5/7/2024 6:27:15 PM Leading Colombian bank launches crypto exchange and peso stablecoin By FinTech Collective Colombia’s largest bank, Bancolombia, has entered the crypto business by launching a crypto exchange called Wenia. The crypto platform...
1/18/2024 4:13:37 PM Institutional crypto trading tops $17b during ETF launch week, highest on record By FinTech Collective Weekly trading volume averaged just $2b in 2023.
1/10/2024 9:30:07 PM US SEC approves 11 spot bitcoin ETFs By FinTech Collective The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has approved 11 spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds, including those of Grayscale, Bitwise and...
12/13/2023 2:08:33 PM Coinbase uses Base to build digital asset platform for TradFi institutions By FinTech Collective Coinbase and its asset management arm teamed up to launch Project Diamond, a smart contract platform that allows institutions to trade...
11/20/2023 9:37:14 PM South Korea’s national pension fund buys $19.9m worth of Coinbase shares By FinTech Collective This is the first time that NPS — whose assets under management reached $755b at the end of June — has made any crypto-related security...
11/20/2023 9:34:48 PM Leading asset manager Fidelity submits an application for a Spot Ethereum Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF) By FinTech Collective The Boston-based asset manager is the latest traditional finance heavyweight to turn its focus on Ether funds. BlackRock filed for spot...
11/15/2023 5:26:12 PM J.P. Morgan and Apollo Explore Tokenization in Investment Portfolios Across Blockchains By FinTech Collective JPM and Apollo Global announced they have been working on Project Guardian in tandem with the Monetary Authority of Singapore to deliver...
11/13/2023 1:59:08 PM JPMorgan adds programmable payments to JPM Coin By FinTech Collective Users of JPMorgan's (JPM) blockchain-based settlement token, JPM Coin, can now program their accounts to make payments automatically...
11/6/2023 4:31:41 PM HSBC launches tokenized gold-focused offering for institutional investors By FinTech Collective London-based financial giant HSBC is trying its hand at gold tokenization. The bank launched tokenized ownership of physical gold held...
10/30/2023 2:43:46 PM StanChart’s Zodia Custody set to navigate Hong Kong’s crypto market By FinTech Collective Zodia Custody, a crypto subsidiary of British bank Standard Chartered, is set to roll out its crypto storage services in Hong Kong,...
10/30/2023 2:41:19 PM Thailand’s 4th-largest bank buys $103M stake in crypto exchange By FinTech Collective Kasikornbank, also referred to as K-Bank, on Monday announced its acquisition of a majority stake in the parent firm of local crypto...
10/4/2023 4:15:32 AM UAE sees major institutional influx of capital into crypto By FinTech Collective Institutional investment in the crypto space is surging in the United Arab Emirates. Blockchain data platform Chainalysis found that...
9/7/2023 4:26:14 PM FASB provides regulatory clarity to companies holding crypto, accelerating institutional adoption of digital assets By FinTech Collective Companies that hold cryptocurrency were delivered a long-awaited win on Wednesday after the U.S. Financial Accounting Standards Board...
9/6/2023 6:27:21 AM Coinbase creates new crypto lending service geared toward large investors By FinTech Collective Coinbase (COIN) has created a new crypto lending service in the U.S. for institutional clients, helping fill the void left by the blowups...
6/7/2023 2:52:53 PM Wall Street prepares to take on established crypto companies By FinTech Collective Some of the finance industry’s best-known names are building their own digital markets trading platforms, betting that fund managers will...
3/29/2023 5:33:35 PM Markerr raises $6.6m in Series B funding By Zein Dayekh New York based analytics platform for institutional real estate owners raised $6.6m in Series B funding led by RET Ventures.