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Europe Has Just Committed €5 Billion to Back Its Best Tech Scaleups. Here Is What Founders Need to Know.
The European Commission announced on 18 May 2026 that it had selected Swedish investment firm EQT to manage the new Scaleup Europe Fund, a vehicle with a target size of €5 billion designed to back the continent's most promising technology companies at the growth stage. The fund will invest across th
Shawn Jhanji
May 204 min read
RWA & TOKENISATION
BIG NEWS? The Privacy Problem in Tokenisation Is Solved: Polymath Launches Confidential Assets on Polymesh.
For years, one question has shadowed the ambitions of every institution considering tokenised securities on a public blockchain: what happens to our positions, our counterparty details, our transaction history? If any node on the network can read the data, the case for moving regulated assets onchai
Shawn Jhanji
2 days ago3 min read
Following the Public Offering Announcement, Securitize Posts Its Best Quarter on Record. Here Is What the Tokenisation Sector Is Watching.
The tokenisation industry has spent several years building infrastructure while asking when it will produce the kind of financial returns that attract mainstream capital markets attention. Securitize, the largest regulated tokenisation platform in the United States, just answered part of that questi
Shawn Jhanji
2 days ago3 min read
Securitize Is Going Public at $1.25 Billion: What the First Nasdaq-Listed Tokenisation Company Means for the Sector
For a sector that has spent years justifying its infrastructure ambitions to sceptical capital markets, Securitize's announcement this week that it will list on Nasdaq at a $1.25 billion valuation is more than a corporate milestone. It is the first time a company built entirely around tokenised secu
Shawn Jhanji
May 223 min read
INVESTING & FINANCE
When VCs Remove Founders: The Cognism Case Puts Investor Power Under the Microscope
The legal case unfolding in a London court between the founder of Cognism and five of its investors, including Balderton Capital and AVP Capital, would be notable at any time. A court hearing this week appears to have dealt an early blow to the investor defendants, according to reporting from Sifted
Shawn Jhanji
2 days ago4 min read
Why Five Data Points About Founder Funding Should Shape How This Sector Thinks About Capital Access.
Category: FOUNDER ACCESS & CAPITAL REFORM
Shawn Jhanji
3 days ago4 min read
UK Startups Raised £6 Billion in Three Months. Female Founders Are Still Getting 2p of Every Pound.
18 May 2026 | Category: FOUNDER ACCESS & CAPITAL REFORM
Shawn Jhanji
May 187 min read
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Europe Has Just Committed €5 Billion to Back Its Best Tech Scaleups. Here Is What Founders Need to Know.
The European Commission announced on 18 May 2026 that it had selected Swedish investment firm EQT to manage the new Scaleup Europe Fund, a vehicle with a target size of €5 billion designed to back the continent's most promising technology companies at the growth stage. The fund will invest across th
Shawn Jhanji
May 204 min read
The regulators have decided: tokenisation is the future of UK wholesale markets
On 15 May 2026, the FCA and Bank of England published something the market has been waiting for. Not a pilot. Not a sandbox update. A shared vision — and a roadmap.
Shawn Jhanji
May 194 min read
The UK Law Firms Shaping the Tokenisation and RWA Space
18 May 2026 | Category: LAW, REGULATION, POLICY
Shawn Jhanji
May 187 min read
LAW & REGULATION
Wall Street's Settlement Infrastructure Goes Onchain: DTCC Sets July Pilot for Tokenised Securities Platform
The world's most important settlement infrastructure is going digital. On 4 May 2026, the Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation confirmed it will begin limited production trades of tokenised securities in July 2026, with a full commercial launch planned for October. The announcement confirms wha
May 223 min read
The PRA Has Written to Every UK Bank CEO About Tokenised Assets. This Is What It Said.
On 15 May 2026, the Prudential Regulation Authority sent a letter to the chief executives of all UK-regulated banks and designated investment firms setting out how it expects them to treat tokenised assets, stablecoins and other cryptoasset exposures from a prudential perspective. Published jointly
May 213 min read
Behind the Curtain: The Conversations Actually Shaping Tokenised Finance
There are events that generate press releases. And then there are the conversations that actually move markets forward, held away from the noise, where the people building real infrastructure say what they genuinely think.
May 213 min read
EDITOR PICKS
Behind the Curtain: The Conversations Actually Shaping Tokenised Finance
There are events that generate press releases. And then there are the conversations that actually move markets forward, held away from the noise, where the people building real infrastructure say what they genuinely think.
May 213 min read
King's Speech 2026: The Financial Services Bill Puts the PSR Inside the FCA and Signals a Leaner Regulatory Landscape for UK Finance
The UK government confirmed today that a Financial Services Bill will form part of the 2026 to 2027 parliamentary programme, following the King's Speech delivered this morning. The bill has been anticipated for months. It will fold the Payment Systems Regulator into the Financial Conduct Authority,
May 133 min read
Bermuda Just Built the First Compliance System Embedded Directly Into Digital Asset Transactions. Regulators Globally Are Taking Note.
On 6 May 2026, Chainlink, Apex Group, Bluprynt and Hacken announced the successful completion of the Bermuda Monetary Authority's Embedded Supervision Solution. The pilot demonstrated, for the first time at live scale, that regulatory compliance rules can be built directly into digital asset transac
May 113 min read
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BIG NEWS? The Privacy Problem in Tokenisation Is Solved: Polymath Launches Confidential Assets on Polymesh.
For years, one question has shadowed the ambitions of every institution considering tokenised securities on a public blockchain: what happens to our positions, our counterparty details, our transaction history? If any node on the network can read the data, the case for moving regulated assets onchai
Shawn Jhanji
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Following the Public Offering Announcement, Securitize Posts Its Best Quarter on Record. Here Is What the Tokenisation Sector Is Watching.
The tokenisation industry has spent several years building infrastructure while asking when it will produce the kind of financial returns that attract mainstream capital markets attention. Securitize, the largest regulated tokenisation platform in the United States, just answered part of that questi
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Why Five Data Points About Founder Funding Should Shape How This Sector Thinks About Capital Access.
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