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Solana Backer RockawayX Raises $125m for Second Crypto Venture Fund

RockawayX, an early investor in Solana, has announced raising $125 million for its second early-stage crypto venture fund, closing the oversubscribed round in the first quarter of 2025. The global digital asset investment firm, which manages about $2 billion in assets, attributed the strong demand… Read More

Nubank Subsidiary Nu Mexico Receives Banking License Approval

Nu Mexico, a subsidiary of Nubank (NYSE: NU), announced the approval of its banking license by the National Banking and Securities Commission (CNBV). With this milestone, Nu has become the first Popular Financial Society (SOFIPO) to obtain approval to “transform into a bank, opening the path… Read More

Mongolian Fintech LendMN Raises $20m to Expand MSME Loans

LendMN, Mongolia’s first fully digital lending Fintech and a unit of AND Global, said it had raised $20 million in debt financing from Lendable to scale technology-driven financial services for micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in the country. The facility marks the largest sum… Read More

Stablecoins Are Viable Payments Option in Emerging Markets for Unbanked Consumers – Report

In emerging markets, where economic instability, currency devaluation, and limited access to traditional banking systems are persistent challenges, stablecoins are emerging as a transformative force. With a market capitalization exceeding $220 billion, these digital assets—pegged to stable currencies like the U.S. dollar or euro—are no… Read More

Payments Fintech Mercuryo Introduces Spend, a Mastercard Crypto Debit Card

Global payments infrastructure platform Mercuryo has launched Spend, a new crypto debit card powered by the Mastercard network. Available through Ledger Live, the app to “securely” manage crypto and NFTs, Ledger users can now “use the Spend debit card to make purchases using their digital… Read More

Cybersecurity Professionals Regard Cyber Immunity as Effective Strategy for Combatting Cybercrime – Report

Kaspersky has revealed findings from its research, stating that 73% of cybersecurity professionals regard Cyber Immunity as an effective strategy for minimizing the “capabilities of cybercriminals to penetrate networks and compromise systems.” These insights indicate a growing demand for developing secure by design systems “instead… Read More

BNPL Fintech Affirm and WooCommerce Launch Services in the UK

WooCommerce, the “flexible,” open-source ecommerce solution built on WordPress, announced that it has expanded its partnership with Affirm Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: AFRM), the payment network that empowers consumers and helps merchants drive growth, by launching their services in the U.K. WooCommerce merchants in the U.K…. Read More

UK Leads Venture Capital Investment in Europe in Q1 2025

UK leads venture capital investment in Europe in Q1 2025, according to an update from KPMG. The United Kingdom remain number one in Europe for venture capital (VC) investors despite “a fall in both overall investment and number of deals, according to new figures.” The… Read More

Russia Is Reportedly Introducing a Cryptocurrency Exchange for Qualified Investors

Russia’s Central Bank and Finance Ministry are preparing to introduce a specialized cryptocurrency exchange tailored for qualified investors. This initiative, set to operate under an experimental legal framework, marks a significant step toward (what appears to be) legalizing crypto assets in the country. The exchange… Read More

LSEG Risk Intelligence and Docusign to Enhance Digital Contract Security with Real-Time Bank Verification

Real-time bank account verification from LSEG Risk Intelligence, a service provider focused on compliance, risk and fraud prevention solutions, is now available directly within Docusign’s eSignature product. The offering, accessible through Docusign’s Third-Party App Marketplace, will provide “benefits to US customers of Docusign and LSEG… Read More

Macquarie Asset Management and Phoenix Group Finances Temporary Accommodation Properties in Central London

Macquarie Asset Management, on behalf of Phoenix Group, one of the UK’s long-term savings and retirement business, has provided £235 million of long-term financing to Westminster City Council (WCC) to acquire more than “350 temporary accommodation properties within the borough of Westminster.” Purchased from the… Read More

UK based Digital Assets Exchange Archax Establishes Entity in Dubai International Finance Centre (DIFC)

Archax, the UK-based digital asset exchange, broker and custodian, announced that it has opened an entity in the Dubai International Finance Centre (DIFC) under an Innovation License there. This builds on its recently announced expansion into both the EU and US regions, with broker acquisitions… Read More

London’s TwentyFour Asset Management Expands Offering with ABF Fund

TwentyFour Asset Management, the London-based specialist fixed income boutique of Vontobel, has expanded its offering with the launch of a new asset-backed finance (ABF) fund. Managed by TwentyFour’s asset-backed securities (ABS) team, the fund has reportedly been launched in response to “growing client demand for… Read More

Plenti Group Announces Pricing of $330 Million Asset-Backed Securities (ABS) Transaction

Plenti prices PL & Green ABS announced taking 2024 issuance to over $1.1 billion. Plenti Group Limited announced recently the pricing of a $330 million asset-backed securities (ABS) transaction. Plenti Group Limited confirmed recently in a blog post the pricing of a $330 million asset-backed… Read More

Morgan Stanley Investment Management Reportedly Closes First CLO of 2025

Morgan Stanley Investment Management (MSIM), a global asset manager, announced the closing of Morgan Stanley Eaton Vance CLO 2025-21, Ltd., reportedly marking the investment team’s “first” Collateralized Loan Obligation (CLO) in 2025. The $400 million transaction was priced “on March 7 and increases CLO platform… Read More

Cantor Fitzgerald’s Brandon Lutnick Is Reportedly Spearheading $3B Bitcoin Venture with SoftBank, Tether, Bitfinex

Brandon Lutnick, chairman of Cantor Fitzgerald and son of U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, is leading a significant Bitcoin investment initiative. According to a recent report by the FT, Lutnick has recently partnered with key players in the crypto / web3 and investment sectors—SoftBank, Tether,… Read More

Generali Investments Introduces Private Credit Secondaries Fund with Partners Group

Generali Investments has announced the launch of its Private Credit Secondaries Fund in collaboration with Partners Group, one of the largest firms in the global private markets industry. The Fund, which will invest across a broad range of private credit secondaries transactions globally to “generate… Read More

STABLE Act, Circle and More: Execs Comment on Web3 News of the Week

From crypto firms seeking bank charters to Circle’s payment network and energy-hungry centralized cloud systems, Web3 figures comment on the news of the week. STABLE Act driving crypto firms to seek bank charters “Reports that Circle, BitGo, and even Coinbase are considering applying for bank… Read More

Supply Chain Software Security Firm Socket Acquires Coana

Socket, a software supply chain security provider, has acquired Coana, a static analysis and reachability engine built by security researchers from Aarhus University. Coana brings static control-flow and call graph analysis to Socket’s platform, allowing teams to prioritize vulnerabilities based on whether they’re actually exploitable… Read More

Tesla Earnings Report Reveals Tech Firm Maintained Bitcoin (BTC) Reserves Despite Market Uncertainty

In its first-quarter earnings report released on April 22, 2025, Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) confirmed that it held steady with its Bitcoin reserves, maintaining a total of 11,509 Bitcoin throughout the period. The electric vehicle giant did not sell any of its cryptocurrency holdings, however, Tesla‘s holding… Read More

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