May 5, 2025 @ 4:40 pm By JD Alois  |  

The House Financial Services Subcommittee on Digital Assets, Financial Technology, and Artificial Intelligence and the House Agriculture Subcommittee on Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development will hold a joint hearing to discuss the future of digital assets. Tomorrow (May 6, 2025), the two Subcommittees… Read More

May 5, 2025 @ 12:33 pm By JD Alois  |  

Tomorrow (May 6, 2025), the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Capital Formation Advisory Committee (SBCFAC) will meet to discuss the Regulation A, or Reg A+, securities exemption. Reg A existed before the JOBS Act of 2012, but few issuers utilized the exemption. Following… Read More

May 5, 2025 @ 12:02 pm By JD Alois  |  

Tokenization or digital securities may represent the most significant opportunity for distributed ledger technology and the financial services sector. While largely overshadowed by crypto that exists outside the securities realm, regulated digital assets that represent equity, debt, or another type of investment could be a… Read More

May 5, 2025 @ 11:36 am By JD Alois  |  

The Financial Technology Association (FTA) has distributed an update on their policy position alongside Small Business Week. According to the FTA, the following are its top priorities regarding legislation that impacts Fintechs and smaller firms. Help Businesses Start: New businesses must navigate complex compliance and… Read More

May 2, 2025 @ 5:10 pm By JD Alois  |  

While crypto trading has boomed globally, few jurisdictions have bespoke rules that regulate it like more traditional exchanges. The UK Financial Conduct Authority is now seeking to bring crypto exchanges into a better-structured regulatory remit, and it is seeking feedback from interested parties. Earlier this… Read More

May 2, 2025 @ 8:25 am By JD Alois  |  

Stablecoins are poised to become payments 3.0 as the technology represents an upgrade to the existing global payments rails. In the UK, the government has just released draft legislation which is deemed to be nearly complete, designed to support privately issued digital currency. Today, the… Read More

May 1, 2025 @ 11:54 am By JD Alois  |  

Republic, the largest securities crowdfunding platform in the world, has launched a SPAC deal with the advent of Republic Digital Acquisition Company. According to a company statement, Republic Digital Acquisition aims to target a merger or purchase in the Fintech, software, and/or crypto sector. Republic… Read More

May 1, 2025 @ 8:12 am By JD Alois  |  

  In the midst of UK Fintech Week, ClearBank has published a report on the UK Fintech ecosystem, addressing its status in the country and what it needs to move forward and grow. The UK has long been a top global Fintech hub, supported by… Read More

April 30, 2025 @ 5:22 pm By JD Alois  |  

Tether, the top stablecoin issuer globally, has acquired a controlling stake in Adecoagro (NYSE:AGRO), according to a company statement. Tether purchased a 70% equity stake in Adecoagro, a Latin American company in the sustainability and agriculture sector. Adecoagro currently has a market cap of around… Read More

April 30, 2025 @ 3:59 pm By JD Alois  |  

Digital asset company Galaxy Digital Holdings (TSX:GLXY) expects to uplist to the Nasdaq on May 16, 2025. A special meeting of shareholders is expected to take place on May 9th to approve the move. Final approval will be from the exchange. Mike Novogratz, CEO and… Read More

April 30, 2025 @ 3:39 pm By JD Alois  |  

Digital Asset Acquisition Corp. (Nasdaq: DAAQ) has sold 17,250,000 units in an initial public offering, raising $172.5 million. There is an underwriters over allotment offer of an additional 2,250,000 units. Each unit includes one half of a redeemable warrant exercisable at a per-share price of… Read More

April 30, 2025 @ 10:32 am By JD Alois  |  

Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves has announced new crypto rules, where crypto exchanges, dealers, and others will be brought into the regulatory perimeter. Clear regulation is vital to allow digital asset technology to develop responsibly. In a public statement, Reeves noted that new rules will… Read More

April 30, 2025 @ 9:25 am By JD Alois  |  

Solda.AI, a Berlin-based AI startup, says it has raised $4 million in a Seed funding round. Sold.AI states that it is the first company to develop a fully autonomous AI voice sales agent that can close a deal from start to finish. The funding round… Read More

April 30, 2025 @ 9:15 am By JD Alois  |  

Affirm (NASDAQ: AFRM), a top BNPL provider, has announced the launch of “AdaptAI” for its merchant partners. According to Affirm, the new feature enables retailers to offer personalized financial benefits as part of the POS process. Offerings could include items like APR rates, special repayment… Read More

April 30, 2025 @ 9:07 am By JD Alois  |  

Plume and Soneium by Sony Block Solutions Labs are working together to enable real-world asset (RWA) yield. Plume is a blockchain focusing on the RWA sector. Soneium is an Ethereum layer-2 developed by Sony Block Solutions Labs. The goal of the partnership is to bring RWA staking and real-world… Read More

April 30, 2025 @ 8:59 am By JD Alois  |  

Securitize has announced a “new chapter for institutional DeFi.” The tokenization platform has partnered with Gauntlet to enable a Real World Assets (RWA) strategy, powered by Morpho, deployed on the Polygon Network. Securitize states that the institutional-grade solution enables permissioned Apollo Diversified Credit Securitize Fund… Read More

April 29, 2025 @ 5:06 pm By JD Alois  |  

LendingClub (NYSE:LC) has revealed Q1 2025 earnings, which matched analyst expectations of earnings of $0.10 per share. LendingClub, once an online lender and now a digital bank, also announced the acquisition of an Artificial Intelligence (AI) platform for Spending Intelligence. LendingClub, which still is heavily… Read More

April 29, 2025 @ 4:36 pm By JD Alois  |  

While there has been chatter that some Republicans may look for tax increases, the Small Business and Entrepreneurship Council (SBE Council) expects a pro-growth tax bill to be signed into law. Earlier this month, the SBE Council joined dozens of other pro-business groups telling Congress… Read More

April 29, 2025 @ 4:19 pm By JD Alois  |  

bunq, a digital bank based in the Netherlands, now offers crypto investing within its app. The service is now available in the Netherlands, France, Spain, Ireland, Italy, and Belgium. Bunq states that it will roll out crypto trading across the entire European Economic Area, as… Read More

April 29, 2025 @ 1:14 pm By JD Alois  |  

  The Securities and Exchange Commission, Department of Economic Risk Analysis (DERA), has posted a report reviewing exempt offerings under Reg D, Reg A, and Reg CF. According to DERA, 2024 was a down year across the board as investment activity drooped. The three exemptions… Read More