Web3 Thoughts of the Week: Tokenized Gold, BTC/Quantum Concerns, AI/Copyright Issues

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Web3 personalities had plenty to discuss this week, as AI companies risk trampling over copyright protections, historians are concerned about ownership of the digital record, and gold and BTC price surges fuel concerns. AI companies skirting copyright law ā€œWhat was simply a global race for… Read More

 

 




Euroclear Bank Joins LCH RepoClear SA as Member

LSEG announces that Euroclear Bank’s Treasury division has joined LCH RepoClear SA as a member. Euroclear Bank’s Treasury division is now able to benefit from “access to a liquidity pool, and the netting and risk management efficiencies available through the service, expanding its long-standing partnership… Read More

Clear Street Investment Banking Expands Blockchain and Digital Assets Unit

Clear Street Investment Banking, an investment banking firm providing a full suite of strategic advisory, transaction and creative capital solutions to companies and investors across high-growth sectors such as technology, healthcare, energy and beyond, announced the expansion of its Blockchain and Digital Assets Investment Banking… Read More

Google Cloud Expands AI Investment in Indonesia

Google Cloud has unveiled a comprehensive suite of artificial intelligence (AI) initiatives aimed at accelerating Indonesia’s digital economy in support of the government’s Indonesia Emas 2045 vision. The move comes alongside the expansion of Google Cloud’s Jakarta region infrastructure to meet rising demand for enterprise-grade… Read More

African Digital Lender Carrot Attracts $4.2M Seed Round

Carrot, a digital lending startup expanding access to credit for African businesses and individuals backed by their digital financial assets, announced its $4.2 million seed funding round, led by MaC Venture Capital, with participation from Partech Africa and Authentic Ventures. The funds will be used… Read More

Fintech Venture In-Solutions Global (ISG) and Bank of Baroda UAE to Launch Jaywan Cards

JP Morgan-backed Fintech venture, In-Solutions Global (ISG), has partnered with Bank of Baroda UAE to launch Jaywan Cards in the UAE. This collaboration reinforces ISG’s commitment to “enabling localised, secure, and cost-effective payment solutions for banks and consumers in the region.” The introduction of Jaywan… Read More

UK’s Digital Bank OakNorth Provides $26M Note-on-Note Facility to SME Capital Ventures to Support Property Scheme

SME Capital Ventures is a platform that manages a series of discretionary real estate credit funds providing senior secured real estate loans collateralized by high quality real estate properties located in premier micro markets. As of 2025, SME Capital Ventures has “structured, funded, participated and… Read More

Pay-i Lands $4.9M to Tackle GenAI Issues

Pay-i, a value-intelligence platform, announced $4.9 million in seed funding to address enterprise spending on GenAI. The round was co-led by Fuse Partners and Tola Capital, with participation from Firestreak, Pear VC, Gaia Capital, and angel investors from Fortune 100 companies. Today, most teams still… Read More

Panther Protocol Becomes Open-Source

Panther Protocol has officially released its codebase as open-source software, following a successful security audit conducted by Veridise. This launch offers access to Panther’s Zero-Knowledge technology to build DeFi solutions that meet customizable regulatory requirements and users’ on-chain data privacy needs. The open-source code will… Read More

BBVA Launches New Fintech App in Spain with Savings Incentives

BBVA is launching a new version of its app in Spain, with a unique native code that is “scalable and exportable” to all countries where the bank operates. This technological overhaul, which includes “an artificial intelligence (AI) integration, marks a turning point in digital banking.”… Read More

Ant International Taps HSBC for First Bank-Led Tokenised Deposit Service in Hong Kong

Ant International has become the first corporate client to utilise HSBC’s new Tokenised Deposit Service in Hong Kong, marking a milestone in the city’s push to integrate blockchain into traditional finance, Business News Asia reported. The service enables real-time, round-the-clock HKD and USD payments between… Read More




How Bitcoin Tops $150K

YouHodler’s chief of markets, Ruslan Lienkha, believes Bitcoin could soon eclipse $150,000. Find out why below. Sustainability of the bullish momentum ā€œBitcoin scored another all-time high this week. The sustainability of Bitcoin’s recent momentum largely hinges on the broader sentiment across financial markets, particularly the… Read More

PNC Bank to Acquire Aqueduct Capital Group to Enhance Harris Williams Capabilities

PNC BankĀ announced entry into a definitive agreement to acquireĀ Aqueduct Capital Group, a placement agent focused on raising capital for private equity, private credit, and real asset managers, through its broad access to sophisticated, global pools of capital.” Founded in 2003, Aqueduct has reportedly built a… Read More

Bank of Sydney Leverages Infosys Finacle Digital Banking Suite on AWS Cloud

Infosys Finacle, part ofĀ EdgeVerve Systems, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Infosys, and Bank of Sydney (BoS), announced the bank’s decision to select the Infosys Finacle Digital Banking Suite to power its transformation. Through this strategic collaboration, Bank of Sydney aims to “deliver a best-in-class staff and… Read More

Crypto Awareness Hits 94% in Singapore, But Ownership Slips

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Singaporean investors are increasingly aware of cryptocurrency, with 94% of respondents familiar with at least one digital asset, according to the latest annual Independent Reserve Cryptocurrency Index. Despite record-high awareness, the actual ownership rate of cryptocurrencies has declined to 29% in 2025 from 40% a… Read More

Digital Assets : Amber International and BNB Ecosystem to Expand Institutional Reach

Amber International Holding Limited (Nasdaq: AMBR), a provider of institutional crypto financial services & solutions and operating under the brand name “Amber Premium,” announces its partnership with Web3 VC Hash Global on the new BNB Fund, following its announcement of a $100 million crypto ecosystem… Read More

Azentio Introduces Amlock AML Solution with AI, Smarter Screening, Improved UX

Azentio Software, a technology enabler in the BFSI space, announces the launch of its Amlock anti-money laundering (AML) platform, bringing capabilities to financial institutions in the fight against financial crime. Enabled by advanced AI and machine learning, Amlock is “designed to significantly improve detection accuracy,… Read More

Canada’s TD Bank Announces Workforce Reduction as Part of Digital and AI-Driven Restructuring

TD Bank, one of Canada’s financial institutions, has revealed plans to reduce its workforce by approximately 2%, affecting around 2,000 employees, as part of a broader restructuring effort focused on digital transformation and artificial intelligence (AI). The announcement, made under the leadership of newly appointed… Read More

BitGo Rolls Out Crypto-as-a-Service Platform to Power Institutional Crypto Integration

Digital asset infrastructure provider BitGo has launched its Crypto-as-a-Service (CaaS) platform, offering financial institutions, fintechs, and enterprises a turnkey solution to embed crypto capabilities into their products. The move aims to lower barriers to entry for companies looking to build and scale digital asset offerings… Read More

$175K Bitcoin By Labor Day? deVere Says Don’t Bet Against It

Bitcoin’s rise to an all-time high above $110,000 has torched expectations—and it’s forcing a reappraisal of what’s possible in 2025. According to Nigel Green, CEO of deVere Group, the latest rally means that ā€œ$150,000 no longer looks ambitious—it looks cautious.ā€ The flagship cryptocurrency has gained… Read More

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