July 21, 2026
Tradable private credit is moving onto Stellar under an integration announced July 15. The platform plans to bring up to $1 billion in private credit assets on-chain, with $500 million expected at launch. Tradable has already tokenised $1.7 billion of institutional-grade private credit positions on other networks. Therefore, the Stellar deal expands an existing model
July 21, 2026
DTCC tokenized securities moved from theory into production on July 15. The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation converted securities held at DTC into tokens, then used them to settle real trades. More than 30 traditional finance and digital-asset firms took part, making this DTCC’s broadest production tokenisation initiative so far. DTCC Tokenized Securities Enter Real
July 20, 2026
Cross-border payments just got clearer for people in Brazil, thanks to Itaú Unibanco going live on Swift's new retail framework. Itaú is Brazil's largest private bank, and it is the first institution in the country to switch the framework on. Swift's promise here is refreshingly plain. The full amount you send should arrive, and the
July 20, 2026
Event contracts exchange operator Rothera just went live, and it is aiming straight at Kalshi. The CFTC-regulated venue built its institutional-grade exchange and clearing platform on Adaptive's Aeron Exchange Accelerator, and it did so in under five months. The platform lets Rothera list swaps tied to real-world events, with the 2026 FIFA World Cup named
July 20, 2026
AI liability coverage just became a default feature at Counterpart, not an optional add-on. The specialty insurtech built its business on AI-powered management and professional liability underwriting. Now it is expanding into three new lines, insurance agents, accountants, and real estate professionals, while adding excess coverage across its whole suite. The headline piece, though, is
July 19, 2026
Blockchain intelligence now flows straight into bank fraud queues, thanks to a new partnership between Unit21 and TRM Labs. Unit21 sells AI-driven fraud prevention and anti-money-laundering infrastructure to banks and fintechs. TRM Labs traces illicit crypto flows and screens wallets against sanctions and risk databases. Together, they let a compliance analyst flag suspicious crypto wallet
July 19, 2026
Shift4 One is the first real product to emerge from Shift4's roughly $2.5 billion purchase of Global Blue, and it doubles as an early verdict on that deal. The device is a single handheld unit that merges payment processing, dynamic currency conversion, and tax-free shopping. One piece of hardware now does the work that once
July 19, 2026
Digital euro pilot selection just handed RS2 Financial Services a front-row seat inside Europe's central bank payment experiment. The BaFin-supervised electronic money institution, operating under its Beyond by RS2 brand, will serve as an acquiring payment service provider in the Eurosystem programme. That role moves the whole project from technical preparation into practical validation. In
July 17, 2026
Velocity stablecoin infrastructure just drew money from a bank. Velocity, a London-based stablecoin treasury and settlement platform founded in May 2025, has raised a $38 million Series A co-led by Dragonfly and FirstMark. The participant list is the story. Activant Capital, QED Investors, Wintermute Ventures, Coinbase Ventures, and Ripple sit alongside Capital One Ventures, the
July 17, 2026
Octus MCP Connector is the company's answer to a question every financial data vendor is now facing. Octus, the credit intelligence platform used by financial, legal, and advisory firms tracking distressed debt and private credit, has launched a connector that lets subscribers query its data directly inside Claude, ChatGPT, or any other large language model
July 16, 2026
Cover Genius has raised $100 million backed by Vista Credit Partners, taking its valuation to $1.9 billion. The detail worth pausing on is who wrote the cheque. Vista Credit Partners is the credit investment arm of Vista Equity Partners, not a venture fund, and it describes itself as a strategic financing partner focused on enterprise
July 15, 2026
Circle Elliptic is a partnership about a problem nobody has solved yet. Elliptic, the digital asset intelligence firm, announced that an affiliate of Circle has joined its Agentic Design Partner Program, a group meant to bring infrastructure providers, compliance teams, and technology leaders together to shape how compliance works for autonomous, AI-driven financial activity. The
