February 24, 2026 @ 10:32 am By JD Alois  |  

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Crypto Task Force has selected a new Chief Counsel, Taylor Lindman. Lindman takes over from Chris Selig, who recently became the Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). Lindman previously worked at Chainlink Labs and, prior to that, at several top law firms,… Read More

February 24, 2026 @ 9:05 am By JD Alois  |  

Stripe, a private company used by 50% of the Fortune 500 to enable payments and more, is offering early shareholders the opportunity to sell some or all of their shares at a valuation of $159 billion. Stripe was founded in 2010 and has avoided the… Read More

February 23, 2026 @ 7:30 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Hashgraph Group says it has launched a new service, TrackTrace, to support compliance within the European Union. According to a release, TrackTrace is an enterprise solution for supply chain operations that delineates origin sourcing and carbon emissions. Within the EU, this type of data is… Read More

February 23, 2026 @ 2:41 pm By JD Alois  |  

The biggest hurdle to the CLARITY Act‘s approval in the Senate appears to be the issue of stablecoin holders generating yield. The bugaboo here is legacy banks, which tend to hold deposits and pay little to no yield to their customers. As these same banks… Read More

February 23, 2026 @ 1:18 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Securities and Exchange Commission has scheduled a Private Markets Roundtable to discuss the retailization of private markets. Currently, non-accredited investors may participate in the private securities markets largely via Reg A and Reg CF. While there are certain situations in which a non-accredited individual… Read More

February 23, 2026 @ 11:50 am By JD Alois  |  

Eventually, Quantum computing is expected to change everything; older security protocols will fall to the wayside unless updated as the race continues between cyber attacks and the defenses that counter them. A recent X post citing Elon Musk’s statement indicates that Bitcoin, the world’s most… Read More

February 23, 2026 @ 9:56 am By JD Alois  |  

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has updated Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations (C&DIs) that impact Regulation A (Reg A). The update occurred last week (February 17, 2026) and is part of the SEC’s periodic process. These C&DIs serve as an interpretive resource for exempt securities… Read More

February 20, 2026 @ 12:58 pm By JD Alois  |  

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has hit multiple “influencers” (or finfluencers) with financial penalties due to unauthorised promotion of FOREX trading, according to a statement from the regulator. While everyone should understand that you should ignore influencers who seek to provide investing advice, especially… Read More

February 20, 2026 @ 12:52 pm By JD Alois  |  

Lithuania leads the Baltic countries in capital formation for early-stage ventures. Lithuania is also host to over 280 active Fintech companies, and is one of the largest Fintech hubs in the European Union. According to an email from Go Vilnius, the official tourism and business… Read More

February 20, 2026 @ 10:16 am By JD Alois  |  

Yesterday, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Division of Trading and Markets, updated an FAQ on “crypto asset activities.” The SEC is working through changing rules to accommodate digital assets and the ongoing transition to tokenization and more. After four years of active subversion during… Read More

February 19, 2026 @ 8:04 pm By JD Alois  |  

The House Committee on Financial Services has updated its forthcoming hearings for the coming weeks, and several are of interest to the Fintech sector. Top of the list is a hearing entitled, “Tokenization and the Future of Securities: Modernizing Our Capital Markets.” As capital markets… Read More

February 19, 2026 @ 1:28 pm By JD Alois  |  

Below is the list of members of the Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Innovation Advisory Committee. Most of the committee members are CEOs. As all financial services go digital, and digital assets represent the future of securities and more, the CFTC is at a key… Read More

February 19, 2026 @ 12:56 pm By JD Alois  |  

Digital bank Anchorage Digital has announced the launch of a new service called Stablecoin Solutions. The service offers minting, redemption, custody, fiat treasury management, and settlement on a single integrated platform. Clients, such as legacy banks, can easily enter the stablecoin market through a federally… Read More

February 19, 2026 @ 12:06 pm By JD Alois  |  

Tokenized money, either stablecoins or central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), are on the forefront of the digital asset sector. Stablecoins were initially the go-to digital asset for crypto traders seeking to exit a holding and hold value in something safe. Today, stablecoins are growing rapidly,… Read More

February 19, 2026 @ 11:30 am By JD Alois  |  

Artificial intelligence firm World Labs has raised $1 billion in funding at a valuation of $5 billion. World Labs is a spatial intelligence AI firm that enables the generation of 3D environments from text or image inputs. Its flagship product, Marble, allows users to create,… Read More

February 19, 2026 @ 9:38 am By JD Alois  |  

Disclosure is at the heart of the US securities regulatory regime. Providing salient information to investors is key to ensuring decisions are based on recent, accurate data. Yet, over the years, the number of rules and compliance requirements has expanded, adding high cost to the… Read More

February 18, 2026 @ 3:13 pm By JD Alois  |  

Investing in early-stage ventures is not for the impatient nor risk-averse. However, in recent years, technological developments and regulatory changes have made this market segment more accessible to investors, including smaller ones. While still in early development, online capital formation is clearly the future, yet… Read More

February 18, 2026 @ 12:03 pm By JD Alois  |  

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong joined Ohio Senator Bernie Moreno on CNBC today, as both appeared at the World Liberty Forum at Mar-a-Lago. Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) is the first crypto exchange to go public and one of the largest marketplaces of its kind. Moreno, at one point, was… Read More

February 18, 2026 @ 11:05 am By JD Alois  |  

Unicity Labs has raised $3 million in a Seed round led by Blockchange Ventures, with participation from Tawasal, a Middle East-based communications super app, and Outlier Ventures. Unicity Labs is creating an Artificial Intelligence (AI) autonomous marketplace as software evolves from concept to actual tools…. Read More

February 18, 2026 @ 10:56 am By JD Alois  |  

Caption has chosen Mangopay to help scale its investment infrastructure platform. Caption is licensed in France as an asset management company regulated by the AMF (Clint Capital) and by the ACPR. It operates a proprietary technology platform that supports private and professional investors, issuers, and… Read More