June 30, 2022 @ 7:12 pm By JD Alois  |  

The European Union has agreed on crypto-asset regulation under the Markets in Crypto Assets (MiCA) legislation. According to tweets distributed by Member of European Parliament (MEP) Stefan Berger, Europe will be the first continent with crypto asset regulation as the European Parliament, European Commission and… Read More

June 30, 2022 @ 4:39 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Financial technology platform FIS (NYSE: FIS) announced the launch of its Guaranteed Payments solution, becoming the “only” payments processor to “offer a fully integrated solution designed to guarantee merchants increased eCommerce transaction approval rates and eliminate the financial liability of chargebacks due to fraudulent purchases.”… Read More

June 30, 2022 @ 3:28 pm By JD Alois  |  

Recently, BlockFi, a leading crypto trading and yield platform, was rocked by the crypto market collapse and overall market volatility. Sam Bankman-Fried, founder and CEO of FTX, swooped in to backstop the firm by providing a $250 million credit facility. Bankman-Fried tweeted they were partnering… Read More

June 30, 2022 @ 3:17 pm By JD Alois  |  

Scott Purcell, founder of Prime Trust, has announced that his newest venture, Fortress Trust, has hired more former regulators. Purcell is founder and CEO of Fortress Blockchain Technologies, the parent company of Fortress Trust. First, Fortress Trust has added Joe Mulberry to the executive team… Read More

June 30, 2022 @ 2:59 pm By JD Alois  |  

OpenSea, the most popular NFT marketplace in the world, has experienced a breach of user information. According to a blog post yesterday, an employee of Customer.io, a service provider for OpenSea, downloaded OpenSea’s email list, apparently to use or sell for illegal objectives. OpenSea stated:… Read More

June 30, 2022 @ 12:36 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Clear Capital, a national real estate valuation tech firm, has announced the launch of two Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Property Valuation API and Risk Assessment API. Each API connects directly into existing systems “through a single integration for lenders, investors, and system providers, making it… Read More

June 30, 2022 @ 12:23 pm By JD Alois  |  

Largest CFTC Enforcement Action Ever Involving Bitcoin. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has announced its largest enforcement action regarding Bitcoin ever. According to the CFTC, charges have been filed in a case involving a South African individual, Cornelius Johannes Steynberg, and his organizations involving… Read More

June 30, 2022 @ 12:07 pm By JD Alois  |  

Bitcoin is bombing once again – proving if anything, that the world’s most popular digital asset is a great vehicle for volatility and swing trading. While it could be the overall slumping markets as traditional assets are lower too, or perhaps it is the fact… Read More

June 30, 2022 @ 11:35 am By Omar Faridi  |  

StellarFi, a public benefit corporation, recently announced its credit-building product is now “available to everyone.” With this news, 132 million Americans — who currently have poor credit or no credit, or are living paycheck to paycheck –– “may build their credit rating simply by paying… Read More

June 30, 2022 @ 11:32 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Linnworks, a UK-headquartered digital commerce tech firm, has announced a partnership with the global ‘leader” in commerce technology and payments Payoneer (NASDAQ: PAYO) to “simplify cross-border and B2B transactions for their customers.” The partnership will “provide retailers with integrated options to receive funds and make… Read More

June 30, 2022 @ 11:29 am By JD Alois  |  

Zilch, a UK based buy now – pay later (BNPL) provider has extended Series C by $50 million now raising $160 million now valued at around $2 billion. Zilch claims to be the fastest-growing Fintech Unicorn in Europe. In total, ZIlch has raised $460 million… Read More

June 30, 2022 @ 9:26 am By JD Alois  |  

Grayscale’s most recent attempt of migrating Bitcoin-based GBTC, traded on OTC Markets, to an exchange-traded fund (ETF), has been denied. In an Order posted by the SEC yesterday, the Commission disapproved a proposed rule change that would have allows the spot Bitcoin ETF to trade… Read More

June 30, 2022 @ 8:23 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Further, a London-headquartered firm, has introduced its investment platform, developed to connect retail investors with “high-quality” VC funds, at scale and with minimum investment levels “never seen before in the market.” This should allow new retail investors to invest in venture funds, from as low… Read More

June 30, 2022 @ 8:19 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Debt resolution tech company Ophelos has acquired £5 million in capital via a seed funding round that was reportedy led by AlbionVC. Vast Ventures, Form Ventures, Connect Ventures and Fly Ventures and angels including GoCardless co-founder Matt Robinson and Funding Circle co-founder James Meekings also… Read More

June 30, 2022 @ 8:16 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Global financial services platform iBanFirst recently confirmed the acquisition of the London-headquartered FX provider, Cornhill. The strategic acquisition aims to further build on iBanFirst’s funding partnership with private equity company arlin Equity Partners, launched in June of last year. As mentioned in the update, this… Read More

June 29, 2022 @ 8:14 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

CanDeal Group, an operator of Canadian market and infrastructure services, has teamed up with five of Canada’s biggest local banks “to deliver a comprehensive, centralized Know Your Client (KYC) solution to the Capital Markets Industry.” The collaboration mutualizes many of the costs and efforts of… Read More

June 29, 2022 @ 6:58 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

NerdWallet, Inc. (Nasdaq: NRDS), a platform that provides financial guidance to consumers and small- and mid-sized businesses, recently announced the entry into an acquisition agreement with On the Barrelhead, Inc., a data-driven platform that “provides consumers and SMBs with credit-driven product recommendations to help improve… Read More

June 29, 2022 @ 6:45 pm By JD Alois  |  

Earlier today, Germany’s Federal Minister of Finance, Christian Lindner, and the Federal Minister of Justice, Dr.Marco Buschmann, announced regulatory and policy changes designed to boost entrepreneurship, access to capital, and embrace the digitization of finance with digital securities – or security tokens. The Financing Act. Das… Read More

June 29, 2022 @ 5:39 pm By JD Alois  |  

Earlier this week, the “home of crypto yield” CoinFLEX announced that it expects to resume withdrawals as well as trading due following a pause due to crypto market volatility. In a blog post, CoinFlex shared that an unnamed investor’s account had fallen into negative equity…. Read More

June 29, 2022 @ 4:21 pm By JD Alois  |  

According to a series of Tweets, the Norwegian government will dip its toes into leveraging blockchain technology. As shared in the Tweets, the Norwegian government will be utilizing Ethereum via Arbitrum for cap tables of private firms. Earlier today the Norwegian government announced they're using… Read More