Figure's $717M Kiavi Deal Scales Real‑World Asset Tokenization
Figure acquires AI lender Kiavi for $717M, adding $7B in annual mortgage volume to its blockchain-native marketplace. A $200B addressable market. RWA tokenization at scale is no longer a thesis. https://t.co/2n1rvKIwps
AI-Driven Cloud Ops Redefine Customer Experience
AI Native: The Future of Cloud Operations ☁️ 🤖 Discover how AI is revolutionizing cloud-native operations and customer solutions. We explore the shift from human-first processes to AI-driven oversight and hyper-personalized customer experiences. Learn about building AI-native foundations for tomorrow.
Cambridge AI‑Designed Super‑Antigen Shows Broad, Long‑Term Protection
The University of Cambridge says it successfully tested a vaccine with an AI-designed antigen 🧬 💉 The “super-antigen” could provide long-term protection against a wide range of diseases spread by humans. https://t.co/URHxKcCg1h https://t.co/mDYHro2mfO
Robinhood’s Credit Card Outshines Its Trading Bots
My latest in-depth article: Why Robinhood’s Agentic Credit Card Matters More Than Its Agentic Trading Bots https://t.co/s8QcpGCcjV https://t.co/0KoyICdoz6
Mastercard Launches Blockchain Network, Giving Banks Tokenized Deposit APIs
Mastercard's Multi-Token Network (MTN) is live — a blockchain settlement layer for tokenized bank deposits, stablecoins & RWAs. Banks get API access without rebuilding infrastructure. Already integrated with JP Morgan's Kinexys. The tokenized rails race is on. 🔗 Mastercard Expands Multi-Token...
BlackRock's BUIDL Goes Multichain, Cementing DeFi Infrastructure
BlackRock's BUIDL — the world's largest tokenized money market fund — is now live on Arbitrum, Avalanche, Optimism, Polygon & Aptos. From Ethereum-only to 8 chains. AUM peaked at ~$2.9B mid-2025. Tokenized T-bills are becoming institutional DeFi infrastructure. 🔗 BlackRock's BUIDL...
AI‑Native Banks Hit 10,000:1 Customer‑Employee Ratio
🔵 What should the average Customer-to-Employee ratio be in an AI-native banking industry? 10 million customers served by 1,000 bank employees only. A 10,000:1 customer-to-employee ratio could become the new benchmark for what a lean AI-native bank. This isnt a...
Fintechs Overtake Banks as Top Acquirers in 2025
For the first time on record (outside 2023), fintechs outpaced incumbents as acquirers in 2025: 659 fintech-led deals vs 589 by banks. M&A volume hit $251B — up from $184B in 2024. Scaled fintechs are now consolidators, not just targets. BCG +...
Unified AI Can Run 5M‑Customer Bank With Few Staff
Can AI Run A 5-Million Customer Bank With Only 50 People? 🏦🤖 | Banking | Fintech Can an entire bank with 5 million customers be run by just 50 to 500 people? 🤯 Backbase Founder & CEO Jouk Pleiter drops...
Trading and Deposits Surge; APAC Leads Fintech Growth
Fastest-growing fintech verticals in 2025: 📈 Trading & investments: +38% YoY 💰 Deposits: +30% YoY 🌏 APAC led all regions at +25% Payments still dominates at ~$183B — but the mix is shifting fast. BCG + FT Partners Global Fintech Report 2026 https://t.co/l5NDg3A7yg https://t.co/pqKcNiV7HJ
Figure Offers JPM Fintech Lending and Tokenized Assets
Figure Technologies & Tokenized Lending Figure Technologies does home equity lending in days, not weeks — using its own Provenance Blockchain for origination, underwriting, and transfer of loan assets. @rShevlin's pitch to Dimon: buying Figure gets JPMorgan a two-for-one — a fintech...
Fintechs Redesigning with AI Achieve 5× Developer Productivity
AI is delivering 5x developer productivity at fintechs that fully redesign their engineering model around it. Not just copilots — end-to-end workflow transformation. The firms still running scattered pilots are being outbuilt. BCG + FT Partners Global Fintech Report 2026 https://t.co/zPh99Mx5T0
Stablecoin Infrastructure Takes Center Stage at Money2020
Here's what broke at #Money2020 and it's all stablecoin infrastructure: 🔵 Coinbase × https://t.co/7uZkqCJxfj — https://t.co/7uZkqCJxfj is launching stablecoin acceptance for its 1,000+ enterprise merchants, powered by Coinbase Payments. Consumers can pay in USDC or USDT; merchants settle in USD through...
Money2020 Kicks Off with Tokenized Money and Stablecoins
The opening of #money2020 is with Kraken followed with tokenized money panel w/ Privy/Stripe, Moneygram with their new stablecoins and @m0 . #stablecoins https://t.co/ZkYMt4L4ut
NVIDIA Hints at Upcoming PC Revolution, Sparks Speculation
NVIDIA teases “A new era of PC” and the internet is already guessing what comes next 💻 → 🤔 https://t.co/NdRBvbZpm4 https://t.co/wMBtxNgpZh