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News

BNB Chain halts upon $100M cross-chain bridge exploit 

BNB Chain has faced a significant exploit, with all deposits and withdrawals suspended on the network

Blockchain & Crypto

The state of crypto laundering and fraud incidents: report

Recent reports reveal the extent of cross-chain crypto crime and losses from crypto hacks and alleged fraud incidents

Finance & Economics

Solana daily transactions exceed Ethereum by 39 million

The Merge hype didn’t help ETH trading activity: daily transactions in the Solana blockchain surpassed 40 million compared to Ethereum’s 1 million token transfers

Finance & Economics

Robotic Automation in China’s Factories Increases to Cover Workforce Shortage

Industrial robotic automation in China soars as the country tries to maintain manufacturing dominance despite a shrinking working-age population 

Finance & Economics

U.S. Dollar Rise Threatens Global Economies

Rally of the U.S. dollar may provoke a growth slowdown for other major economies of the world

News

Fintech M&A on the rise due to low valuations 

Global Fintech M&A rose sharply in the first half of 2022, as deals now take place at discounted prices

Finance & Economics

Greenwashing in British banks is pervasive

Almost half of the UK banks don’t focus on sustainability despite their ESG claims

Science & Technology

UK fintech investment plunges 

Global decline has ultimately undermined the robust UK fintech investment segment: slowdown is impressive

News

Inflation Eased in Separate Industries

U.S. consumer price inflation moderated in August, but the slowdown was uneven

Science & Technology

Contactless payment transaction values to surpass $10 trillion globally by 2027: Juniper Research

Growing mobile payment adoption will catalyse robust contactless payment transaction growth during the next five years

News

Canadian fintech investment sinks

Canadian fintech companies saw only US$810 million in total investment in the first half of 2022, compared to US$1.9 billion in the second half of 2021

News

Nine in ten card payments are now contactless: Lloyds

Lloyds concluded that debit card spend made in person using contactless technology has grown from 65% to 87% in the last three years

News

Klarna’s losses quadruple: investors cherish profitability over growth

BNPL giant Klarna saw its net losses nearly quadruple in the first half of 2022 driven by higher credit defaults, increased employee costs and a shift in investor sentiment

Fintech & Ecommerce

Visa Token Service Reached Important Milestone

The number of Visa tokens worldwide grew twofold in a year, reaching 4 billion tokens in circulation and surpassing the quantity of Visa bank cards for the first time

News

VC investments into blockchain increased to $14.8 billion: GlobalData

VC funds invested an impressive $14.8 billion in the blockchain sector last year, as companies continue to focus on IT solutions built on the technology

Blockchain & Crypto

NFTs Are Increasingly Targeted by Criminals: Report

More than $100 million worth of NFTs got stolen over the past year, according to report from Elliptic