March 1, 2026 @ 6:18 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Gambit Security this week emerged from stealth with $61 million in seed and Series A funding. Participants included Spark Capital, Kleiner Perkins, and Cyberstarts. Gambit Security’s AI-native resilience platform connects to all environments, security solutions, and backup tools to autonomously map an organization’s infrastructure and… Read More

March 1, 2026 @ 1:29 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

This week, MoonPay and M0 introduced PYUSDx, which enables the creation of application-specific stablecoins backed by PayPal USD (PYUSD). PYUSDx is designed to help builders launch and scale application-specific stablecoins while significantly lowering the technical and operational overhead to get started. The market is moving… Read More

March 1, 2026 @ 10:36 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

0x, a decentralized exchange (DEX) infrastructure provider, has launched its Cross-Chain API to private beta, a developer solution that helps applications execute token swaps across more than 15 blockchains through a single integration. The Cross-Chain API is designed to support programmatic trading and automated systems… Read More

March 1, 2026 @ 10:20 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Pesalink, Kenya’s de facto instant payment network, has partnered with the Pan-African Payment and Settlement System (PAPSS) to ease cross-border payment and speed up regional financial integration. The partnership enables instant 24/7 cross-border payments from Pan-African Payment and Settlement System participants into banks and mobile… Read More

March 1, 2026 @ 9:39 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Bloomberg and Kaiko this week announced a joint initiative to develop a pathway for Bloomberg’s trusted Data License offerings to be accessed on-chain via Kaiko’s infrastructure. The work is intended to focus initially on support for tokenized U.S. Treasuries and repo workflows on the Canton… Read More

March 1, 2026 @ 8:59 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Canton, a public blockchain purpose-built for institutional finance, and Chainlink, an oracle platform, this week announced the live deployment of the Chainlink data standard across the Canton ecosystem. Chainlink Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP) will also soon go live on Canton to enable secure cross-chain transfer of tokenized real-world… Read More

March 1, 2026 @ 8:40 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Rowspace, an AI platform that accelerates financial services firms’ decision making based on their proprietary data, launched this week with $50 million in funding across a Series A co-led by Sequoia and Emergence Capital and a seed round led by Sequoia. Stripe, Conviction, Basis Set,… Read More

March 1, 2026 @ 7:58 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

LoanPro, a credit platform, and NXTMOVES, a credit card program management platform with issuing capabilities and embedded transaction-level controls, this week announced a strategic partnership integrating credit servicing, issuing infrastructure, and program management to power compliant, scalable credit card programs. As American consumers continue to… Read More

March 1, 2026 @ 6:43 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Bluprynt, a compliance operating system for digital assets, this week announced the close of its $4.25 million seed round. The oversubscribed round was led by Valor Capital Group, with participation from Cultivation Capital, Robinhood, Coinbase Ventures, Quona Capital, Kazea, Flourish Ventures, Radical Investments, and Selah… Read More

March 1, 2026 @ 6:00 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Deepfake videos are spreading across TikTok and Instagram, using AI-generated faces and voices to promote products that are fake, misleading, or too good to be true. A deepfake is a piece of audio or video that has been digitally manipulated using artificial intelligence to make… Read More

March 1, 2026 @ 5:44 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Dots, a global payouts platform for marketplaces and service-based businesses, has secured $8.9M in Series A funding led by DCM with participation from Y Combinator. The company has raised more than $14.6 million to date and processes north of $150 million in payouts each month…. Read More

March 1, 2026 @ 5:26 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

LoanBud, a financial technology company that facilitates access to Small Business Administration (SBA) financing, this week announced the launch of its LoanBud Prequalification Platform (LoanBud.io), a solution that prequalifies businesses for SBA financing prior to listing—bringing financing validation to the start of the sales process instead of the… Read More

March 1, 2026 @ 2:24 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

The British Business Bank has committed an additional £25 million to invest in angel syndicates. The platform is managed by Haatch, a bank partner, and follows an initial investment of £7 million into a cohort of five emerging syndicates last year. The total of £32… Read More

March 1, 2026 @ 1:01 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

African Heads of State and Government have formally launched the Africa Infrastructure Financing Facility (AIFF), a coordinated, Africa-led platform designed to accelerate the preparation and facilitation of financing for priority cross-border infrastructure projects aligned with Agenda 2063. The launch took place during the Third Presidential… Read More

February 28, 2026 @ 7:56 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

This week, NEAR Intents, the universal liquidity protocol for on-chain markets and tokenized assets, announced the launch of near.com, a new consumer super-app running on crypto rails. This announcement comes alongside the introduction of Confidential Intents, a confidentiality layer for cross-chain execution and the NEAR… Read More

February 28, 2026 @ 1:30 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Zafran Security, a provider of AI-native threat exposure management, has announced a strategic investment from Amex Ventures, the venture capital arm of American Express. Amex Ventures joins Zafran’s latest $60M C round, including existing investors Menlo Ventures, Sequoia Capital, and Cyberstarts.  The investment reflects a… Read More

February 28, 2026 @ 8:54 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Fideo Intelligence, an AI-driven identity intelligence engine, this week announced the launch of Verify for Payments, a real-time identity intelligence solution designed to help payment service providers, fintech platforms, payment processors, and financial institutions detect fraud earlier while approving more legitimate customers. As global fraud losses are projected… Read More

February 27, 2026 @ 4:26 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

This week, Thredd, an AI-first issuer processing platform, announced the expansion of its partnership with MuchBetter, the consumer wallet and prepaid card platform, supporting the company’s launch in Israel. This marks the latest milestone in the company’s international expansion, powered by Thredd, following the successful… Read More

February 27, 2026 @ 3:25 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

The Midnight Foundation recently announced that MoneyGram, Pairpoint by Vodafone, and eToro will each be running one of 10 nodes for Midnight, the fourth generation blockchain delivering rational privacy to Web3, marking a shift in how privacy-enhancing blockchain infrastructure is being adopted at scale. The… Read More

February 27, 2026 @ 2:24 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Grey, a provider of cross-border payments solutions, has expanded its business banking offering to include USD business accounts, bulk payments, and USDC stablecoin support on a single platform. The expanded offering is designed to help businesses receive international payments, manage large-scale cross-border transactions, and reduce… Read More