July 26, 2026 @ 11:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Strategy (NASDAQ:MSTR), the Bitcoin treasury company led by Michael Saylor, has recently introduced a suite of refined BTC-centric performance indicators that explicitly account for its debt obligations and preferred stock. The update reflects the firm’s evolving capital structure. As preferred equity—often labeled “digital credit”—has grown… Read More

July 26, 2026 @ 9:59 pm By Nick Morgan  |  

Darren Marble has spent years arguing that the wall between entertainment and investing doesn’t need to exist – and that tearing it down could actually make private capital formation more transparent, not less. Marble, Founder and CEO of Going Public, joined ICAN co-hosts Nick Morgan,… Read More

July 26, 2026 @ 9:39 pm By Michael Wong  |  

Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has enhanced its regulatory framework for authorised leveraged and inverse products, giving product providers greater flexibility in managing their products while drawing investors’ attention to their nature as daily trading instruments. The regulator said Hong Kong’s leveraged and… Read More

July 26, 2026 @ 9:26 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Global payments fintech Wise (LON:WISE) has confirmed it intends to file a new application for a US national trust bank charter following the rejection of its earlier submission by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. On July 23, 2026, the OCC informed the… Read More

July 26, 2026 @ 8:21 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Charles Hoskinson, co-founder of Cardano, has indicated that Bitcoin may not hold onto its position as the leading cryptocurrency indefinitely if its governance structure cannot effectively manage the challenges of quantum computing. Speaking in a recent live interview, he framed the potential vulnerability as rooted… Read More

July 26, 2026 @ 7:18 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

BitMEX and its co-founders are once again facing legal challenges in the United States, this time through a newly filed class-action lawsuit that accuses the crypto derivatives platform of operating a secret internal trading operation against its own customers. The complaint was submitted on July… Read More

July 26, 2026 @ 6:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) has partnered with Abu Dhabi-owned Mubadala Capital and infrastructure specialist KAIO to create a regulated digital token representing Mubadala’s evergreen private markets fund. The announcement, made on July 23, 2026, marks one of the clearest signals yet that major institutional players are embracing… Read More

July 26, 2026 @ 5:16 pm By Michael Wong  |  

Qatar is seeking to build the skilled workforce needed to support its ambitions of becoming a regional financial and fintech hub. “Developing national talent is essential to achieving the Qatar National Vision 2030, serving as a fundamental pillar for supporting sustainable economic growth,” Qatar Financial… Read More

July 26, 2026 @ 5:13 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Robinhood Markets (NASDAQ: HOOD) is reportedly exploring a potential collaboration with Crypto.com to incorporate the latter’s event-based contracts into its growing suite of prediction market offerings. According to a recent Wall Street Journal report citing people familiar with the discussions, the brokerage is in talks… Read More

July 26, 2026 @ 5:12 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

LMAX Group, an institutional platform specializing in cryptocurrency and foreign exchange trading, is actively evaluating the possibility of becoming a publicly traded company. The firm has engaged investment banking advisors Morgan Stanley and Stifel Financial in order to review a range of strategic alternatives. Among… Read More

July 26, 2026 @ 4:13 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Cashea, which is one of Venezuela’s financial technology firm, has secured $100 million through two recent funding rounds, drawing interest from international investors who see potential in expanding consumer lending within a long-constrained market. The capital injection underscores growing confidence in the country’s recovering consumer… Read More

July 26, 2026 @ 3:14 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The United States has imposed sanctions on an Istanbul-based financial technology firm and its Iranian chairman, accusing the company of facilitating payments within a network designed to circumvent restrictions targeting Iran. On Friday, the US Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated Zedpay Financial… Read More

July 26, 2026 @ 12:22 am By Michael Wong  |  

Cash remittances sent home by overseas Filipinos rose 2.0% in May from a year earlier to $2.71 billion, extending steady growth that continued to support household income and domestic demand, central bank data accessed by CrowdFund Insider showed. The increase brought cash remittances in the… Read More

July 25, 2026 @ 10:25 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The London Stock Exchange (LSE) is preparing to significantly expand trading availability by introducing a specialized overnight platform for exchange-traded products (ETPs) in the first half of 2027. This initiative reflects the broader shift in traditional finance toward more flexible, around-the-clock operations, influenced by the… Read More

July 25, 2026 @ 9:37 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Ant’s $1.2 Billion Series A The financing supports expansion of its global payments and financial services business and positions the Alibaba-backed fintech unit for a potential future IPO. Participants included Ant Group and Alibaba Group. Parafin’s $300M forward-flow funding agreement Parafin recently surpassed 50,000 funded… Read More

July 25, 2026 @ 4:42 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

A New York state court has refused to throw out a major lawsuit targeting the company behind the popular Zelle payment service, allowing claims of widespread consumer fraud to move forward. The ruling represents a significant setback for Early Warning Services, the operator of Zelle,… Read More

July 25, 2026 @ 3:40 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

A coalition of major financial institutions and Bitcoin-focused firms has formed the Bitcoin Security Consortium, committing substantial resources to bolster the cryptocurrency network’s long-term defenses. Strategy (NASDAQ:MSTR), the company formerly known as MicroStrategy and led by Michael Saylor as executive chairman, is among the nine… Read More

July 25, 2026 @ 2:38 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Payment security specialist Verifone has been awarded a U.S. patent for a new method that enables payment terminals to independently identify physical interference, including sophisticated card-skimming devices that remain hidden from ordinary observation. Announced on July 23, 2026, the innovation—known as Wireless Tamper Detection and… Read More

July 25, 2026 @ 10:32 am By Michael Wong  |  

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEX) has relaxed key listing requirements, including lowering thresholds for companies seeking weighted voting rights structures and expanding confidential filing arrangements, as the bourse steps up efforts to attract more initial public offerings and reinforce the city’s position as a… Read More