Blockchain & Cryptocurrencies

Elysian takes aim at insurers' claims audit blind spots

Citrea bets on private digital assets with Crest deal

Citrea, an application layer for digital assets backed by Founders Fund and Galaxy Ventures, has acquired Crest, a self-custodial privacy wallet, as it looks...
SoFi brings stablecoin settlement to Mastercard network

SoFi brings stablecoin settlement to Mastercard network

SoFi has moved its entire debit and credit card programme onto stablecoin settlement rails through Mastercard, bringing bank-issued digital currency into live production across...
Thredd and Velocity bring stablecoins to card issuers

Thredd and Velocity bring stablecoins to card issuers

Thredd, an AI-first issuer processing platform, has partnered with stablecoin treasury and settlement provider Velocity to add stablecoin-based money movement to its payments offering...
Coinbase, Stablecore expand digital assets to small banks

Coinbase, Stablecore expand digital assets to small banks

Coinbase, the US-based digital asset exchange and digital asset infrastructure provider, and Stablecore, a firm that builds white-labelled digital asset technology for community and...
Ant International hands payment control to AI agents

Ant International hands payment control to AI agents

Ant International, the Shanghai and Singapore headquartered cross-border payments and financial services group, has unveiled an AI-native stack spanning payments, accounts, foreign exchange, treasury...
S&P

S&P Global buys OpenZeppelin to secure onchain finance

S&P Global has agreed to acquire OpenZeppelin, a security standards provider for onchain finance, in a deal aimed at strengthening its foothold in digital...
FCA

FCA sets out digital asset rulebook ahead of 2027 deadline

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued new guidance to help digtal asset firms interpret the legislation that will underpin the country's forthcoming digital...
ETFBOOK raises $13m to close ETF data’s global gap

ETFBOOK raises $13m to close ETF data’s global gap

ETFBOOK, the Zurich-headquartered ETF data and analytics platform, has raised $13m to expand beyond Europe into the US and Asia-Pacific, as it looks to...
Payward

Nasdaq deepens Payward tie-up with $100m investment

Payward, the parent company of Kraken, has widened its relationship with Nasdaq through a $100m investment from Nasdaq Ventures, continued work on a shared...
Citi becomes first US bank to process live Swift ledger transactions

Citi becomes first US bank to process live Swift ledger transactions

Citi has become the first US bank to process live transactions on Swift’s blockchain-based ledger, as banks test whether shared infrastructure can support always-on,...

News Stories

Why unexplained bond prices are becoming a liability

Why unexplained bond prices are becoming a liability

Fixed income valuation has reached a turning point. According to LSEG Data & Analytics, it is no longer enough for firms to show that...
Could the Financial Services and Markets Bill reshape the UK RegTech market?

Could the Financial Services and Markets Bill reshape the UK RegTech market?

The UK’s financial regulatory framework is entering another period of change, with implications that could extend well beyond the rules firms must follow. The Financial...
Revolut expands RevPoints with hotel loyalty transfers

Revolut expands RevPoints with hotel loyalty transfers

Revolut, the worldwide financial platform serving more than 80 million customers, has broadened its RevPoints loyalty scheme so that users can now move their...
BMLL and Simudyne team up on AI market simulation

BMLL and Simudyne team up on AI market simulation

BMLL, an independent supplier of harmonised historical Level 3, 2 and 1 data and analytics for capital markets, has joined forces with Simudyne, a...
Nasdaq Calypso unveils agentic AI for the trade lifecycle

Nasdaq Calypso unveils agentic AI for the trade lifecycle

Nasdaq, the global exchange and technology provider, has introduced an agentic AI framework within its Nasdaq Calypso platform, giving financial institutions a controlled space...

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