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Bron has added face-based recovery to its self-custody wallet, using iProov's liveness checks. It tackles crypto's worst user problem, but the release leaves the storage of the face data unexplained.
Marvin EvansOctober 9, 2026
Mike Cagney's new company has raised $19 million and named Figure, the lender he chairs, as its first blockchain partner. The custody claim at the centre of the pitch has no named custodian yet.
Charitarth SindhuOctober 9, 2026
Brevan Howard, an investor in Ripple, has become a prime brokerage client of Ripple Prime. The relationship is circular, and the financing capacity behind it is the number to look for.
Charitarth SindhuOctober 9, 2026
Altruist has added charitable giving accounts to its adviser platform, priced below the usual sponsor fees. The real prize is keeping philanthropic assets under the adviser's management.
Marvin EvansOctober 9, 2026
Four infrastructure partners bought into OKX at the same $25 billion pre-money valuation set in March. Every new investor already supplies a layer of the exchange, so the capital doubles as a commercial bond.
Charitarth SindhuOctober 9, 2026
Polly now prices, hedges and sells mortgages on one system. If it can show lenders where each basis point of margin went, it has a real argument against the incumbents.
Marvin EvansOctober 9, 2026
Charitarth SindhuOctober 9, 2026
Venmo will pay an extra 1% on top of 3% cash back on dining and entertainment when cardholders split the bill in its app, from 15 October 2026.
Charitarth SindhuOctober 8, 2026
Wayfair has renewed with Klarna and added six-month interest-free financing across its brands. The deal shows where buy now, pay later is heading: bigger baskets and longer terms.
Marvin EvansOctober 8, 2026
Vishal Garg has certified a 52.02% consent result and cut Better's board to five seats, while the company's special committee withdrew its challenge citing cost and uncertainty.
Charitarth SindhuOctober 8, 2026
M1 has put a fiduciary duty behind an AI adviser that reads clients' real accounts. The legal accountability is new; the conflicts around M1's own lending products are worth watching.
Marvin EvansOctober 8, 2026
Basware has closed its purchase of payment fraud specialist Trustpair, with price undisclosed and a promise that Trustpair stays independent and open to rival systems.
Charitarth SindhuOctober 8, 2026
