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21.05.2026
Pharos Network and KUN Forge Partnership to Tokenize Global Supply Chain Credit
This development targets a critical pain point for businesses worldwide, particularly small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in emerging markets, which frequently endure 30-90 day payment cycles after delivering goods, severely restricting their working capital and growth potential. Traditional financing mechanisms for these assets are often slow, expensive, and highly fragmented, while many existing blockchain solutions have struggled to move beyond theoretical tokenization to solve real distribution and settlement challenges.
Pharos Network, specifically engineered as a Layer-1 blockchain for real-world financial applications, brings its institutional-grade architecture to the collaboration. The network has been operational since April 2026, already supporting over 50 decentralized applications. KUN complements this with its extensive, globally licensed payment infrastructure, operating across Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the Middle East.
The partnership is designed to enable businesses to tokenize supply chain credit assets, thereby unlocking liquidity more rapidly for suppliers. It also promises to introduce better financing options and programmable cross-border payment rails for tangible commercial activity. The initial phase of this technical endeavor will concentrate on several key areas, including enhancing liquidity through asset tokenization and facilitating native on-chain settlement of digital assets to minimize cross-chain friction.
Further components of the joint effort include the development of crypto-backed virtual card solutions and a strategic expansion of compliant payment and settlement rails tailored for commodities trading, business-to-business e-commerce, and service trade. KUN’s existing footprint and robust compliance and risk-management systems are crucial to connecting these emerging on-chain financial markets with traditional economic activity, especially in high-growth developing regions.
Wish Wu, Co-Founder and CEO of Pharos Network, emphasized that KUN’s established, globally licensed payment network and its expertise in cross-border digital payments perfectly align with Pharos’s mission to construct an inclusive settlement layer. This synergy is expected to seamlessly convert on-chain assets into tangible liquidity. The collaboration also plans to explore how artificial intelligence-driven orchestration could further optimize these complex global commercial flows, indicating a forward-looking approach to integrating advanced technologies.
Pharos Network's underlying technology was developed by engineers with experience from Ant Group and has garnered backing from prominent investors such as Hack VC and Faction VC. This foundation, combined with KUN's operational reach, positions the partnership to make a substantive impact on how global trade finance is conducted. The success of this integration will offer a critical case study for the broader RealFi movement, demonstrating the scalability and regulatory compliance necessary for Web3 technologies to permeate mainstream financial operations.
Yet, the true test lies in the widespread adoption by diverse commercial entities and the navigability of evolving international regulatory landscapes, both of which remain significant hurdles for any global blockchain-powered financial infrastructure.
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