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BitGo Prices NYSE Debut at $18 a Share, Nearing Upper End of Its IPO Range
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Crypto Derivatives Defy Geopolitics: Bybit & BlockScholes Report Market Steady Amid Greenland Tensions and JGB Yield Shock
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Sumsub & GOE Alliance Team Up to Bring Regulated Crypto Payments to Vietnam
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Vianexus Supercharges Its Marketplace with MT Newswires, Giving FinTechs Real‑Time, Agent‑Ready News

Prathamesh Barathe

KBRA Gives Barings Equipment Finance a Preliminary A‑Rating, Signaling Strength in Asset‑Based Lending

When Kroll Bond Rating Agency (KBRA) unveiled a preliminary “A‑” rating for Barings Equipment Finance LLC’s 2026‑A senior unsecured notes, the fintech‑focused finance world took notice. The rating, issued on Jan. 22, 2026, places Barings—a subsidiary of the global investment firm Barings Group—squarely in the “upper‑medium‑grade” category, a signal that its asset‑based lending (ABL) platform is both resilient and investor‑friendly.

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KBRA Gives Barings Equipment Finance Preliminary A‑Rating

BitGo Prices NYSE Debut at $18 a Share, Nearing Upper End of Its IPO Range

BitGo, the San Francisco‑based crypto‑custody platform that powers everything from institutional vaults to DeFi bridges, announced on Tuesday that it will price its initial public offering at $18 per share, just $0.10 shy of the top of its previously disclosed range. The pricing puts the company’s valuation at roughly $7 billion, and the deal is expected to raise $1.1 billion in gross proceeds—one of the largest capital infusions for a pure‑play crypto‑infrastructure firm to date.

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BitGo Prices NYSE Debut at $18, Raising $1.1 Billion

Crypto Derivatives Defy Geopolitics: Bybit & BlockScholes Report Market Steady Amid Greenland Tensions and JGB Yield Shock

A fresh joint analysis from Bybit and data‑analytics heavyweight Block Scholes shows that the crypto‑derivatives sector shrugged off two very different macro shocks in the first half of 2024. While a diplomatic flare‑up over Greenland’s strategic significance rattled risk‑off sentiment, and Japan’s sudden jump in 10‑year government‑bond yields sent a ripple through Asian markets, crypto perpetual contracts for Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) continued to post healthy turnover, expanding open interest and displaying volatility patterns that were surprisingly flat.

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Prathamesh Barathe014 mins
Crypto Derivatives Stay Steady Amid Greenland Tensions

Sumsub & GOE Alliance Team Up to Bring Regulated Crypto Payments to Vietnam

Sumsub, the New‑York‑based RegTech specialist known for its “plug‑and‑play” KYC and AML suite, and GOE Alliance, a home‑grown fintech that already processes billions of dong in crypto‑to‑fiat conversions. Their Memorandum of Understanding, signed on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum’s 2026 summit, is a strategic attempt to give Vietnamese merchants a compliance‑first path to accept crypto.

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Sumsub & GOE Alliance Enable Compliant Crypto Payments

Vianexus Supercharges Its Marketplace with MT Newswires, Giving FinTechs Real‑Time, Agent‑Ready News

Vianexus, the fast‑growing data‑as‑a‑service platform that stitches together news, analytics, and alternative data for the financial sector, announced a major boost to its Marketplace: the integration of MT Newswires, Dow Jones’ flagship financial‑journalism network. The move unlocks a steady stream of “agent‑ready” news—pre‑formatted, instantly consumable content—across Vianexus’ 2,000‑plus partner ecosystem, from hedge funds and wealth‑tech firms to corporate treasuries and regulator‑grade data aggregators.

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Vianexus adds MT Newswires for instant agent‑ready news

Aeropay Scales Up Chicago HQ as City’s FinTech Hub Gains Momentum

Chicago’s fintech scene has been on a steady upswing, and Aeropay is putting its money where the mouth is. The payments‑processing startup announced Monday that it will expand its downtown headquarters by roughly 30,000 square feet, adding new workspaces, a data‑center annex, and a dedicated innovation lab. The move is more than a real‑estate shuffle; it underscores Aeropay’s confidence in the Windy City’s talent pool, regulatory friendliness, and the broader shift toward embedded finance.

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Aeropay Expands Chicago HQ Amid Booming FinTech Scene

Citizens Financial Group to Join UBS Financial Services Conference – A Litmus Test for Community Banks in the AI‑Driven Banking Boom

Citizens Financial Group (CFG) announced Monday that it will be a featured participant at the upcoming UBS Financial Services Conference in New York, scheduled for March 7‑8, 2026. While the press release reads like a routine event invitation, the subtext is more telling: a midsize, regional bank is positioning itself at the forefront of a wave of AI‑enabled products, open‑banking APIs, and real‑time data analytics that have so far been the playground of the industry’s big‑ticket players.

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Citizens Financial Joins UBS Summit to Test AI Banking Plans

Mantle Takes a Big Leap Toward a Full‑Ethereum zkRollup Architecture With Strategic Shift to Blob‑Based Data

Mantle, the Layer‑2 scaling solution backed by BitDAO, announced a major upgrade to its zero‑knowledge rollup (zkRollup) architecture. By transitioning from costly calldata to the newer Ethereum blob data type, Mantle aims to slash on‑chain data fees, improve transaction throughput, and bring its network a step closer to a fully Ethereum‑compatible, trust‑minimized rollup.

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Mantle uses Ethereum blobs to slash zkRollup fees

MUFG Boosts Americas Trade‑Finance Automation with Komgo’s Konsole APIs

In a move that could reshape the continent’s trade‑finance landscape, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) has wired its Americas trade‑finance engine to Komgo’s Konsole API suite.The plug‑in, announced on March 13, 2024, promises a faster, more transparent workflow for corporates that rely on letters of credit, guarantees, and bank‑issued financing. Trade finance has long been a…

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Prathamesh Barathe06 mins
MUFG integrates Komgo Konsole APIs to speed trade finance