XDC Network news today centers on a payments deal. XDC Ventures, the venture arm of XDC Network, made an undisclosed strategic investment in Scallop, a payments infrastructure firm. The partnership enables card top-ups and payouts across more than 70 markets using native XDC and USDC on XDC Network. The investment comes with an integration of native XDC and USDC into the Scallop app, and the two companies plan to explore agentic AI payments and ISO 20022-compatible messaging.
XDC is trading at $0.0306, down 3.96% over 24 hours and 84.13% below its all-time high of $0.1928.
Scallop deal details
Scallop's services span cards, accounts, swaps and global payouts, while XDC Network focuses on payments, trade finance and real-world assets. The two firms plan to explore white-label payment super apps for banks, fintechs, and developers. Those products would combine fiat accounts, cards, stablecoin wallets, ISO 20022 messaging and AI agent payments. Scallop has announced Money Services Business registrations in the US and Canada, and holds European virtual asset permissions.
XDC Ventures is the network's venture arm, and reports describe it as a $125 million fund. The deal follows its earlier acquisition of Contour Network, a trade finance platform. Coverage of the announcement is dated between November 2 and November 4, and the XDC Network account's post about the deal is dated November 4.
Validator growth and earlier ecosystem activity
Earlier in the month, the network added institutional validators. MoneyGram and Taurus joined as validators on 30 October 2026, bolstering network security and governance, while XDC listed on Robinhood and CoinTrade.
On 29 October, developers at an "Unsupervised" build day in Abu Dhabi tested AI agents that paid merchants and each other in USDC on the network. The agents autonomously paid merchants and each other in USDC on the XDC Network, moving over $1,000.
Upcoming event
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Price context
No specific catalyst for the recent price decline has been confirmed in the last 24 hours. The ScallopX announcement is the most recent development with confirmed coverage.