Latest FinTech & Blockchain News
Monark Markets Raises $8.1M to Expand Retail Private Market Access
Monark Markets, a New York-based FinTech, has secured $8.1 million in funding led by F-Prime to accelerate expansion of its embedded investment infrastructure connecting brokerage firms and wealth platforms to private markets. The capital will fund integrations with additional platforms and expand access to new asset classes including evergreen funds, fractional real estate, and secondary trading of private securities
. Monark's API infrastructure already serves over 30 million retail investors through integrations with major platforms like Apex Fintech Solutions and BBAE
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ACI Worldwide Discusses Agentic Commerce at MIT Sloan Fintech Conference
ACI Worldwide's Chief Strategy and Growth Officer Philip Bruno is speaking on an 'Agentic Commerce: When AI Starts Buying' panel at the MIT Sloan Fintech Conference, exploring how AI agents will reshape commerce, identity, and payments. The panel brings together executives from Synchrony, Airwallex, PwC, and NVIDIA to examine how payments infrastructure must enforce trust as AI gains autonomous purchasing capabilities
. Bruno emphasized that successful agentic systems require verified permission, persistent identity, and evidence of fair outcomes
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Newity Raises $11 Million for AI-Powered Blockchain Lending Platform
Newity has raised $11 million to expand its AI lending platform and develop blockchain-based tools designed specifically for small business financing. The funding supports both the expansion of its AI capabilities and the creation of blockchain solutions tailored to the needs of small business borrowers
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Nexi Launches Fully Managed Digital Issuing Solutions
Nexi Group has launched Nexi Ready, a fully managed, plug-and-play digital issuing solution targeting banks, corporates, and fintech companies. The solution streamlines digital issuing processes by providing a comprehensive, ready-to-deploy platform
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Eric Trump Predicts Bitcoin Could Reach $1 Million
Eric Trump expressed strong confidence in Bitcoin at the World Financial Forum, calling it 'one of the greatest performing asset classes' and predicting it could hit $1 million. He noted Bitcoin's rise from $16,000 two years ago to nearly $70,000 and emphasized the cryptocurrency's average annual growth of about 70% over the past decade
. Trump acknowledged Bitcoin's volatility but framed it as an acceptable trade-off for its long-term upside potential
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DealBox Forecasts $20 Trillion Crypto Market Peak in 2026-2027
DealBox's Thomas Carter has forecasted that the cryptocurrency market could reach a peak of $20 trillion during the 2026-2027 cycle. This projection comes as tokenized U.S. Treasuries have reached approximately $10 billion on public blockchains
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Tokenized U.S. Treasuries Surge to $10 Billion
Tokenized U.S. Treasuries have reached roughly $10 billion on public blockchains, reflecting growing institutional adoption of blockchain-based treasury instruments. This development highlights the expanding intersection of traditional finance and blockchain technology
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Figure Technology Reports Major Data Breach Affecting Nearly 1 Million Accounts
Figure Technology has suffered a significant data breach impacting nearly 1 million user accounts. The breach represents a notable security incident in the fintech sector and raises concerns about data protection practices in blockchain and crypto platforms
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Alternative Assets Growth Drives Private Markets Expansion Strategy
Alternative assets have grown dramatically from $5 trillion in 2011 to nearly $16 trillion today, according to F-Prime managing partner David Jegen. This growth is being fueled by asset managers seeking new retail investors and changing regulatory environments guiding higher allocations to alternatives
. The expansion is driving infrastructure companies like Monark to develop solutions that democratize access to private markets
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Retail Investors Increasingly Seek Exposure to Growth Themes in Private Markets
Retail investors are increasingly looking for exposure to growth themes within private markets, including U.S. reindustrialisation, next-generation defence, AI, blockchain, and space exploration. Monark Markets is capitalizing on this demand by building curated marketplaces of private investment opportunities that embed private market access directly into existing brokerage platforms
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