Finance Magnates Launches FM Intelligence: Data and Compliance Portal
Finance Magnates has launched the FM Intelligence Portal, a new digital platform that brings together market data, compliance tracking, and custom research in one place. The portal is presented as “One Dashboard. All the Intelligence You Need” and is built to help financial firms make smarter busine
Crypto
CoinDCX Rebukes Fraud Allegations, Points to Impersonation Scam in Police Probe
One of India's largest crypto exchanges said the move is based on a coordinated fraud using fake CoinDCX identities.
Crypto
What to Expect From This Week's House Committee on Tokenization
Lawmakers are expected to weigh steps toward on-chain securities, even as the bigger legal and investor risks remain unresolved.
Economy
Emerging Market Assets Rebound as Trump Cites Talks With Iran
Emerging-market currencies jumped and equities pared earlier losses after US President Donald Trump said the US has held talks with Iran and suspended any further airstrikes for five days, sending oil prices tumbling.
Crypto
Bitcoin Price Slides but Holds Up Better Than Stocks as Oil Shock Continues
Earlier deleveraging and continued institutional participation have helped keep Bitcoin more stable than other risk assets during the recent macro-driven selloff.
MAS develops AI risk management toolkit
The Monetary Authority of Singapore has published a toolkit designed to help the financial services sector manage AI-related risks.
Crypto
Why crypto hacks don’t end and continue even when the money is gone
A crypto hack never ends when the wallet is drained. The theft lands first, fast and visible, and then a slower collapse starts to work through the rest of the project. The token keeps sliding, the treasury shrinks with it, hiring plans get cut back, product deadlines move, partners pull away, and t
Economy
Stocks Rise, Oil Falls as Trump Eases Iran Threats: Markets Wrap
A possible de-escalation in the Middle East conflict rippled through markets, with oil falling and stocks rising as President Donald Trump said he’d postpone strikes on Iranian energy infrastructure after what he described as productive talks toward ending hostilities.
Crypto
White House faces Iran war bill that is worth nearly 3 million Bitcoin
The Pentagon has sent the White House a request for $200 billion in additional funding for the Iran war, a figure that would equal nearly 3 million Bitcoin at current market prices. At Bitcoin’s current price of about $68,600, the request converts to 2,915,451 BTC. That framing does not mean the gov
Crypto
Retail was promised fair markets. So why does the house keep winning?
Crypto opened the doors to retail now Wall Street is feasting on it Retail investors were sold a story about market access that was impossible to argue with: trading would be cheaper, information would be easier to find, public blockchains would pull back the curtain, and the old hierarchy that once
Crypto
How AI Is Being Used to Clear Court Backlogs in LA
The Los Angeles Superior Court is pilot testing whether Learned Hand’s curated AI can help manage rising workloads.
Westerners are fleeing their countries in record numbers
This will have economic consequences for the places they leave and their destinations
Crypto
Bitcoin price falls below $70k, foreshadowing US market open after threat to “obliterate” all Iranian power plants
Bitcoin drops after Trump’s Truth Social threat turns ceasefire language into renewed escalation Overnight, Bitcoin dramatically fell 2.8% after President Donald Trump issued a Truth Social post threatening to “obliterate” Iran’s power plants if the Strait of Hormuz was not reopened within 48 hours.
Even the best-case scenario for energy markets is disastrous
Whatever happens, high prices will outlive the Iran war
‘Tax resistance’ gains attention amid ICE protests, Iran war — and IRS penalties could follow
Tax protesters often withhold taxes due to moral objections to certain government programs, such as the Iran war. But there can be IRS penalties, experts say.
XTB Sells FSCA Unit Five Years After No Operations
XTB has agreed to sell its South African subsidiary for $645,000, closing out what turned out to be an eight-year attempt to enter the African continent, one that never got off the ground.Singapore Summit: Meet the largest APAC brokers you know (and those you still don't!)The Polish broker disclosed
Weekly Digest: U.S. Rips Up the Old Crypto Playbook; IG Mulls London‑to‑Wall Street Switch
New US playbook for crypto assetsThis week, the U.S SEC and the CFTC jointly issued new guidance clarifying how federal laws apply to crypto. The duo outlined the conditions under which a token transitions from being a security to a commodity.Singapore Summit: Meet the largest APAC brokers you know
Dollar posts weekly decline amid central bank caution around Iran war
Banking
UBS gets OCC final approval for US charter
The Swiss giant will convert from a state-chartered industrial bank and can now add “everyday banking” capabilities for its wealth clients, executives said.
Banking
FDIC opens door for private equity to buy failed banks
Nonbank entities such as PE firms “can play a significant role in the resolution process, given their ability to access and deploy significant pools of capital,” the agency wrote Thursday.