Agentic AI: From Answers to Action in Banking
Agentic AI is not about answering questions. It is about taking action. In this episode, I explain why moving from passive to autonomous systems is critical for the future of banking. 👉 Watch the full episode: https://t.co/Sk040KYyAk https://t.co/BJPjJXhpkH
Six Fintech Startup Predictions for 2026
Six #Fintech #Startup Predictions For 2026 https://t.co/gsnoGYCtY6 #GoogleAlerts #AI #VentureCapital @SpirosMargaris @ahier @sallyeaves @efipm @anand_narang @TerenceLeungSF @davidjmaireles @JimMarous @FrRonconi @davidjmaireles @FinMKTG @BetaMoroney @JohnNosta @dinisguarda @mvollmer1 @JohnNosta @Khulood_Almani @HaroldSinnott @Fabriziobustama
Onchain USDC Payments Seed Crypto Super Cycle
"Creators getting paid in USDC onchain is planting the seeds for the crypto super cycle" Luca on why the network effect of onchain payments changes everything "I'm a creator, I get paid in US dollars onchain. Then I see an NFT on...
Meta Pays Billions in USDC to 100M Creators
"100 million people being paid in USDC to the tune of billions of dollars is amazing." 😍 -- @kaiynne on Meta paying creators in stablecoins https://t.co/WRtMtepjzU
Meta's Stablecoin Payouts Could Trigger Crypto Supercycle
On Meta paying people in stablecoins: "The seeds being planted here, for all my delusional bulls, is setting us up for a supercycle." 🚀 -- @LucaNetz https://t.co/rVJpbAZab2
Meta Shifts Creator Payments to Stablecoins, Expands Instagram Payout Engine
On Meta paying creators in stablecoins 😮 "The Instagram industrial complex must be one of the largest creator payout systems." -- @kaiynne https://t.co/WRtMtepjzU
DeFi Must Offer Massive Yields to Offset High Risk
What's the appropriate amount of yield to offer to lenders in DeFi? "If yield on Treasuries is 4%, but in DeFi, you get blown up every week, then in DeFi, you need to earn 104%" 😂 -- @kaiynne https://t.co/WRtMtepjzU
Stablecoin Adoption Grows as Crypto Hype Wanes
Had too much fun chatting stablecoins with @segall_max, @zcabrams and @pariscribben at @stripe sessions. We were in a room full of bankers. And the biggest surprise? The more the hype blows off of crypto and stablecoins. The more enterprises and volume comes....
OneStream Delivers Unified, Global Financial Visibility
Multinational organizations juggling multiple systems and diverse data? OneStream unifies your financial consolidation, close planning, and forecasting. Get single-source-of-truth reporting for true global financial visibility. #FinanceTech #Accounting #ERP https://t.co/rqAzzjvUiQ
Stripe's AI Infrastructure: Tokens, Gemini, and a Decade-Old Connection
Speaking with @collision soon. He wont remember it, but I met John 10 years ago at Web Summit (then in Ireland). Interviewing him for the first time and talking about Stripe building the economic infrastructure for AI, Stripe in AI...
Payments Industry Embarrassed as Stripe Dominates Agentic Commerce
its a little embarrassing for everyone in payments that you're just letting stripe run away with agentic commerce
Square Still Doesn’t Support Crypto Payments for Merchants
I tried to get the owner of my local coffee shop to enable Bitcoin on his Square terminal (so I could pay him in Zcash), but he says Square hasn’t notified him about it by email and he doesn’t see...
Stripe Demos Launch via CLI—Industry Standard?
Demos at @stripe sessions all start with a CLI Name another payments company that's true for
Stripe Link Turns Into Agent Wallet with Human Approval
Stripe link is now a wallet for agents Give your agents link creds It tries to buy something You approve (human in the loop)
AI Agents Revive Stripe's Long‑ignored CLI
Stripe launched a CLI seven years ago, and nobody used it Until AI agents came along. https://t.co/M5RIBzzzXw
First Multichain Payment Gateway Enables Nanopayments Across 11 Chains
We've just launched the first multichain payment gateway for agents, across 11 chains, USDC + x402 support for sellers and buyers, and support for 0.000001 sized nanopayments. It's an open and permissionless protocol on the internet. https://t.co/9fO4yaSGUn
DeFi Raises $300M, Questions Yield Risk Pricing
DeFi just pulled together $300M+ to make Kelp's rsETH holders whole after the April 18 exploit. The harder question on Uneasy Money this week: were DeFi yields ever actually pricing this kind of risk? Plus: the Polymarket soldier, USDT vs. Iran,...
