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OKX has raised strategic capital from Circle, Ripple, QRT and Standard Chartered's SC Ventures at a $25bn valuation as it pivots from exchange to full financial platform.

Clear labelling and a credible host are what make podcast advertising work — and as the EU's Digital Fairness Act approaches, that transparency is shifting from best practice to expectation.

From 20 November 2026, the EU's CCD2 rules treat 'Buy Now, Pay Later' as credit, adding creditworthiness checks and withdrawal rights at checkout — reshaping a key conversion lever for e-commerce.

Digital audio advertising impressions in France rose 17% in the first half of 2026 to more than 2.2 billion, confirming audio as one of the market's fastest-growing channels.

France's digital advertising market grew around 12% in the first half of 2026, according to the ePub Observatory, powered by social, retail media and audio — with a calendar effect flattering the figure.

Lagardère Publicité News has launched 'Ma Pub by LPN', an online self-serve ad-buying platform aimed at France's SMEs and mid-market firms — opening premium media to small advertisers.

Free founder Xavier Niel and creator Sylvqin have opened 'Astel', a free Paris space for content creators — France betting that physical infrastructure, not just platforms, builds a creator economy.

AI search revenue up 321%, 88% of UK B2B marketers chasing younger buyers, and British women on Reddit nearly doubling — five fresh data points every marketer should know this week.

Walmart's CEO has pledged the retailer will not use AI or customer data to set personalized prices, drawing a public line against 'surveillance pricing' as its Sparky AI expands.

Panda Express is making gaming a permanent, 'always-on' marketing channel with Super League after a campaign lifted recall by nine percentage points, expanding across Fortnite and Roblox.

TikTok has opened its off-platform ad network of nearly 400,000 apps to US advertisers and expanded its agentic AI tools, pushing its ad business well beyond the TikTok feed.

OKX and ICE, the parent of the New York Stock Exchange, have filed with the SEC to launch round-the-clock tokenized trading of 63 US stocks — a landmark pairing of a crypto exchange and Wall Street infrastructure.

BlackRock has laid out how tokenization could reshape everyday investment portfolios, with its strategies going on-chain via Ondo Finance — a signal tokenized assets are moving from pilot to product.

Stripe plans to expand its stablecoin-linked cards to more than 100 countries by the end of 2026, moving dollar stablecoins from crypto novelty to everyday payments plumbing.

XRP Ledger validators are voting on a native lending protocol built into the chain's base code, part of Ripple's bid to bring institutional credit and on-chain loans to XRPL.

A $3.8 million exploit hit NEAR Intents and paused services across 11 blockchains, but the attacker returned every coin within 24 hours after the team made contact.

The SEC has proposed its first dedicated crypto custody framework, giving registered advisers and funds a compliant way to hold digital assets, including limited self-custody.

French SaaS firm VKARD has acquired fellow digital-business-card startup Cardynale to consolidate the market and expand across Europe.

Epsilon France has unveiled Customer Twin, technology that builds anonymised, predictive digital twins of real customers so brands can test campaigns before launch.

Canal+ has told French subscribers it would be forced to raise prices if the 2027 budget doubles pay-TV VAT from 10% to 20%.