MINDEX, GMEX Group and HYBSE Join Forces to Launch the First Blockchain Securities Exchange in Mauritius 2991

Mauritius, London, 6th November 2018: We are pleased to announce the launch of the HYBSE International Marketplace; a joint venture between MINDEX Holdings Limited (MINDEX), GMEX Group Limited (GMEX) and Hybrid Stock Exchange Corporation Limited (HYBSE); that will bring to market a revolutionary blockchain exchange platform, based in Mauritius.

MINDEX; a complete exchange, post trade and physical infrastructure, facilitating a variety of asset classes to be traded in Mauritius, supported by GMEX; a world leader in digital business and technology solutions for exchange and post trade operators, will partner with HYBSE; a global online marketplace based on blockchain technology that is part of the DIM-Ecosystem.

The HYBSE International Marketplace will integrate blockchain solutions and technology with traditional financial industries providing a complete and governed ecosystem that digitalizes assets onto the blockchain. This partnership will for the first time, enable institutional investors access to cryptocurrency ETF’s and other crypto-instruments.

The following asset classes will be facilitated for trade in a digital tokenized format:

  • Cryptonized Shares
  • Cryptonized Currencies
  • Commodities
  • Indices
  • Forex
  • ETC’s (Exchange-Traded Commodities)
  • ETF’s (Exchange-Traded Funds)
  • CETF’s (Crypto Exchange Traded Funds)

SMEs will be able to use the HYBSE International Marketplace to seek capital by launching an Initial Blockshare Offering (IBO); a time-limited offer to purchase cryptonized-equities and other cryptonized-instruments, such as blockshares, from businesses registered on the HYBSE International Marketplace at special discounted rates. This will provide opportunities for the unbanked (more than 1.7 billion worldwide) to participate in the listing and trading of stocks.

MINDEX

The parties have chosen to set up the HYBSE International Marketplace in Mauritius further to the recent announcement that the Financial Services Commission (FSC), the local regulator, will create new licensable activities for the Custodian of Digital Assets and Digital Asset Marketplace and provide a regulated environment for the exchange and safe custody of digital assets. The regulator in Mauritius has also issued guidelines on investment in cryptocurrency as a digital asset.

Hirander Misra, Chairman of MINDEX and CEO of GMEX Group commented: “I am delighted to announce this exciting joint venture, where HYBSE will bring its vast domain knowledge, securities to be tokenised and its blockchain-based digital exchange technology and MINDEX, supported by GMEX, will provide scalable institutional grade digital trading platforms and business and operational expertise to set up the new marketplace.”

He added, “We welcome the new regulatory framework for digital assets in Mauritius and we are thrilled to be at the forefront of market development as one of the first ventures to set up under the new regime. We are firmly convinced that there is a massive opportunity for Mauritius to position itself as a major global hub in this dynamic space underpinned by strong governance and regulation to ensure trust”.

Daniel Liu of Hybrid Stock Exchange Corporation Limited (HYBSE) commented “The new venture between the three companies will bring about an exciting new development, not only for the crypto sphere, but global capital markets as a whole. As we embark on a journey to pave a previous uncharted way forward, this will inevitably create an ideal prospect to move the evolution of all financial systems, light-years ahead. We must also maintain a conscious belief of the power of this evolutionary step, as not to disrupt current global markets, but to rather bolster a new way of thinking that encompasses a decentralised and truly free market entity.”

HYBSE International Marketplace will apply for a Digital Marketplace license and operations are due to commence in Q1 2019 subject to regulatory approval.

About MINDEX

MINDEX Holdings Limited – The holding company for the MINDEX ecosystem

MINDEX Clearing Limited – Will operate as the central counterparty (CCP) clearing house regulated by the Mauritius Financial Services Commission (FSC) to clear all trades executed on MINDEX Limited.

MINDEX Limited – Will operate a multi-asset Derivatives Exchange regulated by the Mauritius Financial Services Commission (FSC).

MINDEX Spot Limited – The marketplace for the electronic trading of standardised physical and digital spot commodity contracts for gold, precious metals and other commodities.

MINDEX Vault Limited – The proposed secured storage depository solution for gold and other precious metals.

