January 22, 2025 @ 11:48 am By JD Alois  |  

In recent weeks, GOin became the first crypto asset manager to receive a Digital Asset Service Provider License (DASP – agrément en qualité de prestataire de services sur actifs numériques -PSAN) issued by the French Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF). GOin is approved to offer:… Read More

January 22, 2025 @ 11:18 am By JD Alois  |  

CI has received comments from Ruslan Lienkha, chief of markets at YouHodler, a regulated Virtual Asset Service Provider (VASP), regarding the new Trump administration and its impact on digital assets. President Trump is well known for his support of crypto, and markets have responded positively… Read More

January 22, 2025 @ 8:03 am By JD Alois  |  

2025 may be a far better year for risk capital in Europe. According to a report, around $31 billion in “dry powder” is available for European early-stage firms. Dealroom.co says over 4X the amount of cash available compared to ten years ago, and “Unicorn creation”… Read More

January 21, 2025 @ 5:56 pm By JD Alois  |  

President Donald Trump took to the podium once again to reveal a significant investment targeting Artificial Intelligence development. “Largest AI Infrastructure project in history” At a press event at the White House, the President introduced Larry Ellison, CEO of Oracle, Masayoshi (Masa) Son, CEO of… Read More

January 21, 2025 @ 1:52 pm By JD Alois  |  

Small Change, a FINRA-regulated Funding Portal in the real estate sector, is reporting its best year to date. According to the company, in 2024, issuers raised over $6 million for 12+ real estate projects across the US. Small Change says that 13 issuers were launched… Read More

January 21, 2025 @ 1:45 pm By JD Alois  |  

Following the SEC debacle in regulating crypto under the direction of Chairman Gary Gensler, acting SEC Chair Mark Uyeda has announced a new Crypto Task Force. Uyeda was just announced as the temporary Chair to lead the Commission. Following his selection, Acting Chair Uyeda said… Read More

January 21, 2025 @ 1:36 pm By JD Alois  |  

As one of many Executive Actions taken by President Donald Trump, the Biden Executive Action pertaining to Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been rescinded. As posted on the White House website, Executive Order 14110 of October 30, 2023 (Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of… Read More

January 21, 2025 @ 11:45 am By JD Alois  |  

Honeycomb Credit, a FINRA regulated Funding Portal, says it will offer a $10,000 grant for smaller firms. The grant is available to any small business in the US. Accepting applications now, the company says it has already provided over $40,000 to smaller firms, but this… Read More

January 21, 2025 @ 11:39 am By JD Alois  |  

Circle, a top stablecoin issuer best known for its dollar-based digital currency USDC, has acquired Hashnote. The purchase was revealed at  Davos, Switzerland where Circle CEO and founder Jeremy Allaire was speaking. Hashnote is the issuer of the Tokenized Money Market Fund (TMMF) – US… Read More

January 21, 2025 @ 10:43 am By JD Alois  |  

Leading European tokenization enabler Tokeny will be working with London-based asset manager Fasanara Capital Ltd. According to an email from Tokeny, Fasanara will be issuing the first tokenized money market fund called the Fasanara MMF Token (FAST). The digital security will be using the Polygon… Read More

January 21, 2025 @ 9:27 am By JD Alois  |  

Commissioner Mark Uyeda has been designated the Acting Chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) following the inauguration of President Donald Trump and the exit of the Biden Administration. Former SEC Chairman Gary Gensler officially exited his leadership role at the Commission on the… Read More

January 20, 2025 @ 3:34 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council (SBE Council) says the next four years could be a “Golden Age” for entrepreneurs. While the Biden Administration was not exactly anti-entrepreneur, their policies fell far short of what could have been accomplished, and some policies were actively anti-innovation… Read More

January 20, 2025 @ 3:14 pm By JD Alois  |  

While Republicans are celebrating the inauguration of Donald Trump as the 47th President of the US, at least one Democrat is ignoring the festive atmosphere in the nation’s capital to lambast the new President. Representative Maxine Waters, the ranking Democrat on the House Financial Services… Read More

January 20, 2025 @ 10:09 am By JD Alois  |  

Bitcoin bulls are on today as BTC nears $110,000 on the day of the Presidential inauguration. Today, at 12 noon ET, Donald Trump will become the 47th President after serving as the 45th President in an unprecedented return to office following four difficult years under… Read More

January 20, 2025 @ 9:05 am By JD Alois  |  

Fundment, a platform for financial advisors targeting High Net Worth (HNW) individuals, has raised £45 million in Series C funding. Fundment was founded by former Blackrock asset manager Ola Abdul. His goal is to leverage proprietary technology that improves the operations of the 500+ firms… Read More

January 20, 2025 @ 8:51 am By JD Alois  |  

The Hashgraph Association says it has agreed to work with Taurus regarding asset tokenization, staking, and custody. Hashgraph is the gr0up that supports enterprise-grade blockchain Hedera. Taurus is a Swiss firm that offers enterprise-grade digital asset infrastructure solutions to issue, custody, and trade any digital… Read More

January 20, 2025 @ 6:10 am By JD Alois  |  

Conister Bank Limited based in the Isle of Man says it has launched a new online deposit system for its UK retail customers. Consister is part of the Manx Financial Group PLC (AIM:MFX) a firm that operates various financial sercies firms. Conister said that historically,… Read More

January 19, 2025 @ 8:26 pm By JD Alois  |  

Swiss digital asset bank Sygnum is reporting a $58 million funding round at a $1 billion valuation. According to Sygnum, the funding round was oversubscribed. The lead investor was Bitcoin-focused VC Fulger Ventures. Others participating in the ournd include new and existing investors as well… Read More

January 17, 2025 @ 4:10 pm By JD Alois  |  

The EU Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) is operational as of today. DORA aims to harmonize the rules regarding digital operational resilience that apply to financial services firms like banks and more. DORA seeks to improve the incident reporting methodology with a single network which should… Read More

January 17, 2025 @ 3:34 pm By JD Alois  |  

Upstream, “a stock exchange for digital securities,” says it is now accepting Tethere – USDT or USDC dollar-based stablecoins. USDT os the largest stablecoin by market cap at $137.5 billion. USDC is the second largest. Upstream is part of MERJ, a regulated stock exchange based… Read More