May 31, 2025 @ 3:15 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The artificial intelligence (AI) evolution is reshaping industries, and the world’s top three cloud providers—Amazon, Microsoft, and Alphabet—are at the forefront of this transformation. As AI workloads surge, these cloud providers are investing to capture market share and monetize the demand for computing power. According… Read More

May 31, 2025 @ 3:12 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

NatWest has advised Birmingham Airport in a £230m debt raise across banks and institutional investors. NatWest has acted as Sole Debt Advisor and Sole Private Placement Agent to Birmingham Airport, “supporting the structuring and execution of a new £150 million Capex facility and £80m institutional… Read More

May 31, 2025 @ 3:11 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Sweden’s central bank, Sveriges Riksbank, highlighted growing concerns over global financial stability driven by sharp shifts in U.S. trade and security policies. These abrupt changes have triggered significant market volatility and heightened uncertainty, posing risks to both Swedish and global financial systems. Coupled with this,… Read More

May 31, 2025 @ 3:10 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

AMPC, or anonymized multi-party computation, has launched.  It is the open source quantum secure multi-party computation (SMPC) setup from World that “anonymizes and securely protects the iris codes of orb-verified World ID holders.” It leverages NVIDIA H100 GPUs as the main compute platform “to enable… Read More

May 31, 2025 @ 3:08 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Banco Central do Brasil (BCB) announced a significant update to its regulatory framework, aimed at bolstering financial inclusion and modernizing access to banking services across Brazil. This move reflects the BCB’s ongoing commitment to fostering a more inclusive, efficient, and accessible financial system, particularly… Read More

May 31, 2025 @ 3:05 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Blockdaemon announces institutional support for ZKsync and the ZKsync stack. In a new blog post, the digital assets and blockchain- focused firm confirmed its support for institutional ZKsync Stack solutions. Since 2024, Blockdaemon has been providing ZKsync nodes with significant uptime and reliability. Now, Blockdaemon… Read More

May 30, 2025 @ 5:42 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Division of Economic and Risk Analysis (DERA), has published a report on Regulation A (Reg A) alongside a document reviewing Reg CF. The report states that since Reg A was updated under the JOBS Act of 2012, over 800… Read More

May 30, 2025 @ 4:11 pm By JD Alois  |  

Trump Media (NASDAQ:DJT) has closed on a private placement raising $2.44 billion in new capital. The funds will be utilized to pursue a Bitcoin treasury strategy. The funds raised included $1.44 in equity capital, at a price of $25.72 per share, and $1 billion in… Read More

May 30, 2025 @ 3:55 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Payment technology firm, Tribe Payments, has announced a strategic partnership with global Treasury Operating System (TOS), Finmo, to deliver integrated, end-to-end payment and treasury services to banking and fintech clients across key growth markets – notably Asia-Pacific (APAC) and Europe. The partnership combines Tribe’s issuer… Read More

May 30, 2025 @ 3:44 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

FX hedging specialist, MillTech, has launched a new cash management solution, in partnership with BlackRock’s CacheMatrix, to help investment managers and global corporates “optimise their excess cash.” Its solution automates cash investments and enhances returns “through direct access to an integrated marketplace of tier-1 money… Read More

May 30, 2025 @ 3:36 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

In the face of ongoing economic uncertainties and looming tariff concerns, the e-commerce enablement sector experienced a significant resurgence in venture capital (VC) dealmaking during the first quarter of 2025. According to a recent PitchBook report, Q1 2025 marked the sector’s most active period since… Read More

May 30, 2025 @ 3:07 pm By Paul Brody  |  

  Enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems have become immensely important because they allow companies to scale up with consistent execution and planning. These systems connect demand plans to procurement, supply chain operations, invoicing, payments, and human resources, and they are the machinery that makes sure… Read More

May 30, 2025 @ 2:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The level of identity fraud prevented in the first three months of the year has soared by 10%, insights from Experian reveal. Nearly £130 million of third-party fraud “was stopped by financial institutions in Q1 of 2025, up from £118 million compared to the same… Read More

May 30, 2025 @ 2:34 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Global venture capital investments developed robustly in the first quarter of 2025. This is shown by the new Venture Pulse from KPMG, for which the global venture capital market is regularly evaluated. Global investments reached a new high in the first three months of the… Read More

May 30, 2025 @ 2:33 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Investment firms licensed by the MFSA are expected to update their policies and procedures to be in line with EU rules and guidelines, particularly on their advisory processes “linked to customers’ sustainable preferences.” These expectations correspond with one of the MFSA’s priorities “to increase awareness… Read More

May 30, 2025 @ 12:58 pm By JD Alois  |  

DealMaker, a tech-enabled online investment platform serving the full stack of securities exemptions, is now accepting stablecoin transactions. In a widely distributed email, CEO and co-founder Rebecca Kacaba said that following the clarification by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that stablecoins are not securities,… Read More

May 30, 2025 @ 12:40 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

This week, Velocity, a financial infrastructure platform, announced a $10 million pre-seed funding round. It was led by Activant Capital, with participation from Fuel Ventures, Triton Capital, Fabric Ventures, Commerce Ventures, and Preface Ventures. Strategic shareholders include current or former executives from Stripe, Worldpay, Visa,… Read More

May 30, 2025 @ 12:36 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Shakepay Inc. recently noted that their CIRO-regulated securities dealer has officially joined Payments Canada. Shakepay also mentioned that they are joining an “exclusive” group of fintechs, and this milestone marks a significant step “towards bridging the gap between the crypto industry and traditional finance in… Read More

May 30, 2025 @ 12:16 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Starting January 1, 2026, the UK will implement stringent new tax regulations for cryptocurrency firms under the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development’s (OECD) Crypto-Asset Reporting Framework (CARF). These rules, enforced by His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC), aim to enhance tax transparency, curb tax… Read More

May 30, 2025 @ 12:13 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Circle, the issuer of USD Coin (USDC), is making significant strides to enhance the security and efficiency of global financial transactions. Two recent developments—the introduction of a graph-based approach to blockchain fraud prevention and the launch of the Circle Payments Network (CPN)—highlight Circle’s commitment to… Read More