MINDEX Refinery Limited – The proposed world class smelting, refining and recovery of gold and other precious metals to the highest standards.

For more information, visit www.mindex.mu

Follow on Twitter @MindexHoldings

About GMEX Group

GMEX Group (GMEX) comprises a set of companies that offer leading-edge innovative solutions for a new era of global financial markets, providing business expertise, the latest technology, connectivity, and operational excellence delivered through an aligned partnership driven approach. GMEX uses extensive market infrastructure experience and expertise to create an appropriate strategic master plan with exchanges, clearing houses, depositories, registries, and warehouse receipt platforms. GMEX also offers the added benefit of interconnection to multiple partner exchanges, to create global networks of liquidity.  GMEX Technologies is a wholly owned subsidiary of GMEX Group.

For more information, visit www.gmex-group.com

Follow on Twitter @GMEX_Group

About HYBSE

The Hybrid Stock Exchange (HYBSE) is an online blockchain based exchange platform. It permits the buying and selling of cryptonized-equity in the new era of cryptocurrencies. The use of blockchain technology allows participants to cut out many of the intermediaries that are associated with traditional exchanges. While traditional exchanges serve participants from specific geographical locations, the HYBSE is open to all participants globally.

For more information, visit www.hybse.com

Follow on Twitter https://twitter.com/HYBSE

About the DIM Foundation

The DIM Foundation is a non-profit organization that is responsible for the marketing, public relations, customer care and oversight of the DIM brands (DIMCOIN, DIM Currencies, DIM Cryptocurrencies and future DIM denominated coins). DIM X is a cryptocurrency converting platform. The DIM Foundation is registered in Singapore.


The DIM-Ecosystem is a blockchain-based financial ecosystem. It includes DIM Currencies, an offering of various stable digital currencies, backed by precious metals. DIM Currencies are a medium for day-to-day commerce and merchant payment solutions. The currency stability will be further enhanced by the swift and efficient purchase of precious metals through MINDEX Spot Limited (Gold Spot Exchange), and storage of the wealth in secured MINDEX Vaults.

The regional DIM Foundation will be responsible for:

  • Collecting donations for the DIM Ecosystem
  • Creating events for the DIM Ecosystem and attending blockchain events
  • Launch marketing campaigns for the DIM Foundation
  • Attract businesses into the DIM Ecosystem
  • Becoming a central meeting point for ambassadors and promoters.

For more information, visit www.dim.foundation

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How TruTrade Is Helping Redefine Capital Access in Professional Trading 1251

Traders Shift Focus From Strategy Alone to Scalable Capital Infrastructure

As global financial markets grow increasingly competitive, professional and independent traders alike are recognizing a critical shift: success is no longer defined by strategy alone, but by access to scalable capital and disciplined infrastructure. Addressing this evolution, QuickFund AI, a service offered through TruTrade, enables qualified traders to operate with funded capital while maintaining full control over their trading decisions.

For years, retail traders focused almost exclusively on indicators, setups, and technical strategies, often while operating under severe capital constraints. These limitations frequently forced traders into over-leveraging, emotional decision-making, and inconsistent execution. Industry leaders increasingly point to capital structure—not strategy quality—as one of the primary barriers preventing traders from scaling responsibly.

“Capital determines how effectively a strategy can be deployed,” said Danny Rebello, CEO and Co-Founder of TruTrade. “Without adequate capital, traders are forced to compromise risk management, timing, and diversification. That’s where most breakdowns occur.”

QuickFund AI was developed to address this structural imbalance. Rather than requiring traders to risk significant personal funds, the service provides access to funded accounts designed to support disciplined, rules-based execution. This approach mirrors institutional trading environments, where exposure is distributed across multiple accounts and systems rather than concentrated into a single position.

Importantly, TruTrade does not trade on behalf of users, manage client funds, provide investment advice, or guarantee results. All trading decisions remain entirely under the trader’s control. QuickFund AI functions strictly as a capital-access and operational framework for qualified traders using TruTrade-compatible software.

