FinTech

The London Stock Exchange launches a blockchain-based platform, marking its push into digital assets, initially focused on private funds (www.bloomberg.com)
2 days ago Blockchain Asset London

Downloads of Jack Dorsey-backed Bluetooth P2P messaging app Bitchat spiked to 48K+ in Nepal during recent protests, according to Bitchat developer “callebtc” (www.forbes.com)
4 days ago P2P Nepal

Blockchain-based lender Figure and some of its backers raised $787.5M in an IPO, selling 31.5M shares at $25 each, valuing the company at about $5.3B (www.bloomberg.com)
6 days ago Blockchain IPO

Blockchain-based lender Figure upsizes its US IPO and now plans to sell 31.5M shares priced between $20 and $22, aiming to raise up to ~$693M, up from $526M (www.reuters.com)
8 days ago Blockchain IPO

Sources: Ant Group's Ant Digital Technologies is quietly working to link ~$8.4B of energy infrastructure and other real-world assets to its AntChain blockchain (www.bloomberg.com)
8 days ago Blockchain Energy Asset

A look at Ross Ulbricht's return to public life after receiving a pardon in January, including speaking at Bitcoin 2025 and accepting millions in donations (www.nytimes.com)
10 days ago Bitcoin

Dealroom: European VC deals are set to rise 3-4% YoY in 2025 to $57B, about the same as in 2023, driven by rising startup valuations in AI, fintech, and defense (t.co)
10 days ago Europe Fintech Startup AI

Christian Catalini, co-creator of Meta's Libra stablecoin project, reflects on Libra's failure, what Stripe's Tempo blockchain can learn from it, and more (www.forbes.com)
10 days ago Blockchain

Source: Balderton Capital, one of Revolut's earliest VC backers, has sold ~$1B in shares through multiple transactions that valued the fintech company at $45B (t.co)
11 days ago Fintech

Stripe and Paradigm unveil Tempo, a Layer-1 blockchain for stablecoins; a source says Tempo will not launch with its own token and there is no launch timeline (fortune.com)
13 days ago Blockchain

Lead Bank, a 97-year-old Missouri bank rebuilt to serve fintech and crypto firms, raised $70M from a16z, Khosla Ventures, and others at a $1.47B valuation (www.bloomberg.com)
13 days ago Fintech

American Bitcoin closed up 16.5% in its Nasdaq debut on Wednesday, valuing Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr.'s stake in the bitcoin mining company at $1.5B (www.reuters.com)
13 days ago Trump U.S. Bitcoin

Etherealize, which develops products and infrastructure for financial institutions on Ethereum, raised $40M in a round co‑led by Electric Capital and Paradigm (fortune.com)
14 days ago Ethereum

Hackers breach fintech firm in attempted $130M bank heist (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
14 days ago Fintech

Blockchain-based lender Figure plans to sell 26.3M shares priced between $18 and $20 to raise up to $526.3M in its US IPO, targeting a valuation of ~$4.13B (www.reuters.com)
15 days ago Blockchain IPO

El Salvador has split its 6K+ bitcoin across 14 wallets, describing the move as a precaution against quantum attacks, a merely theoretical threat for now (cointelegraph.com)
17 days ago Bitcoin Quantum

The Ethereum Foundation pauses its grants program, which awarded $3M+ to 100+ projects since 2018, to rethink its spending strategy and reduce its burn rate (www.theblock.co)
18 days ago Ethereum

US To Publish Economic Data On Blockchain, Commerce Chief Says (yro.slashdot.org)
19 days ago Blockchain

The US starts publishing GDP data on nine public blockchains including Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana, with the help of Coinbase, Kraken, and Gemini (www.bloomberg.com)
20 days ago Bitcoin GDP Ethereum Coinbase

Google Cloud says its Universal Ledger, a layer-1 blockchain for financial products, is in a private testnet, and more details will be revealed at a later date (www.theblock.co)
20 days ago Blockchain Google

US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick says the US plans to publish GDP and economic data on the blockchain, but gave no details on the blockchain or timeline (www.theblock.co)
21 days ago Blockchain GDP

Sources: EU officials are fast-tracking digital euro plans, and considering Ethereum or Solana over a private blockchain after the US passed the Genius Act (t.co)
26 days ago Blockchain Ethereum

The DOJ says it will no longer target developers who create decentralized crypto platforms without criminal intent, as part of a regulatory retreat on crypto (www.reuters.com)
26 days ago Decentralize

A US judge sentences Noah Urban, a member of Scattered Spider, to 10 years in prison in connection with a string of major hacks and cryptocurrency thefts (www.bloomberg.com)
28 days ago Cryptocurrency

Wyoming launches a stablecoin, FRNT, marking the first time a US state has issued a blockchain-based, fiat-pegged token to be used by retail and enterprises (www.theblock.co)
29 days ago Blockchain Retail

Blockchain-based lender Figure files for a US IPO, reporting H1 revenue up 22.4% YoY to $191M and a profit of $29M, compared with a loss of $13M in H1 2024 (www.reuters.com)
29 days ago Blockchain IPO

Google increases its stake in bitcoin miner and datacenter operator TeraWulf from 8% to 14%, bringing its total investment to ~$3.2B; WULF jumps 10%+ (www.cnbc.com)
30 days ago Bitcoin Google

The Federal Reserve continues its relaxation of crypto oversight by ending a program created in 2023 to scrutinize fintech and crypto activities by banks (www.coindesk.com)
2025-8-16 Fintech

Fintech, Crypto CEOs Urge US President To Block Banks' Data-Access Fees (news.slashdot.org)
2025-8-15 Fintech

Shopify CEO Tobi Lutke, Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss, and 80+ fintech and crypto CEOs urge Trump to block US banks from charging fees to access customer data (www.bloomberg.com)
2025-8-14 Trump Fintech Shopify

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