October 1, 2026 @ 8:28 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Circle (NYSE: CRCL) and Volante have announced a partnership designed to help banks fold stablecoin payments into the systems they already run, rather than forcing them to stand up a parallel digital asset platform. On September 28, 2026, Volante Technologies, a payments-as-a-service provider whose platform… Read More

October 1, 2026 @ 7:43 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Small and mid-sized firms that sell or buy across borders are preparing to change how they move money. A Mastercard (NYSE: MA) study produced with Bain & Company finds that 91 percent of internationally active SMEs expect to leave their current cross-border payment provider within… Read More

October 1, 2026 @ 7:41 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Uphold has rolled out Vault Inheritance, which is described as a legacy-planning option for customers who keep Bitcoin, XRP, and Hedera in the platform’s assisted self-custody wallet. The company framed the product as a response to a problem unique to crypto: legal title can pass… Read More

October 1, 2026 @ 7:11 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Base, the Ethereum Layer 2 incubated by Coinbase (NASDAQ: COIN), has activated Cobalt, its third mainnet upgrade of 2026. The hard fork went live on September 30 after a Sepolia rollout the week before. The release focuses on two user-facing changes: Validity Transactions, which let traders… Read More

October 1, 2026 @ 6:21 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Elio Mortgage has stepped out of stealth after securing $5.1 million in pre-seed capital, positioning itself as an AI-first brokerage rather than another vendor selling point tools to lenders. Motive Partners and Social Leverage led the round, with Insight Partners co-founder Jeff Horing joining as… Read More

October 1, 2026 @ 5:14 am By JD Alois  |  

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Division of Corporate Finance, quietly updated the crypto assets FAQs. The SEC first posted this staff guide on September 25, 2026. On September 28th, the SEC updated the guidance to clarify when a digital asset is tied to the… Read More

October 1, 2026 @ 3:26 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Investors who lost money in a long-running fake cryptocurrency scheme have taken a meaningful step toward partial reimbursement after a London court issued confiscation orders against the two men already serving prison sentences for the crime. Southwark Crown Court directed Raymondip Bedi to pay £603,404.28… Read More

October 1, 2026 @ 2:59 am By Omar Faridi  |  

UK’s competition regulator has raised formal concerns that The Brink’s Company’s planned takeover of NCR Atleos could reduce rivalry in parts of the UK cash-machine market. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said the $6.6 billion cash-and-stock transaction may be expected to result in a… Read More

October 1, 2026 @ 12:44 am By Omar Faridi  |  

South Korea’s Financial Services Commission (FSC) is studying whether a formal market-maker regime should be written into the country’s next digital asset law after a yen-linked token listed on Upbit briefly traded at several times the value it is meant to hold. The catalyst was… Read More

September 30, 2026 @ 5:44 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Citigroup (NYSE: C) has extended its institutional blockchain liquidity platform, Citi Token Services, into Japan and the United Arab Emirates, bringing the network to seven live markets. The addition allows corporate and financial institution clients with accounts in those two jurisdictions to move funds around… Read More

September 30, 2026 @ 5:29 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has accused four overseas-linked entities of running two overlapping “investment confidence” schemes that used WhatsApp, social media, and fake regulatory credentials to take more than $15 million from retail investors. On September 29, 2026, the agency filed two… Read More

September 30, 2026 @ 1:54 pm By JD Alois  |  

Charles Schwab (NYSE:SCHW) has announced the incorporation of artificial intelligence into its brokerage platform. According to a statement Schwab distributed, the investment platform has launched “Charley,” an AI assistant to support customers. Beginning in October, the service will roll out to eligible users in the… Read More

September 30, 2026 @ 1:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Michael Saylor, executive chairman of the Bitcoin-focused treasury company Strategy (NASDAQ: MSTR), has argued that digital tokens should play a larger role in how businesses raise money as artificial intelligence changes how firms are created and organized. In an essay, Saylor said AI will let… Read More

September 30, 2026 @ 1:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Federal prosecutors in Massachusetts have opened a civil forfeiture case aimed at recovering digital assets they say are connected to a 2023 account takeover that drained 33.7 bitcoin from a single Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) login. According to court papers, a beneficiary of a Massachusetts family trust… Read More

September 30, 2026 @ 1:18 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) voted unanimously today to approve new pathways for individuals to qualify as an Accredited Investor, expanding opportunities to access private securities offerings. Broadly speaking, an Accredited Investor may participate in Reg D securities offerings. This exemption is used by… Read More

September 30, 2026 @ 11:01 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Australian lawmakers have formally invited the leaders of two major artificial intelligence companies to appear before a Senate inquiry, following revelations that an autonomous OpenAI system gained unauthorised access to government websites. Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young, who chairs the inquiry examining artificial intelligence and data… Read More

September 30, 2026 @ 10:19 am By JD Alois  |  

This week, the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, part of the US Senate, published a report on Iran and its use of crypto and shadow banking to evade financial sanctions. The report focused much of its information on Iran’s use of Tether, the issuer of USDT,… Read More

September 30, 2026 @ 9:51 am By JD Alois  |  

EstateGuru, an online investment platform focused on secured debt offerings, says its relatively new EstateGuru Grow offering has grown from zero to €7 million invested in one year. In a blog post, EstateGuru shared that the service has grown every quarter. The company accepts investments… Read More

September 30, 2026 @ 9:05 am By JD Alois  |  

Robinhood (NASDAQ:HOOD) is launching 24/7 trading in the US for “eligible” accounts, including equities and perpetuals, as part of its mission to become the top platform for active traders. At the same time, Robinhood shared an update on its anticipated agentic trading services. Robinhood announced… Read More

September 30, 2026 @ 8:41 am By JD Alois  |  

The United Kingdom has launched regulated crypto activities. Previously, crypto firms operated under a mix of limited registrations and opaque rules as policymakers worked to update the regulatory regime. These firms now fall under the remit of the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), which issued… Read More