September 27, 2026 @ 3:03 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

A New York cryptography research group has outlined a way to hide Bitcoin payment details on the base chain itself, without asking miners or node operators to adopt a protocol upgrade. The design, called Shielded Bitcoin, comes from [alloc] init researchers Clara Shikhelman, Mikhail Komarov,… Read More

September 27, 2026 @ 2:44 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Hut 8 (NASDAQ: HUT) has been designated the winning bidder for two West Texas campuses formerly used by Poolin, according to filings in Poolin’s Chapter 11 cases. The proposal is valued at $140 million in cash and other consideration for the Pyote and Tarbush sites…. Read More

September 27, 2026 @ 2:12 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Latin America’s crypto markets expanded even as global prices collapsed, according to new research from blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis. Over the 12 months ending June 30, 2026, the region recorded $593.8 billion in on-chain activity, a 9.8 percent increase. Worldwide, crypto market capitalization roughly halved… Read More

September 27, 2026 @ 1:36 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

HIVE Digital Technologies (NASDAQ: HIVE), a publicly listed firm long associated with Bitcoin mining, has taken its long-running Swedish value-added tax fight beyond national courts and into the European Commission. The move, disclosed in an August 11, 2026 late-filing notice with the US Securities and… Read More

September 27, 2026 @ 12:34 pm By Michael Wong  |  

Private equity firms operating in Asia are increasingly deploying artificial intelligence (AI) to boost portfolio company earnings and secure exits, executives said on Tuesday, as the region’s deal-exit environment splits sharply between favored and lagging sectors. Speaking at DealStreetAsia’s Asia PE-VC Summit in Singapore, senior… Read More

September 27, 2026 @ 11:50 am By Omar Faridi  |  

MoonPay has taken a notable step toward regulated onchain capital markets by agreeing to acquire North Capital Investment Technology, a US private-markets infrastructure firm active in the securities crowdfunding sector. The companies announced a definitive merger agreement on September 23, 2026. Once the transaction closes,… Read More

September 27, 2026 @ 11:45 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Polymarket is intensifying talks with policymakers in London, Brussels and other European capitals in an effort to have its event contracts treated as financial instruments rather than wagers. The New York-based prediction market, now raising capital at a valuation above $20 billion, argues that a… Read More

September 27, 2026 @ 11:29 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Canada’s lenders have recently launched a joint effort to study a Canadian-dollar tokenized deposit system, aiming to keep the country’s payments rails competitive as digital money develops worldwide. On September 22, 2026, Bank of Montreal, CIBC, National Bank of Canada, Royal Bank of Canada, Scotiabank,… Read More

September 27, 2026 @ 11:27 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Across the technology industry, the first wave of large-scale AI adoption has produced a striking correction. After years of contraction and high-profile workforce reductions justified in part by automation, companies are now pulling former employees back—especially people with institutional knowledge and machine learning experience. The… Read More

September 27, 2026 @ 1:33 am By Omar Faridi  |  

OpenAI has broadened its newest model family with two more accessible options designed for everyday professional work. On September 22, 2026, the company released GPT-6 Sol and GPT-6 Luna, placing them beneath the flagship GPT-6 Astra model that arrived earlier in the month. The company… Read More

September 26, 2026 @ 3:42 pm By Michael Wong  |  

Asia-Pacific’s economic growth is expected to remain resilient as an artificial intelligence-driven technology export boom supports the region, although weak domestic demand in China, elevated energy prices, and tighter U.S. monetary policy pose risks, S&P Global Ratings said. S&P raised its baseline 2026 growth forecast… Read More

September 26, 2026 @ 2:41 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Harry Adams, the entrepreneur who established the foreign-exchange specialist Argentex, has obtained a fresh capital injection for Tenora, the fintech he launched after departing his previous company. Irish payments and currency group Fexco is committing £7.5 million, split between a £5.5 million equity stake and… Read More

September 26, 2026 @ 1:40 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Atum, a San Francisco startup building what it calls the first open payments network for moving money worldwide, has come out of stealth with $13.5 million in new capital. The company was founded by Pete Cooling, who previously led Visa’s crypto product team and spent… Read More

September 26, 2026 @ 12:39 pm By Michael Wong  |  

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) and Bank Indonesia (BI) have signed a memorandum of understanding to strengthen cooperation on QR code-based cross-border payments between Hong Kong and Indonesia, as both sides seek to make transactions faster and more affordable. The MoU aims to establish… Read More

September 26, 2026 @ 11:55 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The European Central Bank (ECB) has formally begun work on whether its pan-European instant settlement platform can be joined to Brazil’s public real-time payment network. On 24 September 2026 the ECB Governing Council authorised a feasibility assessment of an interconnection between TARGET Instant Payment Settlement… Read More

September 26, 2026 @ 11:38 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) has highlighted an unusual split inside the U.S. stock market that, in the bank’s view, looks uncomfortably close to the late-1990s technology boom. A record share of S&P 500 companies now display negative beta, meaning they have recently tended to fall when… Read More

September 26, 2026 @ 11:36 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Federal prosecutors in Missouri have accused a Vietnamese national of helping move digital assets stolen in a large-scale cryptocurrency confidence fraud, a case that highlights how quickly stolen coins can be shuffled off public ledgers. Trung Nguyen Van, 37, faces two money-laundering counts in the… Read More

September 26, 2026 @ 3:27 am By Michael Wong  |  

Singapore Exchange Regulation (SGX RegCo) will require listed companies to provide more detailed disclosures on executive remuneration, dividend policies, and investor relations as it seeks to strengthen transparency and encourage a greater focus on long-term value creation. The changes will take effect on Jan. 1,… Read More

September 25, 2026 @ 11:14 pm By Michael Wong  |  

GCash has evolved from a loss-making digital wallet into a highly profitable financial technology platform, illustrating the scale Southeast Asian fintech companies can reach, according to Warburg Pincus executive Vishal Mahadevia. The Philippine digital wallet had about 15 million monthly active users when Warburg Pincus… Read More

September 25, 2026 @ 5:15 pm By JD Alois  |  

SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce, who has completed two terms at the nation’s securities regulator, will end her tenure at the beginning of next month. In a post on X, Commissioner Peirce shared a letter to President Donald Trump thanking him for the chance to serve… Read More