July 5, 2024 @ 8:28 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The European Banking Authority (EBA) issued new Guidelines on the so-called ‘travel rule’, i.e. the information that should accompany transfers of funds and certain crypto assets. This rule will help tackle “the abuse of such transfers for money laundering and terrorist financing purposes.” The Guidelines… Read More

July 5, 2024 @ 8:25 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Banque de France (BDF) and the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) are pleased to announce their collaboration relating to wholesale central bank digital currency (wCBDC). The BDF and the HKMA have been “maintaining a close partnership in promoting financial innovation.” The latest collaboration is… Read More

July 5, 2024 @ 8:23 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Following a technical recession in the second half of 2023, the UK economy has shown tentative signs of renewed momentum, “with growth of 0.5% expected this year, and 0.9% in 2025,” according to the latest KPMG Global Economic Outlook. The report finds a number of… Read More

July 4, 2024 @ 11:25 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitcoin Suisse has removed the crypto custody fee on USDC holdings, effective immediately. This move follows a collaboration with Circle, the issuer of USDC, announced in January 2024. The partnership aims to expand USDC liquidity in Europe “by maximizing its usage across all Bitcoin Suisse… Read More

July 4, 2024 @ 10:39 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Handelsbanken Norway has entered into a new agreement with Tietoevry Banking for the delivery of a complete solution portfolio, including core banking, card and payment solutions, wealth management, as well as solutions for combating financial crime. The agreement has a duration of five years, and… Read More

July 4, 2024 @ 5:35 pm By JD Alois  |  

As polls close and everyone expects a landslide win for Labour, the Payments Association in the UK has invited the next Chancellor of the Exchequer to “show leadership” and support the payments sector and Open Banking ambitions. The Payments Association has drafted a letter outlining… Read More

July 4, 2024 @ 5:29 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

QED, the zk-Native blockchain protocol, announced it has raised $3 million in a funding round led by Arrington Capital with participation from several venture capital firms and companies including Starkware, Draper Dragon, Blockchain Builders Fund, Lbk Labs, Paper Ventures, Valhalla Capital, Edessa Capital and Anagram… Read More

July 4, 2024 @ 4:48 pm By JD Alois  |  

Tokenization platform Tokeny says it has added IOTA EVM to its list of supported distributed ledger technologies. The IOTA Foundation supports a blockchain that is “open, feeless, and scalable distributed ledger, designed to support frictionless data and value transfer.” The ecosystem aims to emerge the… Read More

July 4, 2024 @ 4:28 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

CBInsights has released the State of Venture Q2’24 Report CB Insights notes that you may review the latest investment data to make more well-informed decisions. According to the update from CBInsights, AI startups steal the show, “grabbing nearly a third of all funding, while the… Read More

July 4, 2024 @ 4:24 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

‍Akur8, the insurance pricing solution powered by transparent machine learning, is please to announce that LB Forsikring, a Danish P&C insurance company, has selected Akur8’s Core Platform solution to increase their competitiveness. This collaboration will allow LB Forsikring to quickly “adapt their pricing to dynamic… Read More

July 4, 2024 @ 1:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The former Solicitor General Paul Clement, who had previously represented the Loper Bright fisherman in the SCOTUS Chevron case, has reportedly filed an amicus brief on behalf of the nascent crypto and blockchain sector in Custodia Bank‘s appeal versus the Federal Reserve. Notably, Paul Clement… Read More

July 4, 2024 @ 1:26 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

On Friday, June 28, 2024, Judge Amy Berman Jackson of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia appeared to have struck a major blow to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Gary Gensler’s “regulation-by-enforcement” campaign being carried out against secondary crypto-asset… Read More

July 4, 2024 @ 10:25 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Gupshup, the Conversation Cloud, announced its partnership with Tonik Bank, the digital-only neobank in the Philippines, to develop a Generative AI chatbot for Tonik’s mobile app. The solution aims to provide Tonik’s customers “with instant and accurate answers to frequently asked questions, improving the way… Read More

July 4, 2024 @ 10:21 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Chainlink announced a collaboration with Fidelity International and Sygnum to bring Net Asset Value (NAV) data onchain. In this landmark production use case for tokenized assets, the collaboration provides transparency and accessibility “around key asset data for Sygnum’s recently issued onchain representation of Fidelity International’s… Read More

July 4, 2024 @ 10:19 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Miguel Buffara, Lead Financial Engineer at RACE, recently commented on how RWA tokenization is enhancing investment processes for HNWIs. Miguel Buffara from RACE explained that it could be beneficial to tokenize real-world assets for various use-cases. Buffara also shared details about RACE and the impact… Read More

July 4, 2024 @ 9:31 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Paul Grewal, Chief Legal Officer at Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN), confirmed via social media that Coinbase has responded to the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) effort to block “reasonable discovery” from SEC Chairman Gary Gensler in a case that it—not Coinbase—chose to file. Democracy, as well… Read More

July 3, 2024 @ 9:14 pm By Nick Morgan  |  

Capital Ideas podcast hosts Nick Morgan and Dara Albright had an insightful discussion with Etan Butler, Chairman of Dalmore Group, a leading crowdfunding platform that has raised over $1.5 billion for businesses through JOBS Act exemptions. Dalmore Group has particularly excelled in Regulation A (Reg… Read More

July 3, 2024 @ 9:02 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

In support of a more efficient DeFi market, HTX Ventures, the global investment arm of the cryptocurrency exchange HTX, has announced an investment in RedStone. RedStone is reportedly one of the “fastest-growing” modular oracles in 2024 “that delivers diverse, high-frequency data feeds to EVM Layer1,… Read More

July 3, 2024 @ 9:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Marqeta (NASDAQ: MQ), the global modern card issuing platform that enables embedded finance solutions for the world’s innovators, announced a new client, Swiss4, providing real-time and personalised digital payment services for their customers. This is part of Swiss4’s recently launched application “that combines financial services… Read More

July 3, 2024 @ 8:59 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

AXA IM Alts, a global firm focused on alternative investments with $200 billion (€184 billion) of assets under management, has expanded its global network with the opening of its first office in the Middle East. AXA IM Alts has been granted its financial services permission… Read More