YZi Labs announced the fourth season of EASY Residency with 24 early-stage projects, each receiving $500,000

YZi Labs announced that its flagship incubation program EASY Residency has selected 24 early-stage companies for its fourth season, with each receiving an investment of $500,000. This season lasts for 10 weeks, starting online and then bringing founders together in Bhutan. The focus this season is on the next generation of global financial infrastructure, covering areas such as stablecoin payments, on-chain foreign exchange, institutional-grade market infrastructure, privacy, credit, and AI-native execution.

The themes of the selected teams include stablecoin payments and cross-border settlement, on-chain foreign exchange and credit and new banking, institutional-grade liquidity and market making, digital asset privacy compliance and financial operations, AI agents and automated execution, on-chain financial consumption and enterprise interfaces, as well as AI-native security and creator infrastructure. YZi Labs manages assets exceeding $10 billion, with a portfolio covering over 300 projects in fields such as Web3, AI, and biotechnology.