BioFi (Bioregional Finance) is reshaping onchain funding to serve communities focused on ecological regeneration.​

What are BFFs?

• Bioregional Financing Facilities combine grant pools, venture studios, low-interest loans, and local currencies
• Designed around watersheds and ecosystems
• Some operate as DAOs, others through land trusts

Real-world impact:

• Regen Network tokenizes ecological state changes across bioregions
• BioFi Project supported 22 teams from the Amazon to Appalachia

The challenge revealed: Gitcoin Grants 22 funded 14 bioregional teams ($55K matching pool, 1,096 contributions), but exposed friction:

• Most participants had never used crypto wallets
• Global South teams faced unreliable internet and electricity
• Few had crypto-native donor networks
• PayPal integration was needed to bridge the gap

The insight: onchain funding infrastructure must adapt to communities who coordinate through place-based trust, not crypto social networks.​

Learn more about BioFi

The Cari Network, developed alongside five major U.​S.​ regional banks (Huntington, First Horizon, M&T Bank, KeyBank, and Old National), has launched a platform for tokenized deposits powered by ZKsync's Prividium infrastructure.​

Key distinctions:

• Tokenized deposits are direct bank liabilities integrated with core banking systems and eligible for FDIC insurance
• Not stablecoins - they represent real bank deposits brought onchain
• The five participating banks collectively hold $8.​3 trillion in assets

Technical foundation:

• Runs on Prividium, ZKsync's L2 designed specifically for financial institutions
• Enables private, compliant blockchain infrastructure while anchoring settlement security to Ethereum
• Combines blockchain speed and programmability with existing banking regulatory frameworks

Use cases enabled:

• Real-time cross-border payments with ~1 second settlement
• Corporate treasury automation with programmable workflows
• Intraday repo and secured financing with instant collateral settlement

The network aims to help American banks stay competitive in the digital assets economy while operating within regulatory perimeters.​ Gene Ludwig, CEO of Cari Network and former 27th Comptroller of the Currency, presented the launch at the DC Blockchain Summit.​

Read more about Cari Network

Anichess has launched Season 7: Gambit, a competitive chess mode with over 1 million CHECK tokens in rewards for the season.​

How it works:

• Players buy in with 100 CHECK per match
• Winners collect rewards instantly
• Week 1 offers a 25 CHECK rebate even for losses (rebate changes weekly)

Reward structure:

• Top 50 weekly leaderboard players split 250,000 CHECK
• M8 Arena randomly selects 50 players weekly for CHECK rewards
• Standard Mode rewards consistent players with M8
• Gambit players receive Abstract perks

The first week provides the best learning opportunity due to the loss rebate, making it an ideal time for new players to participate.​ This builds on the previous Kings Gambit mode, which was part of the 1% CHECK token allocation program.​