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

December 21, 2025 @ 10:40 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Lumera, an insurtech company dedicated to the digital transformation of the European Life and Pensions industry, entered into an agreement to acquire Acuity, a consultancy firm serving the UK market, specializing in pensions and workforce reforms for public sector pension schemes. The firm reportedly has… Read More

December 21, 2025 @ 8:42 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Circle Internet Group, Inc. (NYSE: CRCL) is announcing that Stacks is now connected to Circle xReserve. Via this latest integration, USDCx on Stacks is now available, offering a USDC-backed stablecoin to web3 developers and crypto users and enabling access to crosschain USDC liquidity. ‍As noted… Read More

December 21, 2025 @ 6:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

ConsenSys has shared an update that reflects on the steady progress made this year as far as Ethereum development and crypto adoption are concerned. ConsenSys noted that on July 30, 2025, Ethereum had marked ten years since its genesis block: a decade of operating “essentially… Read More

December 21, 2025 @ 6:42 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

MegaETH, the so-called “performance-first” EVM blockchain now said to be delivering “millisecond-level” responsiveness, has reportedly been integrated on Dune. Blockchain and web3 developers, crypto analysts, and digital assets researchers can now explore MegaETH’s core network activity, diverse app ecosystem, as well as real-time execution behavior… Read More

December 21, 2025 @ 6:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The crypto sector faced yet another challenging year in 2025, with stolen funds continuing their upward trajectory, according to an update from Chainalysis which noted that their close examinations reveals a significant shift in crypto theft patterns, characterized by several key developments: the persistence of… Read More

December 21, 2025 @ 4:27 pm By Michael Wong  |  

Beycome has raised $2.5 million in seed funding as the Miami-based real estate technology firm looks to expand a flat-fee, direct-to-consumer model at a time of strained housing affordability in the United States, according to an announcement. The round was led by InsurTech Fund, with… Read More

December 21, 2025 @ 3:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital bank Revolut was involved in a number of key activities this week, spanning partnerships, internal disputes, and strategic expansions in financial services. The Fintech company had reportedly engaged in recent preliminary discussions with Blackstone, the global asset manager, about a potential collaboration in wealth… Read More