Fintech Funding Remained Flat in Q3 Compared to Q2 2025 with Capital Concentrating in Mega-Rounds, Report Reveals

CB Insights has released the State of Fintech Q3’25 Report as part of a collaborative effort with Money20/20. The quarterly breakdown of the trends shaping fintech’s next wave of growth have been unveiled in a comprehensive report. Some of the main takeaways from the CB… Read More

Crypto and DeFi Markets Rally, Bitcoin Mining Stocks Surge as BTC Sets All-Time High of Over $126K

Crypto and DeFi markets are surging again with fresh new momentum as we enter the final quarter of 2025. As a result of this renewed investor enthusiasm, following a slight crypto market dip in September, Bitcoin mining stocks (including those of Riot Platforms and Hive,… Read More

Bitcoin (BTC) Supply on Digital Assets Exchanges Drops to 6-Year Low : Research

Bitcoin’s (BTC) supply on centralized exchanges has recently plummeted to a six-year low of approximately 2.83 million BTC, as reported by Glassnode, reflecting a surge in self-custody trends and aggressive institutional accumulation that reduces available sell-side liquidity. This scarcity aspect has coincided with BTC breaking… Read More

Crypto-backed Loans : On-Chain Lending Protocol Morpho Reports Achieving Key Milestones

Morpho, the on-chain lending network claiming to have more than $10 billion worth of deposits, says it has delivered on key milestones from Vaults V2 to integrations with one of the world’s regulated banks and fintechs. Morpho has explained that businesses are able to connect… Read More

BNPL : PayPal to Allow US Consumers to Earn Cashback on Buy Now Pay Later Purchases

PayPal (NASDAQ: PYPL) announced that U.S. customers will be able to earn cash back on their PayPal Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) purchases between now and the end of the 2025. As the majority of consumers tend to feel more financial stress heading into this… Read More

Global Payments Fintech TerraPay Adopts Stablecoin-Native Flows with Fipto

TerraPay, the global money movement company, announced the launch of stablecoin-native flows in partnership with fipto, the regulated infrastructure layer that is enabling secure, compliant blockchain-powered treasury operations. TerraPay’s first implementation of stablecoins, carried out with assistance and participation of Fipto, began a  year ago… Read More

BNY Considers Tokenized Deposits as Blockchain based Transactions Surge

Bank of New York Mellon Corp. (BNY) (NYSE: BK), which claims to be one of the world’s largest custodian bank with over $55.8 trillion in assets under custody and administration, is said to be actively piloting tokenized deposits in order to integrate DLT / blockchain technology… Read More

Ondo Finance Announces Acquisition of Oasis Pro to Support US Tokenized Securities Ecosystem

Ondo Finance is pleased to announce the completion of its acquisition of Oasis Pro, including its SEC-registered digital assets broker-dealer, alternative trading system (ATS), and transfer agent (TA) licenses. This acquisition provides the Ondo Finance group with a “comprehensive” set of SEC registrations to provide… Read More

Digital Assets : CoinShares Introduces ETF Offering Access to Altcoins

CoinShares International Limited (OTCQX: CNSRF), a global asset manager specialising in digital assets, announced the launch of the CoinShares Altcoins ETF (ticker: DIME), a U.S. ETF designed to capture the altcoin opportunity via investors’ brokerage accounts. Spot Bitcoin and spot Ethereum ETFs are the only… Read More

Open Banking Payments : Fintech Trustly Teams Up with Acres Manufacturing Company

Trustly, a Pay by Bank service, announced a partnership with Acres Manufacturing Company. This partnership includes implementing Trustly Scan & Pay, a “holistic” cashless gaming execution powered by Trustly’s Open Banking Payments, with Acres’ Universal Payment Adapter, allowing for instant funding to any gamine machine…. Read More




European Fintech Groups, Crowdfunding Advocates Send Letter to Policymakers Regarding Financial Data Access Regulation (FIDA)

A large group of European Fintech associations, including some crowdfunding groups, has signed a letter advocating on behalf of the Financial Data Access Regulation (FIDA). The letter has been addressed to the European Commission, the European Parliament, and the Council of the EU. According to… Read More

Republic’s First Mirror Token Representing Shares in SpaceX Closes Today

Republic, the world’s largest online investment platform serving private securities, will close its first offer for a Mirror Token, which represents shares in Elon Musk’s company SpaceX. The valuation of SpaceX is around $400 billion and is one of the world’s most valuable startups. SpaceX… Read More

Innovate Finance to Work with BBC on New Series

UK Fintech advocate Innovate Finance will partner with the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) on a new Fintech series, according to a release. The production will be created by BBC StoryWorks Commercial Productions. The series is titled “Value Generation: Fintech’s Next Frontier,” and is said to… Read More

Ledger, Concordium Partner on Stablecoin Usage

Digital wallet firm Ledger will partner with Concordium on stablecoin usage, according to a company statement. Concordium is a blockchain that uses zero-knowledge proof technology for privacy while complying with regulations. The company statement explains that Concordium will offer its 1-Click Verify & Pay functionality… Read More

VisualVest Introduces Direct ETF Trading Enabled by Upvest’s Investment Infrastructure

VisualVest, a wholly owned subsidiary of Union Investment, is reportedly expanding its product offering: with SelectETF end users are now able to trade ETFs independently. The technological foundation is being provided by Berlin-headquartered Upvest, which provides its investment infrastructure via its Investment API. As explained… Read More

Talos Integrates OEMS with BlackRock’s Aladdin Platform to Enhance Institutional Digital Asset Order Management Capabilities

Talos, the provider of institutional technology and data for digital asset trading and portfolio management, announced the integration of its order and execution management system (OEMS) with Aladdin, which is BlackRock’s tech platform that unifies the investment management process. Together, Talos and BlackRock’s Aladdin will… Read More

Ransomware Operations and On-Chain Laundering Increasingly Being Enabled by AI : Research

Nine new ransomware groups have been identified in a key update shared by TRM Labs. And all of them are said to be a part of one evolving ecosystem. In their latest blog post, the team at TRM Labs examines the operations behind these emerging… Read More

Open Banking Tech from Mastercard Integrated by vobapay

vobapay, the technology partner for payment solutions with a cooperative background, and Mastercard (NYSE: MA)  are entering into a strategic partnership. As part of their latest cooperation, vobapay will aim to integrate Mastercard’s Open Banking tech into its platform. This will reportedly allows companies that… Read More

Galaxy Digital Introduces GalaxyOne, Bringing Institutional Financial Offerings to Individual Investors

Galaxy Digital Inc. (NASDAQ: GLXY) launched GalaxyOne, a financial technology platform offering U.S.-based individual investors access to so-called high yields on fiat cash, alongside crypto and equities trading in “a single digital experience.” Accredited investors are now able to access 8.00% APY via Galaxy Premium… Read More

Bitcoin Life Insurance Firm Meanwhile Announces New Funding

Meanwhile announced it raised $82 million in additional capital to meet demand from individuals seeking to protect their families and financial institutions seeking to offer bitcoin-linked savings, retirement, and life insurance products to clients. This is still a somewhat experimental area of digital assets and… Read More

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