“Funding is not a shortcut,” said Brian Nutt, COO and Co-Founder of TruTrade. “Capital amplifies whatever habits a trader already has. Discipline, structure, and risk control are still the deciding factors.”

The rapid adoption of funded trading models reflects a broader maturation of the retail trading ecosystem. Traders are shifting away from speculation-driven approaches and toward professional standards built on accountability, consistency, and infrastructure.

As market volatility persists and competition intensifies, capital efficiency—not hype—is emerging as the true competitive edge.

For more information, visit https://trutrade.io.

About TruTrade

TruTrade is a trading software company providing data-driven tools, analytics, and AI-supported automation designed to assist self-directed traders. TruTrade does not manage funds, execute trades, or provide investment advice.

About QuickFund AI

QuickFund AI is a funding facilitation service for qualified traders using TruTrade-compatible software, providing access to funded trading accounts while maintaining strict compliance boundaries.

Tea.xyz flags critical open-source supply-chain risks in 2026 1157

Tea.xyz has announced their new ecosystem findings highlighting escalating risks across the global open-source software supply chain, warning that 2026 represents a critical inflection point for how open source is built, funded, and secured.

Based on analysis from its real-time dependency graph, which maps millions of open-source packages and their interdependencies, tea.xyz reports a sharp increase in AI-generated code submissions, maintainer burnout, and coordinated supply-chain abuse.

Together, these trends are placing unprecedented pressure on the software infrastructure that underpins the modern Internet in the AI era.

AI growth outpaces maintainer capacity

AI-assisted development has dramatically accelerated software output, but review, accountability, and long-term maintenance have not scaled at the same pace. tea.xyz data shows that automated tools now make it trivial to generate pull requests, bug reports, and even entire packages, while validation remains manual, time-intensive, and increasingly unsustainable for maintainers.

This imbalance has been publicly acknowledged by industry leaders. Daniel Stenberg, creator of curl, has documented a sharp rise in low-quality, AI-generated submissions, while maintainers of major projects such as Electron report increasing proposal volumes accompanied by declining signal-to-noise ratios.

A recent GitHub survey of more than 500 open-source maintainers found that spam mitigation and AI-generated “noise” are now emerging as critical operational risks for core infrastructure projects.

Supply-chain abuse accelerates

Tea.xyz’s findings align with recent security disclosures pointing to large-scale abuse of public package registries. Amazon security researchers recently identified more than 150,000 malicious npm packages designed to exploit crypto-based incentive systems, generating self-replicating dependency loops that polluted more than 1% of the npm ecosystem.

Earlier this year, the “Shai-Hulud” worm compromised legitimate packages using stolen developer credentials, impacting libraries with billions of weekly downloads.

“These incidents show how easily automated systems can be weaponized against open source,” said Tim Lewis, co-founder of tea.xyz. “Attackers no longer need sophisticated exploits. At scale, automation alone is enough.”

The maintainer sustainability crisis deepens

The long-standing “Nebraska Problem”, where widely used digital infrastructure is maintained by underfunded or unpaid individuals, has steadily intensified. Tea.xyz analysis indicates that nearly half of npm packages with more than one million monthly downloads are still maintained by a single person.

Recent examples include the resignation of libxml2’s sole maintainer and temporary development pauses across popular Kubernetes tooling due to burnout and unsustainable workloads. Core projects such as FFmpeg remain chronically underfunded despite their critical role in global media and streaming infrastructure.

“Organizations depend on open source at massive scale, but the responsibility still falls on individuals,” Lewis said, before adding that this kind of mismatch is no longer sustainable.

Regulatory pressure raises the stakes in 2026

At the same time, regulatory initiatives such as U.S. Executive Order 14028, NIST’s Secure Software Development Framework, and CISA’s Open Source Software Security Roadmap are increasing expectations for auditable, transparent software supply chains.

According to recent Linux Foundation research, most organizations lack the governance structures required to safely manage their open-source dependencies, even as those dependencies power mission-critical systems across finance, healthcare, and government.

By addressing sustainability and accountability at the infrastructure layer, tea.xyz aims to help developers, maintainers, and enterprises navigate the growing complexity of open-source software in an AI-driven environment.

