September 20, 2026 @ 3:55 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Grayscale Investments has announced plans for a three-for-one forward share split of its Zcash exchange-traded fund, a move intended to lower the trading price of each share while leaving the overall value of any investor’s position unchanged. The product, which trades on NYSE Arca under… Read More

September 20, 2026 @ 2:48 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitwise Chief Investment Officer Matt Hougan now argues that the Senate’s failure to advance the CLARITY Act is unlikely to halt the cryptocurrency rally that began in early July. In a September 16 memo, he recast the legislative setback as a temporary obstacle rather than… Read More

September 20, 2026 @ 2:43 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Robinhood Chain’s fee boom has unwound far faster than its traffic. After a memecoin-led spike made the young Ethereum layer-2 one of the costliest networks to use, daily gas revenue has collapsed while transaction counts and trading flows have stayed close to their recent peaks…. Read More

September 20, 2026 @ 12:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

KalshiEX has asked US regulators for permission to list perpetual futures tied to individual American stocks, placing the prediction-markets firm in the same race as Coinbase to bring a crypto-style derivative into traditional equities. On September 18, 2026, KalshiEX filed a proposed rule change with… Read More

September 20, 2026 @ 12:43 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Poland’s state-controlled energy group Orlen is facing one of its costliest trading setbacks after a late-2023 attempt to secure cheap Venezuelan crude unraveled. The arrangement, handled through its Swiss trading arm, Orlen Trading Switzerland, was meant to lock in about six million barrels of heavy… Read More

September 20, 2026 @ 12:14 am By Omar Faridi  |  

European Central Bank (ECB) President Christine Lagarde personally pressed Greek leaders to stop Binance from receiving a pan-European crypto license, according to a Wall Street Journal account published in mid-September 2026. The report, based on people familiar with the talks and related documents, describes an… Read More

September 20, 2026 @ 12:02 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Partior and LSEG Digital Settlement House have joined forces to give settlement banks continuous access to liquidity on Partior’s cross-border payments network. The two firms, working with several large banks, are building a Multi-Settlement Bank model that pairs correspondent banking’s reach with digital settlement speed,… Read More

September 19, 2026 @ 7:50 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Manchester payments firm Ryft has closed a £20 million Series B round to take its multi-party payment infrastructure beyond Britain and into continental Europe and the United States. The raise was led by Gresham House Ventures, with follow-on support from existing backers Pembroke VCT and… Read More

September 19, 2026 @ 7:43 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Revolut’s latest expansion push arrives alongside a difficult security episode that the company is still managing. The London-based digital bank said this week that Colombia’s financial supervisor had granted it an operating licence, completing the last regulatory hurdle before it can open as a locally… Read More

September 19, 2026 @ 6:40 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Institutional crypto technology firm Haruko has told customers that a targeted intrusion into its own systems reached a limited group of users. The London company supplies portfolio, risk and trade-data tools that sit between hedge funds and the exchanges they use. In messages to clients,… Read More

September 19, 2026 @ 6:37 pm By Michael Wong  |  

Hong Kong has unveiled a five-year economic plan aimed at strengthening its role as an international financial, maritime, and trade centre while expanding its position as an innovation and technology hub and a centre for high-calibre talent. Chief Executive John Lee announced the First Five-Year… Read More

September 19, 2026 @ 6:36 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

OpenEden has expanded its tokenized credit product HYBOND onto BNB Chain, pairing the deployment with RedStone’s pricing and planned settlement tools. The move marks the fund’s first network expansion after its original launch on Ethereum and brings a BNY-managed high-yield bond strategy into a larger… Read More

September 19, 2026 @ 6:32 pm By Michael Wong  |  

Xora, a Temasek-backed investment fund, has led an additional $53 million seed round in enterprise AI services company Hang Ten Systems, bringing the startup’s total funding to $85 million. Mayfield, which led Hang Ten’s first seed round, and Aramco Ventures also participated in the latest… Read More

September 19, 2026 @ 10:34 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Revolut has stated that it has not received any direct ransom request from people claiming responsibility for a recent customer-data incident. The digital bank said it has had no contact from the group that later posted a public ultimatum online. The company first disclosed the… Read More

September 19, 2026 @ 10:32 am By Michael Wong  |  

Singapore and China are expanding cooperation on sustainable finance, including transition activities, climate adaptation, and resilience, as regulators seek to develop financing mechanisms for projects exposed to climate risks. The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and the People’s Bank of China (PBC) held their fourth… Read More

September 19, 2026 @ 2:44 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Zurich-based ETF data specialist ETFBook has closed a €4 million Series A round led by BlackFin Capital Partners, with participation from former Amundi ETF head Arnaud Llinas. The capital is intended to support product development, talent hiring, and geographic growth into the United States and… Read More

September 19, 2026 @ 2:38 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Nearly a thousand US retailers and trade groups have asked a federal judge to reject a proposed deal that would resolve a two-decade antitrust fight over Visa (NYSE:V) and Mastercard (NYSE:MA) swipe fees. The Merchant Payments Coalition said 978 businesses and associations filed objections with… Read More

September 19, 2026 @ 1:33 am By Michael Wong  |  

The International Finance Corporation (IFC) is proposing a senior unsecured loan of up to $40 million to Azerbaijan’s Unibank Commercial Bank OJSC, aimed at expanding financing for micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs), according to project disclosure seen by CrowdFund Insider. The proposed financing comprises… Read More

September 19, 2026 @ 12:41 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Worldline [Euronext: WLN] has introduced a payment handler that lets retailers take payments started by artificial intelligence assistants, using the open Universal Commerce Protocol as the shared technical language. The feature sits on Global Collect, the company’s platform for international online checkout, and is aimed… Read More