December 18, 2025 @ 11:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is now said to be taking action against Illusory Systems Inc. for allegedly failing to implement “adequate data security measures, leading to a major security breach in which hackers stole $186 million from consumers.” Under a proposed order settling the… Read More

December 18, 2025 @ 5:55 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) has recently reported the key issues that are now said to be facing the US federal banking system in the Semiannual Risk Perspective for Fall 2025. The OCC reported that the strength of the federal banking… Read More

December 18, 2025 @ 5:52 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Intuit (NASDAQ: INTU), the global financial technology platform that makes Intuit TurboTax, Credit Karma, QuickBooks, and Mailchimp, announced it has signed a partnership with Circle Internet Group, Inc. (NYSE: CRCL), one of the world’s internet financial platform companies, to accelerate next-generation financial services powered by… Read More

December 18, 2025 @ 1:06 pm By JD Alois  |  

The  Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council  (SBE Council) has issued a statement on Senator Bernie Sanders’ attempt to establish a moratorium on the development of Artificial Intelligence (AI) data centers. Sanders went to X to share his belief that “democracy needs to catch up” to… Read More

December 18, 2025 @ 12:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Caroline D. Pham will join MoonPay as Chief Legal Officer and Chief Administrative Officer following the conclusion of her service as Acting Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). According to an update from MoonPay, Pham will be responsible for overseeing all global legal… Read More

December 18, 2025 @ 12:30 pm By JD Alois  |  

MangoPay and InstaXchange are partnering on multi-currency onramps. InstaXchange is a crypto exchange that works with Google Pay, PayPal, Apple Pay, cards, etc. A regulated virtual asset service provider (VASP), it also offers a plug-and-play API for Fintechs, merchants, and payment providers to incorporate crypto…. Read More

December 18, 2025 @ 11:56 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

10x Banking, a cloud-native core banking platform, has partnered with audax, a digital banking technology solutions provider, to help banks in Asia Pacific, Europe and the Middle East scale new digital offerings and modernize their core banking services. Research from 10x Banking shows banks now… Read More

December 18, 2025 @ 11:49 am By JD Alois  |  

xStocks says it is bringing tokenized securities to Telegram’s one billion users. According to a statement issued by the firm, tokenized securities will be available on the TON Blockchain, accessible via the non-custodial wallet in Telegram. Max Crown, President and CEO of TON Foundation, said… Read More

December 18, 2025 @ 11:23 am By JD Alois  |  

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged Danh C. Vo, founder and CEO of VBit Technologies, with theft of investor funds in regard to a Bitcoin mining business. The SEC states that Vo raised over $95.6 million and then misappropriated $48.5 million of the… Read More

December 18, 2025 @ 11:09 am By JD Alois  |  

Sherwood “Woodie” Neiss, GUARDD CEO and securities crowdfunding OG, has sent a letter to the Securities and Exchange Commission outlining their ability to support secondary trading for exempt securities. The letter was sent in response to a statement by SEC Chairman Paul Atkins asking for… Read More

December 18, 2025 @ 9:21 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Tether, which claims to be one the largest companies in the digital asset industry, announced the launch of PearPass, which is described as a peer-to-peer password manager that keeps credentials “securely on the user’s own device, never in the cloud.” With billions of login credentials… Read More

December 18, 2025 @ 9:05 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) noted that for several decades, the path to building wealth in America has looked basically the same: get a good job, acquire a home, invest in various stocks, and let time take care of the rest (hopefully). Coinbase‘s State of Crypto report suggests… Read More

December 18, 2025 @ 9:02 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitvavo, Europe’s EUR-spot cryptocurrency exchange, has recently announced a partnership with Societe Generale-FORGE (SG-FORGE), the crypto-assets subsidiary of Societe Generale Group and a European stablecoin issuer. Via this collab, Bitvavo will list EUR CoinVertible and USD CoinVertible, two MiCA-compliant stablecoins issued by SG-FORGE, on its… Read More

December 18, 2025 @ 9:01 am By Omar Faridi  |  

An EBA-ECB report on payment fraud indicates that strong authentication remains effective but fraudsters are adapting. There are a wide range of fraudulent activities and tactics now being employed to take advantage of unsuspecting consumers, especially those who might not be as tech-savvy. Some key… Read More

December 18, 2025 @ 9:00 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

TenX, a blockchain infrastructure company, began listing its common shares on the TSX Venture Exchange (TSX-V) under the ticker symbol TNX, on Dec. 10. This follows the successful closing of $29.9 million CAD in subscription receipt financings completed in connection with TenX’s go-public transaction, bringing… Read More

December 18, 2025 @ 8:59 am By Michael Wong  |  

SEAX Global, a privately held Southeast Asian wholesale connectivity provider, has acquired a major stake in Thailand’s Interlink Telecom Pcl (ITEL), expanding its footprint in one of the region’s biggest network markets, the companies said. The deal adds ITEL’s domestic fibre network and telecom licences… Read More

December 18, 2025 @ 7:55 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Octopus Energy customers are now able to get their account credit back faster because of a new tie-up with fintech company GoCardless. Octopus has completed one of the Direct Debit migrations in the UK, “moving 5.5 million accounts and £12 billion of payments to GoCardless… Read More

December 18, 2025 @ 7:54 am By Omar Faridi  |  

European digital bank bunq announced the launch of Term Deposits, a new savings option with some of the market’s highest returns, as well as ways to track and invest in crypto. With Term Deposits, bunq users can lock in their money for a fixed period… Read More

December 18, 2025 @ 7:53 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Securitize is launching the compliant, onchain trading experience for natively tokenized public stocks in Q1 2026. As clarified in the update, this is not a synthetic price tracker or an IOU against a custodian. As explained by Securitize, these are real, regulated shares: issued onchain,… Read More

December 18, 2025 @ 7:52 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Jack McDonald, SVP Stablecoins at Ripple, has said that they are pleased to mark the 1-year since the launch of $RLUSD. They have gone from 0 to trying to become a top 5 USD stablecoin in a short period of time. According to McDonald, here… Read More