“Open source isn’t failing,” Lewis added. “But it is changing. The systems that supported it for decades need to evolve, and in 2026, that reality becomes unavoidable.”

About tea.xyz

Founded by Tim Lewis and Max Howell, the tea Protocol is a decentralized technology framework designed to secure and sustain the open-source ecosystem in the AI era. It addresses the long-standing “Nebraska Problem,” where critical software relied upon by millions is often maintained by a small number of underfunded, unrecognized contributors.

tea maps the global open-source ecosystem through a real-time dependency graph, revealing which projects form the deepest and most essential layers of the software stack. Through reputation-based systems and aligned economic incentives, tea enables developers and maintainers to earn rewards proportional to the real-world impact of their contributions, while improving transparency, accountability, and software supply-chain security.

As AI accelerates software creation and deployment, tea extends beyond dependency mapping to support secure, verifiable distribution of open-source software, ensuring provenance, trust, and resilience at scale.

By applying decentralized and web3-native principles to open source, tea is building foundational infrastructure to protect contributors, strengthen security, and support the next generation of internet software.

AIxC Announces AIxC Hub Exceeds 500,000 Registered Wallets in First Week Following Launch 1063

AIxCrypto Inc. (“AIxC”), a pioneer in Embodied AI (EAI) infrastructure, today announced that its flagship platform, AIxC Hub has surpassed 500,000 registered wallets and 200,000 daily active participants (DAU) within seven days of its launch.

High-Frequency Engagement & Behavioral Intelligence

The platform has processed millions of directional predictions on the Company’s proprietary C10 Index. Beyond simple engagement, AIxC Hub serves as a massive behavioral data engine, capturing real-time human decision-making patterns to train the Company’s Embodied AI models.

  • Zero-Capital Arena: A zero capital participation model that removes financial barriers, allowing for authentic analytical instincts
  • C10 Index Forecasting: Users perform high-frequency predictions on top digital assets, updated every 10 seconds
  • Merit-Based Recognition: A unified Points system rewards accuracy and community participation, creating a highly engaging skill-building environment

“Reaching 500,000 accounts in a week validates our strategy of using zero-capital environments to collect high-quality behavioral intelligence,” said Jerry Wang, Co-CEO of AIxC. “These datasets are the foundational inputs our EAI systems need to optimize decision-making in real-world asset (RWA) contexts.”

Global Community Network & Data Integrity

AIxC has built a robust global user network through multi-channel outreach. The Company maintains approximately 42,000 followers across social media platforms (AIxC Twitter 23,000 + Foundation Twitter 19,000), with core communities concentrated in Discord (27,000 members) and Telegram (17,000 members), totaling approximately 44,500 community members. This multi-tiered community architecture provides a solid foundation for the platform’s rapid growth.

To ensure the integrity of this training data, AIxC utilizes advanced AI-driven quality assurance to filter automated bot activity, ensuring the dataset reflects genuine human cognition. With users distributed across multiple countries and regions, the platform is building a globally diverse behavioral library essential for training adaptable AI systems.

Deep Community Engagement Initiatives

The Company will host its first Twitter Space next week, themed “Futurist Dialogue: Where Are the Opportunities for Ordinary People in the AI Era?” The event will feature industry guests discussing the convergence of AI and Crypto, alongside the launch of the Company’s first community AMA to address questions about the product roadmap.

Concurrently, the platform will launch an interactive AI Agent that uses gamified dialogue to help users understand their decision-making styles. After users provide basic information such as birth details and professional background, the AI generates personalized behavioral analysis.

To explore AIxC Hub, visit:
https://hub.aixcrypto.ai

To explore AIxC S1 Arena gameplay and season rules, visit:
https://aixc.gitbook.io/aixc-hub-docs-en/

About AIxCrypto

AIxCrypto is a U.S.-Nasdaq listed company dedicated to building a world-leading ecosystem that integrates AI and blockchain while bridging Web2 and Web3. Its core products include the BesTrade DeAI Agent and the AIxC ecosystem products.  

Morph’s $150 Million Accelerator Backs Startups Scaling Real-World Payments Onchain 1505

Morph, the Ethereum-based settlement layer purpose-built for payments, today announced the launch of its Payment Accelerator, a $150 million program designed to support payment companies bringing live, real-world transaction activity onchain.

