March 6, 2025 @ 6:47 am By JD Alois  |  

Zopa Bank has hired a former Visa executive as its new Chief Analytics Officer (CAO) Jeremy Penzer was previously Head of Data Science for Europe with Visa. Before that, he served as Capital One Europe’s Chief Analytics Officer and an academic statistician at the London… Read More

March 5, 2025 @ 11:49 am By JD Alois  |  

The SEC’s Investor Advisory Committee (IAC) will hold a meeting on March 6, 2025 to discuss several topics including retail fraud and Artificial Intelligence’s (AI) impact on operations. The first panel is as follows: Disclosure of Artificial Intelligence’s Impact on Operations AI poses a variety of… Read More

March 5, 2025 @ 11:43 am By JD Alois  |  

The EU has launched a new “first of its kind” program designed to help female entrepreneurs. The European Investment Bank (EIB) and the European Commission have started an initiative that aims to help EU commercial banks improve access to finance for women-owned and women-led SMEs… Read More

March 5, 2025 @ 10:40 am By JD Alois  |  

Following President Donald Trump’s announcement of his intent to create a Crypto Strategic Reserve, certain digital assets saw their prices rocket—only to collapse in the ensuing days. For example, Bitcoin, the most popular crypto in the world, rose by 10%. XRP jumped 33%, and AdA rocketed by 65%. But… Read More

March 5, 2025 @ 10:24 am By JD Alois  |  

MiCA, or Markets in Crypto Assets, is a regulatory ecosystem created by the European Union. The rules provide guidance for most digital assets with the exception of digital securities. Eunice AI has announced a  MiCA whitepaper library to facilitate compliance for digital asset firms interested in… Read More

March 5, 2025 @ 9:57 am By JD Alois  |  

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has backtracked on another crypto-related enforcement action or investigation. Yesterday, Cumberland DRW posted on X that its case had been dismissed in principle and is currently awaiting Commission approval. Cumberland said it was looking forward to working with the… Read More

March 5, 2025 @ 8:58 am By JD Alois  |  

Sygnum Bank AG, a digital asset bank regulated in Switzerland and Singapore, has expanded its off-exchange custody platform, Sygnum Protect. Sygnum states that it was the first bank to launch off-exchange custody services for institutional traders with Sygnum Protect in early 2024. The service aims… Read More

March 4, 2025 @ 2:46 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Small Business and Entrepreneurship Council (SBE Council) says the suspension of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) Beneficial Ownership Information (BOI) mandate is a massive win for smaller firms. The CTA was aggressively pursued during the Biden Adminstration, placing an unrealistic burden on smaller firms. Yesterday, Secretary of… Read More

March 4, 2025 @ 12:06 pm By JD Alois  |  

Newsmax Inc. says it has closed its funding round involving shares of preferred stock. The company said that it had exceeded its original target of $150 million, with gross proceeds hitting $225 million. Newsmax is a news startup that provides a conservative alternative to mainstream… Read More

March 4, 2025 @ 11:36 am By JD Alois  |  

Digital banking enabler myTU says it has raised €10 Million in an oversubscribed Series A funding round. The Fintech said its original target had been €9 million. myTU raised money at a pre-money valuation of €35 million. The funding round was backed by existing investors… Read More

March 4, 2025 @ 11:12 am By JD Alois  |  

  Georgia Quinn has joined Securitize as its Chief Legal Officer. Quinn, well known in the Fintech sector, previously was General Counsel at Anchorage Digital, the only federally chartered digital asset bank, but has worked at several prominent Fintechs and large law firms focusing on… Read More

March 4, 2025 @ 10:50 am By JD Alois  |  

Balderton Capital has led the seed round for Cino, a real-time payments Fintech. Connect Ventures also participated as well as Barney Hussey-Yeo (founder of Cleo). The company says the funding will support Cino’s launch in the UK. Based in Estonia, Cino was co-founded by two… Read More

March 4, 2025 @ 9:18 am By JD Alois  |  

Infrared has raised $16 million in funding as it aims to become the first liquidity staking protocol on Berachain. Framework Ventures led the $14 million Series A, and a previous $2.25 million strategic round led by Binance Labs, Hack VC, and NLH brings the total… Read More

March 3, 2025 @ 9:05 pm By JD Alois  |  

The SEC Crypto Task Force has scheduled the first of what is expected to be a series of Roundtables. The first gathering will address the topic of when a digital asset is a security and when it is something else. The Series is labeled “Spring… Read More

March 3, 2025 @ 5:34 pm By JD Alois  |  

The newly announced SEC Crypto Task Force has provided an update on the staff engaged with aiding the process of providing regulatory clarity for digital assets. In a release today, the SEC outlined the Crypto Task Force staff members. The group is being helmed by Commissioner Hester Peirce, who… Read More

March 3, 2025 @ 5:02 pm By JD Alois  |  

In the US, the number of publicly listed firms has been on the decline for many years now. The number of public firms listed on the London Stock Exchange has experienced a similar drop in the number of listings. This phenomenon has rattled policymakers in… Read More

March 3, 2025 @ 10:57 am By JD Alois  |  

President Donald Trump once again surprised the world with a bold declaration yesterday: His administration intends to pursue a Strategic Crypto Reserve. While details remain sparse, XRP, SOL, ADA, BTC, and ETH are anticipated to be included in the holdings. Switzerland-based Digital Asset Bank Sygnum… Read More

March 3, 2025 @ 10:27 am By JD Alois  |  

D24 Fintech Group Chief Technology Officer Osama Bari has outlined how crypto firms may improve security to prevent breaches on a similar scale as the ByBit hack. D24 is based in Singapore and it provides various services for financial platforms. The ByBit breach is the… Read More

March 3, 2025 @ 9:40 am By JD Alois  |  

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will hold a roundtable on Artificial Intelligence (AI). The event will be held at SEC headquarters in Washington, DC, and is open to the public for either in-person or virtual attendance. AI is currently in use at most large,… Read More

March 2, 2025 @ 6:22 pm By JD Alois  |  

President Donald Trump has announced his intent to create a Crypto Strategic Reserve that includes XRP, SOL, and ADA. The statement was made on TruthSocial. David Sacks, the Administration’s Crypto and AI Czar, commented on X that Bitcoin and other top cryptocurrencies will be part… Read More