Global

August 16, 2026 @ 9:05 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bank Leumi, 0ne of Israel’s largest banking institutions, has formed a partnership with Galaxy Digital (Nasdaq: GLXY) to introduce cryptocurrency trading services for its clients. The collaboration positions the institution as the first bank in the country to plan direct digital asset trading offerings through… Read More

August 16, 2026 @ 9:03 pm By Michael Wong  |  

U.S. households are holding an estimated $750 billion in intrinsic gold metal value in jewelry, according to a new report from AI-powered asset valuation platform Unvault, highlighting a potentially overlooked category of household wealth. Unvault’s Jewelry Drawer Index estimates the average U.S. household holds about… Read More

August 16, 2026 @ 2:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Recent findings from a European Central Bank (ECB) survey highlight a striking lack of progress in cryptocurrency adoption among businesses across the euro area. While digital payment options continue to expand in popularity, cryptocurrencies and related digital assets remain almost entirely absent from everyday commercial… Read More

August 16, 2026 @ 1:51 pm By Michael Wong  |  

Gen Z users are leading net accumulation across direct equities, bStocks and traditional finance perpetuals, while trading less frequently than other working-age generations, according to new research from Binance Research. The market research arm of cryptocurrency exchange Binance said 77% of Gen Z direct-equity accounts… Read More

August 16, 2026 @ 9:50 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Sterling, a New Zealand artificial intelligence company focused on automating routine accounting and finance operations, has closed a NZ$3.8 million seed funding round. The capital injection, led by trans-Tasman venture firm Blackbird Ventures, will support team expansion and efforts to reach larger enterprise clients in… Read More

August 16, 2026 @ 8:28 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Cashflows, a London-based fintech platform designed to help companies accept card and digital payments with ease, has revealed a strategic investment in Tap & Go. The Blackpool-based firm specializes in card payment technologies and merchant services. Details of the investment sum have not been made… Read More

August 16, 2026 @ 12:29 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Alternative asset managers increasingly look to private wealth channels for capital, an area that remains relatively new for many. Success in this space depends on targeted data that pinpoints investor demand and allocation patterns. Euroclear’s latest analysis of activity on its FundsPlace platform provides exactly… Read More

August 15, 2026 @ 8:41 am By Omar Faridi  |  

SpaceX (NASDAQ:SPCX) has officially completed its acquisition of Cursor, the rapidly growing artificial intelligence coding platform developed by Anysphere. The deal, valued at $60 billion in an all-stock transaction, closed on August 14, 2026, marking a significant step in the rocket company’s broader push into… Read More

August 14, 2026 @ 8:58 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Brazil’s bitcoin treasury company, OranjeBTC, is preparing to introduce a new exchange-traded fund designed to give local investors regulated access to income-generating preferred shares linked to bitcoin-holding firms. The product, known as the Digital Yield ETF or DIGY11, is expected to list on the country’s… Read More

August 14, 2026 @ 8:51 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Quantinuum and Oracle (NYSE: ORCL) have formed a multi-year strategic alliance to integrate quantum computing into Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI). Announced on August 11, 2026, the collaboration centers on deploying Quantinuum’s Helios system—a leading commercial quantum computer—inside a U.S.-based OCI AI data center. This will… Read More

August 14, 2026 @ 12:55 pm By JD Alois  |  

HTX, formerly Huobi, was a prominent crypto exchange that Justin Sun took control of in 2022. In 2023, a series of events caused Huobi to rebrand as HTX. More recently, HTX has faced sanctions allegations over activity in Russia. In May, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA… Read More

August 14, 2026 @ 11:07 am By Omar Faridi  |  

In a quiet rural corner of northern France, a young couple has endured a nightmarish series of home invasions linked not to their own finances but to the digital wealth of the property’s previous occupants. The pair, an agricultural worker and a bank executive in… Read More

August 14, 2026 @ 8:30 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Maybank buys remaining Maybank Ageas Holdings stake for $1.18B Malayan Banking, better known as Maybank, gets the remaining 31% stake from Belgian insurer Ageas. It now has full control of the Etiqa insurance arm. Allianz buys UOB asset management services for $434M An arm of… Read More

August 14, 2026 @ 8:24 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Global payments platform Airwallex has partnered with BNPL Fintech Affirm (NASDAQ: AFRM) to introduce the latter’s flexible installment payment options to eligible U.S. shoppers through its checkout system. The collaboration, announced on August 13, 2026, enables merchants operating on Airwallex in 35 countries to offer… Read More

August 14, 2026 @ 5:26 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Anthropic, the company behind the Claude AI models, is reportedly engaged in early-stage discussions to purchase Decart AI, an Israeli-founded startup specializing in artificial intelligence optimization and generative technologies. Sources familiar with the matter indicate the proposed transaction could value Decart at about $6 billion,… Read More

August 13, 2026 @ 8:32 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital bank Revolut reportedly scales back WeWork access for its premium membersRevolut, one of Europe’s leading digital banks, has quietly reduced the WeWork coworking space benefits available to customers on its higher-tier paid plans. The change, which took effect in early August 2026, followed negotiations… Read More

August 13, 2026 @ 8:31 am By Omar Faridi  |  

HSBC Asset Management, part of HSBC (NYSE: HSBC), has taken an equity stake in Model ML, a London-based startup developing specialized artificial intelligence (AI) tools for the financial sector. The investment, channeled through HSBC Asset Management’s primary venture capital approach, arrives as institutions increasingly prioritize… Read More

August 13, 2026 @ 8:29 am By Omar Faridi  |  

European digital bank N26 has rolled out support for Wero, the pan-European instant payment system, inside its mobile app. The Berlin-based neobank announced the integration on 11 August 2026, making the service available to eligible customers in Germany and France. A gradual expansion to additional… Read More

August 13, 2026 @ 1:36 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Ethereum researchers have put forward a draft improvement proposal designed to reshape how the network handles rewards for those securing it through staking. Known as the Tapered Issuance Burn under EIP-8361, the idea centers on gradually destroying a growing portion of the newly issued tokens… Read More

August 12, 2026 @ 10:38 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

A cross-party group of United Kingdom parliamentarians has formally challenged various banks over their reluctance to provide accounts and related services to companies focused on cryptocurrency and digital assets. The move highlights ongoing friction that industry participants say threatens the sector’s ability to expand within… Read More