Stablecoins are increasingly being adopted as a settlement rail for global commerce and cross-border transfers. Morph cited more than $27.6 trillion in stablecoin transaction volume processed in 2024 as evidence of accelerating demand for faster settlement, lower costs, and programmable payment flows. Despite this growth, the company noted that much of today’s payment infrastructure remains fragmented, relying on multi-step processes that slow reconciliation and constrain working capital.

The Payment Accelerator is structured across multiple funding tracks intended to align support with a company’s stage of deployment. Participants may access meaningful grant funding, performance-based incentives, and liquidity support that scale from early production through higher-volume deployments, based on achieved milestones and operational needs. The program focuses on high-impact Network Verticals where onchain payment adoption is already emerging at scale, including crypto cards, cross-border remittance, and merchant payment gateways.

“Payments represent the largest and most immediate opportunity for onchain adoption,” said Colin Goltra, CEO of Morph. “The Payment Accelerator is about giving serious operators the infrastructure, incentives, and ecosystem access they need to move real money onchain at scale. We expect the companies participating in this program to become long-term builders and leaders within the Morph ecosystem.”

Eligibility is focused on teams with near-term readiness for production. Applicants are expected to have a working MVP or live product, a clear fit within one of the program’s focus verticals, and the operational capacity to launch and report measurable activity. Priority will be given to operators that can demonstrate existing scale, such as meaningful monthly processed volume or established transaction throughput, as well as teams with signed pilots where post-launch activity can be verified.

Infrastructure providers applying to the accelerator are expected to demonstrate production-grade integrations, a defined security posture, and a delivery plan that directly enables payment settlement on Morph. All participants must meet compliance requirements for real-user payment flows, including alignment with KYC and AML standards and applicable jurisdictional operating constraints.

Accelerator participants will receive access to production settlement infrastructure alongside coordinated go-to-market support. Payment platforms deploying on Morph will also be able to integrate with Bitget and Bitget Wallet, enabling distribution across a combined ecosystem of more than 120 million users.

Applications are now open, with pilot partners already in progress across the program’s target verticals. Additional partner announcements and program updates are expected in the coming months.

About Morph

Morph is an Ethereum-based, payments-first settlement layer and the native onchain home of BGB, focused on building the foundation for global consumer finance onchain. Morph supports real-world financial activity across payments, savings, identity, and rewards, enabling scalable, onchain settlement for consumer and business use. Guided by the Morph Foundation, the network connects more than 120 million users through the Bitget and Bitget Wallet ecosystems.

AEON Partners With United Stables to Power Real-World Payments and x402 AI-Native Settlement 1817

AEON, the foundational payment and settlement layer built for the new AI economy, today announced a partnership with United Stables ($U), a next-generation stablecoin designed to enable seamless value flow across payments, trading, and autonomous systems. Through this collaboration, AEON Pay now supports $U for real-world crypto payments, while AEON’s x402 Facilitator integrates $U as a settlement asset on BNB Chain, bridging everyday commerce and AI economy.

Bringing $U Into Everyday Spending

With this integration, users can now pay with $U across a wide range of real-world scenarios using AEON Pay, AEON’s Web3 mobile payment product. By scanning a merchant’s QR code, users can spend $U for offline shopping, dining, and daily purchases, while merchants receive local fiat settlement seamlessly.

AEON Pay currently supports offline payments at over 50 million merchants across Southeast Asia, Nigeria, Mexico, Brazil, Georgia, and Peru, with continued expansion planned across Africa and Latin America. The addition of $U extends its utility beyond digital finance, positioning it as a practical medium of exchange for everyday life.

AEON Pay is accessible via the Telegram MiniApp, as well as through integrations with leading wallets and platforms including Bitget Wallet, Binance Wallet, OKX Wallet, Solana Pay, OKX Pay, TokenPocket, KuCoin, and Bybit.

Powering AI-Native Settlement With x402 Standard

The collaboration also brings $U into AEON’s AI payment stack. AEON’s x402 Facilitator will support $U as a settlement asset on BNB Chain, enabling AI agents to transact autonomously using a stable, liquid unit of account.

