November 30, 2025 @ 8:49 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Commenting on the UK Chancellor’s recent 3-year stamp duty holiday for newly listed firms announced in the latest Budget, Karim Haji, Global and UK Head of Financial Services, KPMG, said: “Cutting stamp duty may act as a carrot to entice more firms to choose London… Read More

November 30, 2025 @ 6:51 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Compass Mining noted in a recent update that China currently holds an estimated 14% share of the global Bitcoin mining market. This, according to Hashrate Index, which reportedly makes it the world’s third-largest contributor to the overall global hashrate. Compass Mining also mentioned in their… Read More

November 30, 2025 @ 6:11 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

VibeFunnel, a new AI-driven landing page optimization platform that links with sites like Shopify and PayPal, has officially launched to help teams create smarter, higher-converting pages leveraging AI-powered insights. VibeFunnel combines automated testing, real-time insights, and brand-consistent design tools into one streamlined workspace. With VibeFunnel,… Read More

November 30, 2025 @ 6:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

We recently connected with Lorenzo Pellegrino, the newly appointed Chief Banking Officer at Nexo, a digital assets wealth platform designed to empower clients to grow, manage, and preserve their crypto holdings. Nexo’s mission is to enable wealth creation by focusing on tailored solutions that build… Read More

November 30, 2025 @ 5:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

erad, the Riyadh-headquartered alternative financing platform for SMEs, has partnered with Jefferies (NYSE: JEF) (with co-investment from Channel Capital) to secure $125M in a credit deal, in order to accelerate embedded finance solutions across the GCC region. After the transaction is completed, it will mark… Read More

November 30, 2025 @ 5:15 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Onton, a product search and discovery engine, has raised $7.5 million in seed funding led by Footwork with participation from Liquid 2, Parable Ventures, 43 and others, bringing its total funding to approximately $10 million. The company will use the capital to expand its product,… Read More

November 30, 2025 @ 4:52 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Fears of an AI bubble and how the current market turmoil is good for DeFi generated a bonus Web3 Thoughts of the Week Market turmoil is DeFi’s opportunity “Downturns are uncomfortable, but they create the exact conditions where decentralized finance shines. When liquidity dries up… Read More

November 30, 2025 @ 4:48 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

As holiday shopping peaks, experts warn about e-skimming — malicious JavaScript code injected into legitimate e-commerce sites to steal customers’ payment data during checkout. This is the online equivalent of physical skimming devices found on ATMs or gas pumps. What makes e-skimming particularly dangerous is… Read More

November 30, 2025 @ 4:43 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Coin Metrics has shared key insights on recent significant developments in the Bitcoin (BTC) and crypto space. The researchers from Coin Metrics have shared several important notes on major crypto events and what to anticipate as we close out this current year and head into… Read More

November 30, 2025 @ 4:39 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Liverpool FC is announcing PayPal  (NASDAQ: PYPL) as the club’s digital payments partner in a new global deal. This marks PayPal’s collaboration with a Premier League club, positioning the Fintech as one of the ways to pay for football enthusiasts. A global enabler of digital… Read More

November 30, 2025 @ 4:38 pm By Michael Wong  |  

Coupang, South Korea’s biggest online retailer, apologised on Sunday after a breach exposed personal information from 33.7 million customer accounts, prompting government scrutiny and warnings of follow-on scams. The US-listed company said the leak involved customers’ names, email addresses, phone numbers, shipping addresses and some… Read More

November 30, 2025 @ 4:29 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Canada’s so-called high-value payment system, Lynx, has reportedly reached a key milestone, completely transitioning to the ISO 20022 financial message standard (MX messages), marking a step forward for payment advancements across the country. This update aligns with the international initiative to discontinue outdated legacy MT… Read More

November 30, 2025 @ 3:08 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The South Korean card payments market is now expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 3.7% over 2025-29 to reach KRW1,510.2 trillion ($1.1 trillion) by the year 2029, supported and enabled by high card penetration, steady payment infrastructure, and government backing… Read More

November 30, 2025 @ 1:29 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Regtech firm SlowMist noted that recently, the NPM ecosystem has experienced another large-scale package poisoning incident. For context, the so-called NPM ecosystem is the vast, interconnected system of the Node Package Manager (npm), which includes the “online registry of software packages and the command-line interface… Read More

November 30, 2025 @ 1:28 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

PitchBook noted in its latest global private market fundraising report that dry powder on the rise despite a fairly tough fundraising environment. PitchBook also mentioned in the extensive research report that even though fundraising was a bit slow so far this year, private markets remain… Read More

November 30, 2025 @ 1:27 pm By Michael Wong  |  

Harmonic, a Palo Alto-based artificial intelligence startup backed by Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev, said it raised $120 million in a Series C funding round that values the company at $1.45 billion post-money. The round was led by Ribbit Capital, with significant participation from Sequoia Capital,… Read More

November 30, 2025 @ 1:22 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Dr. Sean Dawson, head of research at onchain options platform, Derive.xyz (TVL $115.8M, $18.6B trade volume), has shared a Bitcoin and cryptocurrency market update. Dr. Sean Dawson of Derive.xyz noted that Bitcoin (BTC) volume dropped 25% as the market seemingly reversed its panic selling. They… Read More

November 30, 2025 @ 6:32 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Wizz Financial, the Abu Dhabi-based global fintech group specializing in cross-border payments and digital wallets, in partnership with Aditum Investment Management Limited, announced the launch of MENA and India’s first gold-backed private credit strategy, fully regulated under India’s RBI framework and available via UAE-based FIs…. Read More

November 29, 2025 @ 4:39 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Paxos, the blockchain infrastructure platform, announced it has acquired Fordefi, which is described as an institutional-grade custody and wallet technology provider. Businesses have reportedly relied on Paxos for custodial infrastructure as they enter the on-chain financial economy. Digital asset market adoption continues and customers require… Read More

November 29, 2025 @ 4:38 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Robinhood (NASDAQ: HOOD) is reportedly introducing a futures and derivatives exchange and clearinghouse, deepening our investment in Prediction Markets and better positioning us to deliver various products to our customers. JB Mackenzie, VP and General Manager of Futures and International at Robinhood said that they… Read More