In May, the CLARITY Act advanced through the Senate committee in a historic bipartisan vote. Charles Schwab launched crypto trading to 39 million retail investors. Stablecoins surpassed $322 billion in market cap—larger than most nations' foreign exchange reserves. But here's what the headlines missed: ✅ The SEC quietly delayed tokenized equities after pressure from traditional exchanges. ✅ StablR suffered a security breach that exposed custody risk at scale. ✅Bitcoin traded between $73K and $82K, stablecoins crossed $322 billion in market cap, institutions deepened their on-chain footprint, regulators moved closer to providing clarity, and governments continued experimenting with blockchain-based financial systems. ✅ Nathan Allman's unexpected passing reminded us that crypto infrastructure still depends on individuals. The transition from speculation to infrastructure is real. But it's fragile, gatekept by traditional finance, and it's only beginning. In this month's edition of The Bridge, we unpack the developments shaping crypto's transition from an emerging asset class into financial infrastructure. Read the full May 2026 edition below.
ToroNet
Blockchain Services
Unlocking financial possibilities for everyone, everywhere, through digital asset tokens
About us
The TóróNet is the world's first layer 1 blockchain designed to power the tokenized economies of the Global South.
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https://toronet.org/
External link for ToroNet
- Industry
- Blockchain Services
- Company size
- 11-50 employees
- Headquarters
- Delaware
- Type
- Nonprofit
- Founded
- 2021
- Specialties
- blockchain, financial inclusion, sustainable development, digital for life, sustainable governance, and empowerment
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Delaware, US
Employees at ToroNet
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Toronet x Toroforge Collective This week’s Toronet Ecosystem AMA features Toroforge Collective, the builders and developer community, powering innovation across the Toronet ecosystem. We’ll be diving into the ongoing ToroForge Bounty Program, how developers can participate, what’s being built, and why builder ecosystems matter for the future of blockchain adoption. If you’re a developer, designer, technical writer, or ecosystem contributor, this conversation is for you. Date: Friday, 22nd May, 2026 Time: 5pm WAT Venue: Toronet Telegram Community (https://t.me/toronetchain)
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The first Toroforge Developer Bounties are now officially live. We’re opening up ecosystem bounties for developers building with Toronet SDKs and contributing to the next phase of infrastructure growth across the ecosystem. Current bounty tracks include: ✔️Documentation & SDK improvements ✔️Developer tooling ✔️Templates & starter resources This is an opportunity for developers to help shape the tooling, resources, and onboarding experience for future builders on Toronet. Why this matters: ✔️Better tooling accelerates adoption ✔️Strong documentation lowers barriers for developers ✔️Open ecosystem contributions strengthen infrastructure over time We believe ecosystems grow faster when builders are empowered to contribute directly. Explore the live bounties and start building: 1️⃣ https://lnkd.in/eBQxtKAQ 2️⃣ https://lnkd.in/eGvdrN-p 3️⃣ https://lnkd.in/eYugDNaH Earn rewards. Build ecosystem assets. Contribute to the future of Toronet. More at https://lnkd.in/ejpmeDdP #Toronetbounty Toroforge Collective
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Welcome to April 2026 edition of The Bridge Newsletter. 🚀 When we first began tracking the intersection of traditional finance and blockchain, the conversation was dominated by "if" and "when." This month, that dialogue has shifted permanently to "how much" and "how fast." We are no longer standing on the precipice of a new financial era; we are firmly within it. April has proven to be a watershed moment for Real-World Assets (RWAs). With the total market value of tokenized assets surging past the $30 billion mark, we are witnessing the birth of a unified global ledger. Read the full issue here 👇 #Aprilnewsletter #RWAs #Crossborderpayments
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What happens when DeFi liquidity meets real-world businesses? We’re about to find out. This week’s Toronet Ecosystem AMA features BitsaveProtocol — our partner in unlocking capital for revenue-generating MSMEs. Together, we’re connecting digital assets to real economic activity. Join us for a live conversation on what this means for the future of commerce on-chain. 📅 Friday, 24th April, 2026 ⏰ 5pm WAT 📍 Toronet Telegram Community Link in the comments 👇
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Behind every relocation story is a deeper reason—the desire to build a better life and support the ones back home. Yet, distance can make that connection harder than it should be. Toronet bridges that gap, enabling fast, seamless transfers across borders. Because building a future abroad should never come at the cost of staying connected to home. Download the Toronet App today: https://t.co/dGDVAIkwzl
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Africa's asset base is substantial. What has been missing is the infrastructure to make those assets transparent, verifiable, and accessible to capital at scale. Through our collaboration with Carbin Africa, we are addressing that directly by combining Carbin's proven operational framework for asset-backed lending with Toronet's gasless blockchain infrastructure. Together, we're creating a framework where asset-backed lending is transparent, verifiable, and scalable in a way that capital can actually trust. We are proud to partner with Carbin Africa on this 🚀
Africa doesn’t lack valuable assets. What we lack are trusted, scalable systems that make those assets visible to capital. Across the continent, individuals and businesses own vehicles with real economic value. Yet turning that value into fast, reliable liquidity is still difficult. Not because the assets aren’t there, but because: processes are manual visibility is low and funders don’t have enough confidence At Carbin Africa, CarFlex is our answer to this. We’ve built a real-world lending engine that provides liquidity against vehicles, backed by proper valuation, custody, and enforcement. But to truly scale this, the infrastructure layer matters. That’s where our work with the ToroNet team comes in. By putting these transactions on-chain, we’re creating: Transparent records verifiable asset history and better visibility for capital The goal is simple: make asset-backed lending in Africa more trustworthy, trackable, and scalable. This isn’t about replacing real-world operations with technology. It’s about strengthening them with better rails. And if we get this right, we unlock a lot more capital into markets that already have real value.
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March was a landmark month for the Toronet ecosystem. We launched our long-awaited earning program, announced a major partnership with Bitsave to support tokenized SME projects, and raised $200,000 in seed capital for one of our ecosystem initiatives. From platform expansions to developer-focused initiatives, momentum is building across every corner of Toronet. Here’s a snapshot of what happened across the ecosystem this month 👇 Read more below.
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Welcome to March's edition of The Bridge newsletter 🚀 March 2026 delivered what the industry claimed to want: regulatory clarity. Regulators issued guidance, frameworks materialized and the ambiguity that paralyzed crypto for years began lifting. But clarity without consensus isn't progress—it's just more organized conflict. March told us that much. This month, regulators moved closer to defining crypto’s role in the global financial system, issuing long-awaited guidance that reclassified much of the market and signaled a shift away from enforcement-led oversight. Read more below 👇 #TheBridge