March 5, 2025 @ 8:43 am By Omar Faridi  |  

U.S.-based spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) finally snapped an eight-day streak of net outflows on Friday (February 28, 2025), recording a modest $94 million in net inflows. The slight turnaround was primarily driven by Ark and 21Shares’ ARKB fund, which pulled in $194 million, and… Read More

March 5, 2025 @ 8:42 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Bank of Israel released its preliminary design for the Digital Shekel System and sees public feedback. At the end of 2024, the digital shekel project reached a major milestone with the completion of a high-level design for the DS. The design document is being… Read More

March 5, 2025 @ 8:30 am By Omar Faridi  |  

PitchBook’s Q4 2024 Netherlands Market Snapshot examines the current state of the Dutch private capital market, focusing on the venture capital (VC), private equity (PE), as well as notable exit activity. Released as part of PitchBook’s ongoing analysis of global markets, the extensive research study… Read More

March 5, 2025 @ 8:19 am By Omar Faridi  |  

President Donald Trump’s recent proposal to integrate various altcoins—such as XRP, Solana (SOL), Cardano (ADA), and Ethereum (ETH)—into a national cryptocurrency strategic reserve has ignited a firestorm of debate within the crypto industry. One of the key takeaways from this is that at least it… Read More

March 4, 2025 @ 7:49 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Q2 Holdings (NYSE:QTWO), a provider of digital transformation solutions for financial services, has released the 2025 Retail Banking Trends and Priorities report, authored by Jim Marous and published by Digital Banking Report. This report details important retail banking trends and priorities, providing a roadmap for financial institutions as they navigate… Read More

March 4, 2025 @ 7:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Akur8, the insurance pricing and reserving solution powered by machine learning, announces that CompSource Mutual Insurance Company, the workers’ compensation insurance carrier in Oklahoma, has chosen Akur8’s Core Platform solution to “enhance their insurance pricing models and improve their overall pricing process.” Akur8’s Core Platform… Read More

March 4, 2025 @ 7:44 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

This past week, PassEntry announced a strategic investment led by Bonsai Partners and Acurio Ventures to strengthen its digital pass issuance and enhance integrations with point-of-sale (POS) systems worldwide. The company said it expects this investment to triple its customer base and expand into five countries… Read More

March 4, 2025 @ 7:43 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

This past Thursday, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) dismissed a significant lawsuit against Capital One and its parent company, Capital One Financial Corp, originally filed on January 14, 2025. The suit, launched just days before President Donald Trump’s inauguration, accused Capital One of depriving… Read More

March 4, 2025 @ 7:41 pm By Michael Wong  |  

UAE-based Fintech Flow48 has secured $69 million in a Series A funding round comprising debt and equity, as it seeks to scale its SME financing solutions in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). The round was led by Breega and included participation from 212,… Read More

March 4, 2025 @ 2:46 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Small Business and Entrepreneurship Council (SBE Council) says the suspension of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) Beneficial Ownership Information (BOI) mandate is a massive win for smaller firms. The CTA was aggressively pursued during the Biden Adminstration, placing an unrealistic burden on smaller firms. Yesterday, Secretary of… Read More

March 4, 2025 @ 2:29 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitcoin Suisse is pleased to announce the addition of TON (The Open Network), OP (Optimism), ENA (Ethena) and ONDO (Ondo Finance) to its comprehensive trading and custody offering. Effective immediately, Bitcoin Suisse clients are able to trade and securely store TON, OP, ENA and ONDO,… Read More

March 4, 2025 @ 2:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Northleaf Capital Partners, a global private markets investment firm, today announced that it held the final closing for Northleaf Private Credit III . In aggregate, Northleaf raised more than $1 billion in “capital commitments for NPC III and separately managed accounts that invest alongside the… Read More

March 4, 2025 @ 2:25 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Betterment Advisor Solutions (BAS), the “all-in-one” custodian for modern RIAs, has recently announced the launch of an all-digital solo 401(k), designed for independent advisors and their self-employed clients. Betterment‘s solo 401(k) is built upon its existing “record keeping system that today powers Betterment at Work.”… Read More

March 4, 2025 @ 12:06 pm By JD Alois  |  

Newsmax Inc. says it has closed its funding round involving shares of preferred stock. The company said that it had exceeded its original target of $150 million, with gross proceeds hitting $225 million. Newsmax is a news startup that provides a conservative alternative to mainstream… Read More

March 4, 2025 @ 11:36 am By JD Alois  |  

Digital banking enabler myTU says it has raised €10 Million in an oversubscribed Series A funding round. The Fintech said its original target had been €9 million. myTU raised money at a pre-money valuation of €35 million. The funding round was backed by existing investors… Read More

March 4, 2025 @ 11:27 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Flowdesk, a full-service digital asset trading and technology firm, announced the close of its $102m financing round, including equity support from existing shareholders and HV Capital as well as debt from funds and accounts managed by BlackRock. Since its launch in 2020, Flowdesk has emerged… Read More

March 4, 2025 @ 11:12 am By JD Alois  |  

  Georgia Quinn has joined Securitize as its Chief Legal Officer. Quinn, well known in the Fintech sector, previously was General Counsel at Anchorage Digital, the only federally chartered digital asset bank, but has worked at several prominent Fintechs and large law firms focusing on… Read More

March 4, 2025 @ 10:50 am By JD Alois  |  

Balderton Capital has led the seed round for Cino, a real-time payments Fintech. Connect Ventures also participated as well as Barney Hussey-Yeo (founder of Cleo). The company says the funding will support Cino’s launch in the UK. Based in Estonia, Cino was co-founded by two… Read More

March 4, 2025 @ 10:45 am By Omar Faridi  |  

As sustainable finance and financial inclusion continue to gain traction on a global scale, technology-powered solutions leveraging blockchain and Web3 are playing a key role in addressing traditional financial challenges. As part of this movement, Swiss blockchain company Fedrok AG, says it has been actively… Read More

March 4, 2025 @ 9:18 am By JD Alois  |  

Infrared has raised $16 million in funding as it aims to become the first liquidity staking protocol on Berachain. Framework Ventures led the $14 million Series A, and a previous $2.25 million strategic round led by Binance Labs, Hack VC, and NLH brings the total… Read More