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Do Kwon, the disgraced founder of Terraform Labs, has reportedly been sentenced to serve 15 years in prison for his alleged role in the spectacular collapse of the Luna tokens, a catastrophic incident that erased a massive $40 billion in capital back in 2022. Kwon... Read More
The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), the post-trade market infrastructure for the global financial services industry, announced the results of its survey on the primary risks that are presently facing financial markets. DTCC’s Systemic Risk Barometer offers key insights into the evolving risks that... Read More
Nubank (NYSE: NU), which claims to be one of the world’s largest digital financial services platforms, has recently announced the launch of its Subscription Manager tool, centralizing all of Nubank clients’ recurring charges in a single place. Internal Nubank data collected from Oct 2024 to Oct... Read More
BlackRock (NYSE:BLK) reports that it has now strengthened its liquid alternative platform with the recent roll-out of the iShares Systematic Alternatives Active ETF (Nasdaq:IALT), which is described as a multi-strategy alternative fund meant to deliver “differentiated” sources of return across market cycles via the “transparency”... Read More
Alpha Dhabi Holding PJSC, which claims to be one of the fastest-growing investment holding companies in the MENA region, listed on the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX: AlphaDhabi), and Mubadala Investment Company PJSC, an Abu Dhabi sovereign investor, have recently announced that their joint venture... Read More
The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) is making a big move into tokenization. Currently, DTCC is a vital part of the securities trading and tracking ecosystem. In 2024, DTCC’s subsidiaries processed securities transactions valued at US$3.7 quadrillion, and its depository subsidiary provided custody and... Read More
As the calendar flips to December, the fintech community is busy trying to figure out what’s coming in 2026. Read some of their best guesses below. Sanctions and financial risk “As sanctions expand across more geographies, the risk isn’t just in new entities being added—it’s... Read More
Artificial intelligence is experiencing one of the most explosive investment booms in modern history. Billion-dollar seed rounds – once unthinkable – are now routine. But as former NASDAQ Vice Chair David Weild warns on the latest episode of ICAN’s Capital Ideas podcast, this... Read More
The team at Valora has noted that they are starting their next chapter of business growth and product development. The Valora team will be joining Stripe, marking a key milestone in their stated mission to effectively unlock access to financial opportunity for consumers across the... Read More
During the Biden Administration, policy was aligned against Fintech innovation, including digital assets. Banks were effectively warned not to engage in the crypto sector, something that led to some being debanked – a nefarious action of cutting out firms and individuals from the financial sector.... Read More