Digital Asset, the firm behind the Canton Network, has raised $135 million in a strategic funding round led by DRW Venture Capital and Tradeweb Markets. The round saw significant participation from top-tier financial institutions and crypto-native players, including Goldman Sachs, Circle Ventures, Citadel Securities, DTCC, Paxos, Polychain Capital, and BNP Paribas.
In the latest sign that institutional DeFi is more than a buzzword, Blueprint Finance has raised $9.5 million in fresh capital to double down on its multi-chain infrastructure ambitions. The round was led by Polychain Capital, with backing from heavyweights like Yzi Labs (formerly Binance Labs), VanEck, and BitGo.
As financial institutions face increasing pressure to modernize aging infrastructure and meet global resiliency mandates, ACI Worldwide (NASDAQ: ACIW) is beefing up its cloud-native payments platform, ACI Connetic, with a deeper stack of strategic technology partners.
In a move to meet the rising demand from institutional investors navigating an increasingly volatile crypto market, Zinemx Exchange has launched options trading—unlocking a new layer of flexibility and sophistication for crypto derivatives traders.
With U.S. consumer liabilities skyrocketing past $19.5 trillion, the systems that manage our financial lives are long overdue for an upgrade. Spinwheel, a fast-rising player in real-time credit data and payments infrastructure, just raised a $30 million Series A to do exactly that—bring clarity, speed, and AI smarts to a system groaning under decades of legacy tech.
In a strategic talent and tech acquisition play, Fundbox, a leader in embedded capital solutions for small businesses, is welcoming the founding team of Vaya Technologies to drive its next wave of product innovation.
In a bold step toward mainstreaming stablecoin adoption, Mastercard and Fiserv are expanding their partnership to integrate FIUSD, Fiserv’s blockchain-based token, across Mastercard’s global payments network. The collaboration aims to unlock real-world use cases for stablecoins—bringing programmable digital currency to more than 150 million merchants worldwide.
The future of financial advice just got a cash injection. Conquest Planning, a Canadian fintech firm using AI to reimagine wealth planning, has raised $80 million in Series B funding to fuel U.S. expansion and accelerate its product roadmap. The round, led by Goldman Sachs Alternatives, brings Conquest’s total capital raised to over $100 million.
As the fintech shake-up continues, two wealthtech players—Nitrogen (formerly Riskalyze) and Advyzon—are stepping up with what they claim is the most comprehensive integration yet between risk analytics and portfolio management. The expanded partnership arrives at a timely moment: with Morningstar Office set to sunset in early 2026, financial advisors are actively scouting for smarter, unified platforms to replace the aging legacy system.
South Korea’s fintech scene has a new disruptor, and it’s not chasing the next neobank or payments app. Instead, Money Guard Service is going after the messy, informal world of handshake deals, unpaid personal loans, and undocumented credit transactions—and bringing legal clarity through digital contracts.
