September 16, 2025 @ 2:22 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) says it has added four new members to fill vacancies on its Investor Advisory Committee, joining 16 other current members. The Committee aims to advise the  Commission on issues impacting investors and the regulatory needs of securities markets. SEC… Read More

September 16, 2025 @ 9:21 am By JD Alois  |  

Digital Asset Treasury companies, or DATs, have become a growing trend. First, with Bitcoin and this week with SOL, the native crypto of Solana, with the advent of Helius Medical Technologies (Nasdaq: HSDT) becoming a SOL DAT. In a letter, Dan Morehead, the founder and Managing Partner of… Read More

September 16, 2025 @ 8:36 am By JD Alois  |  

Helius Medical Technologies (NASDAQ:HSDT) saw its shares more than double yesterday following the news that the firm will become a Solana treasury company. Shares of Helius were around $8 earlier this week. Helius closed at $18.27 last night with the company poised to inch higher… Read More

September 15, 2025 @ 5:17 pm By JD Alois  |  

Tether will partner with Anchorage Digital to issue USA₮, a dollar-based stablecoin. Tether is already the largest issuer of a dollar-based stablecoin, but by piggybacking on Anchorage, it will gain a compliant path to offering digital dollars. Anchorage Digital is the only federally chartered digital… Read More

September 15, 2025 @ 5:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

The state of Massachusetts filed a lawsuit against prediction market Kalshi last week, alleging the platform was conducting illegal sports betting. Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell stated that sports wagering comes with significant risk and must be strictly regulated by the state to mitigate… Read More

September 15, 2025 @ 12:16 pm By JD Alois  |  

Pantera Capital has partnered with Summer Capital to create a SOL treasury company. The plan was originally revealed last month. SOL is the native digital asset of Solana. According to a public release, Helius Medical Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: HSDT) has priced an oversubscribed private investment… Read More

September 12, 2025 @ 1:09 pm By JD Alois  |  

US-based Fintech Rippling has been approved by the UK Financial Conduct Authority to provide services under an electronic money institution (EMI) license. The approval allows various financial services, including the possibility of offering certain bank-like services. Rippling is a platform that offers HR, IT, spend… Read More

September 12, 2025 @ 12:36 pm By JD Alois  |  

Brian Quintenz, a former Commissioner at the Commodity  Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and Trump nominee to take over the regulator as its new chair, shared an online conversation this week he had with Tyler Winklevoss, founder of Gemini Space Station, a crypto exchange expected to… Read More

September 12, 2025 @ 11:22 am By JD Alois  |  

ClearScore, a Fintech that helps lenders manage volume and risk, is reporting a full-year profit of £18.8 million for fiscal year 2024. In 2023, ClearScore generated £6.4 million in profit. Top line revenue rose 17% to £89.7 million, with annualized revenue said to be pacing… Read More

September 12, 2025 @ 9:54 am By JD Alois  |  

OpenAI, a leading artificial intelligence platform and operator of ChatGPT, will enable insiders to sell approximately $10 billion in shares at a valuation of around $500 billion. OpenAI was previously priced at a valuation of $300 billion earlier this year. The company has been growing dramatically and is… Read More

September 12, 2025 @ 9:35 am By JD Alois  |  

Gemini Space Station, a crypto exchange and digital asset services provider, will complete an initial public offering (IPO) on the Nasdaq today in an offering that has generated significant interest from investors. Initially, Gemini priced the IPO at a range of $17 to $19 a… Read More

September 11, 2025 @ 5:51 pm By JD Alois  |  

Figure Technologies (NASDAQ:FIGR), a blockchain platform for lending and infrastructure, floated its shares on the Nasdaq today, closing with a 24.4% increase on its initial public offering price. Figure increased its offer price range significantly just before its public float from $18 to $20 a… Read More

September 11, 2025 @ 12:04 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Investor Choice Advocates Network (ICAN) has filed a lawsuit to challenge the current definition of an Accredited Investor. Under current rules, only affluent investors may participate in certain private securities offerings. Typically, the most successful private firms leverage Regulation D (Reg D) to raise… Read More

September 11, 2025 @ 10:42 am By JD Alois  |  

BNP Paribas and HSBC have joined the Canton Foundation and its initiative to pursue the tokenization of assets. The two big banks are joining other well-known members, including Goldman Sachs, HKFMI, and Moody’s. Founded in 2024, the Canton Network is a permissioned blockchain that provides… Read More

September 11, 2025 @ 10:33 am By JD Alois  |  

Socios Europe Services Limited (SES), part of the Chiliz Group, has been granted authorisation as a Crypto-Asset Service Provider by the Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA). This makes Socios Europe the first MiCA-authorised entity within the blockchain and sports sector.  MiCA applies to all EU… Read More

September 11, 2025 @ 10:09 am By JD Alois  |  

Figure Technology, a blockchain-based lending and infrastructure firm, will float its shares on Nasdaq today, raising over $780 million. The shares will trade under the ticker symbol FIGR and will become the most recent Fintech to successfully go public this year. Figure also bumped up… Read More

September 10, 2025 @ 4:38 pm By JD Alois  |  

The upcoming Gemini initial public offering (IPO) has announced an increase in the share price range for a listing on the Nasdaq this Friday, trading on the ticker GEMI. Initially, the IPO was priced at $17 to $19 a share. Today, this range was increased… Read More

September 10, 2025 @ 3:12 pm By JD Alois  |  

The UK is cracking down on individuals, known as Finfluencers, promoting certain investment opportunities. According to a release by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), three individuals have been charged with one count of communicating an invitation to engage in investment activity which transgresses the Financial… Read More

September 10, 2025 @ 12:15 pm By JD Alois  |  

Nasdaq has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to offer tokenized securities. Tokenization, or digital securities, can leverage technology to issue and manage securities more easily. Tokenization is an inevitable evolution and a change that can benefit all parties, including platforms that offer… Read More

September 10, 2025 @ 11:45 am By JD Alois  |  

RWA accelerator Ascend has announced its first group of participants. The goal is to focus on real-world assets for institutions, a promising sector of Fintech. Ascend was created by a group of well-known digital asset firms, including Anchorage Digital, Plume, Galaxy Ventures, OKX Ventures, Morpho,… Read More