Why Stablecoins and Digital Assets Are Becoming Critical in Modern Finance
March 30, 202615 min
Explore why stablecoins and digital assets are critical in modern finance, improving cross-border payments, liquidity, and financial system efficiency.
Elliptic Integrates With Tempo, the Payments-First Blockchain
March 21, 20264 min
Elliptic, the leader in digital asset decisioning, today announced full blockchain coverage for Tempo, the payments-first Layer-1 blockchain incubated by Stripe and Paradigm. With this integration, compliance and investigation teams gain full visibility into one of the most significant expansions of real-world financial activity onto blockchain infrastructure. “We’re excited to have Elliptic providing compliance infrastructure on Tempo from day one. As payments move onchain at scale, builders and their customers need real-time tools to meet...
Mastercard to Acquire BVNK to Connect On-Chain Payments, Fiat Rails
March 18, 202611 min
Expands capabilities to support greater choice in how people and businesses exchange value BVNK’s digital asset infrastructure complements and extends Mastercard’s trusted global payments network, creating interoperability between fiat and stablecoins Enables financial institutions and other customers to address new use cases with stablecoins, tokenized deposits and tokenized assets Mastercard today announced a definitive agreement to acquire BVNK, a leader in stablecoin infrastructure, for up to $1.8 billion, including $300 million in contingent payments. The...
Barclays Invests in Ubyx to Advance Digital Money Connectivity
January 8, 20263 min
Ubyx provides a global clearing system for tokenised deposits and stablecoins.
BitHide Launches Transaction Safety Levels
November 26, 20253 min
BitHide, a confidential crypto wallet for businesses, announces a breakthrough in corporate crypto privacy: Transaction Safety Levels, a payout framework that lets companies choose their preferred level of transaction confidentiality. Since 2021, BitHide has been helping businesses work with digital assets securely, conveniently while protecting sensitive operational data. Modern blockchain transparency creates significant risks for businesses, including exposure of turnover, counterparties, internal structure, wallet ownership, and other operational details. Transaction Safety Levels solve this problem by providing transaction-level confidentiality control while maintaining AML...
Taxbit Names Colby Mangels Head of Global Gov’t Solutions
October 28, 20254 min
Architect of OECD crypto reporting standards adopted by 70+ countries joins Taxbit to advance global regulatory collaboration and digital asset transparency
Crowded Named to CB Insights 2025 Fintech 100
October 27, 20254 min
Crowded is recognized for its innovative financial-management platform for nonprofits, and reinforces its commitment to donation transparency amid a recent industry scandal. CB Insights today named Crowded, a Miami-based fintech platform for nonprofit financial management, to its eighth annual Fintech 100, showcasing the 100 most promising private fintech companies in the world. “This year’s Fintech 100 showcases a new generation of companies turning AI, automation, and digital assets into the backbone of financial infrastructure,” said Laura Kennedy, Principal Analyst at CB Insights. “This year’s winners...
KuCoin Pay, Refillarena Partner to Expand Crypto Payments
September 23, 20254 min
KuCoin, a leading global crypto platform built on trust, today announced that its payment arm, KuCoin Pay, has partnered with Refillarena, a global e-commerce platform. This collaboration enables KuCoin’s global users to seamlessly spend cryptocurrencies on everyday essentials like gift cards, mobile top-ups, and eSIMs, further bridging the gap between digital assets and real-world utility. Through this integration, users can now access Refillarena’s extensive catalog—such as entertainment vouchers, connectivity recharges, or travel data plans—directly via KuCoin Pay’s secure payment...
Rapyd Launches Stablecoin Payments for Businesses
September 10, 20256 min
Rapyd offers a single provider approach for stablecoin pay-ins and pay-outs, giving businesses an end-to-end solution in one integrated platform. What was once a fragmented, complex process is now unified, giving companies real-time liquidity and more control over cross-border payments. The fintech’s flexible settlement options and instant global payouts allow businesses to settle in stablecoins or send funds worldwide in seconds.
InFocus Launches Digital Unit with Mythos for Blockchain & AI
September 2, 20254 min
InFocus Group Holdings Limited, a data analytics and software solutions company, has unveiled InFocus Digital Ventures, a new unit dedicated to blockchain, digital assets, AI, and frontier technologies – backed by an AUD 10 million financing facility from Asia-Pacific digital asset powerhouse Mythos Group. “InFocus Digital Ventures is where our existing product and services platform meets the future of digital assets,” said Ken Tovich, CEO of InFocus. “With Mythos as a long-term partner, we now have the capital, the...