Highlights from the Monad ecosystem: april - june 2026. Monad Foundation This Edition's Headlines Monad was named to Fortune's 2026 Crypto Innovators list - one of just 30 companies and projects recognized for advancing the digital assets industry, selected from more than 150 nominations. MetaMask launched Money Account exclusively on Monad - a self-custody account that earns yield on stablecoin balances while spending from the same balance via the MetaMask Card. It gives the network its first major distribution through a wallet used by tens of millions, positioning Monad as the settlement layer for a mainstream consumer financial product. Monad is now supported by Rain, which issues cards accepted anywhere Visa is, powering payments in 150+ countries. The integration also enables agent-initiated card payments on Monad, extending its reach beyond human-initiated transactions. Monad Foundation joined the x402 Foundation as a governing board member - one of twenty organizations governing the open standard for agentic payments, alongside Stripe, Adyen, Cloudflare, Visa, Mastercard, and Google. Despite broader market volatility, the Monad DeFi ecosystem has maintained over $370M in TVL and more than $700M in total value, including outstanding borrows. Total value including outstanding borrows Wallets on Monad Mainnet Transactions processed to date Cumulative DEX volume Apps live on Mainnet Monad is now live on RWA.xyz, with over $700M in total RWA value tracked on the network - $200M+ in distributed RWA and $500M+ in stablecoin market cap. 01 Payments Monad Foundation joined the OTL as a founder member, an industry alliance building the coordination standard for onchain finance. Now live on Monad, bringing together ramps, wallets, and compliance tooling to launch financial products in days instead of months. Runs its entire financial stack on Monad. HMR, their multi-currency stablecoin layer across USD, CLP, COP, and MXN, clears every balance, payment, payout, and swap on Monad. Live on Monad. CambioReal has moved money between the US, Brazil, and the broader LATAM region for 20+ years, bringing an established remittance corridor onto Monad's rails. 02 DeFi Milestones The new portal gives users a single interface to explore depth across the Monad ecosystem - lending, staking, and yield vaults - alongside bridge routes for assets arriving from other chains. Announced its upcoming deployment on Monad, aiming to make global capital markets accessible 24/7: stocks, commodities, ETFs, and other synthetic assets with leverage. Live on Monad, letting users hold, transact, and pay without exposing balances or transaction history. Live on Monad. Splits yield-bearing assets into separate principal and yield tokens, letting users trade future yield independently of the underlying asset. Aave will deploy on Monad following a passed governance vote, bringing one of DeFi's largest lending protocols by TVL onto the network. 03 Real-World Assets FalconX's tokenized SCF is now available on Monad, accessible through a Credit Vault on Pareto, curated by M11 Credit. 04 Protocol & Research Category Labs announced MIP-10, an upcoming upgrade to RaptorCast that lets validators vote without waiting to receive the full block first. It removes a bottleneck on block times, increasing throughput while improving security. Published by Category Labs, MIP-12 proposes reducing Monad block times by decreasing vote pacing from 400ms to 300ms, letting the network proceed faster once quorum is reached. The Foundation shared early results from Monad Bugfinder, an internal AI-assisted system for discovering and triaging vulnerabilities in the Monad codebase, after its first month of operation. 05 Builder & Developer Programs The Foundation's accelerator selected the top 0.1% of teams from 1,000+ applicants for its inaugural cohort, including repeat founders building live, revenue-generating products. The three-month program will conclude with an invite-only Demo Day in NYC. A hub connecting founders from any chain with credits for tooling, mentoring, and VC access. 800+ startups registered, 80+ posting weekly updates - a single venue for VCs and angels to discover early-stage teams. A developer-education platform teaching 'vibe coders': over 2,000 graduates and 25,000+ lessons completed. About Monad Monad is a high-performance, institutional-grade Layer 1 blockchain enabling the future of the EVM. Fully EVM-compatible, Monad delivers 10,000 TPS, 400ms block times, 800ms finality, and near-zero fees - without specialised hardware. The network runs on consumer-grade machines, secured today by 200+ independently operated validators across 30+ countries and 55+ cities. Get in touch at [email protected].

MetaMask unveils all-in-one Money Account offerings users up to 4% APY on mUSD holdings. Consensys tapped Monad as Money Account's "home chain," and will initially use Morpho vaults to generate yield. Daniel Kuhn Aggregated content from By Daniel Kuhn · Jun 30, 2026 Public RSS feed; short extracts under fair use / fair dealing KSCAPE displays a short extract from the source under fair use / EU Art. 15 'very short extract' / fair dealing principles. The full article is available on the source's website. Recommended Exchange Trade Anything, Anywhere Disclaimer: This article is for informational purposes only and does not constitute financial, investment, or trading advice. Cryptocurrency investments involve significant risk. Always do your own research and consult a qualified financial professional before making investment decisions. Daniel Kuhn Senior Analyst · KSCAPE Intelligence Covering crypto markets, DeFi protocols, and institutional adoption with a focus on on-chain data.

SimpleSwap integrates with Monad to enable asset transfers into the ecosystem. 4 hours ago George Town, Cayman Islands, May 25th, 2026, Chainwire SimpleSwap is integrating with Monad, enabling assets to be moved into the ecosystem directly, without reliance on third parties or complex bridge setups. Importance Assets are scattered across dozens of networks. With the launch of a new L1, access to the ecosystem is a primary consideration. SimpleSwap streamlines this process; enabling asset movement while maintaining full user control throughout. Key Features * Self-custody throughout. Assets are sent from a user-owned address and received to a user-owned address, with access to exchange-level rates along the way. * No repeated verification. Account creation or sign-up is not required to complete a swap. * Ready on day one. Asset movement into the Monad ecosystem is supported without bridges or additional steps. From the team "Monad handles performance at the protocol level. Our job is to make sure getting into the network is just as simple," said Stefan Lauer, Head of Infrastructure at SimpleSwap. "The first prerequisite for a healthy ecosystem is global access. Over 30 fiat onramp and offramp providers are currently integrated with Monad, and SimpleSwap's integration further reduces friction for users to get involved with the expanding range of applications on the Monad network," said Keone Hon, Co-Founder and GM at Monad Foundation. About SimpleSwap SimpleSwap is a self-custodial multi-source swap aggregator. It handles wallet-to-wallet swaps by aggregating liquidity from well-known CEX and DEX sources, so users get more privacy and control without manually comparing providers. The platform supports 2,800+ assets, 3.2M+ trading pairs, 6,000+ partner integrations, and has processed over 20M swaps. Uptime: 99.9%. Support: 24/7. About Monad Monad is a high-performance, institutional-grade Layer 1 blockchain purpose-built to power the financial layer of the internet. Fully EVM-compatible, Monad delivers 10,000 TPS, 400ms block times, 800ms finality, and near-zero fees - without requiring specialised hardware. The network runs on consumer-grade machines, supporting accessible participation and decentralized network operation: over 200 independently operated validators across 30+ countries and 55+ cities secure the chain today. Contact. SimpleSwap [email protected] Disclaimer: This is third-party content supplied by the issuer and published for informational purposes. Yellow does not independently verify the statements herein and assumes no responsibility for errors or omissions. Nothing herein constitutes investment, legal, accounting, or tax advice, or a solicitation to buy or sell any asset.