April 6, 2025 @ 6:05 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) highlighted actions taken to protect consumers from impersonations scams since the Government and Business Impersonation Rule took effect in April 2024. Scams impersonating businesses and government are consistently among the top frauds reported to the FTC; these scams resulted in… Read More

April 6, 2025 @ 5:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Coller Capital, the world’s private market secondaries manager, has acquired a $1.6bn senior direct lending portfolio from American National, a multiline US insurer. The investment reportedly marks the largest ever “LP-led credit secondaries transaction that is focused on a senior direct lending portfolio.” The transaction… Read More

April 6, 2025 @ 5:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

In a significant development for the US financial services sector, the Department of Justice (DoJ) has given the green light to a $35 billion merger between Capital One Finance Group and Discover Financial Services. The decision, announced this week, marks a pivotal step forward for… Read More

April 6, 2025 @ 5:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Swedish buy-now-pay-later (BNPL) giant Klarna has hit a roadblock in its highly anticipated journey to go public. Last month, the fintech powerhouse formally applied with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to list its ordinary shares on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). The company,… Read More

April 6, 2025 @ 5:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitfarms Ltd. (Nasdaq: BITF), a global energy and compute infrastructure company, announced that the company has entered into an initial agreement for a private debt facility for up to “$300 million from Macquarie Equipment Capital, Inc., a division of Macquarie Group’s Commodities and Global Markets’… Read More

April 6, 2025 @ 5:26 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Canton Network announced that Flowdesk is joining as a key participant in the development of an on-chain collateral and margin management solution for bilateral derivatives. Flowdesk joins Digital Asset, QCP, and a group of counterparties in building infrastructure “that leverages the Canton Network’s privacy-preserving… Read More

April 6, 2025 @ 5:16 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Erwin Voloder, Head of Policy, European Blockchain Association, shared that Nethermind and PwC Germany have released report on the important role of token standards and what they mean for scaling up institutional adoption. The bulk of the report cuts “across token standards and their relationship… Read More

April 6, 2025 @ 5:14 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Kraken has officially obtained a Restricted Dealer registration in Canada, reaffirming its commitment to serving Canadian crypto investors while adhering to “enhanced investor protection guidance for crypto exchanges.” Kraken also welcomes Cynthia Del Pozo as their new General Manager for North America. Cynthia will lead… Read More

April 6, 2025 @ 5:13 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The cryptocurrency and blockchain sectors have witnessed considerable activity in early 2025, with significant financial moves, regulatory shifts under the Trump Administration, as well as technological advancements shaping the landscape. From Clanker’s $13 million earnings in just five months to the US Securities and Exchange… Read More

April 6, 2025 @ 5:09 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

ImpactA Global announces it has mobilized over $200 million to drive sustainable infrastructure investment in emerging markets. This milestone underscores ImpactA’s approach to closing the infrastructure financing gap while delivering “measurable impact in climate transition and inequality reduction.” ImpactA Global, a private credit firm, focuses… Read More

April 6, 2025 @ 12:59 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Schroders Capital’s Infrastructure team in Asia announces the first close of a China renewable energy strategy following a $100 million anchor investment commitment from Apple. The actively-managed strategy targets renewable infrastructure investments in late-stage development and construction wind and solar assets “across China, aiming to… Read More

April 5, 2025 @ 4:06 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The global venture capital landscape in Q1 2025 has split sharply into two worlds: artificial intelligence (AI) and everything else. According to PitchBook’s latest First Look datasets, AI continues to dominate VC funding, claiming an unprecedented 57.9% of total capital deployed worldwide. This surge was… Read More

April 5, 2025 @ 3:05 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Preqin, an independent provider of private markets data, recently released its Alternatives in North America 2025 report. The report estimates show that North American private capital growth slowed as both fundraising and performance “continue to come off previous highs from 2021 and 2022.” Regardless, the… Read More

April 5, 2025 @ 2:02 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

A report from FX-as-a-Service provider, MillTechFX, has revealed that over four-fifths (86%) of fund managers hedge their foreign exchange (FX), providing them with a “degree of protection from increased currency volatility due to rising geopolitical uncertainty.” The MillTechFX Global FX Report 2025 analyzes the findings… Read More

April 5, 2025 @ 1:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

In its March 2025 edition of Bobby’s Crypto Aggregate, CoinGecko dives into a crypto market grappling with macroeconomic turbulence and fierce competition between centralized and decentralized exchanges. Authored by Bobby Ong, the research report captures a pivotal moment in Q1 2025, where President Donald Trump’s… Read More

April 4, 2025 @ 3:52 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Contrary to predictions that fintech innovations like robo advisors and artificial intelligence (AI) would “diminish the role of human financial advisors,” JDPower data indicates otherwise. According to the J.D. Power 2025 Canada Investor Satisfaction Study, younger do-it-yourself (DIY) investors in Canada—once “thought to be leading… Read More

April 4, 2025 @ 3:43 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The EY organization announces it has updated the public domain source code for Nightfall1, a layer-2 roll-up that enables private transactions on the public Ethereum blockchain and the “development of privacy-focused enterprise blockchain solutions.” This updated version of Nightfall replaces the optimistic roll-up with a… Read More

April 4, 2025 @ 3:31 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Capital Banking Solutions, an integrator of banking solutions, is partnering with SIX Group, a key player in financial market infrastructure in Switzerland, providing services in securities transactions, financial information, and payments. This partnership is part of the evolution of CapitalPrivate, their digitalization platform dedicated to… Read More

April 4, 2025 @ 11:45 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The venture capital landscape in Q1 2025 has reached a critical point, with funding soaring to its highest level in nearly three years, according to CB Insights’ latest State of Venture Q1’25 Report. This surge, driven predominantly by artificial intelligence (AI), underscores a transformative moment… Read More

April 4, 2025 @ 11:39 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Kadena, the “scalable” blockchain technology provider, has announced Chainweb EVM with the addition of 20 EVM-compatible chains to its multi-chain network. Chainweb EVM reportedly positions Kadena as a decentralized alternative to Ethereum Layer 2s, with “near-zero gas fees, infinite scalability, and energy-efficient Proof of Work… Read More