AEON has been an early pioneer of AI payment standards such as x402 and ERC-8004, building infrastructure that allows intelligent agents to request, verify, and settle payments on-chain while connecting directly to real-world merchants. With $U integrated into this flow, AI agents gain access to a stablecoin purpose-built for fluid value movement between humans, applications, and autonomous systems.

Expanding the Real-World Use and AI Economy Together

U is designed to unify fragmented liquidity across use cases, from payments and DeFi to institutional settlement and AI-driven automation. By integrating $U into AEON’s global payment network and AI settlement infrastructure, this partnership connects on-chain liquidity with real-world commerce at scale.

AEON currently operates one of the largest crypto payment settlement networks using QR codes and bank transfers, serving over 20 million merchants and 200,000 users within four months of launch. Its payment infrastructure processes nearly 1 million transactions per month, with over $29 million in monthly volume across 50 million real-world merchants.

By combining AEON’s real-world payment reach and AI settlement capabilities with U’s next-generation stablecoin design, the partnership advances a future where stable value can move seamlessly across people, merchants, and autonomous AI,turning both everyday payments and AI commerce into a unified economic layer.

About U

$U is a next-generation stablecoin backed by fully fluid assets, designed to unify fragmented liquidity across trading, payments, DeFi, institutional settlement, and AI-driven autonomous systems. It is the embodiment of a “fluid” future where value flows seamlessly between humans and AI.

About AEON

AEON is the foundational payment and settlement layer built for the new AI economy. By pioneering support for emerging AI payment standards like x402 and ERC-8004, AEON is actively reshaping the internet’s production relations. Its AI payment and Web3 Mobile Payment solutions AEON Pay have processed 994k transactions with $29M+ in volume across 50M real-world merchants in Southeast Asia, Africa, and Latin America.

With the massive shift from the attention economy to the call-based economy, AEON provides the financial backbone required to power the next-gen agentic commerce at scale, and accelerate real-world adoption of crypto and AI.

MGC reports token holder stability during period of market volatility 1944

MGC has released updated information regarding recent activity related to its native token, highlighting patterns of holder retention observed during broader cryptocurrency market volatility.

According to internal data shared by the project, MGC’s holder base has remained comparatively stable over the past year, even as several gaming- and metaverse-related tokens experienced declines in participation. Analysts monitoring the sector have noted that MGC has shown fewer abrupt changes in holder distribution than is typically observed during periods of market stress.

During a recent market downturn that followed a sharp decline in Bitcoin prices and coincided with sell-offs across multiple altcoins, MGC did not reflect the same degree of short-term volatility seen elsewhere in the sector. Project representatives stated that the observed price behavior aligned with consistent on-chain holding patterns rather than external market activity.

Utility-driven token use

MGC functions as the native token within the Ranking Platform ecosystem. Within the platform, the token is used for in-platform activities such as game registration, participation in ranking mechanisms, position upgrades, and reward distribution. These functions are designed to support platform operations rather than speculative trading.

Project representatives indicated that usage-based interaction may contribute to longer holding periods, as participants engage with the token in the context of platform activity rather than short-term market movements.

Market stability as a magnet for new investors

Something interesting happens when a token behaves well during market stress: new investors pay attention. In the case of MGC, this effect has become increasingly visible.
When newcomers observe that the token does not collapse during volatility, their perception shifts from “another gaming token” to “a token whose community knows its value.” Stability becomes a narrative, and that narrative becomes a catalyst for new demand.

Community engagement and platform development

MGC representatives stated that ongoing development within the Ranking Platform continues in line with its published roadmap. The project reports steady participation from users engaging with platform features and updates, though it emphasized that adoption levels may vary over time.

The project characterized current activity as reflective of an engaged user base rather than market-driven momentum.

Context within the Web3 gaming sector

As the Web3 gaming sector continues to evolve, MGC positions its recent token metrics as an example of how platform usage and participant behavior can influence observed market activity. The project noted that market conditions remain dynamic and that outcomes depend on multiple external and internal factors.