March 11, 2025 @ 9:37 am By JD Alois  |  

AI-enhanced cybersecurity firm Sola Security has announced a $30 million seed round as it emerges from stealth mode. The funding was led by S Capital, with other investors participating, including S32, Glilot Capital Partners, and individual angels. Sola was Founded in 2024 by Guy Flechter, the former… Read More

March 11, 2025 @ 8:58 am By JD Alois  |  

Paytech Blink Payment says it has integrated with Paracode, a provider of insurance software. Blink explains that ParaCode provides insurance firms, brokers and others tools like claims management, reporting accounting and other tasks. The company states that the partnership will enable insurance firms to process… Read More

March 11, 2025 @ 6:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Fineqia (CSE: FNQ) (OTC: FNQQF) (Frankfurt: FNQA) has announced that its Cardano ETN has been coss listed on the Stuttgart Stock Exchange. The FTSE Cardano Enhanced Yield (YADA) is an Exchange Traded Note. The YADA ETN was initially launched in January 2025 on the Vienna… Read More

March 10, 2025 @ 6:42 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged real estate investment platform Outlier Realty Capital with misleading investors about the use of funds. The SEC reports that a settlement is in the works, as defendants have agreed to pay a total of $3.3 million to move… Read More

March 10, 2025 @ 5:57 pm By JD Alois  |  

Anti-fraud platform Alloy says it has added artificial intelligence to its platform to improve fraud prevention while providing actionable information to financial services firms. Founded in 2015, Alloy reports providing services to more than 600 of the world’s largest financial institutions, including Fintechs. Alloy claims… Read More

March 10, 2025 @ 5:41 pm By JD Alois  |  

NASAA (North American Securities Administrators Association) has sent a letter to Congress requesting the definition of a “payment stablecoin” does not incorporate the payment of interest, similar to a money market fund. NASAA addressed the House Financial Services Committee and the Senate Banking Committee, where… Read More

March 10, 2025 @ 1:43 pm By JD Alois  |  

Redfin (NASDAQ: RDFN) has been acquired by Rocket Companies (NYSE: RKT) in an all-stock transaction for $1.75 billion or $12.50 per Redfin share. Shares of Redfin were trading considerably higher following the news as the markets ingested the acquisition. As for Rocket, shares were slightly lower… Read More

March 7, 2025 @ 7:45 pm By JD Alois  |  

House Finacial Services Committee leaders have sent a letter to SEC Acting Chairman Mark Uyeda asking him to reverse harmful rules impacting crypto enacted during the Biden Administration. Chairman of the Committee French Hill, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Digital Assets, Financial Technology, and Artificial… Read More

March 7, 2025 @ 4:26 pm By JD Alois  |  

Operation Chokepoint 2.0 was a nefarious move by the Federal government to target crypto firms or firms affiliated with digital asset businesses by debanking operations. It is very difficult to run a business if you cannot hold funds and save them via the banking system…. Read More

March 7, 2025 @ 1:27 pm By JD Alois  |  

Crypto executives and insiders are meeting today at the White House. The first-ever Crypto Summit, led by AI and Crypto Czar David Sacks, will establish a path for the US to lead the way in digital asset innovation. The Summit follows the Executive Order signed by President… Read More

March 7, 2025 @ 11:48 am By JD Alois  |  

Representative French Hill, Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, has issued a statement on the creation of a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve and Digital Asset Stockpile. These two vehicles were announced yesterday in an Executive Order signed by President Donald Trump in the run up… Read More

March 7, 2025 @ 9:45 am By JD Alois  |  

Today, a group of crypto-related executives and insiders are meeting at the White House to discuss the future of digital assets. Fox News shared a list of the individuals invited to the summit. These include mostly CEOs from top digital asset firms: Gemini Ripple Anchorage… Read More

March 7, 2025 @ 8:22 am By JD Alois  |  

  Multiple High Street banks recently experienced App outages impacting customer usage of their services. Making matters worse, the Parliament Treasury Committee issued a report sharing that: “Nine of the top banks and building societies operating in the UK accumulated at least 803 hours, the… Read More

March 6, 2025 @ 6:20 pm By JD Alois  |  

While some countries are hurtling towards issuing a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) it does not appear the US will do the same. Fears of excessive government control and the lure of snooping by the Feds means privacy concerns are trumping any movement for the… Read More

March 6, 2025 @ 4:09 pm By JD Alois  |  

NASAA [North American Securities Administrators Association] has once again published their annual report on top investor reports for they year. NASAA is the association that advocates on behalf of all state and provincial financial regulators. The list of threats was developed by surveying state and… Read More

March 6, 2025 @ 3:45 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Digital Pound Foundation (DPF) has merged with Innovate Finance. Innovate Finance is an advocacy group that supports and promotes the growth of Fintech in the UK. DPF is playing a similar role but for advocating on behalf of a digital pound or CBDC and… Read More

March 6, 2025 @ 3:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

ICAN [Investors Choice Advocate Network], a legal advocacy group supporting smaller firms and individuals targeted by the Securities and Exchange Commission, says it has won another case as the courts have dismissed the PulseChain case. In 2023, the SEC filed charges against Richard Heart [aka… Read More

March 6, 2025 @ 2:46 pm By JD Alois  |  

The UK Parliament Treasury Committee has issued a statement on the unfortunate occurrences of bank App outages. In early February, the Treasury Committee sent letters to nine bank CEOs demanding information on the size of the problem. At that time, the Committee noted that as… Read More

March 6, 2025 @ 2:07 pm By JD Alois  |  

Shield AI is reporting a $240 million funding round at a pre-money valuation of $5.3 billion. Investors include L3Harris (NYSE: LHX), Hanwha Aerospace (KRX: 012450), as well as participation from existing investors including Andreessen Horowitz, U.S. Innovative Technology, and Washington Harbour. The company said that… Read More

March 6, 2025 @ 1:59 pm By JD Alois  |  

Skyfire issued a statement today indicating it has exited Beta after reporting the rapid adoption of its services. Skyfire is a payment network for artificial intelligence. The company states that it enables autonomous transactions, enabling AI agents, LLMs and enterprises to transact securely Amir Sarhangi,… Read More