April 6, 2025 @ 5:16 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Erwin Voloder, Head of Policy, European Blockchain Association, shared that Nethermind and PwC Germany have released report on the important role of token standards and what they mean for scaling up institutional adoption. The bulk of the report cuts “across token standards and their relationship… Read More

April 6, 2025 @ 5:14 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Kraken has officially obtained a Restricted Dealer registration in Canada, reaffirming its commitment to serving Canadian crypto investors while adhering to “enhanced investor protection guidance for crypto exchanges.” Kraken also welcomes Cynthia Del Pozo as their new General Manager for North America. Cynthia will lead… Read More

April 6, 2025 @ 5:13 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The cryptocurrency and blockchain sectors have witnessed considerable activity in early 2025, with significant financial moves, regulatory shifts under the Trump Administration, as well as technological advancements shaping the landscape. From Clanker’s $13 million earnings in just five months to the US Securities and Exchange… Read More

April 6, 2025 @ 5:09 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

ImpactA Global announces it has mobilized over $200 million to drive sustainable infrastructure investment in emerging markets. This milestone underscores ImpactA’s approach to closing the infrastructure financing gap while delivering “measurable impact in climate transition and inequality reduction.” ImpactA Global, a private credit firm, focuses… Read More

April 6, 2025 @ 12:59 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Schroders Capital’s Infrastructure team in Asia announces the first close of a China renewable energy strategy following a $100 million anchor investment commitment from Apple. The actively-managed strategy targets renewable infrastructure investments in late-stage development and construction wind and solar assets “across China, aiming to… Read More

April 5, 2025 @ 6:37 pm By Michael Wong  |  

Thailand’s Digital Economy and Society (DES) Ministry will present two draft laws — the Royal Decree on Digital Assets and the Royal Decree on Cybercrime Prevention and Suppression — for Cabinet approval on April 8, with expectations that the laws could come into force before… Read More

April 5, 2025 @ 4:06 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The global venture capital landscape in Q1 2025 has split sharply into two worlds: artificial intelligence (AI) and everything else. According to PitchBook’s latest First Look datasets, AI continues to dominate VC funding, claiming an unprecedented 57.9% of total capital deployed worldwide. This surge was… Read More

April 5, 2025 @ 3:05 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Preqin, an independent provider of private markets data, recently released its Alternatives in North America 2025 report. The report estimates show that North American private capital growth slowed as both fundraising and performance “continue to come off previous highs from 2021 and 2022.” Regardless, the… Read More

April 5, 2025 @ 2:35 pm By Michael Wong  |  

Non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace X2Y2 will shut down its trading platform on April 30, 2025, ending a three-year run amid declining volumes and intensifying competition in the digital collectibles market. The platform’s front-end interface will go offline, though its smart contracts will remain active, allowing… Read More

April 5, 2025 @ 2:02 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

A report from FX-as-a-Service provider, MillTechFX, has revealed that over four-fifths (86%) of fund managers hedge their foreign exchange (FX), providing them with a “degree of protection from increased currency volatility due to rising geopolitical uncertainty.” The MillTechFX Global FX Report 2025 analyzes the findings… Read More

April 5, 2025 @ 1:55 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

The fifteenth edition of its annual LexisNexis True Cost of Fraud Study: E-commerce and Retail Report – US and Canada Edition reveals merchants pay nearly $5 in costs for every $1 they are defrauded. The report, based on a survey of 569 fraud and risk executives,… Read More

April 5, 2025 @ 1:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

In its March 2025 edition of Bobby’s Crypto Aggregate, CoinGecko dives into a crypto market grappling with macroeconomic turbulence and fierce competition between centralized and decentralized exchanges. Authored by Bobby Ong, the research report captures a pivotal moment in Q1 2025, where President Donald Trump’s… Read More

April 5, 2025 @ 1:39 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

A new report from MoneyLion and Mastercard identifies links between financial, physical and mental wellness. It suggests that proper financial literacy tools could have benefits beyond the bank account. The report is part of the MoneyLion x Mastercard Health is Wealth campaign, which coincides with Financial Literacy Month and Physical… Read More

April 5, 2025 @ 1:37 pm By Michael Wong  |  

The International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, is providing a $42 million equivalent debt financing package to Agricover Credit IFN, Romania’s largest non-bank financial institution focused on agriculture, to improve access to funding for micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs)… Read More

April 4, 2025 @ 9:50 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

CloudBolt Software, a cloud cost management provider, has acquired StormForge, a provider of machine learning-powered Kubernetes resource optimization. CloudBolt first partnered with StormForge in early 2024, when the company became the inaugural member of CloudBolt’s Technical Alliance Program (TAP). With this acquisition, CloudBolt will fully… Read More

April 4, 2025 @ 4:59 pm By JD Alois  |  

The House Financial Services Committee, Subcommittee on Digital Assets, Fintech and AI, has scheduled a hearing for April 9, 2025, to discuss tokenization or digital securities. The hearing is entitled: American Innovation and the Future of Digital Assets: Aligning the US Securities Laws for the… Read More

April 4, 2025 @ 4:43 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Division of Corporate Finance (CorpFin), has issued a statement on stablecoins. During the last administration, the SEC’s position was that pretty much all crypto was deemed to be securities. Bitcoin was an exception, and perhaps Ethereum. Things have changed… Read More

April 4, 2025 @ 3:52 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Contrary to predictions that fintech innovations like robo advisors and artificial intelligence (AI) would “diminish the role of human financial advisors,” JDPower data indicates otherwise. According to the J.D. Power 2025 Canada Investor Satisfaction Study, younger do-it-yourself (DIY) investors in Canada—once “thought to be leading… Read More

April 4, 2025 @ 3:43 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The EY organization announces it has updated the public domain source code for Nightfall1, a layer-2 roll-up that enables private transactions on the public Ethereum blockchain and the “development of privacy-focused enterprise blockchain solutions.” This updated version of Nightfall replaces the optimistic roll-up with a… Read More

April 4, 2025 @ 3:31 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Capital Banking Solutions, an integrator of banking solutions, is partnering with SIX Group, a key player in financial market infrastructure in Switzerland, providing services in securities transactions, financial information, and payments. This partnership is part of the evolution of CapitalPrivate, their digitalization platform dedicated to… Read More