Global

August 6, 2026 @ 12:15 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Solana blockchain has reached a significant milestone in the tokenization of traditional financial instruments. Its real-world asset (RWA) sector has expanded to a total value of $3.73 billion, establishing a fresh all-time high for the network.This growth reflects increasing participation from institutional players who… Read More

August 6, 2026 @ 11:24 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Circle Internet Group (NYSE: CRCL) has unveiled the initial group of validators set to secure its Arc blockchain, marking a key step toward the network’s public mainnet launch scheduled for September 16, 2026. The announcement highlights a deliberate approach that places established financial institutions at… Read More

August 6, 2026 @ 10:14 am By JD Alois  |  

Nayax (NASDAQ:NYAX) has applied for a bank charter in the state of Connecticut. Nayax is a Fintech that was founded in Israel nearly two decades ago. The company is regulated in multiple jurisdictions including the UK and the EU. The company has focused on payments… Read More

August 6, 2026 @ 8:05 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitcoin has moved closer to the $65,000 level in recent sessions, trading in the mid-to-high $64,000 range as of early August 2026. The cryptocurrency has shown resilience after earlier consolidation in the low $60,000s, with intermittent advances testing the psychologically important $65,000 BTC price threshold… Read More

August 6, 2026 @ 4:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) has announced the addition of 24-hour trading of equities five days a week in the UK. According to a note from Coinbase UK, customers will be able to trade approximately 4,000 stocks, as well as manage their crypto and other financial needs, all… Read More

August 6, 2026 @ 3:16 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Global wealth management technology provider FNZ Group has signed an agreement to sell its German banking subsidiary, FNZ Bank SE, along with its sister company Deutsche Haftungsdach (DHD) GmbH. The buyers are private equity firm Advent International and a consortium that includes HarbourVest Partners. The… Read More

August 5, 2026 @ 9:14 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Western Union (NYSE: WU) has rolled out a new product called Stablecard, developed together with the stablecoin infrastructure firm Rain. The offering pairs a digital wallet holding the company’s own dollar-linked token, USDPT, with a Visa secured credit card. The goal is to let people… Read More

August 5, 2026 @ 9:08 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Accenture (NYSE: ACN) is set to take over IBM’s (NYSE:IBM) controlling interest in a long-running technology joint venture with UniCredit, marking a significant shift in how one of Europe’s major banking groups manages its digital infrastructure. The move forms part of a broader, multi-year partnership… Read More

August 5, 2026 @ 3:07 pm By JD Alois  |  

Nik Storansky, CEO and co-founder of top digital bank Revolut, allegedly skipped out on paying a broker’s fee for a megayacht. This is according to a report by WSJ.com, which states that a yacht broker, Cecil Wright & Partners, is suing Storansky for avoiding a… Read More

August 5, 2026 @ 2:12 pm By JD Alois  |  

A UK AI Security Institute (IASI) report shares that an AI test using various agents ended up in19 unsanctioned actions against real people and organizations. The models tested are not publicly available. The report was published yesterday and involved a test last month. IASI says… Read More

August 5, 2026 @ 1:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Cryptocurrency project Scandic Coin (SNC) has issued a formal public demand for answers from the exchange BitMart regarding three long-pending withdrawal requests that remain unresolved. The requests, submitted from an approved institutional account, involve substantial amounts of USDT and SNC tokens that have stayed in… Read More

August 5, 2026 @ 10:29 am By JD Alois  |  

In a challenging market for the world’s most popular crypto, Xapo Bank reports that its clients are buying more Bitcoin. According to a note from the bank, data from Q2 2026 (79%) shows an increase in the amount of Bitcoin held in accounts during the… Read More

August 5, 2026 @ 4:07 am By Omar Faridi  |  

A group of Ethereum researchers has put forward a draft proposal designed to reshape the network’s staking economics by progressively destroying a share of the rewards paid to validators. Known as the Tapered Issuance Burn and provisionally designated EIP-8361, the idea aims to remove the… Read More

August 5, 2026 @ 2:27 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Pump.fun, the Solana-based platform that allows users to quickly launch meme coins, has come under scrutiny following reports that it terminated employees just weeks or months before their company token grants were set to begin unlocking. An investigation by Sandmark, drawing on internal documents, emails,… Read More

August 4, 2026 @ 4:23 pm By JD Alois  |  

Kingscrowd, a securities crowdfunding intelligence platform, is expanding into the European market. According to an email distributed by the company, it has partnered with Over Ventures, a European investment crowdfunding advisory firm based in Italy, to launch services and further scale its data platform. Over… Read More

August 4, 2026 @ 12:57 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Banca d’Italia has published a report on digital currency asking the question: Are Stablecoins Efficient for Remittances? The goal was to determine if stablecoins provided an improvement over more traditional payments and transfers regarding cost and speed. The paper reviews transfers of $200 in… Read More

August 4, 2026 @ 8:55 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The European Central Bank (ECB) has recently indicated that Euro area businesses are taking up artificial intelligence, yet the process remains highly uneven, according to a recent analysis of firm-level survey data. Drawing on two specialized modules of the Survey on the Access to Finance… Read More

August 4, 2026 @ 6:23 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Manchester-based fintech Firenze has formed a strategic alliance with AJ Bell Investcentre, one of the country’s investment platforms. The collaboration enables financial advisers using the AJ Bell Investcentre platform to connect high-net-worth clients with Lombard lending facilities, allowing them to access liquidity secured against their… Read More

August 4, 2026 @ 4:22 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital assets firm Tether has released its second-quarter 2026 financial figures, highlighting steady operational results and strategic adjustments to its reserve portfolio. The company, known for issuing the USDT stablecoin, recorded approximately $1.5 billion in net operating profit for the three months ending June 30,… Read More

August 4, 2026 @ 1:33 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Spanish banking group BBVA (NYSE: BBVA) has entered into an agreement with French counterpart Société Générale to purchase the latter’s 50 percent holding in their longstanding brokerage joint venture, Altura Markets. The transaction will bring the Madrid-based firm fully under BBVA’s ownership and fold it… Read More