New Push to Align SEC and CFTC Rules
“We are out to harmonize the rules between the SEC and CFTC, giving clarity to innovators and investors” This would never be possible under Gary Gensler. https://t.co/McMlxkltzJ
XRPL Upgrades Turn Ripple Into Institutional DeFi Hub
XRP: 🚨 Ripple and XRPL devs say new upgrades position XRPL as an institutional DeFi hub, with built-in compliance and XRP as a core settlement and bridge asset. Source: Coindesk https://t.co/LmYvKr8izf
Fin Automates Refunds, Upgrades, and More—No Human Needed
One thing most people don't realise about Fin: Fin fully resolves complex queries (refunds, amendments, upgrades etc) end to end, no humans needed. Example: it can discuss a refund with a customer, calculate if it is eligible according to the...
Ant Group’s AI Health Chatbot Leads China’s AI Race
Who exactly is winning the AI race? AI health care is taking off in China, led by Jack Ma’s Ant Group Ant’s health chatbot has become a top downloaded app in China as users seek personalized care they can’t get from...
Every Currency Deserves Its Own On‑Chain Stablecoin
Working with more countries to launch their native stablecoins. Every currency should be represented on-chain.
Crypto Activity Dips Around Chinese New Year, but Why?
Someone told me that every year, leading up to the Chinese lunar year holiday, people in China and maybe other Asian countries exit the crypto markets. Is that true, and is that what’s happening to the markets now?? 🥺
Crypto Needs Clarity and Nonpartisan Regulation, Says Bessent
BESSENT says we can’t proceed without CLARITY Crypto should be non partisan but it’s not and I’m grateful for all the progress we’ve made this far. Hopefully the accredited investor law is tackled next. https://t.co/Hz1i9dqL1b
Weekend Tokenized Stock Trading Risks: Market Closed, News Moves
Trading tokenized equities on weekends is the real problem — the market’s closed, but the news isn’t. @evgenygaevoy explains why investors should be careful trading tokenized stocks https://t.co/yat7Pz1sEw
Retail Banking Moves From Transactions to Relationship‑Focused Experiences
Retail banking is shifting from transactions to relationships. Institutions must get creative with video banking, mobile advisors, and advisory focused branches. Download the free report today: https://t.co/08DiNXh0DA https://t.co/zoyyvBHf0s
Predict the Big Game, Win Share of $1M Bitcoin
Try out prediction markets in the Coinbase app. If you make 5 correct predictions for the big game, you can win a share of $1m in Bitcoin.
Gold Volatility Shock Highlights DeFi's Permissionless Markets
I didn’t expect a gold volatility shock to become a DeFi use case. But Hyperliquid showed why traders care about permissionless, always-on markets. https://t.co/7d14E7b5J5
AI's Uneven Impact Redefines Insurance Profit Landscape
AI is reshaping insurance faster than many investors expect. Some subsectors will gain efficiency and pricing power, others will see margins compress. The opportunity isn’t broad based. It’s uneven, structural, and already starting to show. https://t.co/Ztfi3YhuJX @mckinsey
Liquidity Providers Face Lethal Risk in Manipulated Prediction Markets
Insider trading on prediction markets can be 50/50 for retail. But for market makers, it’s lethal. @evgenygaevoy explains why providing liquidity in manipulated markets is so dangerous for his firm. https://t.co/crcByHKCGj
US Treasury: Bitcoin Reserve only Seized Assets, No CBDC
NEW: 🇺🇸 Treasury Secretary Bessent says the U.S. BTC reserve consists only of seized assets, and also confirmed they have no plans to issue a CBDC. Source: Bitcoin Magazine https://t.co/2917RHgwzt
200 Trillion Dollars of Bank Deposits and Loans at Risk
[New Episode] Why $200 Trillion in Bank Deposits and Loans Are Now at Risk. With Michael Abbot, Global Banking Lead at @Accenture. Watch the latest episode now: https://t.co/EmxczOgUeq https://t.co/IM4ZiSTiPp
Crypto's Rise: Replacing Failing States with On‑Chain Order
I have never been more bullish on crypto. Because the rules-based order is collapsing and the code-based order is rising. So the short term price doesn’t matter. As international law breaks down, we will need not just onchain currencies, but onchain companies....
