July 1, 2026 @ 12:51 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Tencent Holdings, the Chinese technology firm behind the widely used WeChat ecosystem, has started limited internal testing of a new mobile application called TenPayGo. The move comes as international tourism to China continues to rebound strongly, creating fresh demand for user-friendly financial tools tailored to… Read More

June 30, 2026 @ 11:10 pm By JD Alois  |  

Edinburgh based BR-DGE has raised £10 Million. The company said the capital would help boost international growth and platform improvements and new products. Bettor Capital, a US based investor that targets the gaming industry, was mentioned as a backer. Jake Kleiner, Partner at Bettor Capital,… Read More

June 30, 2026 @ 10:16 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Mynt Inc., the parent company of the Philippines’ dominant digital wallet GCash, has formally filed paperwork for what would become the country’s largest-ever initial public offering. The move positions the fintech unicorn to raise as much as $1.5 billion by selling up to roughly 12… Read More

June 30, 2026 @ 9:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

South Korean brokerage firm Kiwoom Securities is pursuing an equity investment in Bithumb, the country’s second-largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume. The two parties are currently said to be negotiating a deal structured as a third-party private placement of newly issued shares. Under the proposed… Read More

June 30, 2026 @ 6:30 pm By JD Alois  |  

Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) is partnering with France based Spiko to support transfers utilizing dollar based stablecoin USDC. The company says that by using Coinbase Payments, Spiko has eliminated any settlement delays. Spiko’s EU T-Bills Money Market Fund and the Spiko US T-Bills Money Market Fund are… Read More

June 30, 2026 @ 5:33 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Earned Wage Access Consumer Protection Act was approved in the House Financial Services Committee on a bipartisan vote of 29-22 following a markup hearing. HR 9330 lets workers to access money they have already earned before a typical pay period. Under the legislation, while… Read More

June 30, 2026 @ 4:38 pm By JD Alois  |  

Tether, the issuer of USDT, the largest dollar based stablecoin by market cap at $184 billion, also issues USA₮ via Anchorage Digital. This is a move by Tether to please the regulatory overlords as it is managed by a federally chartered bank. Today, a report… Read More

June 30, 2026 @ 4:09 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Financial institutions worldwide are shifting from isolated AI experiments to widespread organizational deployment, according to a new World Economic Forum (WEF) report. Titled The AI Playbook for Financial Services and developed in partnership with Accenture, the publication stresses that while AI promises major efficiency and… Read More

June 30, 2026 @ 3:46 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The planned sale of Atom Bank, one of the UK’s digital challenger banks, is reportedly close to falling through. According to an update from the Financial Times, the Newcastle-based lender has been unable to attract bids at the £600 million level its shareholders had been… Read More

June 30, 2026 @ 2:24 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Phantom, the Solana cryptocurrency wallet serving more than 20 million users, has updated the infrastructure supporting its in-app prediction markets feature. Starting with positions opened on or after June 1, 2026, new trades now rely on World Prediction Markets instead of the previous Kalshi-powered system…. Read More

June 30, 2026 @ 1:05 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Blockchain analytics platform Arkham has introduced a new Elo-style rating system designed to measure the forecasting skill of traders on prediction markets, particularly those active on Polymarket. Launched on June 29, 2026, the feature aims to spotlight consistent performers by focusing on prediction accuracy rather… Read More

June 30, 2026 @ 10:13 am By JD Alois  |  

Fintechs based in France raised €680 million in equity capital for seven deals during the month of June. As shared by the France Fintech association, this brings total 2026 funding to €1.2 billion or 2.5X the previous year. For the year, the average funding was… Read More

June 30, 2026 @ 9:45 am By JD Alois  |  

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has shared “landmark crypto rules” that are said to be designed to turn the UK into a global digital asset hub. In a public statement, David Geale, Executive Director of payments and digital finance at the FCA said the… Read More

June 30, 2026 @ 9:09 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Bank of England’s Money and Credit statistics point to a noticeable slowdown in mortgage activity, with net borrowing by individuals falling to £2.9 billion from £4.4 billion in April. KPMG UK also mentioned that mortgage approvals for house purchases declined to 56,200, down from… Read More

June 30, 2026 @ 8:29 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) announced that its National Securities Clearing Corporation (NSCC) subsidiary has successfully launched extended clearing operations on a near-continuous 24×5 schedule. Clearing services now run from Sunday at 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time through Friday at 8:00 p.m. ET, enabling… Read More

June 30, 2026 @ 8:18 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The European Investment Bank (EIB) has issued its first commercial paper using distributed ledger technology (DLT) directly on Clearstream’s D7 platform. This transaction stands out as the inaugural DLT-native commercial paper issuance on the platform, demonstrating how blockchain-based tokenization can integrate seamlessly into established, regulated… Read More

June 30, 2026 @ 8:07 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Bullish (NYSE: BLSH), the Cayman Islands-based institutional digital asset platform, announced it has received approval from the Gibraltar Financial Services Commission (GFSC) to offer trading in tokenized securities. The authorization places Bullish among the earliest regulated venues worldwide permitted to facilitate trading in issuer-sponsored tokenized… Read More

June 30, 2026 @ 6:02 am By Omar Faridi  |  

A recent analysis from CoinGecko reveals just how fleeting most meme coins launched on Pump.fun really are. The Solana-based platform has lowered the barrier to token creation dramatically, enabling anyone to mint a coin with minimal cost or technical skill. Since January 2024, this has… Read More

June 30, 2026 @ 3:04 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital asset markets have come under fresh strain lately, as relatively large market-cap cryptocurrencies register meaningful losses. Dogecoin (DOGE) and Hyperliquid’s HYPE token stand out for their substantial drops during this period of broader weakness across Bitcoin and the overall crypto space. Meanwhile, investor interest… Read More

June 30, 2026 @ 2:19 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Mizrahi Tefahot Bank has become the first financial institution based in Israel to roll out a contactless system for withdrawing cash from automated teller machines. Customers can now access funds by tapping a smartphone, smartwatch, payment ring, or bracelet against the machine, eliminating the need… Read More