In 2024, as digital financial transactions continued to expand worldwide, cybercriminals shifted their focus toward mobile devices and crypto assets. According to Kaspersky’s new Financial Cyberthreats report, the number of users encountering mobile banking Trojans rose by 3.6 times compared to 2023, while crypto‑related phishing detections climbed by 83.4%.

Bitget Wallet, a leading Web3 non-custodial wallet, has released its latest Onchain Report, revealing that 46% of users surveyed prefer crypto payments for speed, while 37% cite security risks as a key barrier.

The Canton Network (Canton) today announced that iBTC, a pioneering, bridgeless wrapped Bitcoin solution designed to revolutionize decentralized finance (DeFi) with institutional-grade security and liquidity, will deploy on the Canton Network. This collaboration brings Bitcoin-based assets on-chain, allowing institutional counterparties to use them for initial margin (IM) and variation margin (VM) solutions. It unlocks new opportunities and simplifies the integration of Bitcoin into over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives trading.

The global financial landscape is at a crossroads. While digital financial services have brought convenience and accessibility, they have also introduced new challenges—ranging from regulatory uncertainty to inefficiencies in cross-border transactions to fraud risks, while still limiting affordability for many due to high costs. A groundbreaking whitepaper, Regulated Blockchain: Infrastructure for regulated DeFi: Foundation for a golden age in finance, authored by fintech visionary Obi Emetarom, presents a transformative framework that addresses these issues and paves the way for a Regulated Internet of Value—a blockchain-powered financial ecosystem that seamlessly integrates innovation with compliance.

YOAKE, a next-generation fan engagement protocol that fuses Japanese pop culture with blockchain technology, proudly announces a landmark partnership with OpenSea, the world’s largest NFT marketplace. By joining forces with OpenSea, YOAKE is creating new opportunities for fans and collectors to engage with their favorite Jpop contents in a whole new way.

SoluLab is one of the leading names when it comes to Blockchain and AI development, and now the company is all set to make a new move in the Real-World Asset (RWA) tokenization industry. The company is planning to expand its asset tokenization services to global markets.

Finrax, the leading crypto payment gateway bridging crypto and fiat, offering fast and reliable payment processing, has announced a partnership with FXBO.

Zero Hash, the leading crypto and stablecoin infrastructure provider, today announced that tastytrade, a leading brokerage with an award winning platform for traders, has expanded their relationship with Zero Hash, enabling trading of five additional digital assets. Having launched crypto trading capability in 2020, through Zero Hash, this expansion meets increased customer demand for more crypto trading options.

MoonPay, the leading global crypto payments company, announced it has secured a $200M revolving credit line from Galaxy, a diversified financial services and investment management innovator in the digital asset, cryptocurrency, and blockchain technology sectors.

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Input | Output (IO), the leading infrastructure and research engineering firm dedicated to building a sustainable Web3 ecosystem, today announced that Lace, its Web3 non-custodial wallet, is officially multichain—starting with none other than Bitcoin.

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Brickken, a global leader in the tokenization of real-world assets (RWA), has deployed its Digital Asset Platform on the Polygon Proof-of-Stake (PoS) network. This expansion now allows the platform users to leverage Polygon, a blockchain recognized for its scalability and cost-effectiveness. The move signifies a key step in Brickken's ongoing global expansion, providing users with more options for tokenizing assets.

LMAX Digital, the leading institutional digital assets exchange, part of LMAX Group, today announces that it has added Ripple USD (RLUSD) to its list of trading instruments.

Pride & Pinion, the UK's premier luxury watch dealer, has announced an exciting partnership with Deus X Pay, a leading regulated institutional stablecoin payment provider, allowing customers of Pride & Pinion to purchase its exclusive timepieces via cryptocurrency and stablecoins.