AI Triggers $300B Market Crash, Exposing Adaptation Gap
AI models just rattled markets and erased $300 billion in value in a single day. This wasn’t about hype, but about real fears that automation is moving faster than business models can adapt. The gap between AI capability and market readiness is...
Resilience: The Bridge Between Insurance and Entrepreneurship
🔴 We are live. → https://t.co/zWtv2aFsZD I'm sitting with Steven Mendel, co-founder at ManyPets, to discuss 'Resilience' the common point between insurance and entrepreneurship. https://t.co/LTEQtFzOPu
Binance Records Billions Inflows, FUD Sponsors Lose Money
Binance saw net inflow for ALL 1 day, 7 day and 1 month periods, to the tune of $ billions. Some possible FUD sponsors saw the opposite. 🤣
Gold's Crypto‑style Volatility Exposes Market Structure Flaws
What happens when gold trades like crypto and crypto trades like stress? 🥇📉 On @bitsandbips, @austincampbell & @perkinscr97 sit down with @cosmojiang_ to unpack: 🧠 How Hyperliquid enabled real price discovery ⚠️ Gold volatility and 24/7 markets 🏦 Warsh’s Fed nomination and...
Single Perpetual Contract Tracks Top 50 Crypto Assets
This is cool. One perpetual-style contract for trading an index tracking the top 50 digital assets.
From Slack BTC Tips to Modern Low‑code Magic
This brings back lots of memories - like this slack tipping tool I built ~10 years ago, to send BTC to your colleagues in slack. Sadly, I don’t code as much anymore, but it's fun to build random things - and...
Missing Standards Spark Trust Crisis in Emerging Agent Economy
"We haven't impelmented ERC-8004 or x402. These agents are all going to want to work with each other, and they won't be able to trust each other. There's going to be this agentic economy." -- @austingriffith "You don't think they're...
Launching
"I tell the bot: we need to build a PFP prediction market where people can stake money on different PFPs." Tune in to listen to the rest of the story. https://t.co/RZMYBjaKbj
Bots Rake Millions in Base Fees, Solana Reacts
"@clanker_world and @bankrbot have done millions nad millions of fees over the last week on @base because of this — and you see Solana's reaction: 'We've gotta get Bankr ...'" -- @austingriffith
Personalized Banking at Scale Will Dominate the Future
The future of banking belongs to institutions that personalize at scale across the entire customer journey. https://t.co/xopg1mbn5M
Stablecoin Risks Rise as Blockchains Gain Systemic Role
GENIUS leaves a lot unspecified. In particular, we think people are underestimating the risks of decentralized blockchains as novel financial infrastructure. All blockchains are not created equal: Did you know the majority of stablecoin transactions are currently happening on Binance...
CFTC Chair Says Bill Could Make US Crypto Gold Standard
🇺🇸 CFTC Chair Selig says the market structure bill can make the U.S. the "gold standard" for crypto regulation and could reach Trump’s desk within months. Source: Fox Business https://t.co/a0QxAGWKzX
Liquidity Drives Market Shifts: Gold Rises, Bitcoin Falters
"𝟵𝟱% 𝗼𝗳 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘁𝘀. 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝘆'𝗿𝗲 𝗯𝗮𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗱, 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝗱𝗲𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝘄𝗮𝗴𝗲𝘀." This quote from liquidity expert Michael Howell stopped me in my tracks. I recently sat down with Michael for the New Era Finance podcast...
AI Legal Tool Sends Data Stocks Plummeting, Threatens Industry
Anthropic just shook Europe’s data sector Its new AI legal tool pushed shares in Pearson, Experian and other data-heavy firms sharply lower as investors reassessed automation risk The signal from markets is clear. AI is no longer a support tool. It is...
Senate Democrats Schedule First Crypto Market Structure Meeting
UPDATE: 🇺🇸 Senate Democrats will hold a meeting tomorrow on crypto market structure, their first since last month’s postponed markup. Source: Eleanor Terrett https://t.co/4bNkiJKA1X
Ex-PayPal Exec Breaks Silence, Warns of Ongoing Decline
I woke up this morning to dozens of messages from former PayPal colleagues. It pushed me to finally speak up. I never spoke publicly about the company after I left. Part of that was loyalty to John Donahoe, who gave...
