Analysis: SharpLink's $425MM to build the Ethereum MicroStrategy with Joe Lubin

Circle's explosive IPO debut signals new era for stablecoins in public markets 📈🔥; Wise's New York migration indicates deepening crisis for London's capital markets 👋🇬🇧

Fintech Recap: For Whom the IPO Bell Chimes

dLocal expands African presence through AZA Finance acquisition 😳💸; Santander enters the stablecoin race 👀🪙; Klarna expands banking ambitions with debit card launch 💳🏦

Revolut is building a crypto derivatives platform 😳📈; PayPal expands physical payments footprint with new credit card 💳🛍️

DeFi: Robinhood buys WonderFi for $179MM, Coinbase buys Deribit for $2B

Costco x Affirm: Buy Now, Pay Bold 🛒

Digital Banking's Crown Jewel: Monzo's 2025 Annual Report Shows Exceptional Unit Economics and Market Leadership 😤🏦; Robinhood secures Lithuania's first crypto license 🏦🇱🇹

The VC Financial Playbook 💸📚

Big Promise in Tiny Payments | Fintech Inside #94

Robinhood is targeting UK's active traders 🖥️📈; BIG US banks to challenge crypto giants in $246B stables market 🪙🏦; Block transforms Square into Bitcoin payment gateway 😳🪙

Quaint Oak, Hatch Hit With BaaS-Related Enforcement Actions

Podcast: Forty Billion Reasons to Trust the Future of DeFi, with Aave Founder Stani Kulechov

S&P Gets a Taste of Coinbase 🪙

Block transforms Square into Bitcoin payment gateway 😳🪙; Robinhood targets UK's active traders with advanced desktop platform launch 🖥️📈; PayPal secures strategic regulatory victory in India ✅🇮🇳

Research: The 2025 Practitioner’s Guide to Stablecoins

Starling's Engine roars, but will it be enough? 🤔🏦; Global Payments streamlines operations with $1.1B Heartland Payroll sale to Acrisure 😳💸

Stablecoin giant Circle launches its $5.65 billion IPO 🔔📈; AI-powered lending platform Pagaya enters BNPL market with $300M bond issuance 🤖🛍️

Fintech: Chime IPO Primer - Can it hit $15B?

Major US banks unite to challenge crypto giants in $246B stablecoin market 🪙🏦; Google’s AI might eliminate traditional online checkout 😳🛍️

Unlock Explosive Growth: The Ultimate LTV/CAC Calculation Template 📈

Revolut CEO wants to revolutionize Venture Capital with $250M AI-Powered Fund 🤖💸; AI-native stablecoins bank? 🤔🏦

Mercury's High Risk, High Rewards Strategy Runs Into Regulatory Reality

AI: Persona stopped 75+ million AI Face Spoofs in 2024 alone

Klarna’s AI-powered efficiency masks growing credit concerns 📊🤖; Kraken to launch 24/7 tokenized stock trading 😳💸; AI-native stablecoins bank? 🤔🏦

Affirm: the profitable growth breakthrough Wall Street missed 💳📈; Most banks will not survive the AI revolution 🤖🏦

Analysis: From Vanguard to Believe App, investing collapses into short form content

Revolut founder wants to revolutionize Venture Capital with $250M AI-Powered Fund 🤖💸; JPMorgan's Crypto Pivot: Jamie Dimon finally embraces Bitcoin despite long-standing skepticism 😳📈

It’s Chime to Shine ⭐

Chime's S-1: riding the Durbin Moat to IPO, but is the water deep enough for long-term investors? 🤔📊

Podcast: Inside the Platform Powering +$171B in Private Capital, with AngelList CEO Avlok Kohli

The Ultimate List of Top Seed Investors of 2025 💸🚀

How Stripe built AI but for payments 🤖💳; Robinhood expands North with $179M WonderFi acquisition 💸🇨🇦; Klarna reverses AI-first strategy, returns to human CS 😳🤖

Evolve "Stole" $1.2 Million, Fraudulently Reversed ACHs, New Suit Alleges

PayPal and Perplexity join forces to pioneer AI-powered shopping 🤖🛍️; Coinbase’s Q1 2025: revenue diversification shows promise, but regulatory & security headwinds demand caution 📊👀

Analysis: Coinbase unlocks HTTP 402 to beat Stripe at AI & Crypto Payments

Interview: Sunbit CEO & Fintech Veteran Arad Levertov

Latin America's digital banking giant Nubank is poised for profit explosion despite margin pressures 😤🏦; How Stripe built AI but for payments 🤖💳

Monzo finally prepares for £6B IPO 🥳🔔; Robinhood expands North: acquires Canadian crypto firm WonderFi in $179M deal 💸🇨🇦; Payoneer pursues sale 🏷️😳

AI: Investment Banking AI Analysts come to Wall Street, Rogo raises $50MM

May 2025: AI Agents as adversaries for building fraud models

PayPal Goes dGlobal 🌍

Klarna reverses AI-first strategy, returns to human customer service 😳🤖; Revolut tests mortgages in Lithuania, signaling broader European ambitions 🏦🇱🇹

KPI Dashboards That Supercharge Your Decision Making 📊✨

Ripple to buy Circle for $20B? 😳; Robinhood’s blockchain platform will connect European investors to US markets 💶; xAI, Palantir, & TWG Global join forces to transform FinServ with AI 🤖

Unit Has A Churn Problem

Synapse, One Year Later: A Very Special Episode

Robinhood’s new blockchain platform will connect European investors to US markets 💶🇺🇸; Meta explores stablecoins for cross-border payments 😳🪙; eToro to IPO next week: targets $4B valuation 💸🔔

Analysis: The end of Apple's 30% monopoly tax and $30B of revenue

Ripple to acquire Circle for $20B? 😳🪙; Revolut embraces Bitcoin's Lightning Era🔥🪙; AvidXchange goes private in $2.2B deal 🤝🤑