December 22, 2025 @ 12:23 pm By JD Alois  |  

The French Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) has published its annual Savings and Investment Barometer. According to the regulator, more people in France are interested in investing in equities, and fewer are worried about the risk of crypto. While the US has a well-entrenched equity… Read More

December 22, 2025 @ 12:13 pm By JD Alois  |  

Kingscrowd, an analytics, deal aggregation, and crowdfunding legal provider, has launched a new securities offering on StartEngine. According to the offering page, KingsCrowd is selling equity in the firm at a pre-money valuation of $28.8 million. Investors must commit at least $500 to participate. In… Read More

December 22, 2025 @ 12:04 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Blockchain Association, a leading advocate for blockchain-friendly policy, has added DoubleZero as a new member. DoubleZero is a blockchain enabler, providing a high-performance global network to reduce latency for “everyone everywhere.” Starting with Solana, DoubleZero has its eyes on other networks. As blockchain grows… Read More

December 22, 2025 @ 11:53 am By JD Alois  |  

Mike Selig, the new Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), has issued a statement on this recently approved confirmation. The full Senate voted 53 to 43 to approve the nomination. No Democrats voted to support the nomination. Selig, well known for his support… Read More

December 22, 2025 @ 11:39 am By JD Alois  |  

Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN)  , a digital asset company that just announced multiple new offerings, says it has acquired startup The Clearing Company to help advance its ambition to become a top prediction market platform. The Clearing Company has submitted an application to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission… Read More

December 22, 2025 @ 9:33 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The IMF noted that despite having a market cap of about 10 percent of Bitcoin, stablecoins are growing in popularity because of their interconnections with mainstream financial markets that stem from their structure and potential use cases. The IMF has also mentioned that their use… Read More

December 22, 2025 @ 9:08 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Trade Republic, a Berlin-based fintech firm, has reportedly achieved a €12.5 billion valuation through a secondary share sale this past week that supported by Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund. The recent transaction has involved early investors selling €1.2 billion in shares to a mix of new… Read More

December 22, 2025 @ 9:07 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has designated $46.2 million from its Civil Penalty Fund in order to reimburse individuals impacted by the failure of Synapse Financial Technologies. This allocation, approved on November 28, 2025, reportedly addresses losses from frozen accounts following Synapse‘s bankruptcy filing… Read More

December 22, 2025 @ 9:06 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

The current crypto sell-off and some coins poised to deliver value in 2026 comprise the crypto edition of Web3 Thoughts of the Week. Crypto sell-off “Bitcoin is in the red once again – a chart that is becoming all too familiar as a disappointing Q4… Read More

December 22, 2025 @ 9:03 am By Omar Faridi  |  

KPMG UK has recently shared key insights on the latest labour market data along with other commentary on recent developments. Persistent inflation, growing unemployment concerns, along with more general economic uncertainty remain potentially significant factors that could have a considerable impact on the United Kingdom‘s… Read More

December 22, 2025 @ 9:02 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Aegon UK is now reportedly set to further extend its private market approach into its “second-largest” workplace default fund, the £12 billion Aegon LifePath strategy, currently serving “more than 375,000 pension savers.” From summer 2026 onwards, Aegon LifePath will aim to invest across “a broader… Read More

December 22, 2025 @ 9:00 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Cryptocurrency exchange Bybit has resumed services in the United Kingdom following a two-year suspension, marking a seemingly calculated return to one of Europe’s most tightly regulated markets. The Dubai-based platform, which ranks as one of the largest crypto exchanges by trading volume (despite suffering a… Read More

December 22, 2025 @ 8:59 am By Michael Wong  |  

US lawmakers released a bipartisan discussion draft aimed at bringing clarity and consistency to how digital assets are taxed, as Congress faces growing pressure to modernise rules written largely before cryptocurrencies entered mainstream finance. The proposal, dubbed the Digital Asset Protection, Accountability, Regulation, Innovation, Taxation,… Read More

December 22, 2025 @ 4:08 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitcoin Suisse is pleased to announce the availability of trading for Monad (MON) and Hyperliquid (HYPE), two recently launched Layer 1 protocols representing technical advances in blockchain performance. Effective immediately, clients can trade MON and HYPE on Bitcoin Suisse’s platform. Both protocols now aim to… Read More

December 22, 2025 @ 3:00 am By Michael Wong  |  

Vietnamese digital insurance broker Saladin has raised an undisclosed amount in a Series A funding round led by SBI Ven Capital, as the startup looks to broaden its product mix beyond non-life policies and push deeper into segments that have traditionally relied on offline sales…. Read More

December 22, 2025 @ 2:39 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Central Bank of Ireland has released its fourth and final Quarterly Bulletin of 2025. Robert Kelly, Director of Economics and Statistics has said that despite the challenges the Irish economy has faced in 2025, it has seemingly shown resilience. Kelly added that the overall… Read More

December 22, 2025 @ 1:26 am By Omar Faridi  |  

UK’s digital bank Monzo has secured a full banking license from Ireland’s Central Bank and the European Central Bank, marking a step toward broader operations in the European Union. The latest approval positions Monzo as the digital-only bank to obtain this type of authorization in… Read More

December 22, 2025 @ 12:09 am By Omar Faridi  |  

10x Banking, the cloud-native core banking platform, has partnered with audax Financial Technology, a digital banking technology solutions provider supported by Standard Chartered, to transform how banks in Asia Pacific, Europe and the Middle East scale “digital offerings and modernise their core banking services.” Research… Read More

December 22, 2025 @ 12:01 am By Michael Wong  |  

The Philippines’ Securities and Exchange Commission has ordered Trading Point Holdings Ltd, which operates under the XM brand, to immediately stop soliciting investments, saying it was offering products to the public without the required registrations and licenses. In a cease-and-desist order, the regulator directed Trading… Read More

December 21, 2025 @ 11:39 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

UK Finance has reflected on what it described as a defining year for United Kingdom’s payments infrastructure ecosystem. Looking back over 2025, the team at UK Finance said that it is clear to them that this has been one of the most significant years for… Read More