Global

September 19, 2024 @ 9:01 am By Omar Faridi  |  

USDC and CCTP are coming to Sui, according to an update from stablecoin issue Circle. Circle is pleased to confirm that “native USDC and Cross-Chain Transfer Protocol (CCTP) are coming soon to Sui.” Sui is a layer-1 (L1) blockchain that “offers fast, secure, scalable, and… Read More

September 19, 2024 @ 8:59 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Orb, the modern billing platform reimagining how businesses monetize software, today announced $25M in Series B funding led by Mayfield, with participation “from existing investors Menlo Ventures, Greylock Partners, South Park Commons, Basecase, and Scribble Ventures and new investor Uncorrelated Ventures.” The new round brings… Read More

September 19, 2024 @ 8:56 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Vietnam Maritime Commercial Joint Stock Bank (HoSE: MSB) has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with TerraPay, a global money movement company. This collaboration will bring digital payment solutions and data capabilities “to help MSB enhance efficiency and offer the best payment service experience to customers… Read More

September 19, 2024 @ 7:31 am By Omar Faridi  |  

WisdomTree, Inc. (NYSE: WT) has launched a new platform that aims to unlock tokenized real-world assets (RWA) access to users. The vision for WisdomTree Connect is to enable customers over time “to interact with any WisdomTree-issued token, in any wallet, across supported blockchains.” WisdomTree Connect marks… Read More

September 19, 2024 @ 5:11 am By Omar Faridi  |  

ASIC expands operational resilience guidance for market participants. ASIC (in Australia) has officially released a letter to market participants “outlining technological and operational resilience guidance, clarifying how to identify critical business services and notification of a major event.” The guidance relates to the technological and… Read More

September 18, 2024 @ 11:05 am By JD Alois  |  

A recent report indicates that large financial institutions are adopting blockchain technology and leveraging digital assets.  According to the report shared by Blockchain Coinvestors, a fund of fund in the digital asset sector, over 50% of big finance already support or provide digital wallets, custody,… Read More

September 18, 2024 @ 10:25 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital banking provider Tyfone announced Bank3 selected its nFinia Digital Banking platform to provide commercial and retail account holders a more intuitive and engaging experience, while also streamlining and automating back-office processes. The bank’s future growth initiatives are focused “on a wide range of commercial… Read More

September 18, 2024 @ 7:49 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Euronext has reportedly acquired research and market data benchmarking provider Substantive Research. Euronext confirmed that it has acquired 100% of Substantive Research, a company that is providing in-depth transparency on product and pricing comparison “for investment research spend, market data and investment research content.” Founded… Read More

September 18, 2024 @ 7:47 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Fireblocks, an enterprise platform to manage digital asset operations and build innovative businesses on the blockchain, and Chainlink Labs, the primary contributing developer of Chainlink—the essential infrastructure for the tokenized asset economy—announced a strategic collaboration to offer a secure and compliant technology solution for banks… Read More

September 18, 2024 @ 7:46 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Konsentus announced that Konsentus’ European trusted data, Konsentus Verify, can now be accessed through an online portal, via a real-time API or a downloadable cache. Financial Institutions in the European Economic Area (EEA) can choose the delivery mechanism that best works for them. For open… Read More

September 18, 2024 @ 7:44 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Ctrl Alt, a financial engineering and tokenization platform with offices in the UK and Ireland, has officially launched in the UAE with an initial focus on the Emirate of Dubai. The company has already secured multiple partnerships, “including with Emirates NBD, with more public announcements… Read More

September 18, 2024 @ 7:44 am By Omar Faridi  |  

USDC is now available in Brazil and Mexico through national payment systems, with local currency. Fiat transfers through real-time payment systems accelerate “access to digital dollars.”: Since Circle’s founding more than a decade ago, it’s been their mission “to harness the power of blockchain networks… Read More

September 18, 2024 @ 7:43 am By Omar Faridi  |  

LendInvest Mortgages (AIM: LINV), the UK’s platform for mortgages, announces the launch of its new Expat Buy-to-Let mortgage products. This launch marks another significant step in LendInvest‘s mission to simplify mortgage processes for all types of customer, “offering tailored solutions to meet diverse needs.” The… Read More

September 18, 2024 @ 2:28 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Xalts announced a deeper collaboration with Avalanche to bring more enterprise-grade real world asset tokenization solutions for institutions. This will provide out-of-the-box solutions to “enable financial services, governments, and other enterprise developers looking to build digital asset platforms for implementing blockchain, tokenization, and smart contract applications… Read More

September 17, 2024 @ 1:42 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Akur8, the machine learning-powered insurance pricing and reserving platform, announced that it has secured $120 million in series C funding, bringing its total raised investment to $180 million. This latest funding round was led “by One Peak, a growth equity firm investing in software scale-ups,… Read More

September 17, 2024 @ 1:18 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Huma, a Payment Financing (PayFi) network, announced that it has raised $38 million in funding. Distributed Global led the equity round, with “significant participation from Hashkey Capital, Folius Ventures, the Stellar Development Foundation, and TIBAS Ventures, CVC arm of İşbank, the largest private bank in… Read More

September 17, 2024 @ 1:12 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Adaptive Financial Consulting, the custom trading technology solutions provider, announced its collaboration with Bullish, which claims to be one of the fastest-growing, regulated digital asset exchanges, to increase trading capacity and boost throughput as it looks to scale and meet growing business demand. Bullish has… Read More

September 17, 2024 @ 9:49 am By Omar Faridi  |  

DIA, the open oracle network, has announced a fully reimagined oracle architecture with ‘Lumina’. Launching its testnet soon, Lumina is designed to “address the persistent lack of truly decentralized and trustless data infrastructure for web3 and aspires to set new standards for oracles, while expanding… Read More

September 17, 2024 @ 9:48 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Chainlink, the industry-standard decentralized computing platform, and ZKsync, an ever expanding verifiable blockchain network secured by math, announced that Chainlink CCIP, the industry-standard cross-chain protocol, is now live on ZKsync’s Era Mainnet. This is the next phase between Chainlink and ZKsync, and is “in line… Read More

September 17, 2024 @ 9:01 am By JD Alois  |  

The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) and the Institute of International Finance (IIF) have selected CaixaBank to work on a project exploring digital payments. CaixaBank will collaborate with the Bank of England, the Bank of France, and others on the initiative. CaixaBank highlights that it is the bank with the… Read More