UAE’s M2 Capital Invests $21m in Nasdaq-listed AVAX One
UAE-headquartered M2 Capital said it invested $21 million in AVAX One, a Nasdaq-listed digital asset treasury created to accumulate AVAX, the native token of the Avalanche blockchain. The move is part...
No Digital ID, no food: coming soon to a Western society near you
There’s an old phrase that “the road to hell is paved with good intentions.” In 2025, that road is digital, scanned, jammed with CCTV, and increasingly inescapable. From Beijing to Berlin to Lon...
Japan’s Banks May Soon Hold Bitcoin
Japan’s financial landscape is transforming digitally. The Financial Services Agency (FSA) has begun considering regulatory reforms permitting domestic banks to acquire and hold non-backed crypto as...
China Has Its Big Tech Firms Put Stablecoin Plans on Hold
China’s tech giants have reportedly halted plans to issue their own stablecoins following regulatory concerns.
Companies such as JD.com and Ant Group had been planning to take part in Hon...
Gift Cards Provide ‘Perfect Exit’ for Criminal Syndicates
Gift cards are reportedly central to billion-dollar Chinese organized crime operations.
As Bloomberg News reported Saturday (Oct. 18), investigators for the Department of Homeland Securit...
Revolut Valued at $75 Billion After $3 Billion Funding Wave
Revolut is reportedly wrapping a $3 billion fundraising effort valuing the FinTech at $75 billion.
The British company has been notifying investors of the allocation of shares they’ll rec...
Fintech Stripe Launches Stablecoin Payments for Subscriptions
Since introducing stablecoin payments, financial infrastructure, and payments processing, Fintech Stripe said that they’ve seen these digital tokens enable the global expansion of some of the faste...
Singapore’s MAS Unveils BLOOM For Multi-Currency Digital Settlements
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) launched BLOOM, short for Borderless, Liquid, Open, Online, Multi-currency, a new industry initiative to extend settlement options for financial institutions ...
