October 28, 2025 @ 8:57 am By JD Alois  |  

Last night, Elon Musk revealed that his solution to Wikipedia, Grokipedia version 0.1, is now live. Musk has criticized the information on Wikipedia for years, calling it unbalanced. Musk said even this first version of Grokipedia was superior to Wikipedia. Wikipedia has been challenged for… Read More

October 28, 2025 @ 8:28 am By JD Alois  |  

Payroll firm ADP says it will now offer its Jobs Report weekly, starting today. The US data point is important as it can drive markets and set expectations for future policy actions. The report published today indicates a preliminary estimate of an average increase of… Read More

October 27, 2025 @ 4:56 pm By JD Alois  |  

Gradient Labs, an artificial intelligence (AI) platform that targets conversational engagements for finance, is looking to expand its services into the US following “explosive” growth in Europe. Based in the UK, Gradient Labs was co-founded by Dimitri Masin, Neal Lathia, and Danai Antoniou. Each of… Read More

October 27, 2025 @ 9:37 am By JD Alois  |  

Robinhood (NASDAQ:HOOD) will soon offer futures trading for account holders in the UK. In a company statement, Robinhood stated that users may trade index, energy, metals, and foreign exchange futures directly in the Robinhood app and on Robinhood Legend. The service includes CME products like… Read More

October 27, 2025 @ 9:22 am By JD Alois  |  

tZERO, a digital asset trading and issuance venue, says it will pursue a public listing. While the company has stated its intent to trade on an exchange or marketplace, it has not provided details on whether it will pursue an initial public offering, a SPAC,… Read More

October 24, 2025 @ 5:20 pm By JD Alois  |  

SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce attended the CfPA Regulated Investment Crowdfunding Summit this week, sharing insight into the regulatory environment at the Commission. One of the topics the Commissioner discussed was the advent of “Mirror Tokens.” Mirror Tokens are assets that are designed to reflect the… Read More

October 24, 2025 @ 10:02 am By JD Alois  |  

The UK Financial Conduct Authority is concerned that financial services firms are not prepared for the transition to T+1, scheduled for October 2027. In a recent post, the FCA states that it is seeing “challenges” and “complacency” among firms that the change will impact. “Remember,… Read More

October 24, 2025 @ 9:05 am By JD Alois  |  

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) have joined to open up a “Scale Up Unit” with a mission to support regulated firms grow. The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves, shared the news during a Forum in Leeds. The Forum focused… Read More

October 24, 2025 @ 8:47 am By JD Alois  |  

This is kind of interesting. Neobank Chime appears to be gaining popularity among new checking account openings. Chime is a neobank, not a chartered digital bank, that provides services in partnership with The Bancorp Bank and Stride Bank. Chime prides itself on offering services that… Read More

October 23, 2025 @ 4:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

Blockchain.com revealed today that it had been approved under the European Markets in Crypto Assets (MiCA) regime to offer services across Europe. The company pursued the license via the Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA). Blockchain.com is based in London but also has offices in Miami,… Read More

October 23, 2025 @ 3:03 pm By JD Alois  |  

President Trump exercised his authority to grant clemency today, issuing a pardon to Binance founder and former CEO Changpeng “CZ” Zhao. The possibility of a pardon was rumored earlier this month. Via X, Binance issued the following statement: “Incredible news of CZ’s pardon today! Thank… Read More

October 23, 2025 @ 9:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Popular prediction marketplace Kalshi has partnered with RedStone to bring Kalshi’s platform on-chain for over 110 networks, according to a company release. RedStone is a blockchain oracle delivering price feeds for DeFi assets, including tokenized assets. The company reports securing over $8.5 billion in claiming… Read More

October 22, 2025 @ 9:11 am By JD Alois  |  

Bricklayer AI has raised $5 million in seed financing, according to a company statement. Bricklayer AI is an agentic cybersecurity platform that aims to enable teams of AI agents that work like security analysts, automating actions from alert triage to incident response and working together… Read More

October 21, 2025 @ 5:53 pm By JD Alois  |  

Following its first Mirror Token for securities tied to the price of shares in SpaceX (rSpaceX), Republic is now selling securiites that are referenced to Databricks (rDBRCK), an artificial intelligence (AI) platform that recently raised a significant funding round. The offering is available on both… Read More

October 21, 2025 @ 11:19 am By JD Alois  |  

The British Business Bank has received an update on its mission. According to the bank, during the Regional Investment Summit, the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, issued a new Statement of Strategic Priorities. This statement emphasizes the need for the Bank to support… Read More

October 21, 2025 @ 11:07 am By JD Alois  |  

Banking software provider Mambu has launched a platform for credit unions (CUs) in North America. Mambu aims to support credit unions migrating away from legacy bank stacks as these companies aim to modernize their banking services. Mambu states that it already has over 40 credit… Read More

October 21, 2025 @ 6:30 am By JD Alois  |  

Jon Medved, the founding CEO of OurCrowd and iconic trailblazer in the securities crowdfunding sector, has announced he will step down from his leadership role and migrate over to Chairman on the Israeli firm. Medved was recently diagnosed with ALS, also known as Lou Gherig’s… Read More

October 20, 2025 @ 4:22 pm By JD Alois  |  

Regulation Crowdfunding, or Reg CF, has experienced 35 failures so far in 2025 and 19 exits year to date. This is according to a recent report generated by KingsCrowd. Reg CF is the smallest securities exemption that enables online capital formation. While it first allowed… Read More

October 20, 2025 @ 9:00 am By JD Alois  |  

AWS, the incredibly successful infrastructure venture by Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) experienced an outage earlier today that impacted thousands of website. AWS confirmed the outage explaining there was an issue with a Domain Name System (DNS) failure that mainly impacted the US East – 1 region. While… Read More

October 17, 2025 @ 6:04 pm By JD Alois  |  

SALT Lending, a crypto-backed lender, has received state approval to offer consumer and commercial digital asset-backed loans in the state of Nevada. The company states that it is one of the first licensed crypto lenders in the state. Residents in Nevada can now unlock liquidity… Read More