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🔥 Robinhood Fires People and Raises $2 Billion. Coinbase Registers Its AI Advisor. Patriot Bank Gets Sued Over a Dead Startup's Receipts.
Robinhood cut 10% of its staff and raised $2 billion in the same week — we break down what the war chest is actually for. Then Coinbase dropped 21 pr…
3 months, 4 weeks ago
🤖 Visa Hands the Keys to AI. SpaceX Crashes the IPO Party. AvidXchange Eyes the Exit.
Visa just handed AI agents the ability to spend your money — with guardrails, but still. SpaceX went public at $1.78 trillion and may have just crowd…
4 months ago
⚡ Mastercard Lets the Machines Pay. Current Hits $1.5B Valuation. Koho Hits $1.3B Valuation.
The machines got a payment network, and two neobanks just raised serious money without touching a stock exchange. Today we break down Mastercard's wi…
4 months, 1 week ago
🏹 Robinhood Crashes the IPO Party. Figure Buys Into the Flip. Visa Says Not So Fast on Stablecoins.
Robinhood just got approved as a full IPO underwriter right as OpenAI files confidentially — and Vlad Tenev says retail is coming for Wall Street's l…
4 months, 1 week ago
🤑 Klarna Wants Your Savings Now. Coinbase Backs the Unbanked. Robinhood Starts Cutting Ties With Kalshi.
Klarna just launched a high-yield savings account and officially blurred the line between BNPL and neobank. Coinbase dropped a crypto-collateralized …
4 months, 1 week ago
🍴Mastercard Wants Its Own Stablecoin. Coinbase Goes Pre-IPO. Galaxy Digital Brings In Morgan Stanley.
The crypto selloff is over — and the institutions came back with receipts. This week we break down Mastercard's move to build its own stablecoin infr…
4 months, 1 week ago
🪙 Deel Bets on Stablecoins. Experian Bets on AI. Airwallex Bets on Everything.
Stablecoins are moving into payroll, Experian is building trust infrastructure for AI agents, and Airwallex continues its quest to become the operati…
4 months, 1 week ago
🪄 Ramp Tripled Its Valuation. Block Wants Your Wand Hand. Revolut is Reshuffling Leadership.
Ramp closed a $750 million round yesterday at a $44 billion valuation — nearly tripling in a year — and the AI token spend angle is the real story. B…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
🦾 SoFi Gets an AI Coach. Upstart Releases May Loan Numbers. Sezzle Gets a Super App.
SoFi just launched an AI financial coach for 14.7 million members — the same week it went live on Mastercard's stablecoin settlement network. Upstart…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
🐯 UP Fintech Eats a $60M Fine. Shopify Authorizes Its Biggest Buyback Yet. Nubank's New CFO Has a Visa Stamp.
China's securities regulator just handed Tiger Brokers a $60 million fine — but the company still grew revenue 26% and launched a buyback the same da…
4 months, 2 weeks ago