Chris McMillan Joins as Managing Director in CharlotteCHARLOTTE, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Houlihan Lokey, Inc. (NYSE:HLI), the global investment bank, announced today that Chris McMillan has joined as a Managing Director in its FinTech Group. Based in Charlotte, Mr. McMillan will focus on the digital assets sector.Mr. McMillan joins the firm with a wealth of experience in … [Read more...] about Houlihan Lokey Bolsters FinTech Group with Digital Assets Hire

ISS reaffirms the Company’s view that Ryan Lane and the vast majority of the incumbent board are the best stewards of the Company and the current strategy Urges Shareholders to Vote "FOR" All 9 of Empery Digital’s Nominees on the WHITE Universal Proxy CardAUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--#btc--Empery Digital Inc. (NASDAQ: EMPD) (the "Company" or "Empery Digital") today informed … [Read more...] about Delaware Supreme Court to Review Validity of ATG Capital’s Nomination Notice Prior to Empery Digital’s 2026 Annual Meeting

Collaboration enables banks to integrate USDC workflows within existing multi-rail payments infrastructureNEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Volante Technologies, the global leader in Payments as a Service (PaaS), today announced a strategic collaboration with Circle Internet Group, Inc. (NYSE: CRCL) (“Circle”), a leading internet financial platform company and the issuer of USDC1 … [Read more...] about Volante Technologies and Circle advance stablecoin payment and settlement capabilities for financial institutions

The firms’ complementary capabilities aim to deliver enhanced technology, operational efficiency, and industry standardization  DTCC has made a strategic investment in iCapitalNEW YORK & LONDON & HONG KONG & SINGAPORE & SYDNEY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), the premier post-trade market infrastructure for the global financial services … [Read more...] about DTCC and iCapital Collaborate to Advance Private Market Infrastructure, Expand Access and Support the Industry’s Next Phase of Growth and Scale

Amendment adds approximately 7 MW and brings the deployment to approximately 2.42 EH/s, fully subscribing the site's K1BC phaseALBANY, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Soluna Holdings, Inc. ("Soluna" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: SLNH), a developer of green data centers for intensive computing applications, including AI and Bitcoin mining, today announced an amended agreement with Dory … [Read more...] about Soluna and Bitdeer Expand Agreement to 35 MW at Project Kati 1

SINGAPORE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Antom, a leading merchant payment and digitisation services provider under Ant International, today announced a series of key appointments for its operations in Southeast Asia to further strengthen the synergy among its regional brands and better serve regional merchants with streamlined full-stack AI-native solutions. Nabilah Alsagoff, co-founder … [Read more...] about Ant International’s Antom Upgrades Southeast Asia Leadership Structure to Drive Regional Synergy in the AI Era

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Circle Foundation, a philanthropic initiative supported by Circle Internet Group, Inc.'s (NYSE: CRCL) 1% equity commitment, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the World Food Programme (WFP), today announced two initiatives to improve digital payments for development and humanitarian action. The initiatives will explore how digital … [Read more...] about Circle Foundation Announces Support for United Nations Development Programme and World Food Programme to Advance Digital Payments for Development and Humanitarian Action

Socure’s RiskOS® platform brings identity verification, fraud prevention and risk decisioning to the Arc Onramp Experience.INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Socure, the leading AI-native trust infrastructure for global identity and risk intelligence, today announced that RiskOS is being used for identity verification and fraud prevention on Arc, the open Layer 1 … [Read more...] about Socure Brings AI-Native Identity Verification to Arc at Mainnet Launch