Omar Faridi

Meme Coins and AI Capture Growing Crypto Narrative Interest in 2025, Report Reveals

CoinGecko has noted that meme coins have again emerged as the most popular crypto narrative this year, capturing a total of 25.02% of global investor interest across the main meme coin category as well as 35 meme coin trends. According to the report from CoinGecko,… Read More

Digital Assets : Copper and FalconX Expand ClearLoop Integration to Deribit

Copper has announced the next phase of its multi-exchange strategy in partnership with FalconX, expanding ClearLoop’s integration ​​within​​​​ ​​ FalconX’s Prime Connect solution via the addition of Deribit, one of the world’s crypto options exchanges. Via this integration, FalconX DMA clients are reportedly able to… Read More

DTCC Trading Insights : Up to 10% of Total Equity Volume Set to Be Traded During Overnight Sessions by 2028

DTCC, the market infrastructure for the global financial services industry, and Ernst & Young LLP (EY US) announced the release of their latest research findings on 24×5 trading, entitled “The Shift to 24×5 Trading: What It Means for U.S. Equity Markets.” The report details the… Read More

Virtus Investment Partners to Add Keystone National Group as Investment Manager

Virtus Investment Partners, Inc. (NYSE: VRTS), which operates a multi-manager asset management business, announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire a majority interest in Keystone National Group, an investment manager specializing in asset-centric private credit and a pioneer in providing such strategies… Read More

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Announces Expansion of Tech Focused Index Portfolio

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) is pleased to announce an expansion of its index portfolio with the launch of the HKEX Tech 100 Index (HKEX Tech 100), the Group’s first Hong Kong equity index that underscores its ongoing investment in building further on… Read More

Fintech Setu Introduces Agentic Bill Payments Experience via ChatGPT and Claude

Setu by Pine Labs has recently announced the launch of India’s agentic bill-payments experience, designed to address key challenges in bill payments: the fear of incorrect charges and the burden of missing important due dates. Although actually paying a bill takes minutes, keeping track of… Read More

Moca Network Introduces MocaProof Beta, the Digital Identity Verification Platform

Moca Network, a project by Animoca Brands to build the world’s largest chain-agnostic decentralized digital identity network, announced the beta launch of MocaProof, a so-called gamified digital identity verification and reward platform that leverages blockchain in order to simplify and advance data privacy and self-sovereignty…. Read More

Insurtech : DUAL Teams Up with CyberCube, Enabling Cyber Underwriting Capabilities

DUAL Group announced a partnership with CyberCube, a provider of cyber risk analytics, to enhance its cyber underwriting capabilities and deliver value to brokers and clients. With cyber risk as one of the key challenges facing businesses right now, DUAL is taking a stance by… Read More

Fintech Airwallex Enables APAC Growth with Acquisition of Majority Ownership of Indonesian Payments Firm

Airwallex, a global enabler of business banking products, has recently announced that it acquired majority ownership of PT Skye Sab Indonesia, a PJP (Penyedia Jasa Pembayaran) Category 1 license holder. The acquisition allows Indonesian merchants aiming to expand overseas “to tap into Airwallex’s financial infrastructure.”… Read More

Canopy, Alto IRA Partner to Enhance IRA Investing in Private Deals

Alto, the self-directed IRA platform bringing private markets to individual retirement portfolios, announced a partnership with Canopy, which is an SPV management solution enabling fund managers and investors to close and manage private transactions. The collab aims to make it easier for investors to use… Read More

Tether Announces Investment in Generative Bionics as Part of Funding Round to Support Intelligent Humanoid Robots

Tether Investments has recently announced an investment in Generative Bionics, the spinoff of IIT (the Italian Institute of Technology) and one of the largest research spinoffs in Europe, in order to support the development of intelligent humanoid robots built for industrial scale performance, human-centric interaction… Read More

AI Driven Productivity Is Fueling Reinvestment over Workforce Reductions : EY

The EY US AI Pulse Survey finds many leaders are channeling productivity gains from artificial intelligence into existing and new AI capabilities, R&D, cybersecurity and retraining employees rather than reducing headcount. While an increasing number of companies announce AI-related layoffs and concerns mount about more… Read More

Coinbase Teams Up with PNC to Expand Direct Bitcoin (BTC) Access

Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) says that it is committed and focused on building the infrastructure that enables institutions as well as their clients to access and engage with digital assets. Coinbase announced that it is now expanding its partnership with PNC Bank in order to launch direct… Read More

ClearBank, Finseta Partner to Enable Multi-Currency and Cross-Border Payments

ClearBank, the enabler of real-time clearing and embedded banking, announces its partnership with Finseta plc , a foreign exchange and payments solutions company, to deliver agency banking services supporting GBP and multi-currency (MCCY) accounts. Under this partnership, Finseta will leverage ClearBank’s virtual IBAN tech in… Read More

Aberdeen Investments Marks 20 Years of Operations in Malaysia

Aberdeen Investments marks its 20th year of business operations in Malaysia, reportedly completing two decades of steady growth and partnerships in this fast-evolving financial market. Since forming its Kuala Lumpur office back in 2005, Aberdeen has served a key role in contributing to Malaysia’s investment… Read More

SemiLiquid Introduces Programmable Credit Protocol, Built with Avalanche, Enabling Institutional Credit on Tokenized Collateral

SemiLiquid, a custody-native infrastructure layer for institutional credit, announced the launch of its Programmable Credit Protocol (PCP). The infrastructure now enables various institutions to “activate credit against digital and tokenized assets held in custody – without transferring collateral, marking a critical advancement in the evolution… Read More

Kraken Teams Up with Avelacom to Provide Improved Connectivity for Institutional Traders

Digital assets platform Kraken has recently announced a new deal that further builds out their offering for institutions engaging in latency-sensitive trading strategies. Avelacom, a provider of ultra-low-latency network solutions, is now providing high-performance connectivity to their matching engine. This integration gives trading firms the… Read More

Crypto.com, 21Shares Partner to Expand Access to Cronos Ecosystem

21Shares US, which claims to be one of the world’s largest issuers of crypto exchange traded funds (ETFs), and Crypto.com, a global enabler of cryptocurrency services, today announced a new partnership in order to bring new investment products tracking the Cronos (CRO) token to market…. Read More

Bybit Partners with Circle to Enable Stablecoin USDC Adoption

Bybit, which claims to be one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges by trading volume, announced a partnership with an affiliate of Circle Internet Group, Inc. (NYSE:CRCL), a financial tech firm and the issuer of USDC through its regulated entities. The latest partnership aims to… Read More

ClearBank Teams Up with Plaid to Enable Real-Time Open Banking Payments in the UK

ClearBank, the enabler of real-time clearing and embedded banking, recently announced a channel partnership with Plaid, a data network that serves as the analytics layer for financial services. This collab will reportedly aim to deliver faster, and frictionless Pay by Bank experiences for businesses and… Read More

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