Merit Financial Advisors, a Georgia-based financial advisory firm, has announced the acquisition of Safeguard Wealth Management. This strategic move enhances Merit’s digital marketing capabilities, particularly through Safeguard’s successful YouTube platform, and adds $597 million in assets to Merit’s portfolio.
Ashland Place Finance LLC, a commercial aviation financing platform, has successfully completed two new financing facilities for Sirius Aviation Capital Holdings Limited. These facilities cover two A320-200 aircraft currently leased to Peach Aviation in Japan and Volaris in Mexico.
Pearl Diver Credit Company Inc. reported its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2025. The quarter reflected a mix of increased investment income and higher expenses, along with market-driven unrealized losses affecting CLO equity valuations.
The intelligent cash management platform, known for optimizing high‑yield savings and expanding FDIC coverage for affluent households, has launched Max Private℠, a new enterprise suite designed to help large RIAs and fast‑growing advisory firms deliver private banking and lending services typically associated with wirehouses and integrated banks.
Kraken Institutional’s new model attempts to consolidate that sprawl. The crypto exchange’s institutional arm has launched its first professionally managed yield strategy, marking a strategic shift toward curated investment solutions delivered inside a regulated, institutional‑grade framework. The inaugural offering—the Bitwise Custom Yield Strategy—is managed by Bitwise Asset Management as an external strategy manager and executed entirely within Kraken’s qualified custody, execution and risk framework. The Bitwise team, led by Bitwise’s Head of Derivatives, Gordon Grant, is responsible for day‑to‑day portfolio management, while Kraken provides the underlying infrastructure, governance and ongoing oversight.
The world’s second‑largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume has introduced two new account modes under Bybit TradFi: Zero‑Fee mode and Tight‑Spread mode. The goal is straightforward—make trading traditional assets like gold, foreign exchange (FX), and stock CFDs accessible to newcomers while still offering precision pricing for experienced traders.
Secured Finance AG, the Zug‑based team behind the non‑custodial DeFi protocol Secured Finance, is taking a direct swing at that problem. The company announced it has integrated tokenized assets issued and distributed by DigiFT as eligible collateral within its protocol—starting with UBS Asset Management’s tokenized money market fund product, uMINT.
Global Dollar Network (GDN) has announced that Bitpanda will roll out trading, deposits, and withdrawals for its USDG stablecoin starting February 5, 2026. For Europe’s increasingly regulation‑conscious crypto sector, this isn’t just another token listing—it’s a calculated move into the post‑MiCA era of compliant digital dollars.
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Canada’s push to modernise its digital currency infrastructure just crossed a meaningful institutional milestone. Stablecorp, the issuer behind QCAD—Canada’s first regulatory‑compliant Canadian‑dollar stablecoin—has selected VersaBank, a federally regulated Schedule I bank, as custodian for the QCAD Digital Trust.
Blockchain.com and Ondo Finance are pushing real‑world asset (RWA) tokenisation deeper into the mainstream—this time in Europe. The two companies announced an expansion of their partnership that allows eligible users across the European Economic Area (EEA) to access regulated, tokenised U.S. stocks and ETFs directly inside the Blockchain.com DeFi wallet.
Zeta Network Group is staking out a clear position in one of digital finance’s fastest‑emerging institutional conversations: real‑world asset (RWA) tokenisation. Rather than framing it as a bold pivot or speculative leap, the company is presenting tokenised RWAs as a logical extension of how public companies may manage digital‑asset treasuries as crypto matures from balance‑sheet experiment to capital‑management discipline.
Fold Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: FLD) is making a clear statement about where it believes bitcoin fits in everyday finance—and it’s not off to the side as a speculative asset. With the launch of a redesigned Fold app experience, the company is consolidating rewards, spending, and account activity into a single financial hub meant to feel familiar to traditional banking users while quietly centring bitcoin at the core.
