FinTech

Entropy, a decentralized crypto custodian that raised a $25M seed led by a16z in June 2022, is shutting down after “several pivots, and two rounds of layoffs” (www.theblock.co)
2 days ago Layoffs Decentralize

Konni hackers target blockchain engineers with AI-built malware (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
4 days ago Blockchain AI

Sources: Ledger is working with banks on a US IPO that could value the French cryptocurrency company at more than $4B; it was valued at $1.5B in 2023 (www.ft.com)
5 days ago France IPO Cryptocurrency

Sources: UBS plans to make cryptocurrency investing available for some private banking clients in Switzerland, starting with bitcoin and ether (www.bloomberg.com)
5 days ago Bitcoin Switzerland Cryptocurrency

Superstate raised an $82.5M Series B to expand from tokenized Treasury offerings into SEC-registered equities on Ethereum and Solana (www.theblock.co)
6 days ago Equity Ethereum

Neynar, a startup focused on decentralized social media infrastructure, is acquiring Ethereum-based social media project Farcaster from R&D firm Merkle (www.theblock.co)
7 days ago Startup Ethereum Decentralize

Payments using facial recognition are growing in South Korea as the tech improves; South Korean fintech app Toss has scaled its “Facepay” service to 1M+ users (asia.nikkei.com)
7 days ago Korea Fintech Facial Recognition

Filings: Michael Saylor's Strategy has bought more than $3B in Bitcoin since January 5, marking its biggest two-week purchase since December 2024 (www.bloomberg.com)
8 days ago Bitcoin

NYSE plans to use its tech that matches buyers and sellers, alongside blockchain networks, to facilitate real-time trading of tokenized securities in 2026 (www.bloomberg.com)
9 days ago Blockchain

Bitcoin fell 3.6% to under $92K, ether fell ~5%, and solana fell 8.6%, wiping ~$100B from crypto's total value, after Trump proposed new 10% European tariffs (www.bloomberg.com)
9 days ago Trump Europe Bitcoin

More US States are Putting Bitcoin on Public Balance Sheets (yro.slashdot.org)
9 days ago Bitcoin

A look at Michael Saylor's Strategy, known for buying bitcoin via creative financing strategies, as its stock trades way below its peak amid the crypto downturn (www.nytimes.com)
11 days ago Bitcoin

Beaconcha.in: a record ~36M ethereum tokens, or 30% of ethereum's total supply, worth ~$119B, are now staked, as institutional investors grow their share (sherwood.news)
11 days ago Ethereum

Total global VC funding to fintech startups totaled $51.8B in 2025, up 27% YoY and above pre-pandemic totals, but much lower than 2021's peak of $141.6B (news.crunchbase.com)
13 days ago Fintech Startup

Blockchain-based lender Figure unveils the On-Chain Public Equity Network to issue, trade, and lend stocks natively on a blockchain, not as tokenized replicas (www.theblock.co)
13 days ago Blockchain Equity

Bitchat, a P2P messaging app launched by Jack Dorsey, has emerged as a key lifeline for people in Uganda and Iran facing government-imposed internet shutdowns (www.reuters.com)
14 days ago Iran P2P Uganda

Polygon buys crypto startups Coinme and Sequence for a total of $250M+, as it seeks to bolster its stablecoin and fintech infrastructure and compete with Stripe (fortune.com)
15 days ago Fintech Startup

Fintech Firm Betterment Confirms Data Breach After Hackers Send Fake $10,000 Crypto Scam Messages (it.slashdot.org)
16 days ago Fintech

Michael Saylor's Strategy bought 13,627 bitcoin for ~$1.25B between January 5 and 11, taking its total holdings to 687,410, and boosts its USD reserve to $2.25B (www.theblock.co)
16 days ago Bitcoin

Source: OnePay, the fintech firm behind Walmart's “super app”, recently bought back shares from employees at a price that values the startup at more than $4B (www.bloomberg.com)
19 days ago Fintech Startup Walmart

Cambodia extradites Chen Zhi, the chair of online scam conglomerate Prince Group, to China; in October 2025, the US DOJ seized Chen's bitcoin worth nearly $12B (www.wsj.com)
20 days ago China Bitcoin Cambodia

New GoBruteforcer attack wave targets crypto, blockchain projects (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
21 days ago Blockchain

Cambodia extradites Chen Zhi, the chairman of online scam conglomerate Prince Group, to China; in October, the US DOJ seized $12B in bitcoin belonging to Chen (www.wsj.com)
21 days ago China Bitcoin Cambodia

Dutch fintech Bunq applies to become a US bank; the OCC conditionally approved national trust bank charters for several crypto firms in 2025, including Circle (www.bloomberg.com)
21 days ago Fintech Netherlands

African fintech Flutterwave acquires Nigerian open banking startup Mono, sources say in an all-stock deal valued at $25M to $40M; Mono raised $17.5M since 2020 (techcrunch.com)
23 days ago Fintech Startup Africa Nigeria

Mumbai-based Knight Fintech, which builds core infrastructure connecting banks, lenders, platforms, and borrowers, raised $23.6M led by Accel (economictimes.indiatimes.com)
26 days ago Fintech

Cryptocurrency theft attacks traced to 2022 LastPass breach (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
26 days ago Cryptocurrency

The FBI says fraudsters bilked Americans out of $333.5M via bitcoin ATM scams from January through November 2025, up from roughly $250M in 2024 (abcnews.go.com)
28 days ago U.S. Bitcoin FBI

Trump Media, owner of Truth Social, plans to distribute a new token to shareholders with partner Crypto.com, expected to operate on the Cronos blockchain (www.bloomberg.com)
28 days ago Blockchain Trump

Fake GrubHub emails promise tenfold return on sent cryptocurrency (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2025-12-27 Cryptocurrency

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