November 27, 2025 @ 9:11 am By Omar Faridi  |  

SIX announces Leverage Shares Limited as the latest issuer of Exchange-Traded Products (ETPs) with crypto-assets as underlying. Leverage Shares is listing triple-leveraged long and short ETPs on Bitcoin and Ethereum. These products represent crypto ETPs that are now listed on a primary exchange and increase… Read More

November 27, 2025 @ 9:10 am By Omar Faridi  |  

MoonPay, the global enabler of crypto payments, has recently announced that the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) has authorized the MoonPay Trust Company, LLC, a New York Limited Purpose Trust Company (LPTC), to begin offering its services to customers. The charter authorizes… Read More

November 27, 2025 @ 5:43 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Animoca Brands announced it has received in-principle approval (IPA) from the Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA) of ADGM, the international financial center of Abu Dhabi, the Capital of the UAE, to operate as a regulated Fund Manager. Currently subject to the fulfillment of conditions and… Read More

November 26, 2025 @ 9:33 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

RateX, a Solana-based yield trading protocol, has raised $10.4 million across three funding rounds over the past two years, including a recently completed $7 million strategic round. The latest raise includes participation from Animoca Ventures, ECHO, GSR, Crypto.com Capital, Gate, Rzong Capital, BGX Capital, and… Read More

November 26, 2025 @ 4:58 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Credit cards could be one of the most common ways Canadians pay for everyday expenses, however, new research from Affirm (NASDAQ: AFRM) shows the terms and conditions behind them are among “some of the most confusing everyday documents Canadians encounter.” According to a national survey… Read More

November 26, 2025 @ 4:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

iFood and Nubank (NYSE: NU) are announcing a partnership in order to offer certain benefits to customers who pay with the Nubank credit card or via NuPay on the iFood app. Beginning on Nov 18, users will be able to take advantage of the offer… Read More

November 26, 2025 @ 4:56 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Cboe Global Markets, Inc. (Cboe: CBOE), the derivatives and securities exchange network, has recently announced plans to launch futures and options on the new Cboe Magnificent 10 Index on Dec 8, 2025, subject to regulatory review. The Cboe Magnificent 10 Index, which had reportedly launched… Read More

November 26, 2025 @ 4:55 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

CME Group, the world’s derivatives marketplace, announced that its Cryptocurrency futures and options suite achieved an all-time daily volume record of 794,903 contracts on November 21. The new high now reportedly overtakes the previous record of “728,475 contracts set on Aug 22, 2025.” Giovanni Vicioso,… Read More

November 26, 2025 @ 4:34 pm By JD Alois  |  

Klarna (NYSE:KLAR), a European Fintech that operates in the US, is planning to launch a dollar-based stablecoin. Klarna, best known for credit and payments, said it would be issuing KlarnaUSD using Stripe’s stablecoin infrastructure, “Open Issuance,” which is powered by Bridge. The stablecoin is currently… Read More

November 26, 2025 @ 4:21 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Mastercard (NYSE: MA) launched Mastercard Access Pass, a program that enables issuers and partners to deliver experiences and perks to deepen consumer connections. Debuting with the McLaren Formula 1 Team and First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB) in the UAE, Access Pass will enable FAB cardholders… Read More

November 26, 2025 @ 4:08 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is seeking nominations for its CEO Innovation Council. Applicants must be received by December 8th. Acting Chairman Caroline D. Pham aims to support ongoing innovation and updated market structure rules. The CFTC’s Crypto Sprint to implement the President’s Working… Read More

November 26, 2025 @ 4:04 pm By JD Alois  |  

Private securities marketplace EquityZen says that 2025 was a year for initial public offering (IPO) resurgence. In years prior, IPOs were pretty moribund for various reasons, but markets thawed in the past 12 months. Looking forward, EquityZens says they anticipate another solid year of public… Read More

November 26, 2025 @ 3:38 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

PayPal (NASDAQ: PYPL) has recently announced that it has enabled PayPal merchants to become discoverable within Perplexity, giving consumers the option to checkout in chat. As of now, U.S. users exploring Perplexity’s shopping experience can transition from research to purchase, leveraging PayPal’s identity verification, Purchase… Read More

November 26, 2025 @ 3:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Checkout.com, a digital payments company, announced its support for the Agentic Commerce Protocol (ACP), which is described as an open standard for AI commerce that lets AI agents, businesses work to complete purchases, powering agentic commerce for enterprise merchants. Checkout.com will support ACP, allowing merchants… Read More

November 26, 2025 @ 3:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Exodus Movement, Inc. (NYSE: EXOD), a self-custodial cryptocurrency platform, announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire W3C Corp, the parent entity of Monavate Holdings Ltd. and its subsidiaries (collectively, Monavate) and Baanx.com Ltd. and Baanx US Corp, two providers of card and… Read More

November 26, 2025 @ 12:53 pm By JD Alois  |  

Gibraltar-based Xapo Bank has announced a new Bitcoin yield product. The company says that following strong initial demand from early access individuals, the product is now available to all of their customers. The Xapo BTC Credit Fund is a product that aims to enable participants… Read More

November 26, 2025 @ 11:23 am By JD Alois  |  

The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves, revealed the Autumn Budget today, and for those anticipating multiple tax increases, the statement did not disappoint. Reeves said the government is “doubling down on its plans and the economic and fiscal strategy it set last autumn.” While… Read More

November 26, 2025 @ 9:23 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Coinbase  (NASDAQ:COIN) noted in a blog post on November 22, 2025 that they had been migrating funds from their internal legacy wallets to new wallets. According to the update from Coinbase, security is considered to be the foundation of everything they aim to do and… Read More

November 26, 2025 @ 8:46 am By JD Alois  |  

With the Autumn Budget being presented today, Judopay CEO Anant Patel is calling upon the UK government to recognize the importance of Fintech for the UK economy. Patel sees a need for collaboration in the Fintech sector that will “create jobs and wealth, supporting social… Read More

November 26, 2025 @ 8:18 am By JD Alois  |  

FCA executive director for payments and digital assets, David Geale, delivered a speech today addressing the evolving regulation of crypto, including stablecoins. Geale said they intend to create a trusted market while supporting innovation in the crypto sector. Geale declared the UK is “open for business”… Read More