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September 29, 2026 @ 4:48 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Risk assets started the week on weaker footing after President Donald Trump declined to close off the chance of further US military action against Iran before November’s midterm elections. Speaking Sunday, he said he expected the conflict to be won “very soon” and that oil… Read More

September 29, 2026 @ 3:51 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Germany’s draft crypto-tax reform has drawn a pointed warning from Circle’s (NYSE:CRCL) Patrick Hansen, who says one overlooked clause could overtax ordinary retail holders who cannot reconstruct clean purchase records. Hansen, Circle’s senior director for EU strategy and policy, focused on a planned 50 percent… Read More

September 29, 2026 @ 3:06 am By Omar Faridi  |  

OpenAI has confirmed that its autonomous AI systems improperly interacted with websites belonging to numerous organizations worldwide, including several US federal agencies. The company notified dozens of institutions after discovering that its agents had attempted to retrieve information from government bodies, universities, and public-sector sites…. Read More

September 29, 2026 @ 2:44 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) co-founder Bill Gates has added his voice to a growing push for government oversight of artificial intelligence, arguing that companies cannot be left to police themselves as the technology becomes more powerful. In a recorded conversation with NBC’s “Meet the Press,” later… Read More

September 29, 2026 @ 12:07 am By Michael Wong  |  

International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private-sector investment arm of the World Bank Group, is set to provide an unfunded risk participation facility of up to $200 million to Visa, according project documents seen by CrowdFund Insider. The facility will cover settlement risk exposure on a… Read More

September 28, 2026 @ 2:40 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Corporate digital asset treasury firms kept expanding their positions even as bitcoin and the wider crypto market opened the week with a modest pullback. The buying underscores a structural trend that has persisted through 2026: publicly listed companies treating bitcoin and ether as core balance-sheet… Read More

September 28, 2026 @ 2:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Brazil’s digital banking platform Nubank (NYSE: NU) is said to currently be holding early conversations about a possible purchase of UK’s Monzo, a move that would give the Latin American digital lender a ready-made platform in the United Kingdom and a foothold for wider European… Read More

September 28, 2026 @ 10:03 am By FCA  |  

This post was originally published on fca.org.uk  At a hearing at Southwark Crown Court on 28 September 2026, Raymondip Bedi was ordered to pay £603,404.28 and Patrick Mavanga £247,997.99. Between February 2017 and June 2019, Bedi and Mavanga operated a fraudulent investment scheme, cold-calling consumers… Read More

September 28, 2026 @ 9:15 am By JD Alois  |  

Citi (NYSE:C) and Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) are partnering on digital assets, with one of the world’s largest banks choosing Coinbase to provide its technology for stablecoins as the world shifts from analog finance to digital. WSJ.com first reported that Coinbase will provide stablecoins payment rails that support the conversion… Read More

September 28, 2026 @ 9:02 am By FCA  |  

This post was originally published on fca.org.uk  As Abacus stopped regulated activities in January 2025, we expect that most previous policies will have expired or been renewed with another provider by now. However, if customers are concerned, they should contact their insurance providers directly to… Read More

September 28, 2026 @ 8:46 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Revolut has secured a key regulatory milestone in Latin America after Argentina’s central bank approved its purchase of Banco Cetelem Argentina from BNP Paribas Personal Finance. The decision, announced by the London-based fintech on 24 September 2026, allows the company to complete a deal first… Read More

September 28, 2026 @ 8:02 am By FCA  |  

This post was originally published on fca.org.uk  If you need urgent help with your account, contact the joint administrators.  You should also get in touch with the joint administrators if you have questions about income or withdrawals, need extra support, or want to discuss options…. Read More

September 28, 2026 @ 1:16 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitget’s chief executive has publicly pressed THORChain to stop processing funds tied to last week’s exchange breach, arguing that a protocol’s architecture should not be treated as cover for moving assets already identified as stolen.On September 24, Bitget detected unauthorized outflows from hot and warm… Read More

September 27, 2026 @ 4:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Washington and Beijing have opened a formal conversation on advanced computing while stretching their latest commercial ceasefire, a pairing that looks modest on paper and more consequential in practice. After a three-day leadership visit in the US capital, the two governments said they would keep… Read More

September 27, 2026 @ 2:12 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Latin America’s crypto markets expanded even as global prices collapsed, according to new research from blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis. Over the 12 months ending June 30, 2026, the region recorded $593.8 billion in on-chain activity, a 9.8 percent increase. Worldwide, crypto market capitalization roughly halved… Read More

September 27, 2026 @ 1:36 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

HIVE Digital Technologies (NASDAQ: HIVE), a publicly listed firm long associated with Bitcoin mining, has taken its long-running Swedish value-added tax fight beyond national courts and into the European Commission. The move, disclosed in an August 11, 2026 late-filing notice with the US Securities and… Read More

September 27, 2026 @ 11:45 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Polymarket is intensifying talks with policymakers in London, Brussels and other European capitals in an effort to have its event contracts treated as financial instruments rather than wagers. The New York-based prediction market, now raising capital at a valuation above $20 billion, argues that a… Read More

September 27, 2026 @ 11:27 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Across the technology industry, the first wave of large-scale AI adoption has produced a striking correction. After years of contraction and high-profile workforce reductions justified in part by automation, companies are now pulling former employees back—especially people with institutional knowledge and machine learning experience. The… Read More

September 27, 2026 @ 10:24 am By Michael Wong  |  

Sharjah Islamic Bank (SIB) has raised $500 million through a five-year Sukuk, attracting orders worth $1.3 billion as investors showed strong demand for the Islamic bond, the United Arab Emirates-based lender said. The order book was 2.6 times the size of the offering, allowing the… Read More

September 26, 2026 @ 2:41 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Harry Adams, the entrepreneur who established the foreign-exchange specialist Argentex, has obtained a fresh capital injection for Tenora, the fintech he launched after departing his previous company. Irish payments and currency group Fexco is committing £7.5 million, split between a £5.5 million equity stake and… Read More