September 22, 2026 @ 10:59 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Eurosystem has taken a concrete step toward digital wholesale markets by launching Pontes, a service that lets tokenised asset trades settle in central bank money. The rollout is the first operational piece of a broader plan to keep official reserves at the centre of… Read More

September 22, 2026 @ 10:13 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

South Korea’s consumer finance platforms have taken another step toward tokenized money. Kakao Pay and Kakao Bank have signed a memorandum of understanding with Fireblocks to study secure digital asset infrastructure in the country, with stablecoins at the center of the work. The non-binding pact,… Read More

September 22, 2026 @ 9:55 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

CloudTech Group has introduced RooRooEx, a digital-asset trading venue meant to give professional desks, high-net-worth clients, and individual investors in the Asia-Pacific region access to tools and pricing that have long been associated with large institutions. The Melbourne-based firm built the platform on technology from… Read More

September 22, 2026 @ 9:48 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

xAI has introduced Grok 4.7, a new flagship model aimed at software development and professional knowledge work. The company frames the release as a practical upgrade over Grok 4.6 rather than a wholesale change in pricing or serving speed. According to the announcement, the model… Read More

September 22, 2026 @ 2:50 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) has shut down Meta’s (NASDAQ: META) recently launched Muse personal AI agent from completing purchases on Amazon.com, drawing a sharp line in the emerging contest over who controls agentic shopping. The restriction took effect Sunday night, September 20, 2026. Users who asked… Read More

September 22, 2026 @ 2:19 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Brazil’s new virtual-asset licensing regime is already beginning to thin the field. With just over a month left in the transition window, local reporting indicates that only five virtual asset service providers have submitted authorization filings to the Banco Central do Brasil. Of those five,… Read More

September 22, 2026 @ 2:18 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance has widened access to one of its fastest-growing products, allowing a much larger group of traders to post tokenized US equities as collateral. The exchange said eligible users can now use bStocks in Cross Margin and Portfolio Margin accounts, ending an earlier limit that… Read More

September 22, 2026 @ 2:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Argentina has formally pledged to take part in a worldwide system that will automatically circulate information on cryptocurrency traders and investors, with the first exchanges scheduled no later than September 2029. The commitment, recorded by the OECD’s Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information… Read More

September 22, 2026 @ 2:15 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Authorities in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Sweden have dismantled a cross-border money-laundering network that investigators say moved millions in criminal proceeds through cash and cryptocurrency, with digital trails pointing toward organized crime and paid assassinations. In a coordinated operation announced this week, UAE security… Read More

September 22, 2026 @ 12:02 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

FintechOS has closed a $28 million package of equity and senior debt as it shifts from a period of operational tightening into a more aggressive expansion phase, with the United States as the main priority. The capital came from existing shareholders Bek Ventures, IFC, Cipio… Read More

September 22, 2026 @ 11:03 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Kastle, a San Francisco startup focused on artificial intelligence for financial operations, has closed a $24 million Series A round to expand its platform of specialized AI agents for consumer lending. Insight Partners led the investment, with existing backers Y Combinator and Commerce Ventures returning… Read More

September 22, 2026 @ 8:34 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Danske Bank and Mastercard (NYSE: MA) have completed what both companies describe as Denmark’s first payment initiated and finished by an artificial intelligence agent. The pilot, announced on 21 September 2026, is an early live test of so-called agentic commerce inside a regulated Nordic bank… Read More

September 22, 2026 @ 8:32 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Circle (NYSE: CRCL) has opened a new path for institutions that want dollar liquidity without selling their bitcoin. Through Circle Mint, eligible clients can now pledge BTC as collateral and borrow USDC, keeping their long-term bitcoin exposure intact while tapping onchain credit markets. The product… Read More

September 22, 2026 @ 8:28 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Ondo Finance has opened a new institutional pathway that lets approved firms turn conventional equity holdings into blockchain-based stock tokens without first selling those positions for cash. The update, announced on September 21, 2026, adds an in-kind conversion option to Ondo Stocks, the company’s tokenized… Read More

September 22, 2026 @ 2:30 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Saudi Arabia has stepped back from Project mBridge, a multi-central-bank digital currency platform closely associated with China, after finishing a limited testing phase last year. The move became public this month when the Saudi central bank confirmed the details to the FT, more than a… Read More

September 22, 2026 @ 2:20 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) (NYSE: ICE), parent of the New York Stock Exchange, is assessing Avalanche as a possible foundation for a regulated venue that would let tokenized US stocks and ETFs trade around the clock. The first public signal came from Avalanche’s official account, which… Read More

September 22, 2026 @ 1:57 am By Omar Faridi  |  

UK’s financial regulator has stepped up pressure on unregistered digital-asset dealing in the capital, targeting premises suspected of running peer-to-peer cryptocurrency businesses without the approvals required under anti-money-laundering rules. On 10 September 2026, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) joined HM Revenue & Customs and the… Read More

September 22, 2026 @ 12:29 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Evernorth Holdings has arranged a $30 million convertible note facility intended to expand its XRP holdings and fund related work across the XRP Ledger ecosystem. The commitment was disclosed in a September 17, 2026 Form 8-K filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)…. Read More

September 21, 2026 @ 11:14 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Zcash (ZEC) price has cooled somewhat after a sharp September advance, slipping from a year-to-date peak near $1,590 to about $1,430. Buyers defended the area above $1,440, so the move looked more like a pause after a multi-day rally than a full reversal. Even after… Read More

September 21, 2026 @ 10:15 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Four of the world’s most prominent artificial intelligence developers now face a federal antitrust complaint accusing them of working together to hold back the pace of model improvement. The proposed class action, filed in the US District Court for the Northern District of California, names… Read More