Bitget reported $1.86 trillion in combined Q3 trading volume, its Q3 2026 Transparency Report shows, with growth spread across crypto derivatives, spot and contracts-for-difference. The same report gives a single paragraph to a September security incident. It does not state the figure. Independent investigators and security reporters put the theft at roughly $387.5 million, one of the larger exchange breaches of 2026, which makes the quarter's standout number the one the repo

Baillie Gifford is in early talks with HashKey Exchange to bring tokenised investment products to professional investors in Hong Kong, the two firms said on 2 November. The $260bn Edinburgh manager and Hong Kong's first licensed digital asset exchange will explore how a century-old active investor and a regulated crypto platform might work together on investor outreach, product distribution and digital asset management. No product, launch date or committed capital was disclos

As the fourth quarter of 2026 unfolds, a new generation of AI-native wealth platforms, tokenised private-market rails and seven- and eight-figure funding rounds are rewiring the private banking stack — and the race for the next billion in assets under management has officially left the station.

The Liberis-Qred merger has completed, after Sweden's financial regulator cleared the deal and brought a licensed digital bank and one of Europe's larger embedded-finance networks under single ownership. The combined group, backed by private equity firm Nordic Capital, supports more than 60,000 small businesses across 17 countries and reaches around 11.5 million potential merchants through partner platforms. Qred founder Emil Sunvisson becomes group chief executive, with Libe

The last seven days turned AI-enabled fraud from a conference word into a line item. Here is what shifted, who's exposed, and the three moves every financial crime team should make before November.

Lazard has closed its $575m purchase of Campbell Lutyens and opened Lazard CL as its third global business, a bet on scale in private capital advisory just as the secondaries market breaks records. Lazard completed its acquisition of Campbell Lutyens on 2 November 2026 and launched Lazard CL, a dedicated private capital advisory business that now sits alongside the firm's financial advisory and asset management arms. The transaction, first announced on 30 April 2026, carries