Solidus Labs announces collaboration with Figment

Solidus Labs Partners with Figment To Revolutionize Institutional ETH Staking

Solidus Labs, a category-definer in crypto-native security and compliance, announced yesterday a collaboration with Figment, a leading blockchain infrastructure and staking services provider. This collaboration introduces Staking Guard, a cutting-edge risk mitigation solution explicitly tailored for institutional Ethereum Validators. Staking Guard is now available for all Figment Ethereum clients as a premium opt-in solution. Powered by the […]

Piper Sandler signs definitive agreement to acquire Aviditi Advisors

Piper Sandler Enters Definitive Agreement to Acquire Aviditi Advisors

Piper Sandler Companies a leading investment bank, yesterday announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Aviditi Advisors. Aviditi Advisors is a premier alternative investment bank providing full lifecycle services to financial sponsors, global alternative investment managers and limited partner investors with offices in New York City, Dallas, London and Munich. Ryan […]

Aperture Finance secures USD 250Mln for AI-powered DeFi platform

Aperture Finance Secures Series A Funding at a $250M Fully Diluted Valuation to Build Intent-based Architecture for DeFi

Aperture Finance, a decentralized finance (DeFi) platform pioneering AI-powered intents, has raised a Series A funding round, bringing the total across all rounds to $12 million and valuing the project at $250 million. The round was led by top-tier venture capital firms including Skyland Ventures, Blockchain Founders Fund, and Krypital Group, with participation from notable investors like Alchemy, SNZ, Stratified […]

APOLLO Insurance secures CAD 18.5Mln to launch FinShore BNPL subsidiary

APOLLO Insurance Raises CAD $18.5 Million to Launch FinShore Buy-now-pay-later Subsidiary (Representational Image from Freepik)

APOLLO, a Canadian digital insurance provider and leading innovator in the emerging embedded finance sector, announced the creation and launch of FinShore, a wholly owned buy-now-pay-later subsidiary. FinShore provides a fully embedded monthly payment option to over 100,000 Canadians insured with APOLLO. The financing for the new company was provided by Fair Capital Partners Inc. […]

Blockchain Capital appoints Tony Schmidt as COO and Operating Partner

Blockchain Capital, LLC announced the appointment of Tony Schmidt as Chief Operating Officer (COO) & Operating Partner. Mr. Schmidt will be responsible for optimizing firmwide operations while working with senior management in overseeing organizational priorities and developing and executing the firm’s ongoing strategic roadmap. “With over 17 years of experience in defining operations, technology, processes, and the […]