November 10, 2025 @ 12:01 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Bank of England has published a consultation on possible regulations for pound-based stablecoins. The consultation proposes that stablecoins would be allowed to hold 60% of backing assets in short-term UK government debt. The balance would be held in unremunerated accounts at the Bank of… Read More

November 10, 2025 @ 11:41 am By JD Alois  |  

Artificial Intelligence (AI) seems to be ubiquitous in the corporate sector today. While many anticipate AI will drive job losses, others see a productivity boost that will enable human capital to be focused on new endeavors. Citing research from The Chartered Institute for Personnel and… Read More

November 10, 2025 @ 11:29 am By JD Alois  |  

A deal has been reached in the US Senate to sign a continuing resolution (CR) to reopen the federal government. The US government essentially shut down on October 1st after Congress failed to pass a CR on September 30th. This is the longest period the… Read More

November 10, 2025 @ 9:27 am By JD Alois  |  

Today (November 10, 2025), credit card company Visa (NYSE:V) has issued a statement a potential legal settlement in the Payment Card Interchange Fee and Merchant Discount Antitrust Litigation. The settlement includes rival Mastercard. Visa states that the proposed settlement with US merchants of all sizes… Read More

November 10, 2025 @ 9:09 am By JD Alois  |  

Are prediction markets gambling or investing/trading? Well, some believe stock markets are more akin to gambling than to investing, yet public markets are subject to federal oversight – not state control like gambling. Kalshi, a top prediction marketplace, has issued a statement today pushing back… Read More

November 6, 2025 @ 2:14 pm By JD Alois  |  

Charles Schwab (NYSE:SCHW), the eponymous brokerage, has acquired private markets platform Forge (NYSE:FRGE) for $660 million. Once again, bespoke Fintech investment bank FT Partners served as financial advisor on the deal for Forge. FT Partners has been a long time partner with Forge, assisting in… Read More

November 6, 2025 @ 10:42 am By JD Alois  |  

Crypto exchange Safello has announced its expansion into Finland, its first new market. Safello Group AB, has been listed on Nasdaq First North Growth Market since 2021. The company said that it would commence services in Finland before the end of the year. Safello is… Read More

November 6, 2025 @ 9:22 am By JD Alois  |  

Digital asset firm Ripple has received a $500 million investment at a valuation of $40 billion. It has been rumoured that new funding for the company was in the works. Yesterday, Ripple revealed the details of the funding round that was let by affiliates of… Read More

November 6, 2025 @ 8:25 am By JD Alois  |  

Jacksonville Florida, he most populous city in Florida and the 10th most populous in the United States, has launched a project seeking to boost Fintech innovation and investment. JAX Hub is being supported by Paysafe, the University of North Florida (UNF) and the City of… Read More

November 5, 2025 @ 9:16 am By JD Alois  |  

Last month, an event was held in Vienna where Europol, UNODC, and the Basel Institute on Governance joined to discuss criminal activity in the crypto sector. In brief, the group sees crypto-crime as becoming more sophisticated. Burkhard Mühl, Head of Europol’s European Financial and Economic… Read More

November 5, 2025 @ 8:30 am By JD Alois  |  

Tokenovate, a UK-based Fintech offering post-trade solutions, has announced a new service called Novat, which is described as providing programmable settlements for tokenized assets. As all asset classes, including securities, become digital or tokenized, there are opportunities for innovators to provide modern services to capital… Read More

November 4, 2025 @ 1:59 pm By JD Alois  |  

Will prediction markets once again prove to be prescient for political predictions? Let’s hope not. Today, with polls open, the New York City Mayoral election is in full swing with upstart Marxist Zohran Mamdani, battling traditional Democrat Andrew Cuomo and Republican Curtis Silwa to become… Read More

November 4, 2025 @ 12:26 pm By JD Alois  |  

With today’s Mayoral election in New York City, many observers are worried about the consequences of a potential socialist or communist taking office to manage the world’s most vibrant city and top global financial center. Neophyte politician Zohran Mamdani has seen his poll numbers tighten… Read More

November 3, 2025 @ 8:31 am By JD Alois  |  

Global Digital Finance (GDF) has reported the results of an initiative to test the viability of Tokenized Money Market Funds (TMMF). As part of the working group 30 firms participated in the GDF Industry Sandbox, powered by Ownera, the firm which operates the FinP2P routers… Read More

November 3, 2025 @ 8:05 am By JD Alois  |  

Falconedge plc says it anticipates listing a Bitcoin Treasury Strategy offering on London’s Aquis Exchange. The anticipates the listing will go into effect on November 5, 2025. Falconedge is a London-based financial-advisory and infrastructure platform focusing on Bitcoin-treasury management. Falconedge says that under a WRAP Retail… Read More

October 31, 2025 @ 9:45 am By JD Alois  |  

Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) is poised to move higher in early trading following its Q3 earnings release. At this moment, Coinbase are moving  higher. As several other market stalwarts posted solid results last night, momentum will be with the company. Last night, Coinbase reported Q3 revenue of… Read More

October 31, 2025 @ 9:15 am By JD Alois  |  

The Trump administration has set a policy to expand options for individuals’ 401(k) retirement accounts, as outlined in an Executive Order. This will mean that savers will be able to expand their investments into alternative assets such as private securities and crypto. Financial analysts see… Read More

October 30, 2025 @ 4:33 pm By JD Alois  |  

Republic and Republic Europe have listed another Mirror Token (Mirror Notes in the UK) offering. This time, it is for the parent company of TikTok, ByteDance. So far, Republic has listed Mirror Token offerings for SpaceX, Monzo (UK only), Databricks, Canva, Ramp, Perpexlity, Anthropic, and… Read More

October 30, 2025 @ 1:14 pm By JD Alois  |  

Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) will reveal Q3 earnings today after market close. Coinbase started 2025 at around $250 a share. Today, Coinbase is trading at around $340 a share and may move higher, contingent upon results and forward-looking expectations. One analyst just issued a new price target,… Read More

October 30, 2025 @ 12:51 pm By JD Alois  |  

Crowcube, the first securities crowdfunding platform in the United Kingdom, is reporting over 2 million investors. Crowdcube was incorporated in 2009 and launched in 2011 by co-founders Luke Lang and Darren Westlake. Since that time, Crowdcube has enabled over £1.5 billion (almost $2 billion) in… Read More