December 4, 2025 @ 11:17 am By JD Alois  |  

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) intends to furlough most of its workers on December 31st.  The young agency was created by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, passed in 2010, officially opening in mid-2011. The mission of the Bureau is defined… Read More

December 4, 2025 @ 10:27 am By JD Alois  |  

Digital Asset has received a strategic investment from several big financial services firms. The group included S&P Global, Nasdaq, BNY, and iCapital. The terms of the investment were not revealed, but reports indicate the investment totaled $50 million. Digital Asset’s valuation in June 2025 was… Read More

December 4, 2025 @ 9:46 am By JD Alois  |  

Prediction market Kalshi has announced a partnership with the news broadcaster CNN, which is owned by Warner Bros. Discovery (Nasdaq:WBD). Kalshi announced: “CNN partners with Kalshi to integrate prediction markets into its global newsroom. The first major news network to embrace Kalshi prediction markets. A… Read More

December 3, 2025 @ 4:28 pm By JD Alois  |  

A CFTC Wells notice is a formal notification from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) indicating that its staff is recommending an enforcement action. The same process is used by the Securities and Exchange Commission. While not determinative, in the past, a Wells notice was… Read More

December 3, 2025 @ 12:57 pm By JD Alois  |  

Ostium Labs has raised $24 million, which includes $20 million Series A led by Catalyst and Jump Crypto, plus a previously unannounced $4 million strategic round. The total raised to date is set at $27.8 million. Existing investors include Balaji Srinivasan, Localglobe, Susquehanna International Group… Read More

December 3, 2025 @ 10:46 am By JD Alois  |  

Reflecting on a survey released today by Santander that addresses the UK payments market as well as fraud concerns. A BioCatch executive says the results indicate a need to change payment regulations in the UK. BioCatch is a cyber firm that tackles the vulnerabilities in… Read More

December 3, 2025 @ 10:35 am By JD Alois  |  

Santander has published a report on the future of payments in the UK that also highlights concerns about fraud. The survey used data garnered from 3,022 adults (February 2025), 501 SME finance decision-makers, 14 in-depth interviews, and a “London citizens’ jury on crypto and the digital… Read More

December 2, 2025 @ 2:40 pm By JD Alois  |  

Sei has integrated with the prediction market Kalshi. Sei is a blockchain that claims to be the highest Level 1 blockchain that claims to transact at 400ms – faster than any other Layer 1 EVM blockchain. The Sei Giga network upgrade is expected to improve… Read More

December 2, 2025 @ 11:05 am By JD Alois  |  

Before the United States was a nation, it was an investment. Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Paul Atkins delivered a speech at the New York Stock Exchange today outlining his thoughts on how to reinvigorate US markets. As everyone knows, public markets have been in… Read More

December 2, 2025 @ 9:51 am By JD Alois  |  

While lauding various aspects of the European Union’s efforts to promote capitalism and the single market, Eurocrowd has called out the Capital Markets Union (CMU) initiative for failing to deliver on its most ambitious promises. The European Union is a vast market that surpasses the US… Read More

December 2, 2025 @ 9:29 am By JD Alois  |  

The American Fintech Council (AFC) and the Coalition for Financial Ecosystem Standards (CFES) have joined to issue a statement on the cost of Anti-money Laundering – Counter Terrorism Financing (AML/CFT) in response to a survey distributed by FinCEN. Phil Goldfeder, CEO of the AFC, said… Read More

December 2, 2025 @ 9:12 am By JD Alois  |  

Pave Finance, a Wealthtech firm that provides automated investment advice, has integrated with Morningstar. Morningstar is a global financial services and research company best known for its independent investment research and ratings. According to a release, Pave will now be made available to over 150… Read More

December 2, 2025 @ 9:00 am By JD Alois  |  

 xAI, the artificial intelligence (AI) firm started by Elon Musk and incorporated into his social media platform X (Grok), is actively pursuing a funding round that aims to raise $15 billion at a pre-money valuation of $230 billion. The funding round is expected to close… Read More

December 2, 2025 @ 5:00 am By JD Alois  |  

ThetaRay, a firm providing Cognitive AI financial crime compliance, has released a study on the future of anti-money laundering (AML) in Europe. The study warns that Europe’s anti-money laundering system is approaching structural failure, and that financial institutions will be unable to meet upcoming supervisory… Read More

December 1, 2025 @ 3:33 pm By JD Alois  |  

Switzerland is known for beautiful mountains, watches, and chocolates. The country is also known as a haven for the affluent. This past week, the wealthy European country took a vote to its citizens, who made a decision that makes quite a bit of sense: The… Read More

December 1, 2025 @ 11:26 am By JD Alois  |  

Nobody seems to love crypto anymore. Bitcoin is down by almost 8% over the last 24 hours, with Ethereum (ETH) down by over 10%. There is plenty of speculation as to why people are selling, but there are also reports of people anticipating a bounce… Read More

December 1, 2025 @ 11:06 am By JD Alois  |  

The People’s Bank of China issued a statement over the weekend regarding concerns about ongoing crypto speculation and a crackdown on stablecoins. Mainland China has banned crypto for years, allowing Hong Kong to serve as a jurisdiction where digital asset development and experimentation can take… Read More

December 1, 2025 @ 9:45 am By JD Alois  |  

A good amount of criticism regarding online capital formation swirls around valuations and quality deals. Too frequently, issuers raising money online from smaller investors are not the best firms in need of capital. At the same time, valuations can veer toward the ridiculous, where a… Read More

November 28, 2025 @ 9:13 am By JD Alois  |  

The CME Group’s trading platform halted yesterday due to a technical glitch. The company states that the temporary SNAFU has been addressed and everything is working as expected. In a post from earlier this morning, CME explained that the malfunction was due to a cooling… Read More

November 26, 2025 @ 4:34 pm By JD Alois  |  

Klarna (NYSE:KLAR), a European Fintech that operates in the US, is planning to launch a dollar-based stablecoin. Klarna, best known for credit and payments, said it would be issuing KlarnaUSD using Stripe’s stablecoin infrastructure, “Open Issuance,” which is powered by Bridge. The stablecoin is currently… Read More