October 17, 2026 @ 4:18 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance.US, the U.S.-focused cryptocurrency trading platform, is reportedly exploring a new private capital raise of as much as $100 million that would value the company at approximately $1 billion. According to people familiar with the confidential discussions, the potential round is intended to strengthen the… Read More

October 17, 2026 @ 2:22 pm By Michael Wong  |  

Vertex Ventures Southeast Asia & India has led a $29 million Series B funding round in RapidCanvas, an enterprise artificial intelligence startup seeking to help businesses deploy AI applications at scale. The round also included Hitachi Ventures, alongside existing investors Accel, Peak XV Partners, Valley… Read More

October 17, 2026 @ 1:50 pm By Michael Wong  |  

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) has introduced a framework to guide the responsible use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the banking sector. The move comes as as financial institutions explore AI systems capable of planning and executing tasks with greater autonomy. The “ART” Framework… Read More

October 17, 2026 @ 12:55 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

TD Cowen increased its price target on Strive, Inc. (NASDAQ:ASST) by about 27 percent, from $44 to $56, while retaining a Buy rating. Analysts Lance Vitanza and Jonnathan Navarrete cited the firm’s bitcoin buying activity, which has already surpassed their projected total for the full… Read More

October 17, 2026 @ 10:12 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The People’s Bank of China granted Visa (NYSE: V) approval to begin formal preparations for a bank card clearing institution through its local subsidiary, Visa Information Technology (Beijing) Co. Ltd. The decision allows the U.S. payments company to advance toward handling renminbi-denominated card transactions inside… Read More

October 17, 2026 @ 6:57 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Coinbase (NASDAQ: COIN) has released a detailed set of technical priorities aimed at guiding Bitcoin’s shift toward quantum-resistant security. In a blog post dated October 13, 2026, the digital assets focused firm emphasized the need for proactive steps on signature scheme upgrades and the gradual… Read More

October 17, 2026 @ 6:11 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Brooklyn prosecutors have dismantled the core online infrastructure of a far-reaching cryptocurrency investment fraud that preyed on Russian-speaking residents of the United States, with a disproportionate number of victims in Brooklyn itself. District Attorney Eric Gonzalez disclosed on October 14, 2026, that his office’s Virtual… Read More

October 17, 2026 @ 3:59 am By Omar Faridi  |  

HSBC (NYSE: HSBC) and Ant Digital Technologies announced the successful completion of a technical verification exercise exploring how artificial intelligence agents could handle both service interactions and payments in a single automated flow. The pilot demonstrated an end-to-end process in which software agents identified digital… Read More

October 17, 2026 @ 1:09 am By Michael Wong  |  

Canada’s development finance institution FinDev Canada has signed a $50 million loan to Mongolia’s Golomt Bank, with 30% of the proceeds earmarked for climate and nature-related projects and the remainder allocated to MSMEs. The financing marks FinDev Canada’s first transaction with a designated nature finance… Read More

October 17, 2026 @ 1:07 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Ripple has announced two significant developments that expand its role in institutional finance. On October 14, 2026, the company formed a partnership with DriveWealth, a brokerage-as-a-service platform that supplies infrastructure to more than 100 partners worldwide, including fintech firms, digital wallets, and financial institutions offering… Read More

October 17, 2026 @ 1:00 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Prometheum and Federated Hermes (NYSE: FHI) have recently formed a partnership aimed at bringing tokenized fund shares into the regulated US brokerage system that serves most American investors. Announced on October 13, 2026, the collaboration pairs Federated Hermes, the active asset manager overseeing roughly $912… Read More

October 17, 2026 @ 12:02 am By Omar Faridi  |  

An early backer of the self-custody infrastructure project Safe has asked Switzerland’s foundation supervisor to examine the board of the entity that oversees the ecosystem, after private talks failed to produce the governance changes it sought. Greenfield Capital said this week that it submitted a… Read More

October 16, 2026 @ 6:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Google Quantum AI researchers have reported a significant experimental advance on their Willow superconducting processor, successfully implementing a method known as magic state cultivation that cuts error rates by roughly forty times relative to conventional preparation techniques. The result, detailed in a paper published in… Read More

October 16, 2026 @ 6:44 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Solana is preparing to activate Alpenglow, a major overhaul of its consensus layer, on mainnet-beta during epoch 1064. That epoch is expected to begin on Wednesday, October 21, 2026, near 15:00 UTC. The change replaces the network’s longstanding TowerBFT voting system with a new protocol… Read More

October 16, 2026 @ 3:29 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

BlackRock (NYSE: BLK) CEO Larry Fink cautioned that imposing a broad pause on data center development across the United States could tip the economy into recession. Speaking on CNBC shortly after the world’s largest asset manager reported stronger-than-expected third-quarter results, Fink stated that “if we… Read More

October 16, 2026 @ 2:56 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Small Business Capital Formation Advisory Committee (SBCFAC) will review Regulation Crowdfunding (Reg CF) and modernize initial public offerings (IPOs).  Under the leadership of Chairman Paul Atkins, the Commission has long expressed its intent to adhere to its mission of… Read More

October 16, 2026 @ 1:35 pm By JD Alois  |  

Remitian, an accounting Fintech, is in the process of raising $20 million funding round. According to a Form D filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Remitian has raised $14 million toward a $20 million funding round. The filing indicates that 84 investors have backed… Read More

October 16, 2026 @ 1:21 pm By JD Alois  |  

Digital asset firm StarkWare has launched a service that supports privacy for Polymarket trades Because public blockchains like Polygon let anyone view transactions, traders can trace trades back to individuals, though it takes effort. Zcash says it is eliminating this risk while providing a compliant service…. Read More

October 16, 2026 @ 12:31 pm By JD Alois  |  

Card platform Marqeta (NASDAQ:MQ) and digital asset firm Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) are expanding an existing relationship to help enterprise customers issue stablecoin-backed cards. Coinbase will custody the stablecoin and convert between digital assets and fiat. Coinbase will use Base as its blockchain. Marqeta will handle card… Read More

October 16, 2026 @ 12:18 pm By JD Alois  |  

Global Fintech funding remains robust, according to a report distributed by S&P Global Market Intelligence. According to S&P, Fintech startups raised $10.51 billion across 372 rounds Year over year during the same quarter; while there were fewer deals, total capital raised rose 25%, with 406… Read More