Dune Analytics Introduces Stablecoin Datasets
Dune Analytics has launched a stablecoin dataset designed for enterprise and institutional users, consolidating transfer records, pricing, and token metadata across EVM‑compatible chains, Solana and soon Tron. The offering includes both free and premium tables that normalize balances, label addresses by role, and categorize transaction types, eliminating manual data reconciliation. By providing daily balance snapshots and enriched activity logs, the product aims to streamline compliance, risk monitoring, and analytics for stablecoin flows that now process trillions of dollars annually. Dune positions the dataset as essential infrastructure for the next phase of stablecoin adoption.
Stablecoin Yields in Spotlight as US Senators Raise Deposit Flight Alarm
U.S. Senate Banking Committee leaders raised alarms that stablecoin yields could trigger a deposit flight from traditional banks. Lawmakers worry the high‑interest returns on payment‑stablecoins mimic savings accounts but lack regulatory safeguards. The hearing highlighted the tension between stablecoins’ rapid,...
The Fintech Stack
Fintech operates on a five‑layer stack, from foundational payment rails to end‑to‑end financial journeys. The bottom rail layer comprises card networks, ACH, SWIFT and emerging blockchain protocols that move money. Above that, capabilities such as KYC, AML, fraud detection and...
Why Getting a Digital Wallet Is a Smart Financial Move
Digital wallets have shifted payments from physical cards to smartphones, with services like Apple Pay and Google Pay gaining mainstream traction. By leveraging tokenization and encryption, they protect card data better than traditional chip cards. Consumers can store multiple credit,...
Robinhood Chain Introduces Native Stock Token, Unlocking New Apps
“We're probably the first chain to launch with the stock token as part of the native part of the chain itself,” Robinhood's Seong Seog Lee says. I am really interested to see what type of applications this unlocks. Are you...
From Tether to DeFi: On‑Chain Innovation Accelerates
Crypto can be very noisy, and innovation moves slow, but just reflecting on how much even simple things like stablecoins have come from back when Tether started from just tokenizing USD deposits on bitfinex to make trades a bit simpler,...
Groww Unveils AI Enabled Platform to Expand Investment Basket
Groww launched an AI‑enabled product suite aimed at broadening its investment offering across trading, fixed income, and digital wealth management. The six new tools include an AI investing assistant, a retail bond‑trading gateway, a high‑frequency trading mode with a dedicated...
Token Incentives Fail: Aave's Grim Outlook & Ethereum's Strawmap
Are tokens broken? In this episode of Uneasy Money, hosts Kain Warwick & Taylor Monahan are joined by Namik Muduroglu to discuss: 🤔 What is wrong with token incentives 😪 Why a happy ending no longer seems likely for Aave...
Fideo Intelligence Launches Verify For Payments
Fideo Intelligence unveiled Verify for Payments, a real‑time identity intelligence API aimed at payment service providers, fintechs, and banks. The solution targets synthetic identity fraud, promising 47% higher detection rates than traditional KYC checks while delivering sub‑second responses. By tapping...
Real‑time Payments Demand Faster Providers—Are You Ready?
You’re only as fast as your slowest provider. Real-time payments are ready. Are your systems and teams ready? Many institutions are behind. Watch the full video now: https://t.co/qrsFZDRVT6 https://t.co/B7BPNfmvRo
Why Institutions Still Prefer Ethereum Despite Faster Blockchains
Ethereum remains the dominant hub for stablecoins and DeFi despite newer, faster blockchains. Institutional investors prioritize deep liquidity and capital efficiency over raw transaction‑per‑second metrics, keeping the bulk of crypto‑linked capital on Ethereum. Layer‑2 rollups have mitigated fee spikes while...
Exclusive: Innoviti Closes Series M Funding Round At ₹104 Cr
Innoviti, the Indian merchant‑facing fintech, closed its Series M round at ₹104 crore ($11.4 million), with both new backers and existing investors such as Bessemer Venture Partners and Patni Family Office doubling down. The capital will be used to reduce debt, boost sales...