Kalshi’s Legal Victory Paves Way for Predictive Markets
I sat down with the co-founder and CEO of Kalshi (@mansourtarek_), a prediction market reportedly worth over $20 billion. After years of struggle, Kalshi won a regulatory battle, culminating with their successful suit to overturn a CFTC decision, giving them the...
Nubank Invests $7.9B to Boost AI and Inclusion
Nubank Doubles Down: R$45 Billion (~$7.9B USD) to Scale AI, Products and Financial Inclusion in Brazil 2026 investment = nearly double commitment over two years. Funds target: AI-driven platforms, credit models, new products, hiring, office expansion + R$2.5B infrastructure (over 5...
Human Signatures Lag as AI Finance Scales $100M
Banks are still asking for human signatures Meanwhile: AI DAOs are managing $100M+ treasuries Autonomous protocols are generating real revenue Agent swarms are optimizing portfolio allocations The gap between legacy finance and zero human finance is a chasm And it's widening every day
Visa Adopts Polygon for Instant Global Stablecoin Settlements
And now @Visa. The world's largest payment network has turned on Polygon rails for its global stablecoin settlement program. Visa's partners can now move money instantly on @0xPolygon. $2.4 trillion in volume already moves through these rails. The names settling here: @Mastercard,...
Delegate Economy Stack Accelerates; Adoption Remains the Next Frontier
The Delegate Economy stack is maturing faster than anyone expected. Version 1 of the stack: protocol war, authentication-only trust layer, limited UCP capabilities. Version 2: UCP as the emerging industry standard, Verifiable Intent as the authorization layer, real-time product data as the...
Dream Hire Joins Forces to Scale DeFi Credit Markets
Been waiting for this moment and has been a dream hire for me. I've been working with Luigi since early DeFi days, and finally now on the same team. We're going to build credit markets at internet scale.
Ripple Expands RLUSD Access with Bullish and OKX
NEW: Bullish expands its Ripple Prime partnership to give institutions $BTC options access via $RLUSD, while Ripple also partners with OKX to scale $RLUSD across 300+ spot pairs with futures and margin support https://t.co/9albCeiofj
Banks Demand a Level Playing Field in Open Finance
When it comes to open finance, banks have a point when they want a level playing field (with big tech). #Banking #OpenFinance #BigTech #OpenBanking #JPMorgan https://t.co/beEiyACvhR
Canada Moves to Ban Crypto ATMs over Fraud Concerns
🚨LATEST The Canadian federal government just proposed banning cryptocurrency ATMs, calling them a primary method used by scammers to commit fraud and money laundering. https://t.co/2RoD0SfjjP
TrumpAccount Partners Block Overseas Americans From Access
https://t.co/Z4ZlfJnF4y #americanabroad #financialplanning #ustax #UScitizen @Forbes @USTreasury just picked partners for the new #TrumpAccount app; major catch. Onboarding @RobinhoodApp & BNY Mellon notoriously difficult for #Americansoverseas #expat kids locked out? https://t.co/OQDqEqPRBC
Paris Dryer Wins $34K, Proving Hyperstition Power
$34 Dryer In Paris Wins $34000 On Polymarket https://t.co/FNMV58JlN7 Fantastic story, interesting on so many levels. But also I learned a new word that I already love. "Hyperstitions are semiotic, cultural, or fictional ideas that become self-fulfilling prophecies"
Ripple Emerges as Institutional Coinbase Amid Infrastructure Shift
Hidden Road puts Ripple at the direct broker level alongside FalconX. That is where the biggest institutional liquidity flows happen. Add RLUSD, XRP liquidity, and a federal banking license and Ripple becomes the institutional version of Coinbase, built for treasury...
