January 1, 2026 @ 8:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The global mergers and acquisitions landscape in 2025 witnessed an extraordinary resurgence, propelled by an unprecedented wave of blockbuster transactions. According to London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) data, companies announced a record 68 deals valued at $10 billion or higher—the highest number on record since… Read More

December 31, 2025 @ 2:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Tenderly reports that it is now an official public RPC provider for Polygon, joining the network of infrastructure partners powering one of the “most widely adopted EVM-compatible chains.” Clients may now access Tenderly’s public Polygon RPC endpoint at tenderly.rpc.polygon.community. As an “official” Polygon public RPC… Read More

December 31, 2025 @ 1:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

In the evolving ecosystem of digital finance, a Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) executive has raised alarms about potential U.S. policy missteps that might undermine America’s position in global monetary innovation. Faryar Shirzad, the cryptocurrency exchange’s chief policy officer, highlighted how limiting incentives on American stablecoins could inadvertently… Read More

December 31, 2025 @ 12:21 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Elliptic has partnered with Obsidiam, a Costa Rica based stablecoin services provider, and its Swiss sister company, Volcanic Glass, to enhance compliance and transparency in cross-border payments. The partnership will now aim to support Obsidiam’s mission to help build Latin America’s on-chain economy by providing “regulated,… Read More

December 31, 2025 @ 11:28 am By Omar Faridi  |  

tZERO Group, a firm focused on enabling blockchain-powered multi-asset infrastructure, announced that the alternative trading system (ATS) operated by its broker-dealer subsidiary can now facilitate the trading of crypto asset securities that are directly custodied on-chain by customers in their own self-hosted wallets. Transactions in those… Read More

December 31, 2025 @ 10:14 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Galaxy Digital (NASDAQ: GLXY) noted in their blog post focused on year-end predictions that, somewhat anticlimactically, Bitcoin (BTC) now looks set to end 2025 at roughly the same price level where it started. Actually, the flagship cryptocurrency is down from around $94,000 from end of… Read More

December 31, 2025 @ 10:11 am By Omar Faridi  |  

As 2025 now finally concludes with unprecedented revenue for the AI-focused semiconductor sector, industry analysts anticipate even stronger performance in 2026, fueled by a relentless appetite for processors essential to artificial intelligence advancements. Major chipmakers collectively surpassed $400 billion in sales this year—the highest on… Read More

December 31, 2025 @ 9:35 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Prenetics Global Limited (NASDAQ: PRE), a health sciences company whose wellness brand IM8 is co-founded with soccer icon David Beckham, has abandoned its Bitcoin accumulation strategy just months after raising significant capital partly for that purpose. In a December 30, 2025, announcement, the Nasdaq-listed firm… Read More

December 31, 2025 @ 9:03 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Ownera and LayerZero announced a partnership to connect their platforms to enable cross-chain solutions for institutional tokenization. The collaboration integrates LayerZero’s interoperability protocol – which “connects 160+ blockchains and has facilitated over $200 billion in value transfer since inception” – with Ownera’s Router and SuperApps… Read More

December 31, 2025 @ 8:58 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Swisstronik is now a VQF member. The company has shared a key end of year update explaining what this means for Web3 compliance and its overall business operations heading into 2026. Swisstronik noted in a blog post that it has now officially joined the VQF,… Read More

December 31, 2025 @ 8:57 am By Omar Faridi  |  

As the year 2025 finally draws to a close, UK’s ThinCats says that is an opportune moment to carefully reflect on what they claim to have achieved together, along with their customers, introducers and colleagues, and how they now continue to support the growth of… Read More

December 31, 2025 @ 8:54 am By Omar Faridi  |  

CertiK has released the Hack3D: The Skynet Web3 Security Report for 2025, a data-driven examination of Web3 security trends, key vulnerabilities, as well as threat intelligence across the Web3 space. CertiK’s Skynet Hack3D reports offer deep dives into the different exploits and major trends that… Read More

December 31, 2025 @ 8:53 am By Omar Faridi  |  

In a move to capitalize on the growing interest in digital assets, cryptocurrency investment firm Bitwise has submitted proposals to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for 11 different exchange-traded funds (ETFs). The filings, made via an N-1A form on Tuesday, aim to introduce… Read More

December 31, 2025 @ 8:52 am By Omar Faridi  |  

In a significant recent move to conclude its long-standing withdrawal from the Russian market, Citigroup (NYSE: C) has reportedly received board approval to divest its last operational entity there, AO Citibank, to Moscow-based investment bank Renaissance Capital. This decision, announced on December 29, 2025, marks… Read More

December 30, 2025 @ 7:59 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

A whitepaper from Juniper Research, entitled, Unlocking the Next Stage of Growth for Modern Card Issuing Platforms, examines various trends that are now said to be shaping the modern card issuing ecosystem, and the ways in which modern card issuing platforms are able to capture… Read More

December 30, 2025 @ 5:26 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Hong Kong’s digital banking service provider, Mox Bank, has solidified its position as a fintech powerhouse in 2025, now serving 750,000 customers—representing an impressive 12% of the city’s bankable population. As shared by CEO Barbaros Uygun, the year has been defined by robust expansion across… Read More

December 30, 2025 @ 5:21 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

South Korea’s efforts to establish a proper framework for digital assets have encountered significant delays as of late, with the proposed Digital Asset Basic Act now postponed until 2026. The recent holdup reportedly stems primarily from ongoing disagreements among the country’s various regulatory authorities regarding… Read More

December 30, 2025 @ 5:15 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has entered into an agreement with the Fibonacci Group to acquire Cabel Industry, an Italian tech company that provides specialized core banking and IT managed services to mid-size financial institutions. The acquisition will enhance the managed services portfolio of Accenture Financial Advanced… Read More

December 30, 2025 @ 5:11 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META) has announced its acquisition of Manus AI, a Singapore-headquartered startup specializing in autonomous artificial intelligence agents. The move aims to enhance Meta’s capabilities in deploying versatile AI tools across its ecosystem of consumer apps and enterprise solutions. Manus AI, known for its… Read More

December 30, 2025 @ 1:22 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

CoinList claims that 2025 was the year ICOs or so-called initial coin offerings returned in force. As more players entered the ICO market and the ecosystem grew noisier, CoinList says that it remained at the forefront, setting the standard for how token sales should be… Read More