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🍰 Open Standard Wants a Piece of Circle's Pie. Nu Ghosts Monzo. Stripe Adds Parafin to the Cart.
Coinbase, Mastercard, Visa and Stripe just launched a stablecoin while still backing USDC, so we break down who's actually winning that pie. Then we …
2 weeks, 3 days ago
🤖 Robinhood Lets AI Trade Your Weekends. Amex Hands Expense Reports to the Bots. FICO Loses Its Mortgage Monopoly.
Robinhood wants AI agents trading your weekends, Amex is betting software can finally fix your expense report, and FICO just lost a big chunk of its …
2 weeks, 4 days ago
🪚 Coinbase Gets Its Own Clearinghouse. Fiserv Gets Told to Cut Deeper. Visa Gets Open About Its Cyber Defense.
Coinbase just got the CFTC's blessing to run its own USDC-native clearinghouse, and Citi is helping push stablecoins into merchant checkout. Then act…
2 weeks, 5 days ago
🏜️ Valley Buys Bluevine for $340M. Nubank Reportedly Wants Monzo. Citi Rents Coinbase's Crypto Plumbing.
A regional bank just bought a fintech, Nubank is reportedly circling Monzo at up to £10B, and Citi is renting Coinbase's stablecoin rails. We break d…
2 weeks, 6 days ago
💾 Bullish Recruits the Justice League of Tokenization. Experian Becomes Your Credit Score's New Bestie. NYSE Teams Up to Take Stocks Onchain.
Three companies, three completely different bets on where fintech goes next — a crypto exchange building a shareholder-rights coalition, a credit bur…
3 weeks, 3 days ago
📊 PayPal Joins the Muse Rush. Experian Feeds ChatGPT Your Credit File. Coinbase Says Lock It In.
The 10-year is flirting with 5% and it's dragging down good news with it — including PayPal's big AI shopping bet. We break down why Meta's Muse app …
3 weeks, 4 days ago
💳 SoFi Puts Its Cards on the Blockchain. Circle Takes Binance's Check. Ramp Comes for Your Invoices.
SoFi just moved its entire card business onto stablecoin rails, Binance dropped $100M on the company behind a competing stablecoin, and Ramp decided …
3 weeks, 5 days ago
👋 Priority Says Goodbye to Nasdaq. Coinbase Says Hello to IPO Allocations. Bitcoin Says Follow Me at $85K.
A payments CEO takes his own company private at a fat premium, Coinbase throws open the doors to IPO allocations, and Bitcoin's breakout above $85K d…
3 weeks, 6 days ago
🧠 Circle Goes Full Layer 1. Coinbase Fights for Your Fees. Affirm's AI Knows You Better Than Your Ex.
Circle just launched its biggest bet since USDC, Coinbase cut fees before Robinhood forced its hand, and Affirm built an AI that reads your credit hi…
1 month ago
🎢 SoFi Rides the Rate Hike Rollercoaster. Enova Says Never Mind on Banking. Grab Goes All In on BNPL.
The Fed just hiked rates for the first time since 2023 — and SoFi's entire 2026 plan was built on the opposite bet. We break down why that matters, w…
1 month ago