September 25, 2026 @ 12:33 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has scheduled an open meeting next week to review several issues. Perhaps the most important for investors is a potential update to the definition of an Accredited Investor. In general, an Accredited Investor is someone who earns over $200,000… Read More

September 25, 2026 @ 11:32 am By JD Alois  |  

Nordic Fintech SaveLend Group has partnered with Kleer Group AB to offer invoice financing on Kleer’s platform. Kleer is a Finance-as-a-Service company serving consulting firms and SaaS/AI companies in Sweden. It combines an automated accounting and payroll platform with a dedicated team of accounting consultants… Read More

September 25, 2026 @ 10:28 am By JD Alois  |  

SoFi Bank (NASDAQ:SOFI) is now live in settling transactions across the Mastercard network using its in-house stablecoin, SoFiUSD. SoFi Bank claims to be the first national bank to do so. It has been estimated that by migrating its entire debt/credit card services to stablecoins, this… Read More

September 24, 2026 @ 6:08 pm By JD Alois  |  

Crowdcube, a leading online investment platform in the UK and Europe, says secondaries have quickly become a significant part of its business. According to a blog post, Crowdcube reports that £543 million in PISCES secondaries are in the pipeline. In total, including the PISCES listings,… Read More

September 24, 2026 @ 1:35 pm By JD Alois  |  

Crowdcube has just listed an offering of shares in Veremark, a screening and background-check firm that supports employers. According to the offering page, Veremark is offering shares at £6.34. The Series B funding round in February valued the company at about $100 million and raised… Read More

September 24, 2026 @ 12:12 pm By JD Alois  |  

Anchorage Digital says it now offers Bitcoin staking to Bitcoin holders. Anchorage Digital is a federally regulated bank with a mission to support the digital asset sector. Bitcoin staking is its newest service, enabling clients to stake BTC held at Anchorage and benefit from staking… Read More

September 24, 2026 @ 11:39 am By JD Alois  |  

The Crowdfunding Professional Association (CfPA) has adopted a policy objective to ask the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to “deliberately compare exemptions” and avoid a “disjointed patchwork of regulations.” The new “Presumptive Parity” advocacy was distributed by the CfPA board of directors this week. The… Read More

September 24, 2026 @ 10:06 am By JD Alois  |  

Crypto investment firm Keyrock has announced the launch of Keyrock Securities, a subsidiary that supports tokenized securities and institutional derivatives. According to a release, Keyrock Securities is a dealer registered in the Cayman Islands via the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority under the Securities Investment Business… Read More

September 24, 2026 @ 9:45 am By JD Alois  |  

Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) could be considered one of the largest Fintechs in the world due to its massive install base and its popular wallet features. One of Apple’s services pays interest on a savings account managed by partner Goldman Sachs. This week, Apple notified savings account… Read More

September 23, 2026 @ 1:26 pm By JD Alois  |  

Funding Portals, a new type of intermediary created by the JOBS Act of 2012, were established to facilitate online capital formation through Reg CF, or Regulation Crowdfunding. Reg CF allows a firm to issue or sell securities to anyone, raising up to $5 million in… Read More

September 23, 2026 @ 1:06 pm By JD Alois  |  

The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and Blockchain.com are “exploring” 24/7 trading using tokenized shares. This would include US equities and ETFs. These securities would be made available to investors worldwide. The agreement is said to include deep market intelligence as the two sides share… Read More

September 23, 2026 @ 11:06 am By JD Alois  |  

The Global Financial Centres Index (GFCI 40) was published last week, and according to their rankings, New York City continues to lead the way, something that should come as no surprise. Following NYC are London, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Shanghai. The GFCI 40 is published… Read More

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

Circle (NYSE:CRCL) says it has expanded its partnership with Binance, one of the world’s largest crypto exchanges. In a post on X, Circle said it has committed to a five-year deal in which Binance will support and promote USDC, Circle’s popular dollar-backed stablecoin. The deal… Read More

September 23, 2026 @ 9:26 am By JD Alois  |  

NatWest has invested in its first outside venture capital fund. According to a company statement, NatWest Venture Banking has committed an undisclosed amount across Phoenix Court’s family of funds. Phoenix Court is a VC firm that supports private firms from pre-seed through to scale-up. The… Read More

September 23, 2026 @ 8:57 am By JD Alois  |  

JP Morgan is now using DTCC’s Central Trade Matching Platform (CTM), according to a public release. JPM is using the service for US-listed options, including commission reconciliation and post-trade processing. DTCC says that CTM’s automated matching capabilities allow JPM to gain operational efficiency while mitigating… Read More

September 22, 2026 @ 11:34 am By JD Alois  |  

President Donald Trump took the podium at the United Nations today to promote his administration’s success while addressing the audience. The presentation was broad, covering diverse issues such as the war with Iran, Venezuela, Cuba, the ICC, and the economy of the US. At one… Read More

September 22, 2026 @ 10:30 am By JD Alois  |  

Silicon Valley Bank and Sphere Labs have jointly published a report, called Runaway Dollarization, on dollar-based payment stablecoins- effectively, regulated digital dollars. The thesis is that the growth of digital dollars will boost dollarization in a positive way while also reducing reliance on local currencies… Read More

September 22, 2026 @ 9:26 am By JD Alois  |  

ClearToken has been accepted into the Bank of England Digital Securities Sandbox (DSS) to run a Digital Securities Depository (DSD). ClearToken CSD will be able to offer a tokenized version of existing securities under the program. This includes: Tokenized securities including debt and equity A… Read More

September 21, 2026 @ 11:16 am By JD Alois  |  

John Aland, an accounting professor at the University of Notre Dame, is currently conducting research on crowdfunding offerings and investor decisions. Aland, a contributor at Kingscrowd, is partnering with the firm to promote the effort to better understand investors who are considering or have participated… Read More

September 21, 2026 @ 10:44 am By JD Alois  |  

Bitcoin has caught a bid, trading around $86,000 after jumping over 6% today. Analysts at Nansen expect Bitcoin to move even higher in the coming days. According to Nicolai Sondergaard, Senior Research Analyst at Nansen, there is room for another leg higher as under-positioned traders… Read More