December 8, 2021 @ 11:49 am By JD Alois  |  

AllianceBlock has joined the Open Wealth Association in order to provide a bridge between DeFi and traditional finance.. The Open Wealth Association seeks to define, maintain and operationalize the open Application Programming Interface (API) standard for the global wealth management community. Alliance Block describes its… Read More

December 8, 2021 @ 10:55 am By JD Alois  |  

Cyber risk is the biggest threat to financial markets in 2022, according to a statement by The Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation (DTCC). This pronouncement should come as no surprise as the news is replete with reports of hacks and breaches by all kinds of… Read More

December 8, 2021 @ 8:37 am By JD Alois  |  

Later today (December 8, 2021), the House Committee on Financial Services will hold a hearing entitled, “Digital Assets and the Future of Finance: Understanding the Challenges and Benefits of Financial Innovation in the United States.”  This hearing will be widely scrutinized by the Fintech sector… Read More

December 8, 2021 @ 5:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Telos has announced that Telos Kitchen DAO LLC has purchased 35.84 acres in Laramie River Ranch, Wyoming with block rewards received from the network. Telos is a decentralized blockchain. Telos Kitchen is a block producer on the Telos blockchain. The property was purchased with tokens… Read More

December 7, 2021 @ 5:57 pm By JD Alois  |  

President Joe Biden has withdrawn the nomination of Saule Omarova to become the Comptroller of the Currency, according to a statement by the Whitehouse. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency is an independent bureau under the US Department of Treasury and the lead… Read More

December 7, 2021 @ 5:04 pm By JD Alois  |  

The North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA) has scheduled a Fintech and Cybersecurity Symposium to take place on December 14, 2021. NASAA represents state, Canadian provincial, and Mexican securities regulators and thus play a key role in fraud enforcement and regulation. NASAA has 67 members,… Read More

December 7, 2021 @ 10:58 am By JD Alois  |  

Locket, an Insurtech raising capital on Seedrs, says it hit its funding goal in just 10 minutes last Friday. The initial offering sought £750,000 in a convertible security that holds a 15% discount to a future priced round. The investment is EIS eligible and holds… Read More

December 7, 2021 @ 10:07 am By JD Alois  |  

Solana-based NFT platform Holaplex has raised $6 million in seed funding according to a public statement. The funding was led by CoinFund with participation by Social Capital, Valor, Collab+Currency, Blockchain Coinvestors, and Solana Capital. The funding is said to support the growth and development of the… Read More

December 7, 2021 @ 9:00 am By JD Alois  |  

The HBAR Foundation, the entity that aims to boost the development of the Hedera ecosystem, has announced a partnership with DECA4, a blockchain consultancy based in the UAE. The partnership is expected to help build and support decentralized projects in the Middle East on the… Read More

December 7, 2021 @ 7:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Marqeta (NASDAQ: MQ) has worked with Klarna since 2018 and today the two companies are broadening their relationship. According to a statement from Marqeta, its partnership with Klarna will expand into 13 new European markets: the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Netherlands, Poland, Belgium,… Read More

December 6, 2021 @ 6:09 pm By JD Alois  |  

Stripe, a global payments and digital banking Fintech, has acquired OpenChannel, a company based in Canada that helps businesses to build, launch, and manage app ecosystems. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. In a brief statement, Stripe stated that OpenChannel will join Stripe’s… Read More

December 6, 2021 @ 5:49 pm By JD Alois  |  

Crypto 1 Acquisition Corp. a special purpose acquisition corporation (SPAC), is expected to trade on the Nasdaq this week. The securities of the SPAC were certified on Friday, and registration was approved on the same day. In fact, Nasdaq has them on their calendar to… Read More

December 6, 2021 @ 3:45 pm By JD Alois  |  

Nu Holdings (Nubank), a Brazil-based Fintech, is expected to go public this week as shares are set to trade under the ticker symbol “NU” on the NYSE. Late last month, Nubank updated its price range to $8 to$9 per share. If the neobank bank floats… Read More

December 6, 2021 @ 10:29 am By JD Alois  |  

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) issued a statement last week announcing rule changes designed to boost share listings on UK exchanges. At the beginning of 2021, the Kalifa Review of Fintech was published providing a roadmap for the UK to maintain and improve the… Read More

December 6, 2021 @ 9:39 am By JD Alois  |  

After hitting a new all-time high last month, Bitcoin has tanked dramatically.  In the past 30 days, Bitcoin has dropped over 20% – no fun for investors that purchased the world’s most popular crypto asset at a higher price. Yet, this type of volatility for… Read More

December 6, 2021 @ 9:24 am By JD Alois  |  

Recharge.com has appointed David Lindheimer as Chief Product and Technology Officer. Lindheimer was most recently working at Amazon where he is said to have tripled advertising marketplace demand as the Head of Campaign Building. While at Amazon Lindheimer also  built product and engineering teams for… Read More

December 6, 2021 @ 8:55 am By JD Alois  |  

Bitmart, a crypto exchange that touts itself as “the most trusted cryptocurrency trading platform,” has lost $150 million in assets, according to a tweet by Bitmart CEO Sheldon Xia. Other reports have placed the value far higher at around $200 million. Bitmart operates in just… Read More

December 6, 2021 @ 8:37 am By JD Alois  |  

Paymentology and Tutuka have agreed to merge, according to a statement by Paymentology. The two firms say they are joining to create a new payments and card processing powerhouse that will now operate in 49 different countries. The new company will operate under the Paymentology… Read More

December 6, 2021 @ 8:02 am By JD Alois  |  

Property investment platform CrowdProperty says it has surpassed £100 million paid to investors. According to the investment marketplace, investors have earned, on average, 8.3% IRR. Importantly, CrowdProperty reports that it has maintained 100% principle and interest payback for its marketplace lending service since 2014. In… Read More

December 5, 2021 @ 7:02 pm By JD Alois  |  

24 Exchange, a trading platform that has a mission is to enable the “most cost-effective trades across a growing range of asset classes, 24 hours a day” has raised $14.25 million led by Point72 Ventures. Point72 Ventures is Steve Cohen’s VC firm. Cohen is a… Read More