MetaWealth, a leading platform for tokenized real estate investment, today announced it has surpassed a major milestone, distributing $1 million in yield income to its global community of investors. This landmark achievement highlights not only the rental income generated by MetaWealth’s income-producing assets but also the strength of its real estate portfolio and long-term commitment to capital growth.

Bitget, the world’s leading cryptocurrency exchange and Web3 company, has successfully concluded its 2025 Anti-Scam Month, a global initiative aimed at elevating user awareness and resilience against Web3 fraud. Throughout June, Bitget rolled out a series of gamified education tools, expert collaborations, and industry research to confront the rising threat of AI-enabled scams and security breaches across the crypto ecosystem.

Backed, the pioneer issuer of tokenized stocks, today announced the official launch of xStocks, bringing over 60 tokenized stocks, including household names like Apple, Amazon, and Microsoft, to Bybit, Kraken, and the Solana blockchain over the course of the day. Following the announcement of xStocks last month, this groundbreaking launch marks a significant leap in making tokenized stocks accessible to everyday investors, usable in DeFi 24/7, at the speed of blockchain.

Eventus, a leading provider of comprehensive, at-scale trade surveillance and financial risk solutions, and Blue Ocean Technologies, a capital markets fintech leader in global trading and data, announced that Blue Ocean ATS has selected Eventus’ Validus platform as its trade surveillance solution.

Global crypto markets posted gains alongside traditional equities following geopolitical easing, while regulatory developments in the U.S. signal increasing mainstream adoption of digital assets.

Africa has marked a significant step towards financial independence following the launch of PAPSSCARD, the continent’s first Pan-African card scheme. Unveiled on June 27 at the 32nd Afreximbank Annual Meetings (www.Afreximbank.com) in Abuja, Nigeria, the new card represents a major leap in Africa’s efforts to achieve financial sovereignty by building resilient and independent payment systems, easing people travel and boosting trade integration.

Fineqia International Inc. (CSE: FNQ) (OTC: FNQQF) (Frankfurt: FNQA), a digital asset and investment business, announces the Fineqia Bitcoin Yield ETP (Ticker: YBTC, ISIN: LI1444931821), the world’s first listed product that enables investors to garner additional Bitcoin while holding it. YBTC targets annual yield of 6%-7% via decentralised finance (DeFi) activities on the blockchain.

Monit, Indonesia’s leading spend management platform, has raised US$2.5 million in a funding round led by Cento Ventures, with strategic participation from Sansan, a Japanese leader in B2B digital transformation. Existing backers 1982 Ventures and Init 6 also joined the round, reaffirming their continued support.

JCB International Co., Ltd., the international operations subsidiary of JCB Co., Ltd., Japan's only global payment brand, today brings Apple Pay to cardmembers of Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Foreign Trade of Vietnam (Vietcombank), Military Commercial Joint Stock Bank (MBBank), and Vietnam Prosperity Joint-Stock Commercial Bank (VPBank) in Vietnam. Apple Pay is an easy, secure and private way to pay in-store, in-app and online.

Hokkoku Financial Holdings (Hokkoku FHD) and Soft Space are proud to announce the upcoming launch of a next-generation SoftPOS solution that enables merchants to accept both contactless card payments and, for the first time, regulated stablecoin payments — using only a smartphone or tablet. This will be the world’s first deployment of a SoftPOS solution, certified under global mobile payment security standards, that supports stablecoin transactions in a real commercial setting.

London-based Zango has raised $4.8m, in a round led by Nexus Venture Partners, a leading global venture capital firm with over $2.6 billion capital under management. Other participants in the latest round include South Park Commons, Richard Davies, CEO of Allica Bank, Alan Morgan, former head of Financial Services at McKinsey (EMEA), Mark Ransford, Notion Capital, No Label Ventures and Start Ventures.

SWISE, a Swiss private equity manager specializing in evergreen investment funds, has successfully migrated its Luxembourg-domiciled SICAV-RAIF to fundcraft for digital-native Central Administration and AIFM operations. The migration was completed in just one month, marking another milestone in SWISE’s mission to deliver a modern, scalable evergreen private equity strategy.

big xyt, a leading independent provider of high-quality trade data and analytics, is pleased to announce its selection by Regents Gate Capital (RGC), a London-based alternative investment firm launched in mid-2024, as its preferred vendor for execution analytics and trading cost analysis (TCA).

Leading UK Fintech Aveni AI welcomed a group of industry leaders yesterday from the UK’s wealth management and financial planning sector to an exclusive forum, to discuss how Artificial Intelligence will transform the future of financial services.

Ras Al Khaimah Economic Zone (RAKEZ) has recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank (ADIB), a leading Islamic financial institution, aimed at facilitating the bank account opening process for RAKEZ clients. The agreement was signed by RAKEZ Chief Government & Corporate Relations Officer Yaser Abdulla Al Ahmed, and ADIB Retail Banking Global Head Amit Malhotra.