Nik Milanovic

Nik Milanovic

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Founder of This Week in Fintech and General Partner at The Fintech Fund [cite: 10].

NYC Simplifies Backyard ADUs for Affordable Housing
Social•Apr 9, 2026

NYC Simplifies Backyard ADUs for Affordable Housing

I love that NYC is making it easier to build housing with backyard ADUs that you can install for $200k and rent or use for family. A few here from the @nytimes: https://t.co/2TcTnKKRwm

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2026 Kicks Off with Bank‑Fintech Mergers and Massive IPO
Social•Apr 7, 2026

2026 Kicks Off with Bank‑Fintech Mergers and Massive IPO

"We saw a busy start to 2026 – Between banks acquiring fintechs, fintechs acquiring banks, merchant acquirer PayPay's $12.7 billion IPO, and prediction markets platforms acquiring over 273,908 new users each month." - @itssophievo for @twifintech https://t.co/aIs9zyJRvu

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First Stablecoin Week Launches September 7‑11
Social•Apr 6, 2026

First Stablecoin Week Launches September 7‑11

We're excited to launch the first-ever Stablecoin Week, coming this summer from September 7th to 11th! đź“… A week of decentralized events. đź’Ş Built by the stablecoin ecosystem, for the stablecoin ecosystem. 5 days of stablecoin content, events, and alpha -- sign up...

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A Better Twitter: Curated Stories, Trends, Voices, No Ragebait
Social•Apr 6, 2026

A Better Twitter: Curated Stories, Trends, Voices, No Ragebait

Business idea: A Twitter where interesting stories, global trends, new discoveries, and famous voices get promoted -- and political ragebaiters get thrown into the void.

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Improving Stablecoin Interoperability for Seamless Money Transfers
Social•Mar 31, 2026

Improving Stablecoin Interoperability for Seamless Money Transfers

Money should be better. Even within stablecoins, where the #1 product advantage is interoperability, it's still difficult to move seamlessly fiat stables or even stable stable. I'm glad that @SamBroner and @AdamZuck13 are working on this at @bettermoney_co. https://t.co/uMN0vHxZ7n

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Stablecon Launches First Policy Council of Stablecoin Experts
Social•Mar 30, 2026

Stablecon Launches First Policy Council of Stablecoin Experts

I'm excited to announce our inaugural @TheStablecon Policy Council: đź§  @JoAnnBarefoot of @AIRinnovate đź§ @ChrisBrummerDr of @blupryntco and @Georgetown đź§ @CodyCarboneDC of @DigitalChamber đź§ @ccatalini of @MITSloan đź§ @_jikim of @crypto_council đź§ @Amanda_S_Wick of @AWICglobal đź§ And Stablecon's Head of Policy, Justin Friedman. These are current and former regulators, founders,...

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On‑chain Private Credit Will Outvalue Fiat Tokenization
Social•Mar 30, 2026

On‑chain Private Credit Will Outvalue Fiat Tokenization

Stablecoins are the first step in tokenization, but digital money is just where it starts. Many fintech and payments companies rely on access to responsive, reliable debt funding. Moving private credit on-chain will unlock even more value than on-chain fiat. https://t.co/0IXFQyd2Ti

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Nearly Half of US Shoppers Use
Social•Mar 23, 2026

Nearly Half of US Shoppers Use

"Nearly half of US consumers (47%) now use AI to browse products online, driving AI-driven traffic to retail sites to surge over 4,700% in 2025." - @itssophievo in @twifintech https://t.co/aeRubKfNOc

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Mastercard Acquisition Sparks Fresh Stablecoin Outlook
Social•Mar 20, 2026

Mastercard Acquisition Sparks Fresh Stablecoin Outlook

Right off the back of their acquisition announcement, @Mastercard's @raj_dhamodharan and @BVNKFinance's Julia Morrongiello sat down with @chuk_xyz and @rparekh to talk about what it means for the future of stablecoins, only at @MoneyCodePod. https://t.co/HKCa7Hod0H

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TransFi Secures $14M Series A From Tether’s Arm
Social•Mar 18, 2026

TransFi Secures $14M Series A From Tether’s Arm

Big congratulations to @thefintechfund portfolio co @getTransFi, who just raised their $14M Series A from @Tether's investment arm, Turing Financial. https://t.co/YnhLl63Gau

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People Rarely Change Their Banking Apps
Social•Mar 13, 2026

People Rarely Change Their Banking Apps

I'm not sure how accurate this is, but I do know that nobody ever switches their banking app. https://t.co/sSoj6aN1T6

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Sunny NYC Sparks Excitement for Fintech Week
Social•Mar 12, 2026

Sunny NYC Sparks Excitement for Fintech Week

The sun in NYC this week made me unreasonably excited for NY Fintech Week in April 🙌

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ECB Embraces Tokenized Securities with 2026 DLT Rollout
Social•Mar 12, 2026

ECB Embraces Tokenized Securities with 2026 DLT Rollout

🔥 Product-Market Fit so strong, even the stablecoin-skeptical European Central Bank is planning tokenized securities. Pontes (Short-term Solution): A technical distributed ledger technology solution scheduled to launch in Q3 2026. It will allow market participants to settle transactions in central bank money using...

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Cheapest Payroll Pick Became Our Costliest Mistake
Social•Mar 11, 2026

Cheapest Payroll Pick Became Our Costliest Mistake

Choosing TriNet over JustWorks for price reasons was the most expensive decision we've ever made

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