April 9, 2025 @ 10:59 am By JD Alois  |  

The French Autorité des Marché Financiers (AMF) and the Italian Commissione Nazionale per le Società e la Borsa (CONSAB), have joined to submit recommendations to the Europea Commission pertaining to the usage of blockchain or distributed ledger technology (DLT). The AMF shares that the European… Read More

April 9, 2025 @ 10:42 am By Omar Faridi  |  

SEI (NASDAQ:SEIC) announced that SEI Investments (Europe) Limited will partner with Ctrl Alt, a tokenization platform, and participate in the Bank of England’s Digital Securities Sandbox (DSS). The DSS aims to facilitate innovation in market infrastructure and protect financial stability and market integrity by “evaluating… Read More

April 9, 2025 @ 10:40 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Hedera has recently announced that the Chainlink standard for cross-chain interoperability is live on mainnet. Developers can leverage the Chainlink Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP) to build apps that can transfer tokens, “send messages, and initiate actions across the multi-chain economy.” Chainlink CCIP supports 46+ other… Read More

April 9, 2025 @ 10:37 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Global investment company Aberdeen announces that £3bn of pension scheme policies have transferred from Phoenix Life Limited to abrdn Life and Pensions Limited. The transfer relates to a specific book of business “where the policyholders are typically pension scheme trustees.” It highlights the strength and ambition of… Read More

April 9, 2025 @ 10:29 am By JD Alois  |  

Tokenized funds have risen by almost 400% during the past year, according to Moody’s. Tokenization typically refers to digital securities. The tokenization of an asset brings improved efficiencies and characteristics to the asset. The report states that the market capitalization of tokenized funds stands at… Read More

April 9, 2025 @ 10:09 am By JD Alois  |  

Global markets have been in upheaval since President Trump’s Liberation Day, which slapped tariffs on just about all trading partners. Volatility has been spurred by market rumors as the message from the White House has been mixed. At times, it appears that the Trump White… Read More

April 9, 2025 @ 8:07 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Anchorage Digital, the U.S. federally chartered digital asset bank, is announcing that it has deepened its relationship with BlackRock to provide digital asset custody in order to meet growing digital asset demand from retail and institutional clients. Anchorage Digital Bank N.A. is being named “an… Read More

April 9, 2025 @ 8:06 am By Omar Faridi  |  

NatWest has announced a minority investment in Yonder, a credit card platform that provides customer experiences through “lifestyle-led rewards.” Yonder provides a financial lifestyle platform “that brings together people, money and experiences.” Predominantly targeting young professionals and expats, their platform offers its members “a range… Read More

April 9, 2025 @ 8:05 am By Omar Faridi  |  

New research from PensionBee reveals that almost half of older savers don’t fully trust using artificial intelligence (AI) to help manage their finances. A nationally representative survey of 1,000 UK adults explored “attitudes towards AI in pension customer support.” The research findings reveal that 45%… Read More

April 8, 2025 @ 10:16 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Shawbrook has provided an eight-figure revolving credit facility to bridging lender Bluecroft Finance, supporting the company’s expansion as it continues to grow its presence in the UK lending market. The revolving credit facility includes an accordion feature that “allows for a potential 50% expansion, offering… Read More

April 8, 2025 @ 6:29 pm By JD Alois  |  

Tomorrow, April 8, 2025, the Subcommittee on Digital Assets, Fintech and AI, part of the House Financial Services Committee, will hold a hearing to discuss digital assets and securities. While the hearing memo is rather brief, there is a dire need to update existing securities… Read More

April 8, 2025 @ 4:43 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Global fintech Airwallex announced that it now enables businesses to receive and hold funds in Israeli Shekels (ILS) through its Global Accounts and multi-currency wallet. The offering enables Israeli and global Airwallex customers to open accounts, facilitating transactions “in ILS via the Israeli payment network.”… Read More

April 8, 2025 @ 3:47 pm By JD Alois  |  

Ripple has acquired Hidden Road Partners for $1.25 billion. Hidden Road is a prime brokerage that enables FX, digital assets, derivatives, synthetics, and more. Ripple is a digital asset platform probably best known for the issuance of XRP, a crypto for value transfer. This, as… Read More

April 8, 2025 @ 2:44 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

In a significant move within the blockchain and cryptocurrency space, Cap, a stablecoin company, has secured $11 million in seed funding from a group of  investors, including asset management firm Franklin Templeton. The investment round also attracted participation from trading firm Susquehanna, investment firm Triton… Read More

April 8, 2025 @ 2:40 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

SOL Strategies Inc., a Canadian company dedicated to investing in and providing infrastructure for the Solana blockchain ecosystem, released its March 2025 operational update. Leah Wald, CEO, stated: “March represented a significant month for SOL Strategies, marked by our strategic acquisition of Laine’s validator network… Read More

April 8, 2025 @ 12:32 pm By JD Alois  |  

Chi-Chi’s, once a popular Mexican restaurant that emerged in the 70’s only to disappear in 2004, may emerge once again. That is if an attempt to reanimate the brand is successful. Raising money on StartEngine, Chi-Chi’s reborn has attracted the support of 360 investors, with… Read More

April 8, 2025 @ 12:06 pm By JD Alois  |  

Cybersecurity for crypto firm Octane has announced a $6.75 million seed round as it emerges from stealth mode. Winklevoss Capital and Archetype led the funding round. Other investors include Gemini, Circle, Legion Capital, Druid Ventures, Duke Capital Partners, and strategic angels Balaji Srinivasan, Sina Habibian,… Read More

April 8, 2025 @ 11:56 am By JD Alois  |  

Apollo Funds has committed money to back Plume, according to a note from the company. Deal terms were not revealed. Plume is a blockchain built specifically for Real World Assets or RWAs. Plume says it is building an EVM compatible environment to transform traditional financial… Read More

April 8, 2025 @ 11:48 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Euroclear is pleased to announce its participation in the Hong Kong Monetary Authority’s (HKMA) Project Ensemble. Project Ensemble, launched in March 2024, is a HKMA initiative aimed at fostering and “shaping the tokenization ecosystem in Hong Kong.” This project brings together professionals and industry veterans… Read More

April 8, 2025 @ 11:12 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Twinstake has joined the IOTA Genesis Validator Set, which is described as an institutional-grade staking solution for a “secure future.” When the IOTA Foundation selected its Genesis Validators for IOTA Rebased, it wasn’t just seeking network participants—it was curating what it claims is the “bedrock”… Read More