Global

April 6, 2025 @ 5:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitfarms Ltd. (Nasdaq: BITF), a global energy and compute infrastructure company, announced that the company has entered into an initial agreement for a private debt facility for up to “$300 million from Macquarie Equipment Capital, Inc., a division of Macquarie Group’s Commodities and Global Markets’… Read More

April 6, 2025 @ 5:26 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Canton Network announced that Flowdesk is joining as a key participant in the development of an on-chain collateral and margin management solution for bilateral derivatives. Flowdesk joins Digital Asset, QCP, and a group of counterparties in building infrastructure “that leverages the Canton Network’s privacy-preserving… Read More

April 6, 2025 @ 5:17 pm By Michael Wong  |  

Israeli trading platform eToro has put its initial public offering (IPO) plans on hold due to market uncertainty linked to the trade war started by US President Donald Trump, US news website Axios reports. The Yoni Assia-led company had been scheduled to begin investor meetings… Read More

April 6, 2025 @ 5:16 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Erwin Voloder, Head of Policy, European Blockchain Association, shared that Nethermind and PwC Germany have released report on the important role of token standards and what they mean for scaling up institutional adoption. The bulk of the report cuts “across token standards and their relationship… Read More

April 6, 2025 @ 5:14 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Kraken has officially obtained a Restricted Dealer registration in Canada, reaffirming its commitment to serving Canadian crypto investors while adhering to “enhanced investor protection guidance for crypto exchanges.” Kraken also welcomes Cynthia Del Pozo as their new General Manager for North America. Cynthia will lead… Read More

April 6, 2025 @ 5:13 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The cryptocurrency and blockchain sectors have witnessed considerable activity in early 2025, with significant financial moves, regulatory shifts under the Trump Administration, as well as technological advancements shaping the landscape. From Clanker’s $13 million earnings in just five months to the US Securities and Exchange… Read More

April 6, 2025 @ 5:09 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

ImpactA Global announces it has mobilized over $200 million to drive sustainable infrastructure investment in emerging markets. This milestone underscores ImpactA’s approach to closing the infrastructure financing gap while delivering “measurable impact in climate transition and inequality reduction.” ImpactA Global, a private credit firm, focuses… Read More

April 5, 2025 @ 4:06 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The global venture capital landscape in Q1 2025 has split sharply into two worlds: artificial intelligence (AI) and everything else. According to PitchBook’s latest First Look datasets, AI continues to dominate VC funding, claiming an unprecedented 57.9% of total capital deployed worldwide. This surge was… Read More

April 5, 2025 @ 3:05 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Preqin, an independent provider of private markets data, recently released its Alternatives in North America 2025 report. The report estimates show that North American private capital growth slowed as both fundraising and performance “continue to come off previous highs from 2021 and 2022.” Regardless, the… Read More

April 5, 2025 @ 2:35 pm By Michael Wong  |  

Non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace X2Y2 will shut down its trading platform on April 30, 2025, ending a three-year run amid declining volumes and intensifying competition in the digital collectibles market. The platform’s front-end interface will go offline, though its smart contracts will remain active, allowing… Read More

April 5, 2025 @ 2:02 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

A report from FX-as-a-Service provider, MillTechFX, has revealed that over four-fifths (86%) of fund managers hedge their foreign exchange (FX), providing them with a “degree of protection from increased currency volatility due to rising geopolitical uncertainty.” The MillTechFX Global FX Report 2025 analyzes the findings… Read More

April 5, 2025 @ 1:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

In its March 2025 edition of Bobby’s Crypto Aggregate, CoinGecko dives into a crypto market grappling with macroeconomic turbulence and fierce competition between centralized and decentralized exchanges. Authored by Bobby Ong, the research report captures a pivotal moment in Q1 2025, where President Donald Trump’s… Read More

April 5, 2025 @ 1:37 pm By Michael Wong  |  

The International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, is providing a $42 million equivalent debt financing package to Agricover Credit IFN, Romania’s largest non-bank financial institution focused on agriculture, to improve access to funding for micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs)… Read More

April 4, 2025 @ 3:31 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Capital Banking Solutions, an integrator of banking solutions, is partnering with SIX Group, a key player in financial market infrastructure in Switzerland, providing services in securities transactions, financial information, and payments. This partnership is part of the evolution of CapitalPrivate, their digitalization platform dedicated to… Read More

April 4, 2025 @ 11:45 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The venture capital landscape in Q1 2025 has reached a critical point, with funding soaring to its highest level in nearly three years, according to CB Insights’ latest State of Venture Q1’25 Report. This surge, driven predominantly by artificial intelligence (AI), underscores a transformative moment… Read More

April 4, 2025 @ 10:47 am By JD Alois  |  

Yesterday, CI shared a number of comments from Fintech executives sharing their opinions on President Donald Trump and his “Liberation Day” tariff policy. The President signed an Executive Order addressing what is described as “structural asymmetries,” which will “no longer be tolerated.” The CEO of… Read More

April 4, 2025 @ 10:06 am By Omar Faridi  |  

North Korea has emerged as a somewhat unexpected powerhouse in the world of cryptocurrency—not as a legitimate player, but as a prolific cybercriminal state. According to a detailed investigation by The Wall Street Journal, the isolated nation has pilfered more than $6 billion in digital… Read More

April 4, 2025 @ 8:50 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Clearing House recently announced an update regarding their Real Time Payments (RTP) network transaction limit being raised from $1M to $10M. Bank of New York Mellon (BNY) has successfully leveraged this advancement and completed the largest instant payment in US history, a $10M inter-company… Read More

April 4, 2025 @ 8:29 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Klarna, the AI-powered payments and shopping network, announces its launch with Eurostar, enabling travelers in the UK and France to book their journeys with flexibility. Customers checking out on Eurostar.com can now choose Klarna’s Pay in 3, allowing them to “split the cost of their… Read More

April 4, 2025 @ 8:10 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Aria, a provider of deferred payment infrastructure for B2B marketplaces and platforms, selected Mangopay’s flexible wallet-based payment solution to optimize and automate its embedded finance product. The collab builds on the partnership between the two companies, with the integration of Mangopay’s technology “powering Aria’s international… Read More