Mattia Mezzetti · a month ago Deep Tech Revolution: Trieste's Startup Incubator Doubles Down Deep Tech Revolution, Area Science Park's Trieste-based incubator, has doubled its portfolio to ten startups and raised funding to two million euros in just… EuropeAI
Giulia Ferrante · a month ago Spiko Raises $90M Series B, Eyes Italian Market Expansion Spiko closed a $90M Series B led by NEA, bringing total funding to $120M and assets to $2.7B. Italy is named as a hiring market, but no office or launch date… RWATokenizationFintech
Riccardo Curatolo · a month ago Ripple Prime Moves Into Leveraged ETF Financing: Wall Street Territory Ripple Prime is financing leveraged ETFs through swap deals, competing directly with major banks. No source confirms XRP, RLUSD, or blockchain play any role… XrpETFInstitutional Investors
Francesco Campisi · a month ago CME and ICE on Public Blockchains: Chervinsky's 10-Year Forecast Jake Chervinsky predicts CME and ICE will adopt public blockchains within 10 years, but the forecast comes from the CEO of a Hyperliquid-funded lobbying… TokenizationHyperliquidMarkets
Ilya Bratanov · a month ago Cryptosmart Easy Launches Post-MiCA: 30+ Cryptos and Tax Handled by the Exchange Cryptosmart Easy launches after MiCA authorization, adding 30+ cryptocurrencies and a withholding tax feature. The exchange calculates and remits capital… RegulationMiCACrypto Taxes
Giulia Ferrante · a month ago UniCredit's Tokenized Schuldschein: Blockchain Enters German Corporate Lending UniCredit structured its first tokenized Schuldschein for German real estate firm OSMAB Holding, maturing September 2029. Blockchain certifies the docs, not… TokenizationBanksFintech
Mattia Mezzetti · a month ago Defense Tech Funding Hits $10.5B in Europe, Italy Lags Behind European defense-tech startups are set to raise $10.5 billion by end-2026, per Dealroom. Germany and Finland lead; Italy captures almost none of it. Digital EuroMarketsMacroeconomics
Riccardo Curatolo · a month ago KYC and AML for European CASPs: What 19 Vendor Documents Reveal CryptoTotem Research reviewed 19 KYC/AML vendors serving European CASPs. Transaction monitoring leads on documentation; business verification and data… RegulationMiCAEurope
Francesco Campisi · a month ago Banca d'Italia Hosts Quantum Risk Conference for Public Blockchains The Banca d'Italia co-hosts FCiR26 in Rome on October 6, with post-quantum cryptography and blockchain risks on the agenda. No policy position on Bitcoin has… QuantumRegulationCrypto
Ilya Bratanov · a month ago CFTC Drafts Federal Rules for Crypto Exchanges After CLARITY Act Stalls The CFTC published an ANPRM on October 5 to build federal rules for retail crypto trading with margin or leverage, and to create a new exchange category, the… United StatesRegulation
