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Behavox announced the expansion of Asian language capabilities in its Quantum Voice product

Bitget, the leading cryptocurrency exchange and Web3 company, today announced the launch of the industry’s first RWA (Real-World Asset) Index Perpetual Contract. This pioneering product, set to go live on August 20, introduces a new way for users to trade tokenized traditional assets, starting with selected RWA products including TSLAUSDT (RWA), NVDAUSDT (RWA), and CRCLUSDT (RWA).

Narmi, a digital banking technology developer, and Grasshopper Bank, a client-first, full-service digital bank, have launched a first-of-its-kind Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that will allow Grasshopper's Business Banking clients to access personalized financial analysis and insights through Claude, Anthropic's advanced artificial intelligence (AI) assistant. While Claude is the first integration, this groundbreaking infrastructure sets the stage for seamless connectivity with other leading Large Language Models (LLMs) in the future.

ZIGChain, the purpose built Layer 1 blockchain for wealth generation, has been selected as one of the lead blockchains in a new strategic partnership with Valereum Plc (AQSE: VLRM) and white-label tokenisation provider DigiShares.

Northern Trust (Nasdaq: NTRS) today announced the continuation of its comprehensive asset servicing relationship with Morningstar Investment Management, supporting nine multi-managed registered mutual funds with approximately $5 billion in assets under management.

Kraken and Backed Announce Strategic Partnership with the TRON DAO to Broaden Access to Tokenized Equities

Interactive Brokers (Nasdaq: IBKR), an automated global electronic broker, today announced the launch of Connections, a powerful new tool that helps investors uncover trading ideas and evaluate investment opportunities by highlighting connected investment ideas across the global market. Built directly into the IBKR platform, Connections enables users to explore related stocks, ETFs, options, economic indicators and other products from one centralized location.

Zum Rails - an all-in-one instant payments ecosystem and embedded finance provider - is transforming how businesses move money and pay with the launch of its new suite of Mastercard powered prepaid card programs in Canada*. These reloadable cards will enable businesses to offer seamless expense management, faster wage access, consumer rewards, and real-time disbursements and spending flexibility, empowering the business and their customers to control funds with speed, security, and precision.

Kasisto, the market leader for AI in banking, today launched KAIgentic, an agentic AI platform purpose built for banking and now available to banks and credit unions. KAIgentic delivers AI that thinks like a bank’s best banker, combining intelligence, compliance, and bank grade performance in one platform across customer experience, employee experience, and AI operations.

KlariVis, a leading provider of data analytics solutions for financial institutions, today announced the appointment of Shon Aguero as Executive Vice President of Corporate Development.

Polkadot Capital Group today launched as the capital markets-focused division of Polkadot, the powerful, secure infrastructure of Web3, providing a shared foundation that unites some of the world’s most transformative apps and blockchains. Established in response to rising institutional demand and increasing U.S. regulatory clarity, Polkadot Capital’s remit is to connect traditional finance (TradFi) with next-generation blockchain infrastructure, enabling institutions to understand and access opportunities across the rich Polkadot ecosystem.

InspereX, the tech-driven fixed income and structured investments distribution and trading firm, today announced Laura Elliott has been appointed President. Ms. Elliott will report to Scott Mitchell, Chief Executive Officer of InspereX.

FloQast, an Accounting Transformation Platform created by accountants for accountants, today announced a strategic alliance with Deloitte Australia to deliver financial transformation for clients across multiple industries and service lines. The collaboration will bring together FloQast’s powerful AI platform and Deloitte Australia’s deep expertise to streamline the financial close process and drive efficiency gains.

XION, the consumer-first Layer-1 blockchain, today announced it will be the first ever Launchpool project on Bybit’s EU exchange. The partnership follows Bybit’s receipt of its MiCAR license in May 2025 and the rollout of Bybit.eu, enabling verified EEA users to onboard to a fully compliant platform, where they can get yield approved assets to earn XION.