May 15, 2024 @ 6:04 pm By JD Alois  |  

According to a corporate statement, Insurtech Cover Genius has raised a $80 million Series E funding round. Spark Capital led the round, which was supported by existing investors Dawn Capital, King River Capital, and G Squared. Cover Genius said that it has experienced 107% year-over-year… Read More

May 15, 2024 @ 4:57 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Hashgraph Association (THA) has revealed a partnership with the Qatar Financial Centre to launch a Digital Assets Venture Studio. The goal is to support regulatory compliant DeFi solutions and digital assets leveraging Hashgraph. The Venture Studio will commit $50 million to startups over the… Read More

May 15, 2024 @ 4:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Sally Meouche-Ghrawi, Executive Board Member of eSync Network, recently shared her views and insights regarding the importance of RWA (real-world assets) tokenization and the rise of blockchain technology. Sally Meouche discusses the potential benefits of leveraging distributed ledger technology (DLT) to streamline key processes. Our… Read More

May 15, 2024 @ 4:10 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Tether Operations Limited, the largest company in the digital asset industry, announces the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with RAK Digital Assets Oasis (RAK DAO), which is the first step towards the launch of several strategic initiatives to help foster the adoption of… Read More

May 15, 2024 @ 2:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Trulioo, an identity platform with proven global coverage for person and business verification, announced the appointment of David Liu as senior vice president of fraud & risk. Liu will lead the Fraud & Risk team at Trulioo with “the charge of cementing the company’s position… Read More

May 15, 2024 @ 1:10 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Blockdaemon officially announces expansion into the United Arab Emirates (UAE), with a new office and corporate entity established in Abu Dhabi under the Registration Authority of Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM). With this expansion, Blockdaemon will now “offer institutional-grade node and validator infrastructure solutions, and… Read More

May 15, 2024 @ 12:02 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Ripple and Peersyst will leverage evmOS in order to further develop and enhance the XRP Ledger (XRPL) EVM sidechain, which is currently in Devnet. The XRPL EVM sidechain will be “built leveraging evmOS — a modular and customizable tech stack offered by Evmos.” evmOS enables… Read More

May 15, 2024 @ 11:28 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Adyen (AMS: ADYEN), the financial technology platform of “choice” for companies, announces a partnership with Cotti Coffee for their global expansion, bringing their brews to customers in Canada, Australia, Japan, Singapore, and their newest market – the United Arab Emirates. The coffee chain, which is… Read More

May 15, 2024 @ 10:34 am By JD Alois  |  

Nets, part of Nexi Group – a Paytech, has formed a partnership with Klarna to offer buy now pay later (BNPL) services. Nets is an AI-powered global payments network and shopping assistant. Klarna works with over half a million global retailers to facilitate transactions and… Read More

May 15, 2024 @ 10:27 am By JD Alois  |  

LendInvest, a Fintech offering financing for property developments, has boosted its BTL (Buy to Let) product and mortgages for homebuyers. According to the company, it has expanded its BTL product range with 80% LTV, and reduced rates by up to 15bps across itsrange, with rates… Read More

May 15, 2024 @ 9:28 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Galaxy Digital Holdings Ltd. (TSX: GLXY) released financial results for the three months ended March 31, 2024, for both itself and Galaxy Digital Holdings LP. Galaxy says that it continues “to work on completing its proposed reorganization and domestication to become a Delaware-incorporated company and… Read More

May 15, 2024 @ 9:01 am By Omar Faridi  |  

More than one-third of American consumers have been victimized by fraud while using gig economy platforms, like delivery and ride-sharing apps, according to a new report from TransUnion (NYSE: TRU). This represents a 21% increase from its last survey of gig-economy consumers in July 2023…. Read More

May 15, 2024 @ 8:58 am By Omar Faridi  |  

bunq, which claims to be one of the largest neobanks in Europe, has taken a significant step forward to upgrade its user-facing AI assistant, Finn, to be fully conversational. The challenger has also “rolled out its worldwide one-time activation travel insurance, in partnership with Qover,… Read More

May 15, 2024 @ 8:22 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Paxos, the regulated blockchain and tokenization infrastructure platform, announced it has added J. Christopher Giancarlo, former Chairman of the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), to its board of directors. A key figure in the financial services industry, and a passionate blockchain technology advocate,… Read More

May 15, 2024 @ 8:20 am By Omar Faridi  |  

In April, investors allocated a total of €963K  across 35 agricultural projects via the HeavyFinance platform. As of the end of April 2024, a significant sum of €54.62 million was “issued in loans since the inception of the company.” A positive trend worthy of mentioning… Read More

May 15, 2024 @ 8:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Open Property Data Association supports the standardization of open property data to streamline the homebuying process for buyers, sellers, estate agents and solicitors with its trust framework – another example of #datasharing that will benefit the UK economy. The Open Property Data Association supports… Read More

May 15, 2024 @ 8:10 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Robinhood (NASDAQ:HOOD), which recently received a Wells Notice from the SEC, has announced a series of new features offered by Robinhood Crypto specifically designed for its customers in Europe, including staking, localized apps, crypto rewards for new customers, and updated Learn & Earn modules. These… Read More

May 15, 2024 @ 8:04 am By Omar Faridi  |  

On May 13, 2024, President Biden issued an order prohibiting the purchase and requiring the divestment of certain real estate operating as a cryptocurrency mining facility located within one mile of Francis E. Warren Air Force Base (F.E. Warren AFB). The order also requires the… Read More

May 15, 2024 @ 7:20 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Project Agorá, launched by the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), a group of leading central banks and the Institute of International Finance (IIF), is requesting the private sector to join its exploration of how tokenization can enhance the functioning of wholesale cross-border payments. The call… Read More

May 14, 2024 @ 10:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

OakNorth, the digital bank for entrepreneurs, by entrepreneurs, has provided an initial £25m loan to Blue Shield Capital, a property lending firm committed to simplifying bridge lending. Launched in 2020, by co-founders Gil Ulrich and Jonathan Hitter, Blue Shield primarily underwrites senior bridging loans “backed… Read More