September 11, 2026 @ 8:02 am By Omar Faridi  |  

A collaborative research effort involving more than 100 participants and AI coding agents has sharply lowered a widely cited measure of the quantum resources needed for a core arithmetic step in a theoretical attack on the elliptic-curve signatures used by Bitcoin and Ethereum. The work,… Read More

September 11, 2026 @ 7:59 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital asset exchange Gemini (NASDAQ:GEMI) has completed a long-running regulatory process in Singapore, and its local subsidiary now holds a Major Payment Institution (MPI) license from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS). The approval, announced by the company in early September 2026, authorizes Gemini Digital Payments Singapore Pte. Ltd…. Read More

September 11, 2026 @ 1:14 am By Omar Faridi  |  

UniCredit has taken a minority holding in Frankfurt-based fintech VC Trade, deepening the Italian lender’s push into digital debt markets. Terms were not disclosed. The agreement includes a right for UniCredit to raise its ownership later and is intended both to fund VC Trade’s growth… Read More

September 11, 2026 @ 12:16 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Visa (NYSE: V) is expanding its role in digital finance by pairing its traditional settlement network with blockchain-based credit tools. On September 8, 2026, the payments company outlined a model meant to help fintechs and issuers of stablecoin-linked cards obtain working capital more quickly than… Read More

September 10, 2026 @ 11:12 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

CoinCorner and AnchorWatch have brought a new insured Bitcoin custody option to everyday holders, pairing exchange-account convenience with multi-signature control and coverage arranged through Lloyd’s of London.Isle of Man-based CoinCorner, a Bitcoin and Lightning company that has served customers for more than a decade, has… Read More

September 10, 2026 @ 10:08 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Global card networks Mastercard (NYSE: MA) and Visa (NYSE: V) have aligned with a new World Bank Group effort designed to lower a little-noticed barrier that keeps many local banks and fintechs from scaling electronic payments in developing economies. The International Finance Corporation, the World… Read More

September 10, 2026 @ 10:06 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

US Bank (NYSE: USB) has completed a live internal pilot that moved value between its North American and European operations using USBDC, a dollar-backed stablecoin issued by the bank itself. The transfer was an intra-group payment rather than a customer transaction, and it ran on… Read More

September 10, 2026 @ 6:06 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Nasdaq’s (NASDAQ:NDAQ) venture arm has agreed to put $100 million into Payward, the parent company of crypto exchange Kraken, as the two firms widen a collaboration focused on tokenized stocks and continuous market infrastructure. The announcement, issued on September 10, 2026, frames the stake as… Read More

September 10, 2026 @ 3:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

PayPal (NASDAQ: PYPL), M0, and MoonPay have taken PYUSDx from a February preview to a live developer platform. The stack lets companies issue custom on-chain dollars that sit on top of PayPal USD (PYUSD), rather than forcing each team to build reserves, issuance, and liquidity… Read More

September 10, 2026 @ 10:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

London-based card acquirer MADFIN Tech has teamed up with Tribe Payments to underpin its UK merchant-acquiring rollout, using Tribe’s processing stack and 3D Secure tools as it builds out operations. The collaboration, reported on 9 September 2026, is designed to give the young firm a… Read More

September 10, 2026 @ 9:55 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Archax Markets LLC, the United States subsidiary of UK-based digital asset firm Archax Group Ltd, has secured FINRA approval of its New Member Application. That decision completes the unit’s registration as a US broker-dealer with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and gives the group… Read More

September 10, 2026 @ 9:25 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Institutional digital asset markets still suffer from a familiar problem: capital is often trapped in disconnected systems. Liquidity sits across venues, regions, and product types, and the tools used to move it rarely line up with the processes firms already run. EDX Markets and Fireblocks… Read More

September 10, 2026 @ 8:21 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Consensys Software Inc. is preparing to divide into two independently operated companies so that consumer and institutional digital finance can each receive dedicated leadership, capital, and operating models. The existing legal entity will keep running but will adopt the MetaMask name and concentrate on self-custodial… Read More

September 10, 2026 @ 8:07 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Tether and Fasanara Capital have unveiled a major new partnership aimed at channeling digital-asset infrastructure into traditional lending markets. On 9 September 2026 the two firms announced StableFund, an evergreen private-credit vehicle jointly sponsored as the Tether-Fasanara Lending Fund. The structure is backed by a… Read More

September 10, 2026 @ 7:19 am By Omar Faridi  |  

BVNK and Marqeta (NASDAQ: MQ) have joined forces to give companies a simpler way to turn stablecoins into everyday spending tools. The two firms announced a partnership that will let Marqeta clients add digital-dollar functionality to cards, wallets, and other financial products used by both… Read More

September 10, 2026 @ 4:09 am By Omar Faridi  |  

OnePay, the Walmart-backed financial technology firm, has rolled out a new in-app feature called My Garage that consolidates vehicle-related payments and financial details in a single dashboard. The move reflects the company’s broader effort to expand its mobile platform into a more complete money management… Read More

September 10, 2026 @ 3:32 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Australia’s financial regulator ASIC has issued a last reminder to digital asset businesses that a temporary enforcement pause is ending. Companies that have been operating under ASIC’s sector-wide no-action position must complete the required licensing steps by 30 September 2026 or risk falling outside the… Read More

September 10, 2026 @ 3:32 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Poland’s lower house of parliament has again fallen short in its bid to overturn a presidential veto on national cryptocurrency legislation, leaving the country without a completed framework to implement European Union digital asset rules. On Friday, lawmakers in the Sejm voted 241 to 198,… Read More

September 10, 2026 @ 2:13 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Iran-linked cyber spies have been approaching technology specialists in aviation, aerospace and financial services with fabricated job opportunities that conceal previously unseen malware, according to recent findings from Kaspersky. The cluster, which the Russian firm tracks as Mirage Kitten, has focused on developers and other… Read More

September 10, 2026 @ 1:29 am By Omar Faridi  |  

President Donald Trump has publicly backed efforts to bring Hyperliquid, a fast-growing offshore cryptocurrency trading venue, into the United States under federal rules. Speaking at a White House gathering of crypto, technology, and finance executives on August 19, 2026, Trump said Commodity Futures Trading Commission… Read More