Distributed Orchestration Optimizes Underutilized Neoclouds
Datapoint or a trend Neoclouds need optimization from underutilization This is where distributed orchestration like @YottaLabs shines
Interview: Booshan Rengachari, Founder and CEO of Finzly
Finzly, founded in 2012, delivers BankOS—a cloud‑native operating system that consolidates ACH, Fedwire, SWIFT, RTP, FedNow and tokenized assets behind a single API, letting banks retire fragmented legacy cores. In October 2025 the firm introduced Agentic Galaxy, AI agents that...
Day 1–1000 of Sharesell: How a Market Question Built a Credit Startup
Sharesell, founded in 2022 to streamline WhatsApp vendor supply chains, initially launched as a marketplace but struggled to gain traction. After two pivots, the founders discovered that informal Nigerian traders needed cash tied to inventory, prompting a shift to an...
Best Identity Theft Protection Services in the U.S.: 2026 Top Picks
IdentityIQ tops the 2026 ranking of U.S. identity‑theft protection services, distinguished by its industry‑leading real‑time alerts from all three major credit bureaus and comprehensive coverage including dark‑web surveillance and $1 million insurance. LifeLock follows, leveraging its longstanding brand reputation and integration...
Morgan Stanley to Build In‑House Bitcoin Services
Morgan Stanley 'absolutely' plans to offer Bitcoin custody, trading, yield and lending: The investment bank decided that it needs to build its own in-house capabilities before rolling out #Bitcoin offerings to its clients. @DecryptMedia. #CryptoAssets https://t.co/RWAGf7he23
JPMorgan Warns a ‘Parallel Banking System’ Is Emerging—And It Could Put Trillions in Deposits at Risk
JPMorgan CFO Jeremy Barnum warned that interest‑bearing stablecoins are forming a "parallel banking system" that lacks the prudential safeguards of traditional deposits. Treasury estimates up to $6.6 trillion of bank deposits could be exposed if the regulatory loophole remains open. Lawmakers...
NoCFO Taps Salt Edge to Deliver In-App ‘Pay by Bank’ for SMEs in Finland and Germany
NoCFO, the AI‑native financial management platform, has partnered with open‑banking specialist Salt Edge to embed a Pay‑by‑Bank payment‑initiation service directly into its app. The new feature lets Finnish SMEs approve and pay invoices without leaving the platform, currently serving more than...
Hyperliquid Stays Open While TradExchanges Close Weekends
It's the weekend, shits going down, TradExchanges are closed, but @HyperliquidX is open for business. https://t.co/pYLtfN3jYX
Rentify Launches UAE’s First AI-Native Rent Infrastructure with ‘Rentify Pay’
Dubai fintech Rentify unveiled Rentify Pay, the UAE’s first AI‑native rent‑infrastructure platform. The service expands beyond its original "Rent Now, Pay Later" model to digitise the entire rental lifecycle for tenants, landlords and property managers. Leveraging AI automation, the platform...
Tether Has Blocked $3.5 Billion in Crime-Linked Stablecoins Since 2023
Tether has frozen $3.5 billion of USDT linked to illicit activity since 2023, bringing the total frozen amount to $4.2 billion since the stablecoin’s launch. The company, which now has over $180 billion of USDT in circulation, can remotely lock tokens at law‑enforcement...
Why Figure Technology Solutions Stock Dived by Almost 26% Today
Figure Technology Solutions reported a fourth‑quarter revenue surge to just under $160 million, a 91% year‑over‑year increase, and GAAP net income of $15 million ($0.06 per share). However, the earnings missed analysts’ profitability expectations of $0.15 per share, triggering a sharp sell‑off...
Singapore: InvoiceNow for Smarter, Faster and More Efficient Business
Singapore’s government announced that all GST‑registered businesses must adopt the InvoiceNow e‑invoicing network by April 2031. Built on the international Peppol framework, InvoiceNow lets firms exchange invoices digitally, cutting manual entry, errors and payment cycles. The scheme includes up to SG$5,000...
