October 16, 2025 @ 8:56 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Mastercard (NYSE: MA) announced Merchant Cloud, a payments platform that brings together various services from Mastercard and its partners, helping firms navigate the complexities of commerce, supporting their ongoing expansion efforts into new markets and delivering enhanced experiences for end-users. The platform provides “scheme-agnostic” solutions… Read More

October 16, 2025 @ 7:52 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Earlier this year, Kaspersky’s Global Research and Analysis Team (GReAT) identified a campaign by the ‘Mysterious Elephant’ APT. The group mainly targets government entities as well as foreign affairs organizations across the APAC area, with a particular focus on Pakistan, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka… Read More

October 16, 2025 @ 4:41 pm By JD Alois  |  

The US Department of the Treasury and the UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office (FCDO) have jointly taken action to address a pig butchering operation in Cambodia. The online affinity scams frequently utilize crypto to steal funds from their targets. Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets… Read More

October 16, 2025 @ 3:28 pm By JD Alois  |  

Digital asset firm Ripple has acquired GTreasury, a company that provides treasury services to CFOs and Treasurers. According to a release, Ripple purchased the firm for $1 billion. Brad Garlinghouse, CEO of Ripple, said the combination of the two firms will bring the best of… Read More

October 16, 2025 @ 3:18 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital assets and investing platform Kraken has announced it has acquired Small Exchange, which is described as a CFTC-licensed Designated Contract Market (DCM), from IG Group., for $100 million. According to Kraken, this latest update aims to establish the foundation for the crypto trading platform… Read More

October 16, 2025 @ 3:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Alpaca, a self-clearing broker-dealer that offers stocks, ETFs, options, and fixed income, announced its acceptance as a Nasdaq Exchange Member. This update helps to further strengthen Alpaca’s operations in the US market and reflects its ongoing progression toward building resilient, in-house, full-stack brokerage infrastructure. Nasdaq… Read More

October 16, 2025 @ 3:05 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Lumera Protocol, the AI-first Layer-1 blockchain evolved from Pastel Network, this week announced the rollout of the Lumera Hub, a dedicated user and developer interface that serves as the gateway to the Lumera ecosystem. The launch follows Lumera’s recent mainnet debut and introduces a streamlined,… Read More

October 16, 2025 @ 2:51 pm By Andrew Corn  |  

With the federal government now shut down, the continued closure of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has become more than an inconvenience—it’s an economic threat. Treating the SEC as “non-essential” is a serious mistake that undermines investor protection, halts capital formation, and stalls the… Read More

October 16, 2025 @ 2:35 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) has provided a provision bank charter to Erebor Bank, the first de novo national bank charter issued under the current administration. Erebor Bank is a digital asset-friendly bank that has the support of some big names,… Read More

October 16, 2025 @ 12:12 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Visa Inc. (NYSE: V) has introduced Trusted Agent Protocol, forming a foundational framework for agentic commerce that allows for more secure communication between AI agents and merchants. Trusted Agent Protocol aims to address the challenges facing agent-driven commerce, ushering in an era where AI is… Read More

October 16, 2025 @ 11:02 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Crypto investors got the scare of their lives last weekend. That, Bhutan’s move to the blockchain, and asset investment dominated Web3 minds this week. Crypto investors get early Halloween scare “The bloodbath we saw in markets over the weekend is a brutal reminder that, as… Read More

October 16, 2025 @ 10:33 am By JD Alois  |  

Initially scheduled for tomorrow, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Crypto Task Force meeting on privacy and surveillance has been postponed. The SEC has posted a notice stating that, due to a lapse in appropriations, the gathering will be rescheduled for a later date. The… Read More

October 16, 2025 @ 10:27 am By JD Alois  |  

Crowd Street, formerly a real estate investment platform and now a private securities marketplace offering a range of investments to its customers, has added Brad Coleman to its Board of Directors. Coleman is described as a “global leader in alternative asset management. Coleman is currently… Read More

October 16, 2025 @ 10:08 am By JD Alois  |  

The Jito Foundation has received a $50 million investment from a16z in a private token sale, according to a company statement. Jito aims to maximize scalability and economic value on Solana, supporting Solana’s goal of being the home of Internet Capital Markets. Brian Smith, President… Read More

October 16, 2025 @ 9:57 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Ascenda, the loyalty company that enables growth for the world’s financial institutions, has recently announced its partnership with bunq, Europe’s neobanking platform which now also focuses on enabling crypto adoption. The latest collaboration aims to enhance bunq’s loyalty program, unlocking rewards that enable its users’… Read More

October 16, 2025 @ 8:26 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital bank Revolut recently announced the acquisition of Swifty, an AI-powered travel agent startup incubated at Lufthansa Innovation Hub (LIH). This latest acquisition by Revolut brings Swifty’s AI tech and Co Founders Stanislav Bondarenko and Tomasz Przedmojski to Revolut, where they will focus on enhancing… Read More

October 16, 2025 @ 8:22 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) has noted that Bitcoin (BTC), the flagship cryptocurrency, is increasingly being recognized as a global monetary alternative to the US dollar and gold, solidifying its role as a store of value and reserve asset. As more investors choose to denominate their savings in… Read More

October 16, 2025 @ 8:21 am By Omar Faridi  |  

CAIS, the alternative investment platform for financial advisors, announced it has entered into a strategic partnership with LODAS Markets to introduce a secondary marketplace for private funds. The alliance will integrate LODAS’ secondary trading tech into the CAIS platform, offering financial advisors with an avenue… Read More

October 16, 2025 @ 8:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Adyen (AMS: ADYEN), the global financial technology platform for businesses, and SAP, one of the world’s enterprise software providers, have announced the go-live of the SAP Commerce Cloud, Open Payment Framework (OPF). This payment solution is designed to remove the need for manual payment integrations and… Read More

October 16, 2025 @ 8:16 am By Omar Faridi  |  

European challenger bank Lunar recently announced that it has been authorized as a Crypto-Asset Service Provider (CASP) under the EU’s new Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) regulation, making its crypto platform Lunar Block one of the “first” in Scandinavia to operate under this particular license. According… Read More