Global

August 24, 2025 @ 11:53 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The venture capital landscape in Q2 2025, as detailed in Carta’s latest State of Private Markets report, paints a picture of somewhat cautious optimism for startups navigating a complex fundraising environment. Despite a persistent decline in deal volume, rising valuations and reduced dilution signal a… Read More

August 24, 2025 @ 11:51 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Equity ownership has emerged as somewhat of a transformative tool for rebuilding middle-class wealth, offering employees a direct stake in the success of the companies they help build. This, according to insights from  Srikanth Narayan, CEO and Founder at Cache. By granting workers shares in… Read More

August 23, 2025 @ 8:10 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Alchemy Pay, the fiat-crypto payment gateway, is pleased to announce its collaboration with Regtech firm Sumsub to integrate its leading Travel Rule solution across Alchemy Pay’s entire product suite. This integration marks a key milestone in reinforcing regulatory compliance, transactional transparency, and user security, “aligning… Read More

August 22, 2025 @ 5:20 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

TRM Labs announced the launch of Beacon Network, the real-time crypto crime response network. Built in collaboration with law enforcement, exchanges, and stablecoin issuers, Beacon Network is designed to “prevent illicit funds from leaving the blockchain.” Founding members “include Coinbase, Binance, PayPal, Robinhood, Stripe, Kraken,… Read More

August 22, 2025 @ 3:48 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

PwC, a global network of firms providing audit and assurance, tax and legal, and deals and consulting services, announced an expanded partnership with Workday, Inc. to develop and deliver new custom industry apps through the built on the Workday platform. Through this partnership, PwC firms… Read More

August 22, 2025 @ 12:32 pm By JD Alois  |  

Bank branches are quickly becoming a thing of the past. Think floppy disks and fax machines. Consumers manage their financial existence on their smartphones. And they prefer it over queuing up for a teller. At the same time, there remains a segment of the community… Read More

August 22, 2025 @ 10:05 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital assets firm OKX has announced significant updates that underscore its commitment to innovation, regulatory compliance, and user trust. These developments include the launch of On-Chain Earn in Singapore, the appointment of Marcus Hughes as Vice President of Global Government Relations, and a renewed focus… Read More

August 22, 2025 @ 8:57 am By Omar Faridi  |  

In a stride toward modernizing its banking infrastructure, Shawbrook Bank, a UK specialist bank, has gone live with Thought Machine’s core banking platform, Vault Core. The milestone seemingly marks a pivotal moment in Shawbrook’s digital transformation journey, with the launch of its first product—a buy-to-let… Read More

August 22, 2025 @ 8:48 am By Omar Faridi  |  

State Street Corporation (NYSE: STT) announced that it has become the first third-party custodian to launch on J.P. Morgan’s Digital Debt Service, marking a key milestone in the institutional adoption of blockchain-based debt securities. This collaboration enables State Street to “offer custody services for debt… Read More

August 22, 2025 @ 8:46 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Ripple, a firm focused on enterprise blockchain and crypto solutions, and SBI Holdings, a Japanese financial services conglomerate and its subsidiary SBI VC Trade Co., Ltd., a provider of crypto asset exchange business (jointly SBI Group), announced an MOU for SBI VC Trade, “a licensed… Read More

August 22, 2025 @ 8:43 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Sygnum, a global digital asset banking group and Incore Bank, a Swiss B2B transaction bank with a network of banks, financial intermediaries, fintechs and corporates, announce an extended partnership focused on scaling their B2B banking networks. Since 2019, Incore Bank has been one of Sygnum’s… Read More

August 22, 2025 @ 2:27 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Openbank, part of the Santander Group, has chosen Upvest as its new investment infrastructure provider. By integrating Upvest’s Investment API, Openbank is “strengthening its investment offer with a modern experience and deep localisation in the German market.” This enables Openbank to offer a “digital-first product… Read More

August 21, 2025 @ 7:43 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Australian Renewables Income Fund (ARIF or the Fund) is pleased to announce the completion of a ~A$700 million portfolio debt refinancing transaction, marking a significant  milestone to strengthen the Fund’s capital structure and “provide a platform to support future  growth.” As explained in the… Read More

August 21, 2025 @ 3:21 pm By JD Alois  |  

Bitso, a Latin American crypto exchange, is planning to expand its services into the United States. As the regulatory environment for digital assets improves in North America, Bitso intends to capitalize on this shift by offering services in the US. According to a note from… Read More

August 21, 2025 @ 1:12 pm By JD Alois  |  

Valereum Plc (AQSE: VLRM), operator of a licensed and regulated Digital Asset Service Provider (DASP) in El Salvador, has selected ZIGChain as a lead blockchain and white label tokenization provider, DigiShares, to enable the regulated issuance of digital assets on its real-world assets (RWAs) marketplace…. Read More

August 21, 2025 @ 12:59 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

In an effort that aims to integrate traditional banking with blockchain tech, Xapo Bank has partnered with BVNK to enable stablecoin deposits for its global customer base. This collaboration marks a pivotal moment in the evolution of digital finance, offering access to stablecoin payments and… Read More

August 21, 2025 @ 8:16 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Phoenix Group, one of the UK’s long term savings and retirement businesses, announces a £75 million private debt investment with Worley, a  global professional services company of energy, chemicals and resources (ECR) experts. This deal reportedly marks Phoenix’s first private transaction with “an Australian counterparty,… Read More

August 21, 2025 @ 7:26 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The European venture capital market has shown resilience in the second quarter of 2025, with valuations and deal sizes rising across most series despite ongoing geopolitical turbulence and macroeconomic uncertainty. According to PitchBook’s Q2 2025 European VC Valuations Report, the region’s startup ecosystem is navigating… Read More

August 21, 2025 @ 7:12 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital assets platform Kraken has announced the acquisition of the assets and technology of Capitalise.ai, an Israel-based firm focused on no-code, natural-language trading automation. Founded in 2015, Capitalise.ai developed a “natural-language platform that transforms everyday text into executable trading strategies.” Its proprietary language model and… Read More

August 21, 2025 @ 6:38 am By Omar Faridi  |  

iCapital, a global Fintech focused on enhancing the investing process, is expanding its partnership with Apollo by making a series of evergreen private markets solutions available to eligible investors. As part of this collaboration, Apollo has listed “five Luxembourg-domiciled evergreen private markets products on iCapital… Read More