Blockchain

NeoSwap

NFT trading startup NeoSwap AI nets $2m pre-seed

NeoSwap AI, an AI-powered NFT trading startup, has closed its pre-seed investment round and bagged $2m.
Huma

Income-backed DeFi protocol Huma Finance bags $8.3M

Huma Finance, an income-backed DeFi procotol, has scored $8.3m in a seed funding round led by Race Capital and Distributed Capital.  
Curio

Curio snares $2.9m in seed financing

Curio Research, a provider of an on-chain gaming lab building crypto Web3 games, has scored $2.9m in seed funding.
Gateway.fm

Blockchain firm Gateway.fm lands $4.6m in seed raise

Gateway.fm, a decentralised blockchain infrastructure node provider, has scored $4.6m in a seed funding round led by Lemniscap.
Bank of Japan launches pilot programme for CBDC

Bank of Japan launches pilot programme for CBDC

Bank of Japan, the country’s central bank, has announced it will launch a proof of concept (PoC) pilot programme for a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC).
NFT

What you need to know about NFT money laundering

Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) massively came onto the global financial scene last year, with celebrities the world over purchasing a stake in the growing trend.
Aura

Aura Network bags $4m to expand Web3 ecosystem

Aura Network, a company claiming to be building the internet of NFTs, has raised $4m in a round led by investors Hashed and Coin98.  
NFT-powered-lending-and-borrowing-marketplace-Archimedes-raises-seed

NFT-powered lending and borrowing marketplace Archimedes raises seed

Archimedes, which claims to be a one-of-a-kind lending and borrowing marketplace that utilises NFTs, has raised $4.9m in its seed round.
Bitzlato-founder-charged-with-illicit-money-transmitting

Bitzlato founder charged with illicit money transmitting

Anatoly Legkodymov, founder and majority owner of cryptocurrency exchange Bitzlato, has been charged for alleged illicit money transmitting.
privacy

Tech organisations call on Congress to prioritise blockchain privacy regulation

More than 28 tech organisations that develop open-source projects have called on Congress to protect consumer privacy when regulating the blockchain space.

News Stories

Over $600m was raised across 14 deals this week

It was another slow week for FinTech deals as the end of 2026 edges closer.  A total of $602m was raised across 14 FinTech deals...
KYCP adds API4ALL to sharpen corporate due diligence

KYCP adds API4ALL to sharpen corporate due diligence

Compliance teams facing growing pressure to uncover who really sits behind a corporate client now have another tool at their disposal. According to KYCP,...
Compliance gets faster but firms trust it less, CUBE finds

Compliance gets faster but firms trust it less, CUBE finds

Financial institutions are processing regulatory change at a much faster pace than a year ago, but their belief that this work is actually effective...

Zing365: Insurance broking must map out career paths

Zing365, an InsurTech-focused learning and development specialist, has called on insurance brokers to set out defined career routes, organised training and mentoring if they...
Agentcard secures $8m to let AI agents shop online

Agentcard secures $8m to let AI agents shop online

Agentcard, a payments firm that lets AI agents make purchases using their users’ own cards, has closed an $8m seed funding round to help...

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