Hong Kong – Pharos Network, a Layer-1 blockchain purpose-built for real-world financial applications, today announced a strategic partnership with KUN, a licensed enterprise digital payments specialist operating across Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the Middle East. The collaboration aims to tokenize supply chain credit assets (such as trade invoices and receivables) and build efficient...

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