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Nasdaq Inc. announced a partnership with digital-asset firm Talos on March 23 to integrate crypto trading and risk-management tools directly into the collateral management and surveillance platforms used by banks and brokers for stocks and bonds. The integration creates a 24/7 unified trading infrastructure spanning traditional and digital assets.
Web3 ecosystem funding reached $3.28 billion across 22 deals for the week ending March 22, dominated by Mastercard's $1.8 billion acquisition of crypto fintech BVNK, Kalshi's $1 billion Series E, and Metaplanet's $255 million post-IPO raise. The activity clusters around institutional consolidation, payments infrastructure, and treasury management plays.
Marc Syz has left his father Eric's Geneva-based Banque Syz SA to pursue a dual listing for Future Holdings AG, which he calls Europe's largest Bitcoin treasury company. The split reflects a generational divergence on crypto's role in wealth management — Marc chose to build a standalone crypto treasury firm rather than integrate Bitcoin strategy into the family's traditional private bank.