiative, aimed at integrating the trade finance market and enhancing digital applications. This collaboration leverages blockchain technology to address trade data interoperability and financial services, while promoting Hong Kong's role as an international financial center. At the same time, Hong Kong is pushing forward digital asset policies and stablecoin regulation, with the goal of strengthening its digital economy and attracting overseas investment, gradually moving toward the machine economy era of 2026.

AI agents will become the main users of blockchain, according to Near Protocol co-founder

Illia Polosukhin, co-founder of Near Protocol, predicts that AI agents will become the primary users of blockchain in the future, serving as the front end while blockchain acts as the invisible back end for online activities.

1inch Network upgrades its platform, reducing the median execution time for Swap transactions to 14 seconds

PANews March 4 News, according to Cointelegraph, 1inch Network has upgraded its platform to enhance user experience and accelerate Swap transaction speeds. This upgrade has reduced the median execution time for Swap transactions from 26 seconds to 14 seconds.

Ripple Positions as One-Stop Digital Asset Hub With Major Payments Expansion

Ripple is expanding its enterprise blockchain platform with integrated stablecoin payments, custody, and global liquidity tools, positioning itself as a one-stop infrastructure provider as institutions accelerate adoption of regulated digital asset solutions worldwide. Ripple Announces Unified