Blockchain & Cryptocurrencies

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,...
Grupo Salinas taps Integral for digital asset trading

Grupo Salinas taps Integral for digital asset trading

Grupo Salinas has selected Integral Digital to provide the technology infrastructure for the institutional digital asset trading desk operated by its digital asset arm,...
insider trading

Insider trading risk evolves as digital markets expand

Insider trading risk is no longer confined to traditional securities, and compliance teams are being pushed to catch up with markets that never sleep....
Japan

Japan targets instant settlement with blockchain push

Japan is preparing to build a blockchain-based payment infrastructure designed to enable instant settlement of stock and Japanese government bond transactions, according to a...
Binance TradFi perps overtake digital assets in volume

Binance’s TradFi push brings stocks into digital markets

Binance, a digital asset exchange and blockchain ecosystem, is seeing growing demand for perpetual futures linked to traditional assets as it expands its derivatives...
Banks move to secure digital assets against future quantum threats

Banks move to secure digital assets against future quantum threats

Responsible Fintech Institute (RFI) and Safeheron have launched a cross-regional pilot to test post-quantum cryptography for digital asset transactions, bringing banks and regulators together...
SEC

SEC digital asset rules could unlock billions in new capital

The Securities and Exchange Commission has put forward a proposal that would give digital asset issuers new, tailored routes to raise capital under federal...
Digital asset spending surges through OKX Card in Europe

Digital asset spending surges through OKX Card in Europe

OKX, a global FinTech company and digital asset trading platform, has reported a significant increase in everyday spending through its OKX Card in Europe,...
Ripple brings real-time payments to Korea's banks

Ripple brings real-time payments to Korea’s banks

Ripple, a provider of enterprise solutions for payments, custody and treasury, has partnered with South Korean regional lender Jeonbuk Bank to introduce Ripple Payments...

News Stories

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...
Databento hits $1.1bn valuation with $100m Series C

Databento hits $1.1bn valuation with $100m Series C

Databento, a platform supplying market data to the modern financial industry, has secured $100m in a Series C round that values the business at...

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