RevolutionEHR Launches RevPay, Redefining How Optometry Practices Manage Cash Flow
RevolutionEHR introduced RevPay, an embedded payments solution that integrates checkout, patient records, and reporting within its AI‑native platform. The tool supports card, ACH, digital wallets and offers optional patient surcharging, promising to reduce processing fees that can cost $10,000‑$18,000 annually...
Morgan Stanley’s OCC Application Is Wall Street Colonizing Crypto’s Back Office
Morgan Stanley has filed an application with the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency to create a new federally chartered entity, Morgan Stanley Digital Trust, National Association, under a national trust bank charter. The charter would focus on...
World Bank Proposes Conceptual Model for VC-Based Reusable Digital Payment IDs
The World Bank’s new white paper, “ID Meets Instant,” outlines a conceptual model that merges verifiable digital ID with fast‑payment systems via a portable Payments Identity Credential. Built on a trust framework linking national ID authorities and payment providers, the...
CFOs Capture B2B Payments Digitization Value by Targeting Year-Two Gap
Finance leaders face a “year-two problem” where B2B payments upgrades fail to deliver expected gains without refined data and processes. The article argues that execution velocity—how quickly firms turn standardized transactional data into actionable decisions—will be the decisive KPI. CFOs...
Gaza Reconstruction Draws Questions on Digital Wallets, Biometric Surveillance
The Hudson Institute released an analysis urging the careful rollout of digital wallets in Gaza to improve financial oversight and limit Hamas’s funding streams. It highlights the sector’s $14.2 million damage, near‑total loss of bank branches, and the scarcity of functional...
Senate’s AFFORD Act Seeks New Capital for Underserved Markets
The Senate introduced the Access to Fair Financing for Opportunity and Resilient Development (AFFORD) Act, aiming to strengthen the Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) Fund. The bill would let smaller CDFIs join the CDFI Bond Guarantee Program, reauthorize a liquidity‑enhancement...
Thredd Supports MuchBetter Israeli Expansion
Thredd, an AI‑first issuer processing platform, announced an expanded partnership with MuchBetter to launch its prepaid card and digital‑wallet program in Israel. The collaboration builds on Thredd’s earlier deployments in the United Kingdom and Canada, providing end‑to‑end processing, security and...
Zero Fees and User‑Friendly Design: My Investment Essentials
My 2 non-negotiable when choosing a platform to invest: - £0 platform fees - easy to navigate app/website
Learning Velocity Threatens $847B in Regulated Transformations
Most regulated industries still rely on 24-month transformation projects. Seventy percent fail to deliver value. That gap puts $847B at risk by 2030. I explore why learning velocity is the real threat. Watch the full episode now: https://t.co/3EzvLwQdvE https://t.co/BesD9wBahx
Crypto Biz: A Bitcoin Treasury Shareholder Revolt
Public companies that loaded their balance sheets with Bitcoin are now under fire, as Empery Digital’s largest shareholder is demanding the sale of its 4,081 BTC and the resignation of its CEO. At the same time, stablecoin issuer Circle posted...
Botkeeper Infinite Acquired by Xendoo, Platform Will Live Again
Botkeeper Infinite has been revived after Xendoo acquired its AI assets and re‑established the platform as a distinct division. The acquisition follows a brief shutdown announced by CEO Enrico Palmerino, but the software remained live to give customers time to...
Cloud Providers Can’t Certify TEE Key Secrecy
I heard an interesting anecdote about TEEs from some fintech people. They were trying to convince regulators that TEEs aren’t just “computers under their control”, so they asked cloud providers to certify that they’d never hand over the keys. Providers...
