Global Futures and Options Abu Dhabi Exchange Limited and GFO-X Abu Dhabi CCP Limited (together, GFO-X AD) announces that it has received In-Principle Approval from the Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA) of ADGM to operate as a Recognised Investment Exchange (RIE) and a Recognised Clearing House (RCH) for digital asset and related derivatives.

Saxo, a leading global platform for online trading and investing, today announces its membership of the Platforms Association, the industry body representing UK investment platforms.

OSTTRA, the global post-trade solutions provider, has added Eurex to its interest rate initial margin (IM) and capital optimisation service. Over-the-counter (OTC) derivative portfolios cleared in Eurex are now part of the OSTTRA triBalance optimisation runs, reducing counterparty risk and adding efficiencies across a firm’s OTC derivatives portfolio.

Allianz Trade, the world leader in trade credit insurance, today announces three key appointments to the board of management for the Northern Europe (NEUR) region.

Maple, the leading on-chain asset manager, today announced an integration with Jupiter Lend that enables DeFi users on the Solana-based protocol to supply syrupUSDC directly as collateral to borrow stablecoins. The new functionality creates greater yield-maximizing opportunities for traders while simultaneously deepening liquidity across Solana’s lending markets.

Fiinu Plc (AIM: BANK), the London-listed fintech behind the world’s first Plugin Overdraft® platform, has successfully completed the reverse takeover of Everfex, a European foreign exchange brokerage.

EquiLend today announced that EFG Hermes is going live on the firm’s Next Generation Trading (NGT) platform, becoming EquiLend’s first trading client based in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and the first in the region to adopt full post-trade and trading automation via EquiLend.

Caladan, a leading institutional trading firm with over $170B in annual volume, has selected Finery Markets as its infrastructure partner to rapidly expand institutional access to digital asset liquidity across 35 countries. This strategic move follows the 112.6% surge in global crypto OTC activity during H1 2025, positioning Caladan at the forefront of a fast-growing market segment.

Yellow Network, the web3 universal layer of infrastructure, announced the $YELLOW token sale on Republic closed after raising over $1 million from accredited investors. The over-subscribed sale is among the first Web3 infrastructure tokens sold under Regulation D, setting a standard for compliant, institution-quality tokenization in the US.

Mitigram, a leading digital platform for trade finance execution, has today announced a partnership with Complidata, a specialist in AI-driven trade finance automation and financial crime compliance. The collaboration aims to enhance efficiency, compliance and risk management across the trade finance ecosystem.

Interactive Brokers (Nasdaq: IBKR), an automated global electronic broker, today announced the launch of Connections, a powerful new tool that helps investors uncover trading ideas and evaluate investment opportunities by highlighting connected investment ideas across the global market. Built directly into the IBKR platform, Connections enables users to explore related stocks, ETFs, options, economic indicators and other products from one centralized location.

Polkadot Capital Group today launched as the capital markets-focused division of Polkadot, the powerful, secure infrastructure of Web3, providing a shared foundation that unites some of the world’s most transformative apps and blockchains. Established in response to rising institutional demand and increasing U.S. regulatory clarity, Polkadot Capital’s remit is to connect traditional finance (TradFi) with next-generation blockchain infrastructure, enabling institutions to understand and access opportunities across the rich Polkadot ecosystem.

BurjX, the UAE-born digital asset trading platform, licensed for both brokerage and custody services by the Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA) of ADGM, the international financial centre of Abu Dhabi, the Capital of the UAE, has announced that it is leveraging Fireblocks, an enterprise platform providing digital asset infrastructure solutions to businesses building on blockchain, to secure its digital asset trading and custody operations.

eToro, the multi‑asset trading and investing platform, is announcing a gross annual return of up to 4.3 %* on uninvested cash balances in their trading account. This initiative reflects eToro’s commitment to providing investors with straightforward, transparent and flexible solutions for putting cash to work between investment decisions.

HTX Ventures, the global investment arm of HTX, has released its latest research report “Are Tokenized Stocks a Treat or a Trap? A Complete Guide”. The report examines the driving forces, mainstream models, and possible evolution paths of tokenized stocks, and explores how they may merge with traditional capital markets.