Solflare has partnered with Snowdrop Solutions to improve transaction visibility for its self-custody debit card, as crypto firms expand further into consumer payment services.The partnership, announced in London on April 7, adds Snowdrop’s transaction-enrichment API to Solflare Card, a debit card l

INDIA – Abound, a financial app for Indians living abroad backed by The Times of India Group, said it plans to develop an AI-based financial automation system with NEAR AI aimed at helping non-resident Indians manage cross-border finances more efficiently.The planned service, described by the compan

UR and TopNod said they have entered a partnership to offer a co-branded Mastercard and integrated user accounts aimed at connecting digital asset holdings with everyday payments.Under the arrangement, TopNod users will be able to manage fiat and digital assets within the wallet app, convert selecte

Technology stocks are trading at their lowest relative valuation to the broader US market in eight years, narrowing a premium that has long reflected the sector’s stronger earnings growth and market leadership.The Nasdaq 100, which includes many of the largest US technology companies, has fallen abo

The Middle East conflict has entered a broader phase, with the Houthis adding to concerns over shipping routes and energy security. Yet for markets, the more important question is not the expansion of the battlefield itself, but whether the shock lasts long enough to damage growth.Market experts say

M1X Global said on March 25 that it had launched publicly and completed a $3m angel funding round, as the company seeks to expand a blockchain-based platform designed to help sovereign issuers create and manage financial instruments on-chain.The company, which operates in partnership with the Republ

Finance departments have spent years layering enterprise software on top of one another, only to find that many core processes still depend on staff moving data manually across disconnected systems. Zalos, a startup building AI “computer agents” for finance operations, says it wants to automate that

On March 18, the U.S. Federal Reserve and the Bank of Canada both held interest rates steady. Across the same week, major European central banks also leaned toward policy stability, signalling that global monetary policy has entered a phase of synchronised pause. The escalation of conflict involving

SINGAPORE — SUNRATE announced on March 18 the launch of its 2026 Global Future Leaders (GFL) Program at the annual INSEAD Tech Symposium, introducing a two-year management trainee scheme aimed at graduates and early-career professionals interested in fintech and treasury-related roles.The initiative

LONDON ㅡ Yellow has taken its Layer-3 trading protocol live on Ethereum mainnet, the latest sign that crypto infrastructure groups are still trying to build faster execution systems without giving up the transparency and settlement guarantees of public blockchains.The London-announced rollout on Mar

LONDON — The Yellow Builders Alliance, a new initiative aimed at supporting projects built on its software development kit (SDK) and strengthening connections between developers, capital providers and industry partners, was launched by Yellow today.According to the company, the alliance is intended

FLock.io has presented a case study in Sarawak, Malaysia, illustrating how government organizations can develop artificial intelligence systems locally while keeping sensitive data within their own infrastructure. The demonstration focused on the use of federated learning, a method that allows AI mo

Lisbon, Portugal, March 11, 2026 — NEAR Intents has integrated its cross-chain swap infrastructure into Brave Wallet through Brave browser version 1.88, enabling users to swap assets across multiple blockchain networks from within the wallet interface.According to the announcement, the integration m

London, March 10, 2026 — Bitget Wallet has integrated Mercuryo’s native Apple Pay payment function, allowing users to purchase digital tokens directly within the wallet using Apple’s mobile payment system.The integration enables users to complete purchases on Apple devices such as iPhones and Apple

LONDON, March 9, 2026 — Yellow announced the launch of its trading platform and native $YELLOW token. The company said the platform is built for real-time, non-custodial cross-chain trading and is intended to combine high-speed trade execution with decentralized asset custody.According to Yellow, th

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands, March 9, 2026 — Sonic Labs announced the introduction of USSD, a U.S. Treasury-backed stablecoin intended to serve as a native source of stable liquidity across the Sonic network and support on-chain financial activity within its ecosystem. USSD is built on Frax’s GENIUS

Bitcoin has climbed more than 7 percent over the past five days, regaining momentum and holding firmly above the $70,000 level. The move comes at a moment when global markets are increasingly shaped by geopolitical uncertainty, energy volatility, and shifting monetary expectations. While traditional

SINGAPORE, March 6 — OKX announced the launch of Orbit, a native social network integrated into the OKX app, as the company seeks to address credibility issues in social trading by linking market discussions with optional disclosure of verified trading performance data.According to OKX, Orbit is des

Legal AI startup Ivo said it is expanding beyond San Francisco with new offices in London and New York, as the company reported a sixfold increase in annual recurring revenue (ARR) over the past 12 months and plans to triple its headcount to 180 employees in 2026.In an announcement dated March 5, 20

Escalating military tensions between the United States and Iran are sending shockwaves through both global oil markets and foreign exchange markets. The key concern for investors is not simply the conflict itself, but how long energy supply risks around the Strait of Hormuz could persist. As one of