March 1, 2026 @ 2:50 pm By Michael Wong  |  

Venture fundraising on Carta rebounded sharply in 2025, with startups raising nearly $120 billion as investor appetite shifted back toward higher valuations and founder-friendly terms, while AI increasingly dictated where the biggest checks went, a Carta report showed. Startups on Carta raised $119.5 billion in… Read More

March 1, 2026 @ 1:29 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

This week, MoonPay and M0 introduced PYUSDx, which enables the creation of application-specific stablecoins backed by PayPal USD (PYUSD). PYUSDx is designed to help builders launch and scale application-specific stablecoins while significantly lowering the technical and operational overhead to get started. The market is moving… Read More

March 1, 2026 @ 11:19 am By Omar Faridi  |  

TeraWulf Inc. (NASDAQ: WULF) a firm focused on digital infrastructure, announced an uptick in its annual earnings while grappling with substantial financial setbacks. The AI and digital assets focused company achieved total sales of approximately $168.5 million for 2025, reflecting a roughly 20% rise compared… Read More

March 1, 2026 @ 10:36 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

0x, a decentralized exchange (DEX) infrastructure provider, has launched its Cross-Chain API to private beta, a developer solution that helps applications execute token swaps across more than 15 blockchains through a single integration. The Cross-Chain API is designed to support programmatic trading and automated systems… Read More

March 1, 2026 @ 10:20 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Pesalink, Kenya’s de facto instant payment network, has partnered with the Pan-African Payment and Settlement System (PAPSS) to ease cross-border payment and speed up regional financial integration. The partnership enables instant 24/7 cross-border payments from Pan-African Payment and Settlement System participants into banks and mobile… Read More

March 1, 2026 @ 9:39 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Bloomberg and Kaiko this week announced a joint initiative to develop a pathway for Bloomberg’s trusted Data License offerings to be accessed on-chain via Kaiko’s infrastructure. The work is intended to focus initially on support for tokenized U.S. Treasuries and repo workflows on the Canton… Read More

March 1, 2026 @ 9:37 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has forged a long-term alliance with French AI focused firm Mistral AI. This partnership seeks to empower businesses across Europe and beyond in expanding AI systems. By focusing on more expansive implementations that comply with local regulations, the duo aims to transform… Read More

March 1, 2026 @ 8:59 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Canton, a public blockchain purpose-built for institutional finance, and Chainlink, an oracle platform, this week announced the live deployment of the Chainlink data standard across the Canton ecosystem. Chainlink Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP) will also soon go live on Canton to enable secure cross-chain transfer of tokenized real-world… Read More

March 1, 2026 @ 8:40 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Rowspace, an AI platform that accelerates financial services firms’ decision making based on their proprietary data, launched this week with $50 million in funding across a Series A co-led by Sequoia and Emergence Capital and a seed round led by Sequoia. Stripe, Conviction, Basis Set,… Read More

March 1, 2026 @ 7:58 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

LoanPro, a credit platform, and NXTMOVES, a credit card program management platform with issuing capabilities and embedded transaction-level controls, this week announced a strategic partnership integrating credit servicing, issuing infrastructure, and program management to power compliant, scalable credit card programs. As American consumers continue to… Read More

March 1, 2026 @ 6:43 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Bluprynt, a compliance operating system for digital assets, this week announced the close of its $4.25 million seed round. The oversubscribed round was led by Valor Capital Group, with participation from Cultivation Capital, Robinhood, Coinbase Ventures, Quona Capital, Kazea, Flourish Ventures, Radical Investments, and Selah… Read More

March 1, 2026 @ 6:00 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Deepfake videos are spreading across TikTok and Instagram, using AI-generated faces and voices to promote products that are fake, misleading, or too good to be true. A deepfake is a piece of audio or video that has been digitally manipulated using artificial intelligence to make… Read More

March 1, 2026 @ 5:44 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Dots, a global payouts platform for marketplaces and service-based businesses, has secured $8.9M in Series A funding led by DCM with participation from Y Combinator. The company has raised more than $14.6 million to date and processes north of $150 million in payouts each month…. Read More

March 1, 2026 @ 5:26 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

LoanBud, a financial technology company that facilitates access to Small Business Administration (SBA) financing, this week announced the launch of its LoanBud Prequalification Platform (LoanBud.io), a solution that prequalifies businesses for SBA financing prior to listing—bringing financing validation to the start of the sales process instead of the… Read More

March 1, 2026 @ 2:24 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

The British Business Bank has committed an additional £25 million to invest in angel syndicates. The platform is managed by Haatch, a bank partner, and follows an initial investment of £7 million into a cohort of five emerging syndicates last year. The total of £32… Read More

March 1, 2026 @ 1:01 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

African Heads of State and Government have formally launched the Africa Infrastructure Financing Facility (AIFF), a coordinated, Africa-led platform designed to accelerate the preparation and facilitation of financing for priority cross-border infrastructure projects aligned with Agenda 2063. The launch took place during the Third Presidential… Read More

February 28, 2026 @ 7:56 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

This week, NEAR Intents, the universal liquidity protocol for on-chain markets and tokenized assets, announced the launch of near.com, a new consumer super-app running on crypto rails. This announcement comes alongside the introduction of Confidential Intents, a confidentiality layer for cross-chain execution and the NEAR… Read More

February 28, 2026 @ 1:30 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Zafran Security, a provider of AI-native threat exposure management, has announced a strategic investment from Amex Ventures, the venture capital arm of American Express. Amex Ventures joins Zafran’s latest $60M C round, including existing investors Menlo Ventures, Sequoia Capital, and Cyberstarts.  The investment reflects a… Read More

February 28, 2026 @ 1:22 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

In yet another recent move signaling Wall Street’s embrace of digital assets, financial services firm Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) has submitted an application to establish a specialized banking entity focused on handling digital currencies. The firm, which oversees approximately $9 trillion in client assets, aims to create… Read More

February 28, 2026 @ 1:21 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Dune Analytics indicated that stablecoins have emerged as a foundational element, facilitating seamless cross-border transactions, enabling efficient settlements for institutions, powering liquidity in decentralized finance (DeFi) platforms, and serving as a medium for programmable currency. According to insights from Dune Analytics, these digital assets process… Read More