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Nonprofit group behind the Wikipedia free-content encyclopedia, Wikimedia Foundation, introduced that the venture has turned 25, marking a quarter-century of offering dependable, human-curated data to customers worldwide. In conjunction with its twenty fifth anniversary, Wikipedia unveiled partnerships with a number of AI corporations, together with Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, Mistral AI, and Perplexity. Through Wikimedia Enterprise,…

Swift, the safe messaging community for world monetary establishments, introduced that it has partnered with BNP Paribas Securities Services, Intesa Sanpaolo, and Societe Generale – FORGE to finish a landmark digital asset interoperability trial, demonstrating a big step towards world cross-network integration. The trial facilitated the seamless change and settlement of tokenised bonds whereas supporting…

Digital asset platform Bakkt introduced that it has reached an settlement to amass Distributed Technologies Research (DTR), a supplier of world stablecoin fee infrastructure.  Under the phrases of the definitive settlement, Bakkt will problem shares of its Class A standard inventory to DTR as consideration, representing 31.5% of the “Bakkt Share Number,” as outlined within…

Hong Kong, lengthy acknowledged as a world hub for finance and innovation, is about to change into a focus for blockchain, cryptocurrency, and institutional digital asset exercise in early February 2026. The first half of the month will deliver collectively builders, founders, traders, regulators, and monetary leaders throughout a collection of high-profile conferences and summits…

Cryptocurrency trade Gate printed an up to date reserve disclosure indicating that its reserve construction stays secure. The report exhibits that as of January sixth, 2026, the platform’s whole reserve protection elevated from 124% to 125%, with total reserves reaching $9.478 billion, exceeding the generally referenced trade security threshold of 100%. The disclosed reserves help…

American enterprise capital agency Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) introduced the profitable elevating of over $15 billion throughout a number of funds, together with American Dynamism $1.176 billion, Apps $1.7 billion, Bio + Health $700 million, Infrastructure $1.7 billion, Growth $6.75 billion, and different enterprise methods $3 billion, representing greater than 18% of all enterprise capital deployed…

2026 opened with a wave of high-profile crypto partnerships spanning funds, media, sports activities, and monetary providers. From Crypto.com’s increasing ecosystem to Mastercard’s infrastructure push, these collaborations spotlight how digital property are being embedded into regulated, consumer-facing platforms throughout international markets initially of the brand new yr worldwide adoption. Trump Media Plans Shareholder Rewards Token…

The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has introduced that any agency intending to have interaction within the newly regulated cryptoasset actions should receive formal authorisation beneath the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (FSMA) earlier than the brand new regime takes impact.  This requirement extends to companies presently registered beneath the Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing,…

Cryptocurrency funds are gaining prominence within the monetary ecosystem as they supply sooner, lower-cost, and extra inclusive strategies for transferring worth each throughout borders and in every day transactions, addressing the restrictions of conventional monetary programs and broadening entry to international cost networks. Industry forecasts point out that international funds income is predicted to exceed…