December 23, 2025 @ 4:36 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Hana Securities announced it gained exposure to a Digitally Native Note (DNN) through a Total Return Swap (TRS) structure, marking their entry into the digital bond market. The investment aligns with their strategy to participate in tech-driven capital-market innovation. Standard Chartered acted as the TRS… Read More

December 22, 2025 @ 8:09 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has assessed a $3,500,000 civil money penalty against Paxful, Inc. and Paxful USA, Inc. (collectively doing business as, Paxful) for its (alleged) willful violations of the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA), the primary U.S. anti-money laundering… Read More

December 22, 2025 @ 3:48 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Hyperliquid (HYPE) is currently available to purchase, sell, and store on digital assets platform Gemini via HyperEVM. As explained in the update from Gemini, Hyperliquid (HYPE) is an EVM native L1 blockchain and decentralized “everything exchange” launched back in 2023. It was reportedly designed for… Read More

December 22, 2025 @ 12:29 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Nu Asset, Nubank’s (NYSE: NU) investment manager, has recently unveiled the launch the Nu Letras Financeiras da Anbima (NLFA11), which is described in the announcement as its new ETF that arrives in order to complement the fixed-income shelf. The fund is reportedly one of the… Read More

December 22, 2025 @ 9:33 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The IMF noted that despite having a market cap of about 10 percent of Bitcoin, stablecoins are growing in popularity because of their interconnections with mainstream financial markets that stem from their structure and potential use cases. The IMF has also mentioned that their use… Read More

December 22, 2025 @ 9:08 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Trade Republic, a Berlin-based fintech firm, has reportedly achieved a €12.5 billion valuation through a secondary share sale this past week that supported by Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund. The recent transaction has involved early investors selling €1.2 billion in shares to a mix of new… Read More

December 22, 2025 @ 9:07 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has designated $46.2 million from its Civil Penalty Fund in order to reimburse individuals impacted by the failure of Synapse Financial Technologies. This allocation, approved on November 28, 2025, reportedly addresses losses from frozen accounts following Synapse‘s bankruptcy filing… Read More

December 22, 2025 @ 9:03 am By Omar Faridi  |  

KPMG UK has recently shared key insights on the latest labour market data along with other commentary on recent developments. Persistent inflation, growing unemployment concerns, along with more general economic uncertainty remain potentially significant factors that could have a considerable impact on the United Kingdom‘s… Read More

December 22, 2025 @ 9:02 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Aegon UK is now reportedly set to further extend its private market approach into its “second-largest” workplace default fund, the £12 billion Aegon LifePath strategy, currently serving “more than 375,000 pension savers.” From summer 2026 onwards, Aegon LifePath will aim to invest across “a broader… Read More

December 22, 2025 @ 9:00 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Cryptocurrency exchange Bybit has resumed services in the United Kingdom following a two-year suspension, marking a seemingly calculated return to one of Europe’s most tightly regulated markets. The Dubai-based platform, which ranks as one of the largest crypto exchanges by trading volume (despite suffering a… Read More

December 22, 2025 @ 4:08 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitcoin Suisse is pleased to announce the availability of trading for Monad (MON) and Hyperliquid (HYPE), two recently launched Layer 1 protocols representing technical advances in blockchain performance. Effective immediately, clients can trade MON and HYPE on Bitcoin Suisse’s platform. Both protocols now aim to… Read More

December 22, 2025 @ 2:39 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Central Bank of Ireland has released its fourth and final Quarterly Bulletin of 2025. Robert Kelly, Director of Economics and Statistics has said that despite the challenges the Irish economy has faced in 2025, it has seemingly shown resilience. Kelly added that the overall… Read More

December 22, 2025 @ 1:26 am By Omar Faridi  |  

UK’s digital bank Monzo has secured a full banking license from Ireland’s Central Bank and the European Central Bank, marking a step toward broader operations in the European Union. The latest approval positions Monzo as the digital-only bank to obtain this type of authorization in… Read More

December 22, 2025 @ 12:09 am By Omar Faridi  |  

10x Banking, the cloud-native core banking platform, has partnered with audax Financial Technology, a digital banking technology solutions provider supported by Standard Chartered, to transform how banks in Asia Pacific, Europe and the Middle East scale “digital offerings and modernise their core banking services.” Research… Read More

December 21, 2025 @ 11:39 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

UK Finance has reflected on what it described as a defining year for United Kingdom’s payments infrastructure ecosystem. Looking back over 2025, the team at UK Finance said that it is clear to them that this has been one of the most significant years for… Read More

December 21, 2025 @ 10:40 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Lumera, an insurtech company dedicated to the digital transformation of the European Life and Pensions industry, entered into an agreement to acquire Acuity, a consultancy firm serving the UK market, specializing in pensions and workforce reforms for public sector pension schemes. The firm reportedly has… Read More

December 21, 2025 @ 8:42 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Circle Internet Group, Inc. (NYSE: CRCL) is announcing that Stacks is now connected to Circle xReserve. Via this latest integration, USDCx on Stacks is now available, offering a USDC-backed stablecoin to web3 developers and crypto users and enabling access to crosschain USDC liquidity. ‍As noted… Read More

December 21, 2025 @ 6:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

ConsenSys has shared an update that reflects on the steady progress made this year as far as Ethereum development and crypto adoption are concerned. ConsenSys noted that on July 30, 2025, Ethereum had marked ten years since its genesis block: a decade of operating “essentially… Read More

December 21, 2025 @ 6:42 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

MegaETH, the so-called “performance-first” EVM blockchain now said to be delivering “millisecond-level” responsiveness, has reportedly been integrated on Dune. Blockchain and web3 developers, crypto analysts, and digital assets researchers can now explore MegaETH’s core network activity, diverse app ecosystem, as well as real-time execution behavior… Read More

December 21, 2025 @ 6:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The crypto sector faced yet another challenging year in 2025, with stolen funds continuing their upward trajectory, according to an update from Chainalysis which noted that their close examinations reveals a significant shift in crypto theft patterns, characterized by several key developments: the persistence of… Read More