CeFi

Nasdaq Ventures agreed to put $100 million into Kraken's parent company, at a $21 billion valuation according to Bloomberg, and Payward will adopt Nasdaq's surveillance technology across its trading venues.

Arab Global Crypto Exchange (AGCX), a CMA-licensed Virtual Assets platform, will open for trading on September 10, 2026, giving UAE residents and eligible users in supported jurisdictions a locally regulated platform to access and trade virtual assets.

Chile’s financial regulator says it does not oversee the exchange’s closure or have the power to order customer repayments.

The exchange also introduced 24/7 perpetual futures on MU, SNDK, SPY and QQQ, but its post did not specify key collateral and liquidation terms.

YUBIT has secured a Full Service Investment Dealer License from the Financial Services Commission (FSC) of Mauritius, reinforcing the regulatory framework behind a platform that gives traders access to more than 1,000 crypto and traditional markets from a single account.

The company funded 4,603 BTC entirely with MSTR share-sale proceeds, leaving its $5.10 billion USD Reserve untouched for preferred dividends and debt interest.

Zoomex, a global cryptocurrency derivatives exchange, has rolled out a major upgrade to its TradFi Zone, consolidating Stock Contracts, Commodity Contracts, and Stock Tokens into a single, streamlined destination on the platform.

The product pairs a conventional home loan with a separate downpayment loan secured by pledged bitcoin and a second lien on the property.

The Big Four firm issued an unqualified opinion on 2025 accounts for Tether's El Salvador issuing entity. The work was done to AICPA standards rather than the PCAOB standards the GENIUS Act sets for licensed U.S. issuers, and Tether has released neither the statements nor the opinion letter.

Revenue jumped 80%, but trading and staking margins weakened as BitGo targeted $15 million in annualized savings following June layoffs.