India's WealthTech Startups Expand Long‑Term Advisory Access
🇮🇳WealthTech Sherpas for financial goals: Explore how #India's #WealthTech startups are evolving to meet growing demand for accessible, long-term financial advisory solutions. The Hindu @BusinessLine. #FinTech #financialliteracy https://t.co/UdtWZB1L78
Caesars to Add New Jersey, Completing 27-Jurisdiction Wallet
Caesars expects to integrate New Jersey into its universal sportsbook digital wallet shortly, the final of 27 live jurisdictions
CLI Now a Baseline for Fintech After Mercury Launch
Oooo @mercury just launched their CLI The day after they got their conditional OCC Charter Having a CLI is becoming tablestakes for finance companies https://t.co/GYqdxxD6lP
Stablecoin BaaS Replaces Traditional Banking Stack
🚨 JUST IN: Former PayPal CEO David Marcus just unveiled a stablecoin banking product for businesses and AI agents. Stablecoin balances. Yield. Payments. Cards. All chain-native, all behind an API. This is Banking-as-a-Service but onchain. --- Banking-as-a-Service is getting rebuilt on stablecoin rails. The...
Universal Multi‑Currency Account Empowers Every Platform
Years of work to get to this point. Now every platform can operate the most powerful dollar (and multi-currency) account for all their users and stakeholders. Time to change everything.
Agent Payments Protocol Joins FIDO to Boost Secure Standards
We’re donating Agent Payments Protocol to the FIDO Alliance to support the future of secure, agentic payments. https://t.co/USTxadi1Cn < great to see this. Companies are quickly coalescing around solid open standards.
Kyriba Brings USDC Digital Dollars Into Corporate Treasury
Kyriba is one of the largest and most important players in managing and automating corporate treasury infrastructure for several thousand companies including many of the Fortune 100. Their integration of USDC and Circle infra into their platform unlocks digital dollars for...
Software‑Driven Mercury Poised to Become World's Largest Bank
This is why @mercury has the potential to become the biggest bank in the world. The future of banking is software.
Mercury Redefines Startup Banking with Direct Bank Partnerships
New Fintech Blueprint podcast episode with Immad Akhund (@immad), founder and CEO of @mercury , and you'll definitely want to take some notes. Mercury grew up through the period when the Banking-as-a-Service middleware layer was falling apart. Synapse, Unit, and...
Revolut Hits $6B, 50% YoY Growth Across 11 Lines
Revolut did $6B in 2025 revenue, up 50% YoY, with 11 business lines doing at least $135M per year https://t.co/NibNgXRSXG
Machine-to-Machine Economies Break Human
Here's the thing about machine-to-machine economies: Regulations designed for humans break • No beneficial owners • No intent to prove • No humans to jail • No meetings to record • No emails to subpoena The entire regulatory framework assumes meat in the loop What happens when there...
Payments as Protocol Primitive Eliminates Need for Abstraction
Key lines "If you've built anything in payments before it seems obvious" And "making it a protocol primitive" makes so much sense. You could build this as an abstraction before The point is you don't have to.
On‑chain Stablecoin Savings: Fiat in, USDC Out
Fiat in, USDC out, yield onchain. This is how simple onchain stablecoin savings should be. A great preview of what the Open Money Stack unlocks. Congrats @Coinstancy & @Coinme
Fintechs Launch New Transactional Foundational Model Class
A new class of transactional foundational models developed by Fintechs and Finserv, has emerged. Visual by G. Kolovos @nvidia https://t.co/ROE03tZdSW
Stripe’s $1.1B Crypto Deal Wasn’t Too Early
Last week I sat down with Zach Abrams, co-founder of Bridge, which was acquire by Stripe for $1.1 billion in October 2024. At the time, it was the largest crypto acquisition ever, and plenty of people thought they overpaid. But...
Banks Lag Tokenization; Neobanks Poised to Dominate
The tokenized economy is already here, and tokenization is poised to join AI on bankers’ long list of transformative opportunities they’d like to do—but don’t. Legacy systems, regulatory excuses, and endless pilot purgatory continue to hold incumbents back, letting neobanks and...
David Birch's "Identity Is the New Money" