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Zcash miner Fortitude taps former Hut 8 CEO to lead ahead of public listing
Former Hut 8 CEO Jaime Leverton will take the helm at Fortitude as the Zcash-focused miner expands its operations and moves toward a planned public listing.
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- Finance
UK payments firm Ryft raises £20m for European push
Manchester-based payments infrastructure platform Ryft is targeting Europe and the US after raising £20 million in a Series B funding round.
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- Bitcoin
Ric Edelman: Buying Bitcoin Today Is Like Buying Amazon in 1999
Bitcoin Magazine Ric Edelman: Buying Bitcoin Today Is Like Buying Amazon in 1999 The top financial advisor also thinks bitcoin's price will hit at least $500,000 by 2030. This post Ric Edelman: Buying Bitcoin Today Is Like Buying Amazon in 1999 first appeared on Bitcoin Magazine and is written…
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- Finance
Is Fuel-Export Ban Trump’s Last Option to Ease Prices? How It Could Work
Any ban would likely target diesel, which has come in short supply globally, and be short-lived to avoid disruptions.
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- Finance
Book your Thanksgiving and Christmas travel now — or risk getting priced out of flying home for the holidays
Thanksgiving, Hanukkah and Christmas are still months away — but travel experts are advising those heading home for the holidays to book their flights now.
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- DeFi
Cardano’s Splash fix patches the exploit, but leaves 2.4M ADA missing and holders trapped
The exploit drained 2.42 million ADA net, while OADA lacks protocol redemption and faces a thin-pool overhang. The post Cardano’s Splash fix patches the exploit, but leaves 2.4M ADA missing and holders trapped appeared first on CryptoSlate .
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- Industry
GLI announces four sales director promotions
Promotions reflect the strength of our EMEIA sales organisation and the leadership we continue to build across the region Gaming Laboratories International (GLI) has announced four sales director promotions across its EMEIA operation. Francesca Badon has been named Director of Account…
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- Altcoins
‘There’s not enough blockspace’: Avalanche Treasury CEO says AI agents could crunch L1 blockchain capacity
Smith expects traditional financial markets to shift to 24/5 trading by mid-2027, requiring new blockchain infrastructure.
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- Policy
SEC Backs Real Stock Tokens Over Synthetics: Who Loses?
The SEC approved onchain trading of tokenized stocks, barred synthetic copies, and gave companies a veto. The post SEC Backs Real Stock Tokens Over Synthetics: Who Loses? appeared first on BeInCrypto .
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- DeFi
S&P Global Buys the Auditor Behind Most Stablecoins: Why Now, and Why Twice?
S&P Global is buying code auditor OpenZeppelin days after backing Kaiko. Here is what the ratings giant is building. The post S&P Global Buys the Auditor Behind Most Stablecoins: Why Now, and Why Twice? appeared first on BeInCrypto .
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- Industry
Genius Sports launches Prediction.com to compare event contracts across platforms
The platform arrives as prediction market monthly transaction volumes have risen from $32 million to $12.6 billion in… The post Genius Sports launches Prediction.com to compare event contracts across platforms appeared first on European Gaming Industry News .
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- Finance
The Agent Metric Retail Banks and Motor Insurers Should Be Asking For
Author: A finextra community member…
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- Finance
Unlimit Rebrands Business Accounts as Stable.com, Begins Client Migration
Unlimit has rebranded its business accounts operation as Stable.com, moving European clients to a new platform that will combine its existing account and payment products with planned digital asset and decentralised finance services. London's trading industry is coming home! The change…
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- Finance
Revolut exploring dual New York and London listing - Storonsky
Revolut is exploring a dual listing in New York and London, says the UK fintech's CEO Nik Storonsky.
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- Finance
Freetrade CEO Jenny Zhao Steps Down After Only Three Months
Jenny Zhao has left her position as Chief Executive Officer of Freetrade last month, only after three months in the role. She took up the role in late May, succeeding Freetrade co-founder Viktor Nebehaj. London's trading industry is coming home! Her replacement in the top role at the…
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- Altcoins
FCA Targets Three More London Sites Over Unregistered P2P Crypto Trading
"Anyone running an unregistered peer-to-peer crypto business should assume we are looking at them," the FCA's enforcement chief said.
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- Altcoins
UK signals end of 'light-touch' era with multi-agency raid on peer-to-peer crypto hubs
Increased enforcement coincides with detailed regulatory guidance issued to crypto firms ahead of the full framework taking effect in late 2027.
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- Altcoins
Saudi Strikes Leave Polymarket’s Houthi Entry Question Unresolved
Polymarket traders face an unresolved threshold as Houthi missiles and drones hit Saudi Arabia, with no confirmed ground incursion. The post Saudi Strikes Leave Polymarket’s Houthi Entry Question Unresolved appeared first on Cryptonews .
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- DeFi
World launches ‘World Money’ super app with stablecoins, Stripe integration and boosted rewards
The self-custody app also plugs into Stripe, Kalshi, and Morpho, with World ID verification unlocking boosted rewards.
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- Policy
U.S. SEC begins prepping for around-the-clock trading that crypto treats as the norm
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission dug into plans for around-the-clock trading in an event on the same morning it approved tokenized securities.
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- Finance
Lumin Digital signs Eclipse Bank
Lumin Digital, the Compounding Growth Platform for banks and credit unions, today announced that Eclipse Bank has selected Lumin as its new digital banking provider. The Louisville, Kentucky-based community bank will use Lumin’s cloud-native platform to deliver a more customized,…
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- Finance
ACI Worldwide expands ACI Connetic with cloud-native financial messaging capability
ACI Worldwide (NASDAQ: ACIW), an original innovator in global payments technology, today announced the expansion of ACI Connetic with a powerful cloud-native Financial Messaging capability, designed to help banks modernize payments infrastructure, simplify complexity, and scale real-time…
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- Finance
Revolut Reconsiders London Listing after Storonsky Said LSE “Can’t Compete”
Revolut is exploring a dual listing on the Nasdaq and London Stock Exchange, despite CEO Nik Storonsky’s earlier criticism of the UK market’s lower liquidity and tax on share purchases. London's trading industry is coming home! Storonsky told French newspaper Les Echos that the US…
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- Finance
The future of consumer payments: Cards, Pay by Bank & the evolution of the multi-rail bank
How is the industry is moving past the ‘cards versus Pay by Bank’ binary to focus on consumer payments as a whole?
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