[Tokenized Financial Product Settlement Network Metal Completes Seed Round Financing, Co-Led by Airwallex and Capital49] Former Ren Protocol founder Loong Wang announced the launch of the tokenized financial product settlement network Metal, which has completed a seed round financing co-led by Airwallex and Capital49. Airwallex has also joined as the first design partner. Metal was co-founded by Loong Wang and former Libra project partnership head Catherine Porter, aiming to build an institutional-grade full-stack infrastructure for tokenized financial products. It natively supports AI agents, identity verification, and authorization, while providing global deposit and withdrawal channels covering 200 countries and 90 currencies.