Global

September 9, 2026 @ 12:54 am By Omar Faridi  |  

A SWIFT service provider has teamed up with Chainlink in a move designed to give hundreds of banks a simpler path onto blockchain networks. Bottomline, frequently described as one of the three largest firms that help institutions use the Swift messaging system, entered a strategic… Read More

September 9, 2026 @ 12:52 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Monero (XMR) trading has grown more fragmented after successive exchange delistings, and that fragmentation now shows up in liquidity and pricing. Traders who want XMR cannot actually treat every single swap path as interchangeable. They have to compare routes because the same pair, quoted at… Read More

September 8, 2026 @ 7:40 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Paris-based startup Outline has closed a $3 million seed round as it seeks to give finance leaders an alternative to the monthly grind of rebuilding forecasts in spreadsheets. Founders Future led the financing, with 100in, Newschool and a group of industry angels also participating. Among… Read More

September 8, 2026 @ 12:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Sweden’s tax authority has intensified its scrutiny of cryptocurrency mining operations, issuing substantial additional tax assessments against several firms based in the northern town of Boden. Skatteverket has determined that six companies must pay nearly 540 million kronor—roughly 56 million dollars—in back taxes after concluding… Read More

September 8, 2026 @ 11:45 am By Omar Faridi  |  

A large share of cryptocurrency-related profits generated in France appears to have gone undeclared, according to new on-chain analysis from blockchain intelligence firm Chainalysis. The company’s Crypto Tax Report estimates that French residents generated about $9.4 billion in potentially taxable crypto activity during 2025. That… Read More

September 8, 2026 @ 11:21 am By Omar Faridi  |  

European wealth technology startups faced a steeper funding winter in the second quarter of 2026. Capital flowing into the sector contracted sharply from the $343.2 million raised in the opening three months of the year to $185.5 million between April and June, according to data… Read More

September 8, 2026 @ 12:40 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

FTV leads TabaPay’s $155M round This financing includes both primary capital for the company and a secondary transaction. Alongside the transaction, TabaPay also announced its intent to acquire Transact Bank, N.A., an OCC-chartered and FDIC-insured bank based in Denver, Colorado. Through a single API, TabaPay… Read More

September 7, 2026 @ 11:13 pm By Michael Wong  |  

Singapore-based Ant International has received a payment institution licence from Brazil’s central bank, expanding its regulated presence as the financial technology company strengthens its local and cross-border payment capabilities in Latin America’s largest economy. The licence from Banco Central do Brasil builds on services Ant… Read More

September 7, 2026 @ 6:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

A long-quiet Bitcoin address that first received coins in mid-2016 moved more than a thousand coins in a single transaction, while holders of early physical Bitcoin collectibles also began unlocking a cluster of coins after years of inactivity. The sending wallet used the older P2PKH… Read More

September 7, 2026 @ 4:34 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

SoFi, Payward team up on multiple fronts Payward will leverage SoFi’s Big Business Banking capabilities, join the SoFi Exchange Network (SEN) and list SoFiUSD on its multi-asset trading platform. SoFi will also use Kraken Prime, Payward’s full-service prime brokerage solution, as an additional source of… Read More

September 7, 2026 @ 1:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The European Central Bank (ECB) is examining a possible connection between its TARGET Instant Payment Settlement platform, known as TIPS, and Brazil’s Pix system. If the work advances, the link would be the first major cross-border expansion of Pix and one of several corridors the… Read More

September 7, 2026 @ 10:28 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Wallets tied to North Korea’s sanctioned Lazarus Group have been routing tens of millions of dollars through Hyperliquid, according to on-chain work first published by Arkham analyst Emmett Gallic. The finding lands just as the Trump administration is trying to pull the same derivatives venue… Read More

September 7, 2026 @ 10:20 am By Omar Faridi  |  

US listed spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) absorbed a substantial wave of new money last week, drawing approximately $987 million in net creations and extending a rebound in regulated demand for the leading digital asset. The figure, compiled from issuer flow data, marked the third week… Read More

September 7, 2026 @ 1:03 am By Omar Faridi  |  

X Money just widened its gates. The official account posted that the in-app payments product is now open to every Premium and Premium+ subscriber whose X account is marked as American. Users are told to tap the Money tab in the sidebar and begin. That… Read More

September 7, 2026 @ 12:05 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Hardware wallet maker Trezor has confirmed that a data incident at its fulfillment partner ShipMonk reached far more people than first announced. In a September 4, 2026 update to its official notice, the company said ShipMonk contacted it on September 2 with word that stolen… Read More

September 6, 2026 @ 7:44 pm By Michael Wong  |  

Morocco’s Crédit du Maroc is set to receive a proposed risk-sharing facility of up to 125 million Moroccan dirhams ($13.5 million) from the International Finance Corporation (IFC) to expand lending to small and medium-sized enterprises in the country’s agricultural sector and rural areas. The proposed… Read More

September 6, 2026 @ 5:53 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Matt Hougan, chief investment officer at Bitwise Asset Management, recently reduced the crypto market to three themes he thinks investors should own for years: Bitcoin as a hedge against currency debasement, Zcash as a privacy asset, and a long tokenization cycle involving Ethereum, Solana, Uniswap… Read More

September 6, 2026 @ 3:14 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

A heated public argument between AMC Entertainment (NYSE: AMC) CEO Adam Aron and Robinhood’s (NASDAQ:HOOD) leadership has turned a niche product—tokenized stock exposure—into a test of who controls a company’s name, capital, and investor rights. On September 3, 2026, Aron said Robinhood had listed a… Read More

September 6, 2026 @ 12:16 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Chilean cryptocurrency platform Orionx has begun a permanent shutdown of its business after a forensic review uncovered a shortfall exceeding seven million dollars in customer-held digital assets. The company, which for years allowed users to buy, sell, and store cryptocurrencies, posted a notice on its… Read More

September 5, 2026 @ 2:50 am By Omar Faridi  |  

BCP Technologies has completed its first live purchase of a tokenised US Treasury bill using its sterling stablecoin, marking a notable moment for on-chain settlement in the UK market. The London-based issuer said it bought Archax’s $GOVY tokenised T-bill and settled the trade in tGBP,… Read More