March 21, 2024 @ 4:22 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Amazon Web Services (AWS), Accenture (NYSE: ACN) and AI company Anthropic are coming together to help organizations—especially those in highly-regulated industries including healthcare, public sector, banking and insurance—responsibly adopt and scale customized generative artificial intelligence (AI) technology “within their organizations to speed innovation, improve customer… Read More

March 21, 2024 @ 3:35 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Conflux Network is introducing AxHKD, the Hong Kong Dollar-backed stablecoin. Conflux Network explains that it is facilitating the beta-testing of the Hong Kong Dollar-backed stablecoin, AxHKD, on its platform. AnchorX aims to dominate Asia’s digital currency landscape by delivering “reliable global exchanges.” AxHKD on Conflux… Read More

March 20, 2024 @ 9:51 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Graviton, one of India’s Web3-focused accelerators, has unveiled a list of teams that have been accepted into the second edition of its 16-week program. This update comes nearly a month after the syndicate-backed fund stopped accepting applications, and was preceded by “a nationwide hunt for… Read More

March 20, 2024 @ 7:56 pm By JD Alois  |  

As reported earlier, BlackRock, the largest asset manager in the world, is partnering with Securitize to issue a digital asset fund. Securitize is a leading enabler of digital securities in the US and operates a trading platform, as it has been approved to run an… Read More

March 20, 2024 @ 5:05 pm By JD Alois  |  

It was not too long ago that the Securities and Exchange Commission determined Ethereum (ETH) NOT to be a security. But times change, and new leaders take over. In this case, it is the Chairman of the SEC, Gary Gensler. According to an X distributed… Read More

March 20, 2024 @ 4:52 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Akur8, the insurance pricing solution, and Guidewire, the property and casualty (P&C) insurance cloud platform, are excited to announce that the Ready for Guidewire validated Akur8 Accelerator for AI-Powered Pricing is now fully available for both cloud and on-premise users of PolicyCenter, offering a fully… Read More

March 20, 2024 @ 4:49 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Compass Coffee, a Washington, D.C.-based coffee chain, has announced a partnership with Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN), a US-based cryptocurrency exchange with global operations. This collaboration allows customers to pay for coffee purchases using crypto, specifically stablecoins like USDC. Compass Coffee, an established business with a presence across… Read More

March 20, 2024 @ 3:01 pm By JD Alois  |  

As anticipated, the US Federal Reserve has held benchmark rates steady while expecting three rate cuts later in 2024. The Federal Open Market Committee decided to maintain the target range for the federal funds rate at 5-1/4 to 5-1/2 percent while reiterating its commitment to… Read More

March 20, 2024 @ 1:28 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Netcapital Inc. (Nasdaq: NCPL, NCPLW), a digital private capital markets ecosystem, announced select financial results for the third quarter of fiscal year 2024 ended January 31, 2024. Martin Kay, CEO of Netcapital Inc., said: “Despite the challenges faced by businesses seeking capital in the current… Read More

March 20, 2024 @ 12:28 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Amendment for Crowdfunding Capital Enhancement and Small-business Support Act of 2023 has re-emerged in Congress. Originally introduced into the House in December of 2023, HR 2865 has now been referred to the House Financial Services Committee, indicating it may come up for a vote…. Read More

March 20, 2024 @ 11:18 am By JD Alois  |  

Hamilton Lane (NASDAQ:HLNE) co-CEO Erik Hirsch visited with CNBC yesterday ostensibly to comment on the forthcoming initial public offering (IPO) of Reddit. The market has widely anticipated the IPO as public offerings have been moribund in recent years, and Reddit is a high-profile tech firm…. Read More

March 20, 2024 @ 10:51 am By JD Alois  |  

CapitalRise, an online investment platform focusing on Prime property in the UK, has boosted its funding ability by 50%, according to a statement issued by the firm. While not providing hard numbers, the institutional funding is from an unnamed UK investment manager and is an… Read More

March 20, 2024 @ 10:32 am By JD Alois  |  

Gate Group has announced that has registered as a VASP, or virtual asset service provider, via the Organismo Agenti e Mediatori (OAM) in Italy. Launched in 2013 and based in Cayman, Gate.io is currently ranked as the 8th largest crypto exchange in the world, according… Read More

March 20, 2024 @ 10:18 am By JD Alois  |  

BlackRock,  the largest asset manager in the world with trillions under management, has partnered with Securitize on a new fund. According to a Form D filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission several days ago, BlackRock is raising money for its BlackRock USD Institutional Digital… Read More

March 20, 2024 @ 9:38 am By Omar Faridi  |  

DNA Payments Group, an omnichannel payments company in the UK and EU, and sunday, a restaurant payment solution, have shared an update. The Fintech firms say that they will jointly exhibit on Stand h1063 at Hotel, Restaurant & Catering, ExCel in London from March 25th… Read More

March 20, 2024 @ 8:58 am By JD Alois  |  

Anchorage Digital co-founder and President Diogo Mónico is transitioning to the Executive Chairman of the Board of the digital asset firm while stepping in to become the General Partner at Haun Ventures. Anchorage’s CEO and co-founder, Nathan McCauley, will continue in his current role. Mónico… Read More

March 20, 2024 @ 8:02 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Marco, the trade finance platform catering to the needs of SME exporters in Latin America, has announced the successful closure of a $12 million Series A funding round. The investment round was reportedly “led by IDC Ventures, with additional participation from IDB Lab (the innovation… Read More

March 20, 2024 @ 8:00 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Sygnum, a global digital asset banking group, is tokenizing USD 50m of Matter Labs‘ treasury reserves onto the zkSync blockchain. The Sygnum-issued security tokens act as on-chain representations of units from Fidelity International‘s USD 6.9bn Institutional Liquidity Fund (ILF) to generate a secure and transparent… Read More

March 20, 2024 @ 7:58 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Figure Technologies announces the launch of Figure Markets, the first step in a vision to create an “everything marketplace”– a single platform where investors can trade a range of blockchain-native assets from crypto to stocks to alternative investments. Figure Markets has secured over $60 million… Read More

March 20, 2024 @ 7:56 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Estateguru has shared its latest Loan Portfolio Overview for the month of February 2024. Estateguru says that they “saw €7.8M in loan repayments in February, with an additional €0.1M from recovered loans.” Estateguru further noted that they “saw €7.8M in loan repayments in February, with… Read More