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Dubai-based Global Millennial Capital closes a $100M IPO Opportunities Fund to back overlooked AI and DeFi mid-cap tech names one to three years before exit. According to the PR Newswire announcement, Global Millennial Capital has completed a final close of $100 million for its IPO Opportunities Fund, which will focus on pre-IPO and pre-exit allocations in global technology companies. Targeting overlooked mid-cap tech ahead of IPO The investor base includes Gulf family offices from Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and Qatar, together with international wealth management platforms that GMCL says are seeking structured access to growth-stage tech deals that would otherwise be…

The organizational chart with the right job titles will not get you licensed. What the regulator is looking for is a compliance architecture: documented independence, collective expertise across three distinct knowledge domains, and real institutional substance. This is how that standard works in practice. MiCA Decoded is a 12-article weekly series for Bitcoin.com News, co-authored by LegalBison’s Co-Founding and Managing Directors: Aaron Glauberman, Viktor Juskin and Sabir Alijev. LegalBison advises crypto and FinTech companies on MiCA licensing, CASP and VASP applications, and regulatory structuring across Europe and beyond. The Myth: Outsourcing a Compliance Officer Is Enough When founders begin planning…

Stablecoin-based cards could soon account for double-digit percentages of all cards in some Latin American markets, John Timoney, head of strategic partnerships at Rain, a payments infrastructure platform, said. Retail stablecoin card spend grew about 105% to 106% over the past year, Timoney said during a panel at Consensus Miami 2026. Cards are physical or virtual, allowing users to spend stablecoins such as tether and USD Coin (USDC) directly from a digital wallet for daily purchases. Rain provides stablecoin infrastructure for card issuers and recently became a Mastercard Principal Member, allowing it to offer credit and prepaid cards on the…

Fomoin, a famous Web3 launchpad, has collaborated with Catto Verse, a feline-themed decentralized AI platform for Web3 market intelligence and automation. The partnership aims to incorporate AI-led crypto instruments and enhance consumer experiences across both networks. As per Fomoin’s official X announcement, the development will shortly unveil unique integrations, utility-led developments, community campaigns, and new integrations. Additionally, the move underscores the rising convergence of blockchain technology and AI within the wider Web3 market. We are excited to announce our #partnership with @Catto_Verse 🚀#Catto is your personal #AI crypto agent. We are a coordinated guild of 12 specialized feline agents, each…

Institutional investors have increasingly gained exposure to bitcoin and other major tokens through ETFs and centralized exchanges. However, they have largely stayed away from decentralized exchanges (DEXes) offering perpetual (perp) futures tied to crypto and tradfi assets, panelists said at Consensus Miami, citing security risks and a mismatch between DeFi’s permissionless design and institutional identity and compliance requirements. The session titled “Perp DEX Explosion: Bullish Volumes & Bear Market Resilience” featured Wizard of SoHo, a veteran trader and family office manager; Michaël van de Poppe, founder and CIO of MN Fund & MN Capital; and Michael Anderson of Canary Labs.…

Investors in $NFT Ltd. face a significant capital restructuring as the company executes a major reverse share split of its ordinary shares. Reverse share split reshapes $NFT capital structure $NFT Ltd. has approved a 1-for-80 reverse share split of its Class A and Class B ordinary shares. The split was authorized by the company’s board of directors on 23 April 2026, following shareholder approval on 17 April 2026 for a potential reverse split of up to 1-for-200. This move substantially consolidates the number of shares in circulation. Under the approved terms, $NFT shareholders will receive one new ordinary share for…

Prediction markets are beginning to develop an algorithmic trading layer similar to traditional electronic markets. A new startup, Elastics, is building tools aimed at accelerating that shift. Singapore Summit: Meet the largest APAC brokers you know (and those you still don’t!) Elastics, founded by former Goldman Sachs professional Szymon Pawica, has raised $2 million in pre-seed funding to build AI agents for prediction markets. The company is developing what it calls “Trade with Words” — a natural language interface for deploying quantitative strategies without traditional order entry. The model reflects a broader shift in prediction markets, from “wisdom of the…

Crypto trade groups called for a markup of key market structure legislation within hours of U.S. Senators Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) and Angela Alsobrooks (D-Md.) releasing a compromise text Friday on stablecoin yield in the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act, the final major sticking point in the bill. The text bars crypto firms from paying interest or yield on stablecoin balances in a manner economically or functionally equivalent to a bank deposit. It carves out rewards programs tied to “bona fide activities or bona fide transactions,” and directs Treasury and the CFTC to write rules within a year of enactment. Blockchain…

As part of efforts to connect tokenized real estate products to millions of DeFi and Web3 users, FOGNET, a high-performance blockchain designed for asset tokenization, today announced a strategic partnership with MoonFun.AI, a Web3 ecosystem and cross-chain meme coin launchpad. The collaboration enabled FOGNET to integrate with MoonFun.AI’s multi-chain asset management and launchpad ecosystem, linking its tokenization platform with larger Web3 communities. FOGENT is a high-performance blockchain network that focuses on transforming real estate assets into digital tokens for on-chain investment through tokenization. This specialized high-speed blockchain allows institutional investors and even individual clients to participate in tokenized real estate…

Decentralized finance protocols are reevaluating their blockchain oracle providers’ security after the fallout from the $293 million Kelp DAO exploit last month. Several protocols have announced migrations to Chainlink infrastructure in recent days, citing security concerns around third-party oracle and bridge providers. On Thursday, Bitcoin DeFi platform Solv Protocol announced it would migrate to Chainlink’s Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP) and replace LayerZero bridges, citing an “extensive security review” concluding that CCIP provided the “strongest security assurances.” A day earlier, liquidity protocol Tydro also said it was moving to Chainlink after its previous oracle provider, Chaos Labs, suffered an incident that…