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SentBe hires Alipay veteran Hi-seong Lee as sales chief
SentBe hired Hi-seong Lee, formerly of Ant International, as head of domestic sales to strengthen its corporate cross-border payments business. The company said it aims to expand B2B sales of its SentBiz overseas remittance and payment solution. Lee began his career at Naver in 2007 and later worked at Meritz Securities and Deutsche Securities on corporate investment and cross-border M&A advisory.
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Crypto firms raise World Cup profile without top-tier FIFA sponsorship
Crypto companies have failed to secure top-tier official sponsorship at the 2026 FIFA World Cup, but they are expanding their influence across the tournament through national team sponsorships, prediction markets and fan promotions, the report said. FIFA has named ADI PredictStreet as its first global prediction-market partner, while other platforms continue without FIFA rights. FIFA is also developing an Avalanche-based blockchain and has moved FIFA Collect to the new chain.
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x402 agent payments protocol moves under Linux Foundation, KakaoPay joins governance
The Coinbase-backed agent payments protocol x402 has been transferred to the Linux Foundation. Under the arrangement, the 402 Foundation will manage and operate x402 within the Linux Foundation. Participants in the governance structure include Amazon Web Services, American Express, Ant International, Base, Circle, Google, KakaoPay, Mastercard, Microsoft, Polygon Labs, Shopify, the Solana Foundation and Visa. The x402 Foundation said it will run x402 on neutral principles under Linux Foundation governance.
