October 2, 2026 @ 12:20 pm By Nick Morgan  |  

  Capital Ideas podcast guest reflects on pioneering veteran-focused Reg A+ lending, why the SEC’s investor-protection instincts outran Congress’s intent, and how his new venture, Century House, is trying to give financial advisors a bigger role in their clients’ lives. Mark Rockefeller has spent the… Read More

October 2, 2026 @ 11:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Robinhood’s (NASDAQ: HOOD) crypto leadership says the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) new on-chain equity pathway may limit, rather than immediately clear, a US launch of the firm’s stock tokens. Johann Kerbrat, senior vice president and general manager of crypto and international, made the… Read More

October 2, 2026 @ 8:50 am By Omar Faridi  |  

New York and Wyoming regulators have agreed to coordinate supervision of virtual currency and digital asset businesses, including a pathway that aims to produce licensing decisions within six months for certain established firms. On October 1, 2026, the New York State Department of Financial Services… Read More

October 2, 2026 @ 8:47 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Core Lightning maintainers issued an urgent notice on October 2, 2026, telling operators of the open-source Bitcoin Lightning implementation to move off older builds after receiving reports that attackers are actively probing nodes that have not applied recent security updates. In a post from the… Read More

October 2, 2026 @ 8:43 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Zilch, the London-founded consumer credit fintech, has taken a concrete step toward going public by inviting investment banks to compete for advisory roles on a possible stock market debut as early as 2027. The move, reported in late September 2026, would represent a notable boost… Read More

October 2, 2026 @ 2:31 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Apple Pay from Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) has arrived in India after a long wait, opening a narrow but high-profile lane into one of the world’s busiest digital-payments markets. From 30 September 2026, eligible Axis Bank Visa and Mastercard credit cards can be added to Apple… Read More

October 2, 2026 @ 1:21 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Kazakhstan is pursuing a new energy strategy that pairs unused gas from oil production with cryptocurrency mining, hoping to revive an industry that previously strained the national grid. Authorities want miners to generate their own electricity on site from associated petroleum gas that is now… Read More

October 2, 2026 @ 1:20 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Trading Technologies International has completed the purchase of TRAFiX, a New York–based specialist in equities and equity-options order and execution management. The deal, announced and closed on September 30, 2026, is intended to close a long-standing gap in TT’s product set and move the Chicago… Read More

October 2, 2026 @ 12:56 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Visa (NYSE: V) and Lloyds Banking Group have finished a week-long live experiment in using stablecoins for institutional settlement, showing that funds can move across borders far more quickly than on conventional rails—even when banks are closed. The trial, announced on 30 September 2026, is… Read More

October 2, 2026 @ 12:47 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Capitolis has agreed to purchase eSecLending in a $200 million all-cash deal, a move that adds securities lending to the fintech firm’s platform and widens its reach among the world’s largest asset owners. Announced on September 29, 2026, the transaction would combine Capitolis’s financial-resource optimization… Read More

October 2, 2026 @ 12:18 am By Omar Faridi  |  

ABN AMRO Bank (ABN.AS) and Infosys (NYSE: INFY) have agreed to extend their long-running technology partnership, with a sharper focus on simplifying the Dutch lender’s IT environment and spreading artificial intelligence more widely across the organization. The announcement, issued on 30 September 2026, frames the… Read More

October 1, 2026 @ 11:52 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Fraudsters drained more than 766 ETH—valued by the community at roughly $2 million—by launching a counterfeit Ethereum Layer 2 that posed as GIWA before the real network ever went live. GIWA is an OP Stack project from Dunamu, the operator of South Korea’s Upbit exchange…. Read More

October 1, 2026 @ 7:21 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

HSBC (NYSE: HSBC) has taken a visible step toward introducing a regulated Hong Kong dollar stablecoin, announcing that the token will be called HSBC RedCoin. The name was disclosed on 30 September 2026 as the bank prepares a commercial rollout later in the year. Officials… Read More

October 1, 2026 @ 6:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Miami-based Fintech Jeeves has closed a $110 million equity round to grow its stablecoin-native banking platform for companies that operate across borders. CoinFund led the financing, with AllianceBernstein, Andreessen Horowitz, Coinbase Ventures, CRV, GIC, Global PayTech Ventures, ParaFi, Vista, Wintermute, Y Combinator and additional backers… Read More

October 1, 2026 @ 5:01 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Citigroup (NYSE: C) has recently activated instant payments across several countries through Swift’s payments scheme, giving correspondent banks a simpler path into domestic real-time rails without building a local presence in each market. Announced on 29 September 2026, the capability is delivered through Citi’s WorldLink… Read More

October 1, 2026 @ 2:43 pm By JD Alois  |  

A few months ago, Crowdfund Capital Advisors (CCA) submitted a petition to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to increase the Reg CF [Regulation Crowdfunding] funding cap from $5 million to $20 million. In general, industry insiders support the move, viewing it as more closely… Read More

October 1, 2026 @ 12:51 pm By JD Alois  |  

ZA Bank is one of the first approved digital banks in Hong Kong. This week, the company reported “sustained profitability.” According to a release, for the 6 months ending in June, the bank generated a net profit of HKD 70.6 million (~USD 9million), an increase… Read More

October 1, 2026 @ 12:20 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Valley National Bancorp has reached a definitive agreement to purchase Bluevine Inc., a digital banking platform built for small businesses, in a transaction valued at about $340 million. The announcement, made on September 28, 2026, positions the deal as a way for Valley to strengthen… Read More

October 1, 2026 @ 11:25 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Dogecoin has long been known as a simple, widely recognized payments network. That reputation is starting to change. DogeOS, an application layer built by the team behind the MyDoge wallet, has opened a public testnet intended to let developers deploy Ethereum-style smart contracts while leaving… Read More

October 1, 2026 @ 10:12 am By JD Alois  |  

This week the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) announced a new “Crypto Gateway“ for firms to register to provide crypto services in the country. A grace period applies: firms must apply by February 28, 2027, to provide services, with the new regime coming into force… Read More