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Crypto Prediction Platform Polymarket Debuts Native Stablecoin in Major Upgrade and Sign of Market Getting Mature
Blockchain & Crypto

Crypto Prediction Platform Polymarket Debuts Native Stablecoin in Major Upgrade and Sign of Market Getting Mature

To boost its control over payment settlement, Polymarket — one of the world’s largest crypto prediction platforms, rolls out its own stablecoin, Polymarket USD, and starts the most sweeping infrastructure upgrade in its six-year operation period. 

Solflare & Snowdrop Solutions Team Up to Make Crypto Card Transactions Less Mystic
Blockchain & Crypto

Solflare & Snowdrop Solutions Team Up to Make Crypto Card Transactions Less Mystic

Solflare and Snowdrop has joined forces to upgrade crypto-linked debit card UX with transaction enrichment features bringing neobank-style clarity to complex blockchain data that may confuse customers.

Nevermined Makes Giant AI Agent Payments Stride With Visa, x402 and VGS Support
Fintech & Ecommerce

Nevermined Makes Giant AI Agent Payments Stride With Visa, x402 and VGS Support

AI agents may perform various tasks for a business or individual, but they may not complete half of them without the ability to actually make payments. Nevermined aims to solve that deficiency with their new agent card delegation feature based on secure technologies developed by Visa, Coinbase’s x402, and VGS.

Anthropic’s Project Glasswing Unites Tech Leaders in Face of Growing AI Power That Can Either Shatter or Supercharge Global Cybersecurity
Science & Technology

Anthropic’s Project Glasswing Unites Tech Leaders in Face of Growing AI Power That Can Either Shatter or Supercharge Global Cybersecurity

Anthropic, Amazon, Microsoft, Apple, Broadcom, Cisco, CrowdStrike, Google, JPMorganChase, the Linux Foundation, NVIDIA, and Palo Alto Networks… What do all of these companies have in common besides their massive tech industry presence? Apparently, they all care about AI models able to discover “thousands of high-severity vulnerabilities, including some in every major operating system and web […]

Noah Becomes Hyperbeat On-Chain Banking Partner to Help Move $300B in Monthly DeFi Volume
Blockchain & Crypto

Noah Becomes Hyperbeat On-Chain Banking Partner to Help Move $300B in Monthly DeFi Volume

A strategic alliance between Noah and Hyperbeat establishes the payment provider as the default EUR, USD, and other major currency settlement engine for on-chain “Liquid Banking” layer, creating a seamless bridge between local bank accounts and the HyperEVM chain.

Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Meets Nubank CEO to Advance Digital Banking Innovation: Is LatAm Neobanking Giant Moving to Middle East?
Fintech & Ecommerce

Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Meets Nubank CEO to Advance Digital Banking Innovation: Is LatAm Neobanking Giant Moving to Middle East?

It doesn’t happen every day that Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi meets with CEO of one of the largest digital financial services platforms in the world. Does the meeting signal Nubank upcoming expansion to the Middle East region?

Razorpay & OpenAI Expand Collaboration With Codex Integration Powering Instant AI App Monetisation
Fintech & Ecommerce

Razorpay & OpenAI Expand Collaboration With Codex Integration Powering Instant AI App Monetisation

Following the cooperation on India’s first AI agent-powered conversational payment experience, Razorpay and OpenAI introduce a new intriguing joint initiative helping developers finally monetize their AI product development without friction.

SBC Summit Malta to Explore the Trends Driving the Future of Casino
Society & Lifestyle

SBC Summit Malta to Explore the Trends Driving the Future of Casino

As new technology and shifting player expectations continue to reshape the world of iGaming, SBC Summit Malta will feature sessions dedicated to helping stakeholders confidently navigate the sector’s next phase.

Uber Taps AWS New Chips to Optimize Rides Matching With Millisecond Precision
Science & Technology

Uber Taps AWS New Chips to Optimize Rides Matching With Millisecond Precision

To boost the optimization of ride-sharing and on-demand delivery services, two segments where speed and matching accuracy matter dearly, Uber expands its continuous collaboration with Amazon’s AWS, testing new chip models for smarter AI predictions and handling demand spikes in real-time.

INXY Payments Raises $7M to Expand Its Global Crypto-to-Fiat Payments Platform
Blockchain & Crypto

INXY Payments Raises $7M to Expand Its Global Crypto-to-Fiat Payments Platform

INXY Payments has now raised a total of $7 million in funding across two rounds to expand its global payments platform, enabling merchants accepting altcoins and stablecoins from their clients without extra crypto cash-out worries.

Agentic Automation in Finance Summit 2026 Convenes Industry Leaders in Stockholm
Fintech & Ecommerce

Agentic Automation in Finance Summit 2026 Convenes Industry Leaders in Stockholm

The Agentic Automation in Finance Summit 2026 will take place on 15 September 2026 in Stockholm, Sweden, bringing together  senior leaders from across banking, fintech, insurance, and financial services. This marks the 9th European edition of the global  series, convening 25+ speakers and around 150 senior decision-makers from the Nordic and wider European financial ecosystem. 

Sri Lanka Bets on Fee-Free QR Payments to Move Past Cash Into the Digital Age
Fintech & Ecommerce

Sri Lanka Bets on Fee-Free QR Payments to Move Past Cash Into the Digital Age

Sri Lanka has doubled its effort to make QR payments part of its citizens’ everyday life, removing merchant fees on LankaQR transactions up to 5,000 rupees, trying to shift consumers and small vendors away from cash and into digital rails.

Online Trading Expo 2026 Sets Stage in Hong Kong to Redefine the Future of Fintech and Global Brokerage
Fintech & Ecommerce

Online Trading Expo 2026 Sets Stage in Hong Kong to Redefine the Future of Fintech and Global Brokerage

HONG KONG – As the global financial landscape undergoes a radical transformation driven by AI and decentralized finance, the Online Trading Expo 2026 is proud to announce its upcoming edition takes place on 27–28 May 2026 at AsiaWorld-Expo in Hong Kong. This premier event is designed to be the ultimate bridge for global brokers and […]

Western Union Acquires APAC Wallet Dash From Over-Century-Old Telecom Giant
Fintech & Ecommerce

Western Union Acquires APAC Wallet Dash From Over-Century-Old Telecom Giant

Western Union will now have its own wallet service in Singapore, extending its existing presence of 80 agent locations in the country with the digital payment reach of over 1,4 million local citizens using Dash, previously owned by Singtel.

Italy Fines Revolut €11.5M Over Alleged Misleading Practices, Adds to Regulatory Scrutiny
Fintech & Ecommerce

Italy Fines Revolut €11.5M Over Alleged Misleading Practices, Adds to Regulatory Scrutiny

Italy’s competition and consumer protection authority has fined multiple entities within the Revolut group €11.5 million (about $12.2 million) for alleged unfair commercial practices related to how the financial technology firm marketed and managed some of its services in the Italian market, according to regulatory sources.

Circle’s Arc Is Building Quantum Resistance Before It Needs To And That’s the Point
Blockchain & Crypto

Circle’s Arc Is Building Quantum Resistance Before It Needs To And That’s the Point

In a blockchain industry largely content to defer hard problems until they become crises, Circle is doing something unusual: solving one before it arrives.