Blockchain

A blogpost by data science and behaviour change firm Sentiance has highlighted the growing importance of hyper-personalization in the retail banking sector.

A study by the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) has discovered the introduction of central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) may lead to greater foreign exchange controls.

While Nubank’s massive Series G round and Klarna's $40bn valuation may have secured the most headlines last week, CyberTech and cryptocurrency ventures bagged the most capital injections.

Solana has raised over $314m through a private sale of its native token SOL led by Andreessen Horowitz and Polychain Capital.

Digital risk protection services company GroupSense and cryptocurrency intelligence firm CipherTrace are teaming up to help businesses identify threat actors and groups and thwart ransomware attacks.

Ledger, an all-in-one digital asset management platform, has hit a $1.5bn valuation after the close of its Series C on $380m.

The government of El Salvador has passed a bill that will see Bitcoin join the US dollar as legal tender in the country.

Blockdaemon, an independent blockchain infrastructure platform, has closed its Series A round on $28m.

InsurTech companies continued their winning streak last week among the 37 FinTechs that raised big rounds.

Standard Chartered is planning to establish a UK-based cryptocurrency brokerage and exchange for clients in the UK and Europe.