Interactive Brokers (Nasdaq: IBKR), an automated global broker, today announced agentic trading through direct integration with Claude, one of the world's leading AI platforms. Available through the AI platform’s certified connector marketplace, the integration lets clients manage their accounts and access more than 170 global markets.

Kraken, one of the world’s longest-standing, most liquid and secure cryptocurrency platforms, has set out plans to launch the first CFTC-regulated perpetual futures in the US in the next 30 days.

ETS Connect UK today announces that it has been authorised by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) as the Consolidated Tape Provider (CTP) for UK bond markets. This authorisation represents a significant milestone in the delivery of the UK bond Consolidated Tape (CT) and enables ETS Connect UK to progress with full implementation in line with the planned go-live date of 22 June 2026.

Indus Valley Partners (“IVP”), a premier global provider of software and technology solutions to the world’s most sophisticated investment managers, today announced a strategic analytics partnership with Sigma, a leader in AI applications and agentic analytics for business.

eflow, a leading provider of regulatory technology solutions, announces a strategic partnership with Iress. The partnership will bring together Iress’ award-winning trading technology and global market infrastructure with eflow’s advanced trade surveillance capabilities, helping financial market participants keep pace with trade transparency, market abuse and best execution compliance obligations.

Bitget, the world's largest Universal Exchange (UEX), has launched the “Gold Fast or Go Home Challenge,” a global campaign built around faster access to gold CFD trading on the Bitget app. The campaign follows Bitget’s recent product update that moved TradFi products, including gold, forex, commodities, and indices, to a first-level homepage tab, reducing the number of steps required to access these markets directly from the homepage.

CMC Markets (“CMC”), a FTSE 250 company and global leader in multi-asset online trading and investing, has launched Spectre for retail clients, following strong demand after the product was initially introduced for professional traders.

Aon plc (NYSE: AON), a leading global professional services firm, today announced plans to launch Aon Digital Placement Exchange (Aon DPX), a new digital trading platform designed to modernize how brokers access capital and syndicate risk.

Wyden, the leader in institutional digital asset trading technology, announced its integration with EDX Markets (EDX), a leading digital asset technology firm that combines an institutional-only trading venue with a central clearinghouse. This integration offers Wyden’s banking and brokerage clients access to EDX’s deep, aggregated liquidity and capital-efficient market structure.

Fuutura today revealed a non-custodial trading protocol covering multiple instruments and supported by an integrated identity and wallet architecture. The ecosystem is built on a single principle: the user is verified once, holds their own keys, and acts on their own behalf across every product in the platform.

fmas returns to Cape Town on 26–27 May 2026, bringing Africa’s trading and fintech community together at the CTICC once again, for the largest trading summit on the continent.

Building on recent announcements with Galaxy and Ondo Finance regarding governance solutions for issuer-sponsored and third party-sponsored tokenized securities, Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (NYSE: BR) today announced it is now extending its market-leading proxy voting and disclosure solutions to third party-custodied tokenized securities, effectively supporting governance across all security tokenization models outlined by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. As tokenization accelerates the convergence of traditional finance and digital markets globally, Broadridge is supporting adoption with a full suite of governance solutions including on-chain voting, a unified view for issuers of their on- and off-chain shares, and institutional grade reporting and controls.

Mitigram, a global platform for digital trade finance, is pleased to announce the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding with MineHub Technologies Inc. (TSXV: MHUB, OTCQB: MHUBF), a leading provider of digital supply chain solutions for the commodity markets. MineHub will now add Mitigram’s impressive network and capabilities to its trade finance partner network.

LandTech has integrated Brickflow’s market-leading software into its LandInsight platform, providing developers and property investors with instant funding comparisons during site appraisal. The partnership creates a full-stack tech solution that allows users to evaluate project viability and secure capital within a single digital workflow.

Acuity Trading has launched Pattern Recognition within its AnalysisIQ tool, adding automated chart pattern detection to its intelligence platform for brokers and trading platforms.