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Mars Finance reported on July 7th that Hengdian Capital, a subsidiary of Hengdian Group, recently announced the completion of a 200 million yuan strategic investment in Tianbing Technology, a private commercial rocket company. Tianbing Technology's existing shareholders include national-level capital firms such as CICC Capital and China Orient Capital. Hengdian Capital stated that this investment reflects its confidence in the long-term development of commercial aerospace and the company's technological barriers. It will subsequently leverage Hengdian Group's internal industrial resources to empower rocket R&D and mass production, as well as the group's overall industrial upgrading. Hengdian Capital focuses on Hengdian Group's four major industries: electrical and electronic engineering, pharmaceuticals and healthcare, film and television tourism, and modern services. This investment is also an important step in its strategic positioning of key companies in the commercial aerospace industry chain. (Venture Capitalist CLUB)
Vanguard Group publicly advertised for a head of digital assets, having explicitly stated that crypto assets were inconsistent with its long-term investment philosophy.
According to Mars Finance, Vanguard Group is hiring a Head of Digital Assets for its Personal Wealth business. The job requirements include over 10 years of relevant experience, a deep understanding of digital assets (tokenization, stablecoins, custody, settlement, etc.), and innovation and risk management capabilities in a regulatory environment. This position will be responsible for developing Vanguard's strategy, roadmap, and implementation in the digital asset space, including assessing digital asset capabilities, product development, operating models, and cross-functional collaboration with product, technology, operations, risk, legal, and compliance departments. It will also require representing Vanguard in external communications with industry players, regulators, and clients. It is understood that Vanguard began allowing brokerage clients to trade crypto ETFs and mutual funds last December, but the company has explicitly stated that it has no plans to launch its own crypto investment products, believing that digital assets are still inconsistent with its long-term investment philosophy.
Asset management giant Vanguard Group is hiring a head of digital assets to drive the encryption and tokenization of its personal wealth management business.
PANews reported on July 7 that asset management giant Vanguard Group is hiring a "Head of Digital Assets, Personal Wealth" to develop and execute the overall digital asset strategy and multi-year roadmap for the personal wealth sector, covering product design, operating models, risk and compliance frameworks. This position will lead the evaluation and development of digital asset products and services for self-investment, investment advisory, and high-net-worth clients, including access models, pricing, custody/wallets, settlement and reporting processes, and coordinating cross-departmental implementation across technology, operations, legal, and compliance departments.
Tether makes a $20 million strategic investment in Mercado Bitcoin to accelerate on-chain infrastructure development in Latin America.
Mars Finance reports that stablecoin issuer Tether has announced a $20 million strategic funding round for Latin American on-chain financial services platform Mercado Bitcoin. This funding will support Mercado Bitcoin's development in asset tokenization, payments, lending, capital markets, and compliant digital financial services. Founded in 2013, Mercado Bitcoin has expanded from a digital asset trading platform into a comprehensive on-chain financial infrastructure platform, covering trading services, tokenized investment products, lending, stablecoin payments, banking infrastructure, and cross-border financial services. The funds raised will primarily be used to expand payment infrastructure, increase the scale of tokenized products for institutional and retail investors, develop lending business, advance on-chain capital markets, seek strategic partnerships, and drive international expansion.
PhotonPay launches on PhotonPass: Turning "clearing speed" into a "strategic advantage" and creating a closed-loop full-stack financial operating system.
According to ChainCatcher, PhotonPay, the next-generation global payment operating system, recently announced the launch of its account-to-account (A2A) transfer function – PhotonPass – designed to inject ultra-fast liquidity into the global business network. PhotonPass supports instant internal transfers between more than 19 major fiat currencies and core stablecoins such as USDT and USDC. This function eliminates the constraints of traditional correspondent banking networks, achieving "instantaneous fund transfers," while reducing intermediary bank fees, eliminating settlement queues, and unnecessary exchange rate risks. Simultaneously, relying on an AI-driven risk control engine, each transfer supports real-time tracking and automated compliance verification, ensuring the safety of funds. The strategic significance of PhotonPass extends far beyond simple transfer speed; it serves as the architectural anchor of PhotonPay's entire "payment operating system." By seamlessly connecting core modules such as Global Checkout, Custody Wallets, and Automated FX, PhotonPass transforms previously fragmented financial touchpoints into a single, programmable flow of funds. This allows global businesses to manage their global finances with high flexibility and composability, much like orchestrating front-end software code. Lewison, founder and CEO of PhotonPay, stated, “The competitive landscape of global commerce no longer depends solely on strategy itself, but also on the infrastructure for executing that strategy. PhotonPass completes a closed loop within the PhotonPay operating system, bringing us one step closer to our initial vision: building a financial infrastructure that truly keeps pace with modern commerce and covers all global markets.” PhotonPass is now fully available to PhotonPay users.
Dtcpay welcomes SBI Group as strategic investor extending Series A to $25M
Singapore-based payments company completes Series A funding round with Japanese investor SBI Group.