Other Cryptocurrencies

Bank

Bank of England begins building out its CBDC team

The Bank of England (BofE) has begun hiring workers to develop its digital currency, according to FinTech publication PYMNTS.
CBDC

UAE’s central bank unveils tech and legal partners for CBDC project

The Central Bank of the UAE has selected three new partners to assist in the implementation of its CBDC strategy.
Conduit

Crypto-native infrastructure platform Conduit bags $7m

Conduit, a remote crypto-native infrastructure platform designed to support and accelerate the builders in crypto, has landed $7m.
Contango

Contango Digital Assets scores $1.2m seed

Contango Digital Assets, a leading blockchain venture capital firm, has recently closed its seed round on $1.2m.
BitKeep

BitKeep secures $30m investment from Bitget

BitKeep, a decentralised multi-chain wallet, has secured $30m in investment from crypto copy trading platform Bitget.
Crypto

Crypto lobby group calls for UK ‘white list’ to prevent market restrictions

CryptoUK has called for UK banks to be given a ‘white list’ of registered crypto firms to avoid firms in the industry getting ‘debanked’.
Auros

Crypto-native algo trading firm Auros rakes in $17m

Auros, a crypto-native algorithmic trading and market making firm, has landed $17m in a funding round headed by Vivienne Court.
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MENA-based Tarabut partners with Rain for crypto trading

Tarabut Gateway, which claims to be the largest open banking platform in the MENA region, has teamed up with crypto asset trading platform Rain.
Proven

Crypto firm Proven snares $15.8m in seed funding haul

Proven, a firm that enables exchanges, stablecoins, asset managers and custodians to prove their solvency, has raised $15.8m in a seed round.
Violet

DeFi firm Violet nets $15m, launches compliant decentralised exchange

Violet, a provider of privacy-protective compliance and identity infrastructure for DeFi, has bagged $15m in a funding round.

News Stories

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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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