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Finance

Lyzi Raises $1.4M to Expand Tezos-Based Crypto Payments Service for Retail

The round included participation from angels investors Christopher Grilhault des Fontaines, founder of Dfns, and Jean-Luc Bernard, founder of Astek

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Finance

Crypto-Friendly Prime Broker Hidden Road in Active Takeover Talks: Sources

The company is being advised by FT Partners, the sources said.

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Markets

Tron's Justin Sun Bailed Out TUSD as Stablecoin's $456M Reserves Were Stuck in Limbo, Filings Show

Techteryx says it was the victim of what it called "large-scale fraud" rendering TUSD's stablecoin reserves stuck in illiquid investments made without its permission

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Markets

Amber's Nasdaq Debut Signals IPO Wave for Crypto Firms, Pantera's Veradittakit Says

The provider of crypto financial services for institutions went public last month.

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Finance

Zodia Custody CFO Jonathan Hugh Left the Crypto Firm Earlier This Year

The company's former COO Samuel Howe also recently exited the business.

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Finance

Archax Buys FINRA-Regulated Broker Dealer to Offer Tokenized Assets in the U.S.

The firm plans to offer tokenized real-world assets and equities in the U.S. building on its existing partnerships across blockchains such as Ethereum, Polygon, Hedera Hashgraph and XRP Ledger.

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Finance

Northern Trust to Provide Custody, Cash Management Services for Stablecoin Issuer Haycen

Haycen provides stablecoin-based solutions for non-bank lenders in global trade.

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Finance

FalconX Said to Have Suffered Wave of Senior Staff Departures, Including General Counsel, European Head

A total of 10-15 people have left the business recently, two sources said.

FalconX CEO Raghu Yarlagadda (FalconX)

Finance

Zodia Custody COO Samuel Howe Has Left the Crypto Custodian for Traditional Finance

Sam Hill will replace Howe as COO of the London-based crypto custody firm.

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Finance

Crypto Wallet Provider Utila Raises $18M as Institutional Demand for Digital Asset Management Soars

The crypto infrastructure provider has processed $8 billion in transactions in a month, CEO Bentzi Rabi told CoinDesk in an interview.