October 19, 2025 @ 4:13 pm By Michael Wong  |  

Canada has committed more than C$3 million ($2.1 million) over five years to an Industrial Research Chair in Tokenization at École de technologie supérieure (ÉTS), backing work on advanced tokenization and decentralized federated learning led by Professor Kaiwen Zhang and industry partner T-RIZE Group. The… Read More

October 19, 2025 @ 4:12 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Paxos reported earlier this week that it mistakenly minted excess PYUSD as part of an internal transfer. Paxos confirmed that it immediately identified the error and burned the excess PYUSD. According to the company, this was simply an “internal technical error” and that there was… Read More

October 19, 2025 @ 4:10 pm By Michael Wong  |  

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) launched BLOOM, short for Borderless, Liquid, Open, Online, Multi-currency, a new industry initiative to extend settlement options for financial institutions using tokenised bank liabilities and well-regulated stablecoins while applying standardised risk controls. MAS said BLOOM will work with banks… Read More

October 19, 2025 @ 4:09 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

CB Insights has released the latest Insurtech 50 list of the world’s most promising or high-potential insurtech startups. The companies that have been selected are said to have a success probability among the international top 3% of private firms, indicated by a median CB Insights’… Read More

October 19, 2025 @ 11:12 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Flywire (Nasdaq: FLYW), a global payments enablement and software company, recently expanded its partnership with Workday. It will integrate Flywire’s payments and software platform with Workday Student, a student information system (SIS) that automates and streamlines student operations, financials, academic planning, and registration. Now a Workday Certified… Read More

October 19, 2025 @ 10:10 am By Michael Wong  |  

KLIQ, a Saudi-built influencer marketing platform powered by proprietary AI, said it raised $2.25 million in seed funding led by Sanabil Venture Studio, a subsidiary of Sanabil Investments, in partnership with corporate venture builder Stryber. The company said the funding will help it address common… Read More

October 19, 2025 @ 6:43 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Blackstone (NYSE: BX) has recently announced the launch of a dedicated business unit that will be focused on broadening access to private markets for retirement savers through defined contribution plans. The business division sits within Blackstone’s Private Wealth business. Heather von Zuben was named Global… Read More

October 18, 2025 @ 10:30 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Dublin based Regtech firm Fenergo, the provider of client lifecycle management (CLM), Know your Customer (KYC) and transaction monitoring (TM) solutions announces that Adepa, a provider of global asset servicing solutions, deployed its software to streamline investor onboarding and enhance compliance across Adepa’s operations, beginning… Read More

October 18, 2025 @ 10:29 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

iCapital is bringing a private credit solution offered by BlackRock to market in Canada. This initiative introduces an evergreen investment vehicle designed for accredited investors, available through advisor channels with both CAD-hedged and USD-denominated options. This launch marks the first time Canadian wealth managers and… Read More

October 18, 2025 @ 10:28 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Sonatype, a provider of AI-centric DevSecOps, this week released the Open Source Malware Index, Q3 2025, which analyzed 34,319 open source malware packages discovered by Sonatype across major open source registries, including npm, PyPI, Hugging Face, and more. This quarter’s count brings the total number of… Read More

October 18, 2025 @ 10:26 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Crypto exchange Gemini (NASDAQ:GEMI) noted that on September 30, 2025, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that certain state-chartered trust firms may serve as custodians for digital assets, referencing the Investment Company Act and Advisers Act. Gemini pointed out that the statement went… Read More

October 18, 2025 @ 10:25 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) recently announced that its Business services division has introduced global payouts and payment links, allowing businesses to send and receive stablecoin USDC with competitive fees, instant settlement, and global reach. These tools aim to simplify vendor payments, eliminate chargebacks, and offer seamless API… Read More

October 18, 2025 @ 10:24 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Figment announced that they have acquired Rated, the provider of staking and validator analytics. By joining with Figment, they can carry forward and scale the important work that the Rated team has done in ore to bring more clarity, standards, and maturity to the digital… Read More

October 18, 2025 @ 10:23 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Nova Credit has raised $35 million in Series D funding, led by Socium Ventures along with contributions from existing investors Canapi Ventures, Kleiner Perkins, General Catalyst, Index Ventures, Y Combinator, NAVentures, National Bank of Canada’s corporate venture capital arm, Harmonic Growth Partners, Radiate Capital, and… Read More

October 18, 2025 @ 10:14 am By Omar Faridi  |  

There are now around 241,700 people with Bitcoin and cryptocurrency holdings worth $1 million or more, which is up a considerable 40% from the past year, according to Henley & Partners and New World Wealth. As first reported by CNBC, there are 450 crypto centimillionaires,… Read More

October 18, 2025 @ 10:13 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital bank Revolut’s growth to more than 65 million users across 38 markets indicates how digital-first banks are transforming global finance. But the Fintech firm’s wait for a full UK banking license exposes a seemingly more pressing issue: how regulatory authorities adapt traditional frameworks to… Read More

October 18, 2025 @ 10:10 am By Michael Wong  |  

The U.K.’s tax agency is turning up the heat on crypto traders, more than doubling the number of warning notices it sent to suspected underpayers in the latest tax year as digital-asset ownership swells. HM Revenue & Customs dispatched almost 65,000 so-called “nudge letters” in… Read More

October 18, 2025 @ 10:09 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Monzo, the digital bank serving business customers, is helping simplify tax filing for sole traders and landlords with a new tool that lets them file directly to HMRC from their Monzo Business bank account. Built in partnership with Sage, the tool is designed to help sole… Read More

October 18, 2025 @ 10:00 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Figure (NASDAQ:FIGR) introduced its AI-powered Debt Service Coverage Ratio (DSCR) loan platform, expanding its blockchain-powered capital marketplace into one of the fastest-growing — and “most underserved” — segments of housing finance.  As competition increases and demand for efficiency rises, the platform brings automation to a… Read More

October 17, 2025 @ 6:04 pm By JD Alois  |  

SALT Lending, a crypto-backed lender, has received state approval to offer consumer and commercial digital asset-backed loans in the state of Nevada. The company states that it is one of the first licensed crypto lenders in the state. Residents in Nevada can now unlock liquidity… Read More