JPMorgan, Not Stripe, Seen as Viable PayPal Buyer
.@ShenLucinda argues that Stripe isn't a logical buyer for PayPal. But JPMorgan may be. https://t.co/5mg3m05s44
SBI Holdings Teams Up with Startale to Introduce Regulated Yen-Pegged Stablecoin
SBI Holdings has signed an MOU with blockchain firm Startale Group to create Japan’s first fully regulated yen‑pegged stablecoin. The token will be issued as a Type 3 Electronic Payment Instrument, backed by assets held in Shinsei Trust & Banking, and...
Companies Rebrand Routine Restructuring as ‘AI’ Overhype
Block built two parallel company structures during COVID and is now collapsing them. That's a management correction, not an AI story. Worth watching which other companies use "AI restructuring" as branding for decisions they would've made anyway. Expect a...
Fintech Snark Tank Post on Block Layoffs Removed
Well...my Fintech Snark Tank post on the Block layoffs got taken down. I won't go into the details why, but I've rewritten it (translation: dumbed it down and made it worse). Here's the new link: https://t.co/vpWo7rFf51
Moonflow Partners with Puntored
Moonflow, the AI-driven collections platform, announced a partnership with Mexico’s payment network Puntored to bring automated, multi‑channel debt recovery to the country. The integration merges Moonflow’s AI agents, which handle reminders via WhatsApp, SMS, email and calls, with Puntored’s extensive...
Digital Experience Ownership Drives Modern Financial Relationships
Primary financial relationship used to be about history and proximity. Now it’s about convenience and daily engagement. If you own the digital experience, you own the relationship. https://t.co/g0okHl57Ma
Indiana Aims to Advance Crypto Access in Public Retirement Plans Amid Key Federal Regulatory Developments
Indiana’s House Bill 1042, approved by both chambers, requires state‑managed retirement and savings plans to offer self‑directed brokerage accounts with at least one cryptocurrency option, and protects citizens’ ability to use crypto for payments and wallet custody. The measure awaits...
Robinhood Push Alerts Push Margin Trading Like a Dealer
Robinhood using push alerts to suggest trading on margin… like a dealer tempting a junkie https://t.co/NEGFyQTVzg
Nasdaq Launches 23‑Hour, AI‑Powered Tokenized Equity Trading
Nasdaq Advances ‘Always-On’ Markets - Markets Media https://t.co/qx1uN2r2R7 Equities trading for 23 hours each day between Monday and Friday, tokenization of equities and deployment of artificial intelligence. https://t.co/LEFEqDRaFg
Barclays Evaluates Blockchain-Based Settlement
Barclays is assessing blockchain‑based settlement platforms to integrate stablecoins and tokenized deposits, with a vendor expected to be chosen by April 2026. The move marks a reversal from its earlier cautious stance on crypto toward active blockchain investment. Barclays also...
AI-Powered Reconciliation Automates Trillion-Dollar Payments Ops
End Close builds automatic reconciliation for payments companies, replacing manual ops work with AI agents that automatically investigate and resolve every exception. This team previously reconciled $1,000,000,000,000 at Modern Treasury. Congrats on the launch, @SeanBolton and @DavidNewell95! https://t.co/cHDvWS2INp
PayPal, Rainforest Join Forces
PayPal announced a partnership with Atlanta‑based Rainforest to embed PayPal, Venmo and buy‑now‑pay‑later services directly into Rainforest’s software platform. The integration is designed to accelerate merchant payouts, cut late‑payment incidents and shift transaction volume away from cash and checks. Rainforest,...
MoonPay and M0 Launch PYUSDx Stablecoin Development Framework
MoonPay and M0 have introduced PYUSDx, a development framework that lets developers launch application‑specific stablecoins backed by PayPal’s PYUSD. The platform combines M0’s universal stablecoin engine with MoonPay’s distribution network, offering branded tokens, cross‑chain support, rapid time‑to‑market and transparent reserve...
Lloyds Stops Opening some Bank Accounts for Customers in Branches
Lloyds Banking Group announced it will no longer open joint, premium or student accounts in its branches, and staff will not switch customers from other providers. Customers seeking new accounts will be directed to the bank’s app or website, though...