Drama in the City as Lord Mayor frontrunner pulls out over ‘criminal proceedings’ facing close associate September 28, 2026 The frontrunner to become the next Lord Mayor of the City of London has abruptly withdrawn his candidacy after a close business associate was hit with criminal proceedings, City AM understands. Tim Hailes, a former JP Morgan banker who became a City alderman in 2013, took the decision to step aside late last night in [...]
The Only AI Crypto Lead Prioritization Solution Built With Law Enforcement, for Law Enforcement: Elliptic Launches Pulse September 24, 2026 Pulse delivers actionable leads in seconds, no crypto expertise required, enabling decisions in the field
GTN and Solidus Labs Announce Landmark Surveillance Partnership September 23, 2026 GTN, the global fintech, and Solidus Labs, the category-definer in multidimensional market integrity, today announced a landmark partnership that deploys Solidus Labs’ HALO platform across GTN’s operations. Under the partnership, HALO is deployed across GTN’s global order book, delivering integrated trade surveillance and transaction monitoring across equities, fixed income, derivatives, FX and digital/crypto assets. This [...]
OKX Sets a New Standard for Account Protection with OKX Shield September 22, 2026 Up to €500,000 in account protection for customers in Europe OKX Shield builds on industry-leading safeguards and advanced account security
Nscale vows stay in UK despite £35bn US stock market listing September 22, 2026 Nscale has vowed to keep Britain at the heart of its global expansion despite choosing New York over London for its blockbuster float, as the AI infrastructure firm looks to turn its UK base into an export hub for computing power. The Nvidia-backed firm believes jobs and expertise built in Britain can serve customers around [...]
City watchdog targets London crypto traders in latest clampdown September 18, 2026 The City watchdog has targeted three London premises suspected of illegal peer-to-peer crypto trading as it increases its scrutiny of digital assets. In a joint operation with HMRC and the Metropolitan Police, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) said on Thursday it had issued three cease-and-desist letters to individuals trading through UK businesses, ordering them to [...]
Lattice Expands Secure Control FPGA Leadership with New Lattice Mach-N2 Family September 17, 2026 Lattice Semiconductor (NASDAQ: LSCC), the low power programmable and platform firmware leader, today announced Lattice Mach™-N2 FPGA family, extending its long-running secure control FPGA leadership with new devices purpose-built for system control and security in modern infrastructure. Built on the Lattice Nexus™ 2 small FPGA platform, Mach-N2 combines integrated flash, a hardware Root of Trust, [...]
Unions at loggerheads over party funding cap after blockbuster Reform donation September 16, 2026 Trade unions have taken aim at “stratospheric” donations and the flow of “dark money into UK politics” after Reform revealed it had pocketed a staggering £72m from just two supporters. The Trade Union Congress (TUC), which groups together some of the largest British unions, stopped short of calling for an outright cap on individual donations [...]
S&P Global Leads Strategic Investment in Kaiko, Extending Series B to $110 Million September 14, 2026 Global financial institutions are funding the leading provider of data services for 24/7 onchain finance, and establishing a Kaiko-chaired industry working group to focus on data infrastructure for tokenized markets.
Rayner warns Reform’s £72m crypto windfall could be caught by new donor rules September 13, 2026 Angela Rayner has warned Reform UK that its record £72m fundraising haul from two cryptocurrency billionaires could be caught by retrospective rules being pushed through parliament. The housing secretary said new restrictions on political donations from Britons living abroad, or those who have recently returned to the UK, would be backdated as ministers seek to [...]