November 9, 2025 @ 6:23 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Paystand, a blockchain‑powered B2B payments network, has acquired Bitwage, a platform for stablecoin‑enabled cross‑border payouts. The deal positions Paystand to deliver enterprise‑grade stablecoin settlement and FX across its network, which has processed more than $20 billion in payment volume for 1,000-plus enterprises and over one… Read More

November 9, 2025 @ 3:50 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Fireblocks, an enterprise platform for secure digital asset custody, settlement, trading operations, and stablecoin payments, this week announced that Singapore Gulf Bank, a fully licensed digital wholesale bank regulated by the Central Bank of Bahrain, will leverage Fireblocks’ digital asset infrastructure to support secure treasury… Read More

November 9, 2025 @ 3:48 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

MightyBot, the policy-driven agentic AI platform for mission-critical business, is partnering with Built, a financial operations platform designed for real estate and construction finance. The collaboration led to the successful launch of Draw Agent, Built’s first agentic AI offering, which represents a new operating model… Read More

November 8, 2025 @ 5:17 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

DailyPay, a provider of on-demand pay and financial wellness solutions, has named Nelson Chai its new CEO. Chai brings more than three decades of leadership experience in top executive posts at companies including Uber, where, as CFO, he led the company’s IPO. He also previously served as… Read More

November 8, 2025 @ 3:29 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Axiom GRC, a governance, risk and compliance (GRC) platform, has acquired IS Partners, a provider of cyber assurance and compliance services. The deal represents Axiom’s first U.S.-headquartered acquisition. IS Partners provides recurring audits to approximately 600 customers, covering key frameworks such as SOC 1, SOC… Read More

November 8, 2025 @ 8:55 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Nuvei has integrated Visa Direct for Account into its global payments platform, giving merchants the ability to send funds directly to consumers’ and workers’ bank accounts in eligible countries. The new functionality expands Nuvei’s portfolio of payout solutions, enabling businesses to provide customers with quick, reliable,… Read More

November 7, 2025 @ 5:54 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

OpenAI and Amazon’s $38 billion deal had Web3 tongues wagging, but other topics also caught their attention. Read on to find out which ones. Bitcoin good “October is over, and what a disappointment it was for crypto investors expecting the customary rally. Bitcoin closed October… Read More

November 7, 2025 @ 4:53 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

The Higher Ed Innovation Index 2025, conducted by Transact + CBORD, finds 49% of campuses are accelerating tech investments, even as 44% cite implementation as their biggest challenge. While 99% of schools report using technology to cut costs and the majority reporting benefits from AI… Read More

November 7, 2025 @ 4:48 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

The Hashgraph Group, the Swiss-based Web3 technology and engineering company operating within the Hedera ecosystem, has signed a strategic framework collaboration agreement with the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) – the executive department of the Philippines government responsible for directing, leading and coordinating science,… Read More

November 7, 2025 @ 9:02 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

NEC X, the Silicon Valley venture studio backed by NEC Corporation’s (NEC; TSE: 6701) advanced technologies and global businesses, today announced a strategic investment in Indicio, a startup focusing on digital trust by enabling people, organizations, connected devices, and AI agents to control cryptographically verifiable… Read More

November 6, 2025 @ 6:29 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

RedStone, an oracle network in DeFi, has launched HyperStone, an oracle powering HIP-3, Hyperliquid’s new standard for permissionless perpetual market creation. With HyperStone, anyone can now build and launch their own perpetual markets backed by fast, reliable, and secure on-chain data. HIP-3 allows builders to… Read More

November 6, 2025 @ 6:28 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Block Street, a unified liquidity layer for tokenized assets, has announced a strategic integration with StableStock, the on-chain stock-liquidity infrastructure powering the StockFi era — connecting regulated brokers and global DeFi liquidity. The partnership combines Block Street’s cross-chain liquidity protocol with StableStock’s stock tokenization engine… Read More

November 6, 2025 @ 9:37 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

  Martin Quensel has spent nearly a decade pursuing tokenization. The co-founder of Web3 native asset manager Anemoy, which is built on the Centrifuge protocol (which he also co-founded), Quensel believes in tokenization as the future of finance. His career has been preparing him for this… Read More

November 6, 2025 @ 6:33 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Block Street, a unified liquidity layer for tokenized assets, has announced a strategic partnership with Falcon Finance, issuer of USDf — an overcollateralized synthetic dollar designed to generate sustainable on-chain yield. Falcon Finance is a universal collateralization infrastructure, enabling users to mint USDf against a… Read More

November 5, 2025 @ 1:10 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Onbe, a corporate payouts platform, has partnered with Payroll Growth Partners to bring digital-first, choice-driven employee recognition and incentive solutions to its portfolio of companies. The collaboration enables Payroll Growth Partners, an investor in payroll companies across diverse industries and markets, to expand its offerings… Read More

November 3, 2025 @ 12:50 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Stablecoin infrastructure firm Hercle this week announced $60 million in new capital. The round features a $10 million equity investment led by F-Prime, with participation from Fulgur Ventures and Exponential Science, alongside a $50 million credit line to support the expansion of institutional services and… Read More

November 2, 2025 @ 3:41 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Lili, a financial platform that offers business banking, credit building, and accounting solutions for small and mid-sized businesses, has released new data from Lili’s Accountant AI that reveals that small business owners are most concerned about implementing the right tax structure and how they can… Read More

November 2, 2025 @ 8:40 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

LoanPro this week launched Model Context Protocol (MCP), a model-agnostic gateway allowing LoanPro clients and partners to begin testing and developing their AI-powered credit servicing and collections initiatives, while ensuring regulatory guardrails and auditability. With MCP, LoanPro clients can begin to define and operationalize their… Read More

November 1, 2025 @ 1:35 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

According to the latest IBM report, organizations experiencing data breaches that involve shadow AI — unauthorized AI tools used by employees — face additional costs averaging $670,000 per incident, compared to standard breaches. These findings align with a recent Cybernews survey, which shows 59% of… Read More

November 1, 2025 @ 11:34 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Vector Capital, a technology-focused investment firm, has completed its acquisition of Showpad, a provider of AI revenue enablement technology. In connection with the close of the transaction, Apratim Purakayastha has been named CEO, effective immediately. “We are pleased to unite Showpad and Bigtincan under one brand… Read More