Blockchain

Distributed-ledger and blockchain infrastructure (cross-cutter with Fintech).
Fintech
Blockchain

African banks make simultaneous digital asset land grab

FNB, Absa and Standard Bank moved within days of each other to co-opt Africa's digital asset stack, ending years of defensive posturing.
FNB, Absa and Standard Bank moved within days of each other to co-opt Africa's digital asset stack, ending years of defensive posturing.
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Fintech
AI & ML
Blockchain

Fintech raises $1bn-plus as AI insurance and stablecoin plays converge

A week of cross-sector fintech capital shows AI underwriting, stablecoin rails and embedded credit converging into one investment theme.
A week of cross-sector fintech capital shows AI underwriting, stablecoin rails and embedded credit converging into one investment theme.
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Blockchain
Fintech

Broadridge DLR hits $7.5tn in repo as tokenisation scales

Broadridge's blockchain repo platform hit $359bn daily in September, as it launches DLX to extend tokenisation across asset classes.
Broadridge's blockchain repo platform hit $359bn daily in September, as it launches DLX to extend tokenisation across asset classes.
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Fintech
AI & ML
Blockchain

Chinese fintech capital surge redraws AI, payments and token landscape

A wave of Chinese tech funding rounds and product launches signals a decisive push into agentic AI, tokenised finance and stablecoin infrastructure.
A wave of Chinese tech funding rounds and product launches signals a decisive push into agentic AI, tokenised finance and stablecoin infrastructure.
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Fintech
Blockchain

Circle and Volante bring USDC into Tier 1 bank payment rails

The stablecoin-to-bank-infrastructure deal signals digital dollars moving from pilots into everyday settlement operations at scale.
The stablecoin-to-bank-infrastructure deal signals digital dollars moving from pilots into everyday settlement operations at scale.
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Fintech
Blockchain
Cybersecurity

Sumsub's Reusable KYC Gateway goes live with MiniPay's 20m wallets

Sumsub's new KYC Gateway lets stablecoin wallet users verify once and reuse identity across MiniPay's entire regulated partner network.
Sumsub's new KYC Gateway lets stablecoin wallet users verify once and reuse identity across MiniPay's entire regulated partner network.
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Blockchain

Europe Cannot Regulate Stablecoin Demand Away, Says WeFi CEO

WeFi CEO Maksym Sakharov discusses what MiCA got right, the cost of compliance and why Europe cannot regulate stablecoin demand away.

MiCA, the EU’s Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation, has given crypto firms a single European rulebook and, with it, a bill. As the framework takes full effect, the loudest voices in the debate have been stablecoin issuers and exchanges.

Rowen Brooks  · 
Blockchain

Stablecoins Are Solving a Bigger Problem Than Crypto Ever Did

Stablecoins are growing fastest where they solve real problems—especially inflation, foreign exchange access, and slow payments—and Turkey shows why that utility could re

If you want to understand where stablecoin adoption is really headed, Turkey is one of the clearest places to look.

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Blockchain

UN:BLOCK Fintech to Bring 600+ Professionals to Riga

More than 600 fintech professionals and regulators will gather in Riga to discuss MiCA, payments, investment and the future of financial services.

On October 15, more than 600 fintech professionals, private investors and European Union regulators will gather in Riga for UN:BLOCK Fintech, a one-day conference exploring the issues reshaping financial services.

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Fintech
Blockchain

Lloyds survey: 71% of UK finance chiefs back tokenisation shift

A Lloyds survey of 100 senior UK finance leaders finds tokenisation moving from experiment to strategic infrastructure priority.
A Lloyds survey of 100 senior UK finance leaders finds tokenisation moving from experiment to strategic infrastructure priority.
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Blockchain

TreasurySpring on putting fund ownership records on Canton

TreasurySpring's Matthew Longhurst on moving Fixed-Term Fund ownership records to the Canton Network, and what treasurers could do with them next.
TreasurySpring gives corporate treasurers access to institutional cash investments through Fixed-Term Fund shares, or FTFs.
Rowen Brooks  · 
Fintech
Blockchain

Mesh, SBI Holdings and Money Forward form Japan digital asset JV

A Tokyo-San Francisco three-way joint venture targets Japan's newly permissive digital asset rules to build unified crypto payments infrastructure.
A Tokyo-San Francisco three-way joint venture targets Japan's newly permissive digital asset rules to build unified crypto payments infrastructure.
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Fintech
Blockchain

Circle and Volante bring USDC into T1 bank payments infrastructure

Circle and Volante are embedding USDC stablecoin workflows directly into the payments platforms used by most of the world's top banks.
Circle and Volante are embedding USDC stablecoin workflows directly into the payments platforms used by most of the world's top banks.
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Fintech
Blockchain

Priority Technology's $1.6B buyout signals fintech privatisation wave

A CEO-led take-private of a US payments firm heads a week of cross-border fintech M&A and bank-charter manoeuvres.
A CEO-led take-private of a US payments firm heads a week of cross-border fintech M&A and bank-charter manoeuvres.
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Blockchain
Fintech
AI & ML

Brickken joins Linux Foundation to open-source tokenised asset rules

Brickken's LFDT membership targets shared open standards for tokenised assets and agentic capital markets.
Brickken's LFDT membership targets shared open standards for tokenised assets and agentic capital markets.
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Blockchain
Fintech

Hedera's CLPR targets blockchain fragmentation in tokenised finance

Hedera contributes a bridgeless cross-ledger protocol to open-source governance, aiming to end liquidity trapping across tokenised asset networks.
Hedera contributes a bridgeless cross-ledger protocol to open-source governance, aiming to end liquidity trapping across tokenised asset networks.
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Blockchain
Fintech

Nephos and Brinc target GCC digital asset compliance gap

A UK crypto accounting firm joins a global accelerator to plug a structural compliance gap for Web3 founders scaling across the Gulf.
A UK crypto accounting firm joins a global accelerator to plug a structural compliance gap for Web3 founders scaling across the Gulf.
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Blockchain
Fintech
Retail & E-Commerce

Morph Payments adds Solana and TRON to stablecoin SME platform

Morph Payments expands blockchain network support, targeting SMEs in emerging markets where TRON-based USDT transfers dominate cross-border trade.
Morph Payments expands blockchain network support, targeting SMEs in emerging markets where TRON-based USDT transfers dominate cross-border trade.
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Fintech
Blockchain

Bottomline bridges legacy payments to blockchain with Global Pay Connect

A new SaaS platform and a Chainlink tie-up signal financial institutions' accelerating pivot from legacy rails to blockchain-native payment ecosystems.
A new SaaS platform and a Chainlink tie-up signal financial institutions' accelerating pivot from legacy rails to blockchain-native payment ecosystems.
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Fintech
Blockchain

GDF, FIX and Deloitte push standards agenda for digital finance

A joint white paper from three major finance bodies argues governance gaps, not technology, now block tokenised markets from scaling.
A joint white paper from three major finance bodies argues governance gaps, not technology, now block tokenised markets from scaling.
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