August 16, 2026 @ 9:58 pm By JD Alois  |  

Rentberry is raising money on Republic and is nearing the $5 million maximum allowable under Reg CF. Rentberry has raised over $40 million in venture capital and has raised growth funding through previous securities crowdfunding offers under Reg A and Reg CF. This is its… Read More

August 16, 2026 @ 9:31 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Mizuho Securities has lowered its price target on BitGo Holdings (NYSE: BTGO) from $14 to $11 while reaffirming an Outperform rating. The move reflects a more cautious near-term outlook shaped by weaker digital-asset market conditions and ongoing uncertainty around key US legislation, but the firm… Read More

August 16, 2026 @ 9:28 pm By Nick Morgan  |  

Tyrone Ross Jr. on Crypto’s Education Gap, the Trillion-Dollar IPO Problem, and Why Wealth Management Is Stuck The conversation around crypto assets has evolved dramatically over the past decade. What began as a debate over Bitcoin’s legitimacy has become a much broader discussion about financial… Read More

August 16, 2026 @ 9:05 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bank Leumi, 0ne of Israel’s largest banking institutions, has formed a partnership with Galaxy Digital (Nasdaq: GLXY) to introduce cryptocurrency trading services for its clients. The collaboration positions the institution as the first bank in the country to plan direct digital asset trading offerings through… Read More

August 16, 2026 @ 9:03 pm By Michael Wong  |  

U.S. households are holding an estimated $750 billion in intrinsic gold metal value in jewelry, according to a new report from AI-powered asset valuation platform Unvault, highlighting a potentially overlooked category of household wealth. Unvault’s Jewelry Drawer Index estimates the average U.S. household holds about… Read More

August 16, 2026 @ 5:38 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Consumer focused financial technology company Chime Financial (NASDAQ: CHYM) is evaluating the addition of stablecoin-related tools to its mobile banking platform. This development signals a broader industry shift in which digital assets once confined largely to cryptocurrency trading are increasingly considered for everyday payment and… Read More

August 16, 2026 @ 3:24 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Publicly listed / traded Bitcoin mining companies have reportedly reduced their dedicated computational capacity more rapidly than the broader network, as a growing number shift electricity and data-center resources toward artificial intelligence and high-performance computing applications. This development signals that many operators are prioritizing more… Read More

August 16, 2026 @ 3:00 pm By Michael Wong  |  

New Zealand artificial intelligence startup Sterling has raised NZ$3.8 million ($2.2 million) in a funding round led by trans-Tasman venture capital firm Blackbird, as it looks to expand its AI-powered automation platform for finance teams. The round also attracted investors including Rowan Simpson and Eliot… Read More

August 16, 2026 @ 2:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitcoin’s circulating supply has reached approximately 20.07 million coins, leaving roughly 929,465 BTC still to be issued under the protocol’s hard cap of 21 million. That remaining portion will take more than a century to enter circulation because of the network’s programmed halving schedule, which… Read More

August 16, 2026 @ 2:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Recent findings from a European Central Bank (ECB) survey highlight a striking lack of progress in cryptocurrency adoption among businesses across the euro area. While digital payment options continue to expand in popularity, cryptocurrencies and related digital assets remain almost entirely absent from everyday commercial… Read More

August 16, 2026 @ 2:15 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Roman Storm, co-founder of the privacy-focused cryptocurrency protocol Tornado Cash, has directly challenged the legal reasoning behind his conviction by pointing to the widespread use of mainstream artificial intelligence tools by the same sanctioned actors the government cited in his case. In a post published… Read More

August 16, 2026 @ 1:51 pm By Michael Wong  |  

Gen Z users are leading net accumulation across direct equities, bStocks and traditional finance perpetuals, while trading less frequently than other working-age generations, according to new research from Binance Research. The market research arm of cryptocurrency exchange Binance said 77% of Gen Z direct-equity accounts… Read More

August 16, 2026 @ 12:08 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitwise Asset Management has entered into a partnership with Superstate, a fintech specializing in bringing securities onto blockchain platforms, to investigate the possibility of allowing investors to hold shares of select Bitwise funds in tokenized form. The crypto-focused asset manager indicated that its Bitwise Solana… Read More

August 16, 2026 @ 9:52 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Chinese robotics company Unitree is finalizing preparations for its initial public offering (IPO) on the Shanghai STAR Market. The firm has priced shares at 150.80 yuan each, or about $22.37, implying a company valuation of roughly $9 billion. Trading is expected to start between August… Read More

August 16, 2026 @ 1:30 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) is set to become a significant joint venture partner in Jio Credit Limited, the non-banking finance company subsidiary of Jio Financial Services, through an investment valued at up to ₹18,268 crore, or roughly $1.9 billion. The agreement, announced on August… Read More

August 16, 2026 @ 12:58 am By Michael Wong  |  

The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), the central bank of the Philippines, said lowering transaction costs could encourage greater use of digital payments in the Philippines, but stressed that affordability is only one of several barriers preventing Filipinos from participating fully in the formal financial… Read More

August 16, 2026 @ 12:29 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Alternative asset managers increasingly look to private wealth channels for capital, an area that remains relatively new for many. Success in this space depends on targeted data that pinpoints investor demand and allocation patterns. Euroclear’s latest analysis of activity on its FundsPlace platform provides exactly… Read More

August 15, 2026 @ 11:39 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Ireland has unveiled its inaugural national strategy to combat money laundering, terrorist financing, and proliferation financing, with a particular emphasis on tightening controls within the cryptocurrency sector. Announced on 13 August 2026 by Tánaiste and Minister for Finance Simon Harris, the National Anti-Money Laundering, Countering… Read More

August 15, 2026 @ 10:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Cboe BZX Exchange, which is part of Cboe Global Markets (Cboe: CBOE), has submitted a formal request to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) seeking authorization to list and trade a new series of leveraged exchange-traded funds, including products designed to deliver three times… Read More