Blockchain

Cata Labs

Cata Labs secures $4.2m seed to build universal cross-chain liquidity

Cata Labs, a company building an open-source protocol to provide liquidity between modular blockchains, has secured $4.2m in seed funding.
Thetanuts Finance collects $17m for its buy-side altcoin options

Thetanuts Finance collects $17m for its buy-side altcoin options

Thetanuts Finance has closed an institutional funding round on $17m, as it looks to create a buy-side altcoins options market.
Fractal

On-chain finance startup Fractal bags $6m in seed round

Fractal, an infrastructure provider enabling institutions to clear, settle and margin digital assets on-chain, has scored $6m.
Helio

Web3 payments firm Helio snares $3.3m in seed round

Helio, a company focused on simplifying the integration of blockchain-native payments, has raised $3.3m in a seed funding round.
CBDC

Digital Currency Monetary Authority unveils its CBDC

The DCMA has launched its CBDC which it claims it strengthens the monetary sovereignty of participating central banks.
CAT

Crypto crime fighting startup CAT Labs bags $4.3m

CAT Labs, a startup building forensic and cybersecurity tools to fight crypto-enabled crime, has bagged $4.3m in its pre-seed round.
Crypto-native financial risk management solutions dev Gauntlet gets grant

Crypto financial risk management solutions dev Gauntlet gets grant

Gauntlet, a crypto-native financial risk management solutions provider, has launched a new research division and received a grant from the Uniswap Foundation.
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Xclaim raises $7m for crypto trading platform for assets locked by bankruptcy

 Xclaim, which claims to be the only independent trading platform for crypto assets locked by bankruptcy, has reportedly raised $7m in its Series A.
Coadjute

Blockchain PropTech Coadjute lands £4m financing

Coadjute, a London-based PropTech firm that uses a blockchain network to record property transactions, has bagged £4m in a funding round.
Web3 protocol Polytrade secures seed funding

Web3 protocol Polytrade secures seed funding

Polytrade, a global trade focused Web3 protocol, has secured $3.8m in its seed funding round.

News Stories

Smaller deals dominated this week's FinTech deal scene, with $541m raised across 15 deals

Smaller deals dominated this week’s FinTech deal scene, with $541m raised across 15 deals

It was a week for smaller funding rounds in the FinTech sector, with a total of $541m raised across 15 deals.  It marked a significant...
Personalization has become table stakes, so what's next?

Personalisation has become table stakes, so what’s next?

Personalisation has been a major trend in wealth management for many years to the point it is now seen an expectation, rather than as...
Duna: deterministic rules are the key to bank-grade AI

Duna: deterministic rules are the key to bank-grade AI

Financial institutions racing to embed AI into their compliance operations face a stubborn problem: the technology does not always give the same answer twice....
Prometeia platform gives AfDB central grip on model risk

Prometeia platform gives AfDB central grip on model risk

Prometeia, the Italian risk management and advisory specialist, has completed the implementation of its Prometeia Model Journey (PMJ) platform at the African Development Bank...
Exante warns inflation risks put bond investors on edge

Exante: hawkish Fed sends US yields soaring as bonds suffer

September proved another punishing month for fixed income investors, according to the latest Fixed Income Briefing from Exante, as a hawkish Federal Reserve, resilient...

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