Allica Bank Raises $155M in Series D Funding
FinSMEs / finsmes - Allica Bank, a London, UK-based digital bank for small and medium businesses (SMBs), raises $155M in Series D funding, at $1.2 Billion valuation. Backers included Ventura Capital, GLG, Sona AM and existing investors TCV and Blue Owl. The company intends t…
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Senator Blumenthal Opens Inquiry Into Iran Transactions on Binance
David Yaffe-Bellany and Michael Forsythe / nytimes - Senator Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut sent a letter to Binance asking about the flow of $1.7 billion from accounts on the crypto exchange to Iranian entities.
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Meta Hopes to Launch Stablecoin Payments Project This Year
PYMNTS / pymnts - Meta is hoping to enter the stablecoin payment space sometime this year, CoinDesk reported Tuesday (Feb. 24), citing unnamed sources. The move would happen if the Facebook owner is successful in integrating with a third-party company to facilitate stablec…
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Stripe Reaches Record Valuation as Global Volume Hits $1.9 Trillion
PYMNTS / pymnts - Stripe was valued at $159 billion in a tender offer designed to provide liquidity to current and former employees, the programmable financial services company said in a Tuesday (Feb. 24) update. The figure is up from the $106.7 billion valuation the compa…
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Hong Kong's RedotPay said to plan blockbuster $1 billion IPO in New York: Bloomberg
Omkar Godbole / coindesk - The stablecoin payments company has hired JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs and Jefferies, according to Bloomberg.
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Xflow Raises $16.6M from PayPal, General Catalyst and others
Ekemini / ventureburn - Xflow, an Indian startup focused on cross-border payments, just raised $16.6 million in Series A funding. General Catalyst led the round, and PayPal Ventures joined in, along with Lightspeed, Stripe,The post Xflow Raises $16.6M from PayPal, General Cataly…
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Terraform Labs sues Jane Street for alleged insider trading prior to Terra-Luna collapse: WSJ
Danny Park / theblock - Terraform Labs' liquidation administrator sued Jane Street, accusing the firm of insider trading leading up to the collapse of Terra-Luna.
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Hypercore Secures $13.5M to Launch AI Admin Agent
Ekemini / ventureburn - Hypercore has raised $13.5 million in Series A funding to build software infrastructure for private credit funds. The funding will expand the reach of the company’s AI Admin Agent softwareThe post Hypercore Secures $13.5M to Launch AI Admin Agent appeared…
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Crypto.com Wins Conditional Approval for US Banking Charter
PYMNTS / pymnts - Crypto.com says it has gotten conditional governmental approval for a bank charter. The conditional approval from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) allows the digital assets company to charter Foris Dax National Trust Bank, doing busines…
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$20 million lost in 'jackpotting' ATM malware attacks in 2025, FBI reports — scheme forces machines to spit out cash, targets banks and ATM operators
tomshardware - The FBI released a public warning, saying that ATM "jackpotting" incidents have exponentially increased in 2025.
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Bitcoin remains below key onchain level as ETF outflows persist, liquidity stays tight: analysts
Naga Avan-Nomayo / theblock - Analysts warned that weak ETF flows, constrained liquidity, and fragile accumulation are keeping bitcoin's price rangebound and indecisive.
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Inside the meeting: White House favors some stablecoin rewards, tells banks it's time to move
Jesse Hamilton / coindesk - Sources familiar with the talks on stablecoin yields say the White House urged bankers to get on board with a deal that lets the market structure bill advance.
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Klarna Hits First $1 Billion Revenue Quarter as Banking Users Double
PYMNTS / pymnts - Klarna said in a fourth-quarter earnings report that it doubled its number of banking customers over the past year. During the fourth quarter, Klarna’s number of banking customers grew 101% year over year to reach 15.8 million, the company said in a Thurs…
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Vilnius’ Copla bags €6M to swap Excel chaos for automatic DORA compliance
Abhinaya Prabhu / techfundingnews - Vilnius-based Copla has secured €6 million in Series A funding as European financial institutions brace for a sweeping…
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Bitcoin is about to log its longest losing streak since 2022 as geopolitical nerves hit risk trades
James Van Straten / coindesk - Geopolitical tensions lift the U.S. dollar and crude prices, adding pressure to an already fragile crypto market.
- Altcoins hit by retail selling, liquidity strain and borrowing fixes (4)
- Bitcoin's losing streak: dollar strength, geopolitical nerves, downside hedging (7)
- Institutional engineering: asset-backed deals, ETF flows, mining profits (2)
- Public miners and equities reprice amid dilution and selloffs (3)
Altcoins hit by retail selling, liquidity strain and borrowing fixes
Bitcoin's losing streak: dollar strength, geopolitical nerves, downside hedging
Institutional engineering: asset-backed deals, ETF flows, mining profits
Public miners and equities reprice amid dilution and selloffs
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‘Sentiment is bleak’: bitcoin declines as geopolitical tensions add to risk-off mood
scmp - Bitcoin extended a four-week slide as investors returned to a more cautious macro backdrop.The token dropped as much as 3.2 per cent to US$66,604 on Tuesday, before paring the decline.Bitcoin, which has traded like a high-beta tech proxy in recent months,…
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Stripe-owned stablecoin platform Bridge wins conditional OCC approval for national bank charter
Sarah Wynn / theblock - Stablecoin platform Bridge, acquired by Stripe last year, received conditional approval from the OCC, the firm said on Tuesday.
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Nexo Brings Crypto Business Back to US
PYMNTS / pymnts - Three years after battling with regulators, crypto platform Nexo has returned to the U.S. The company announced in a new release Monday (Feb. 16) that this return is being carried out in collaboration with “regulated partners,” giving Nexo’s investment an…
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Animoca Brands clears major regulatory hurdle with new Dubai license
Jamie Crawley / coindesk - Animoca said the license allows it to commence operations in Dubai, offering broker-dealer services and digital asset management and investments.
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US spot bitcoin ETFs bleed $410 million as BTC slips below $66,000
Brian Danga / theblock - US spot bitcoin ETFs recorded $410 million in outflows as bitcoin fell below $66,000 after stronger-than-expected jobs data.
- Bank analysts cut targets, warning of further downside ahead. (4)
- Offbeat: promos, corporate losses, and speculative token hype. (4)
- On the trading floor: ETFs bleed, institutions pare back positions. (2)
- Traders fret over shallow demand, funding, derivatives, and price signals. (3)
Bank analysts cut targets, warning of further downside ahead.
Offbeat: promos, corporate losses, and speculative token hype.
On the trading floor: ETFs bleed, institutions pare back positions.
Traders fret over shallow demand, funding, derivatives, and price signals.
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