Coinbase Quietly Removes Kontigo After $20M Funding
Coinbase, which led Kontigo’s $20m funding round announced less than two months ago, appears to have quietly scrubbed the company from its website:
Aave Drives Stablecoin Adoption and Growth
A strong case study highlighting Aave’s role as a key growth driver for stablecoins. The Aave effect.
DATs Out of Dry Powder as mNAVs Dip Below 1
"DATs have no more dry powder. Because mNAVs are below 1, they can't sell equity to buy more tokens." https://t.co/d1Catj17uP
Crypto Hoarding Strategy Cracks as Bitcoin Slides
The crypto hoarding playbook is starting to crack. Bitcoin below $76k has turned once celebrated treasury strategies into massive paper losses, with investors now fearing forced selling. What was pitched as conviction is beginning to look like leverage dressed up as belief....
V7 Labs Go Scales Across Finance
wait til folks see @v7labs go is doing already at scale across finance, legal, insurance, tax - not in research preview https://t.co/S8OtBtIsvI
Stripe's Stablecoin Gambit Risks a Heavy Hangover
This quote from The Information's latest story on Stripe's stablecoin infra subsidiary Bridge is interesting. Seems like Stripe drank the kool-aid. Now the question is, how bad will the hangover be? https://t.co/J2DnaC7z02
Third‑party Users Linked to Kontigo Wallets Face Account Closures
Looks like some users of third-party platforms who have interacted w/Kontigo wallets are having their accounts shut down:
2026 Marks Global Economy’s Shift to Tokenization
Everyone in the finance media is watching Ondo Summit from @OndoFinance today, Bloomberg, FT, WSJ, Reuters, CoinDesk & more. Last year: 500K+ livestream views. This year is bigger. 2026 belongs to Tokenization We aren't just trading tokens anymore. We are tokenizing the entire...
AI Agents Now Socializing, Boosting Knowledge Work Productivity
AI agents are no longer just working for us. They are starting to hang out with each other. Moltbook is a social network where AI bots interact without humans, while real-world data shows agents are mostly used by highly educated workers...
Tom Lee Discusses Macro, Regulation, On‑Chain Finance Evolution
Looking forward to a great conversation with @fundstrat (Tom Lee) today at Ondo Summit at 10:40am EST. We'll discuss the macro environment, regulation, and the evolution of onchain finance.
CB Insights Splits InsurTech Map Into Two Categories
What could we learn from CBinsights' yearly Top 50 InsurTech ? → https://t.co/jPaZFOB8Ju Beyond the startups listed, what I find interesting is how the map is structured. And this year, CBinsights split the map in two categories. https://t.co/95meEVXdmS
Block Eyes Cash App Score for External Lending Partnerships
Block has said that it's going to explore leveraging its Cash App Score (i.e., its internal underwriting model) to help customers qualify for products and services from external providers (auto lenders, credit card issuers, landlords, etc.) I have so many questions...
Tokenization Enables 24/7 Trading Beyond Limited Market Hours
Did you know the regular US stock market is only open ~19% of the time. (9:30am to 4pm, Monday through Friday)! Even with extended hours it's only open ~48% of the time. Seems kind of crazy. Tokenization will bring 24/7 markets.
Tailor Your Branch Strategy to Your Identity
Branch strategy cannot be copied from another institution. It must be defined by who you are as a company and who you serve. https://t.co/O3hS87zXrw
Liquidity Drives Capital Shift From CME to Hyperliquid
"Money will go to where liquidity is 24/7. The funds will move away from CME to the likes of Hyperliquid." - @austincampbell https://t.co/AraSv0VW9r
Rise in >1k BTC Holders: TradFi vs Whales
INTERESTING DATA from @glassnode👇. I wonder how many entities that now own >1k #bitcoin (big increase since late 2025) are #tradfi institutions, vs bitcoin whales buying the dip... https://t.co/atKzmpNroK
Warsh’s Fed Nomination Backed by Andreessen and Crypto Bank
Fed chair nominee Warsh has the seal of approval from a16z's Marc Andreessen & cofounder/CEO of Anchorage Digital, the crypto bank where Warsh has served as an advisor "since the very beginning" -- https://t.co/pnDnonrw2N
Varo Raises $124M Despite $92M Loss
The sunk cost fallacy is alive & well: Varo announced it has raised ANOTHER $123.9 million. Varo posted a net loss of $91.7 million in 2025, per its just-released call report. https://t.co/iGHX1ILeL9