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WonderFi and Kraken Canada each break $2-billion CAD mark for assets under custody

Kraken’s Canadian operation exceeds $2 billion as WonderFi reports a 110 percent growth since year-end 2023.

At-home boxing platform designed by Montréal Founder Institute graduate Khalil Zahar.

After honing its AI tools and payments offering, the startup is seeking new ways to help practitioners grow.

CEO sees M&A as “critical” for the long-term viability of the Islamic finance industry.

New tool Alfa is “essentially an AI coworker that users can train to think like them.”

“I’m using failure with intent today, because I don’t want to be ashamed of saying failure.”

Marie Chevrier Schwartz explains how her company lost product-market fit after a decade in business.

Wealthsimple confirms secondary deal values Toronto FinTech firm at $5 billion.

Toronto Western Hospital is the exclusive Canadian surgical site for the experimental brain implant.

Web3 startup aims to help stablecoin issuers after the “carnage” wrought by Terra’s 2022 collapse.

New CEO Marie Chevrier Schwartz sees Peerscale as the “graduating class of the TechTO ecosystem.”

Fifty percent of venture firms surveyed by BDC Capital have no women senior investors.

Deal expected to expand Jiffy’s service to more Canadian markets.

With its new AI safety institute, Canada aims to study the technology’s risks and collaborate with other countries.

Plus: Neo’s backers, Wealthsimple’s value, and Shopify’s concerns.