German stock exchange operator Deutsche Börse has invested $200 million in cryptocurrency exchange Kraken. The deal, announced Tuesday (April 15), gives Deutsche Börse a 1.5% stake in Kraken parent Payward and expands on an existing partnership between the two groups to combine traditional financial markets and digital assets. “Spanning trading,...
Alternative asset manager Blackstone is considering a $2 billion initial public offering (IPO) for an acquisition company that would buy data centers, Bloomberg reported Friday (April 10), citing unnamed sources. Blackstone filed paperwork confidentially with U.S. regulators earlier this year and could begin formal marketing...
Early-stage venture firm Collide Capital has raised an oversubscribed $95 million Fund II that will back FinTech, supply chain and “future of work” companies. This capital raise brings Collide’s total assets under management (AUM) to over $170 million, the firm said in a Thursday (April...
Blockchain developer Polygon Labs is looking to raise between $50 million and $100 million to build a new stablecoin payment business, The Information reported Wednesday (April 8), citing unnamed sources. The company is looking to diversify its business amid the current downturn in cryptocurrency, which...
Funding for digital healthcare startups has reached record levels for the first quarter of the year. That’s according to findings released Monday (April 6) by venture fund group Rock Health, which said the first three months of 2026 were marked by two “headline records.” First,...
The Middle East has, in recent years, stood out among the more productive settings for payments innovation, where digital adoption and infrastructure development have advanced in tandem and given rise to a new generation of FinTech platforms. That foundation remains intact, but what’s changing in...
Goldman Sachs’ new private credit fund is reportedly going against an industry trend. As Reuters reported Monday (April 6), investors have requested to repurchase just under 5% of shares in the first quarter, remaining within its cap and amid an increase in redemption requests across...
OpenAI’s top leaders are reportedly at odds over the timing of a possible initial public offering. According to a report Sunday (April 5) by The Information, CEO Sam Altman has said he wants the IPO to happen as soon as the fourth quarter, even though...
Some of the country’s biggest banks are helping Elon Musk’s SpaceX go public. But as The New York Times (NYT) reported Friday (April 3), access to the company’s long-awaited initial public offering (IPO) comes with a specific demand: Banks, lawyers and other advisers must subscribe...