October 5, 2026 @ 8:23 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Partners Banka has reportedly become the first bank in the Czech Republic to let customers buy and sell bitcoin in its own mobile banking app, after partnering with the domestic crypto firm Anycoin to handle trades and custody. The service was announced in Prague on 5 August 2026… Read More

October 5, 2026 @ 7:25 am By Michael Wong  |  

The International Finance Corporation (IFC) is considering a commitment of up to €25 million to a new private equity fund targeting lower mid-market companies in Turkey, as the country’s private equity industry seeks to recover from a prolonged downturn in investment. The proposed investment in… Read More

October 5, 2026 @ 6:23 am By Michael Wong  |  

Kenanga Research said the artificial intelligence investment cycle is entering a second phase in 2026, with demand broadening beyond graphics processing units (GPUs) to inference, AI agents, and commercial applications. The demand, it added, creates opportunities across optical connectivity, power, advanced packaging and semiconductor equipment, the… Read More

October 5, 2026 @ 5:30 am By Omar Faridi  |  

ARK Invest chief executive Cathie Wood has adjusted a rule of thumb she has used for years. Investors, she long argued, should watch where developers concentrate their time if they want an early read on technology. Speaking on a panel at Robinhood’s HOOD Summit in… Read More

October 5, 2026 @ 3:27 am By Michael Wong  |  

Hong Kong-listed Web3 Meta Limited reported an 80% increase in annual revenue as it expanded its digitalization platform and cultural industry business, although higher operating expenses pushed its net loss wider. Revenue for the year ended June 30, 2026 rose to HK$80.1 million from HK$44.5… Read More

October 5, 2026 @ 2:30 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The European Central Bank (ECB) has outlined three distinct ways to make central-bank money available on programmable networks, arguing that the safest settlement asset should remain accessible as markets move toward tokenized securities, deposits, and stablecoins. Executive Board member Isabel Schnabel presented the framework on… Read More

October 5, 2026 @ 1:24 am By Omar Faridi  |  

European cryptocurrency users are showing greater confidence in platforms that operate under official authorization, according to remarks from a senior executive at the Austrian exchange Bitpanda. Christian Trummer, the firm’s co-chief executive, made the observation while recently sharing key insights with news media outlets. He… Read More

October 5, 2026 @ 12:28 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Senior leaders at UK’s banking institutions, insurers, asset managers and financial sponsors increasingly view tokenisation as a force that will reshape how money and securities move through the financial system. Findings from Lloyds Banking Group’s tenth annual Financial Institutions Sentiment Survey show that 71 per… Read More

October 5, 2026 @ 12:28 am By Omar Faridi  |  

BlackRock (NYSE: BLK) has described tokenization as a new distribution channel for professionally built investment strategies, not merely a way to place individual funds or equities on a blockchain. The comment came as Ondo Finance launched Ondo Intelligent Portfolios, a product category in which a… Read More

October 5, 2026 @ 12:27 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Prometeo has expanded its account-checking tools into a broader trust layer meant to give companies more certainty before they send money. The company announced Account Verification Boost on September 29, 2026, combining wider geographic reach, a new risk-intelligence product, and a rebuilt validation engine. The… Read More

October 4, 2026 @ 11:21 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitcoin (BTC) finished the third quarter of 2026 with its strongest July-to-September result since 2017, then carried that momentum into early October by absorbing a dense band of offers near $85,000 and trading back toward its best levels of the year. Soft US hiring data… Read More

October 4, 2026 @ 11:15 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Arcus has become the latest venue supporting spot trading of Stock Tokens inside Robinhood Wallet, after the decentralized exchange connected its trading API to the self-custodial app. Eligible users in permitted jurisdictions can now have swaps routed through Arcus alongside other liquidity sources already available… Read More

October 4, 2026 @ 10:14 pm By Michael Wong  |  

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) will make changes to its senior management team from Nov. 1, including appointing new leaders for corporate development, financial crime policy, and the development of Singapore as an international financial centre. Jacqueline Loh, currently deputy managing director for corporate… Read More

October 4, 2026 @ 9:34 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

BitGo’s chief executive has warned that the US Senate’s failure to advance the CLARITY Act leaves American capital markets exposed to a concentrated failure he believes could prove more damaging than the 2008 collapse of Lehman Brothers. Mike Belshe made the argument at Korea Blockchain… Read More

October 4, 2026 @ 9:33 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

BNY (NYSE: BNY), one of the largest custody and asset-servicing banks in the world, is holding private discussions with Payward, the Wyoming-based parent of the cryptocurrency exchange Kraken, about a possible collaboration centered on market infrastructure, according to people familiar with the matter. The conversations… Read More

October 4, 2026 @ 9:18 pm By Michael Wong  |  

Georgia Banking Company, an Atlanta-based bank holding company, filed with U.S. regulators to list its shares directly on the Nasdaq Capital Market, according to a registration statement filed on Friday. The company said existing shareholders are seeking to register the resale of up to 7.04… Read More

October 4, 2026 @ 8:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Anchorage Digital, the US digital asset bank that became the first crypto firm to secure a national trust charter from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) in 2021, has reduced its workforce by 17 percent. Chief executive Nathan McCauley informed staff of… Read More

October 4, 2026 @ 4:29 pm By JD Alois  |  

Former Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission and current Director of National Intelligence, Jay Clayton, will now lead the newly minted Super Intelligence Force (SIF). Clayton, a relative neophyte to the Byzantine machinations of Washington, D.C., when he took over the SEC during the… Read More

October 4, 2026 @ 4:04 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Aave founder Stani Kulechov has publicly challenged positions taken by European authorities as the European Commission reviews the Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA). In comments published on October 2, 2026, he said he was disappointed by the European Central Bank and the European Banking Authority’s… Read More