The Singapore FinTech Festival 2025 (SFF 2025) — the industry’s largest annual event — once again brought together global financial institutions, regulators, technology firms, and digital-asset players for a week of high-level discussions and product showcases. Under the theme “Intelligence × Trust: Building the Next Financial Architecture,” the festival focused on real-world … [Read more...] about Singapore FinTech Festival 2025: snapshot of the most defining themes at Asia’s flagship innovation event
Tether in talks to lead €1B mega-round for German humanoid robotics firm Neura
Tether, the world’s largest stablecoin issuer, is in discussions to lead a €1 billion ($1.16 billion) funding round for Neura Robotics, a fast-growing German start-up building AI-enabled humanoid machines, according to a report in the Financial Times. The investment could value Neura between €8 billion and €10 billion—a dramatic jump from its last funding round in January, when … [Read more...] about Tether in talks to lead €1B mega-round for German humanoid robotics firm Neura
Standard Chartered forecasts $2 trillion tokenized RWA market by 2028
Standard Chartered expects the market for tokenized real-world assets (RWAs), excluding stablecoins, to grow from approximately $35 billion today to $2 trillion by 2028, according to a report published this week. … [Read more...] about Standard Chartered forecasts $2 trillion tokenized RWA market by 2028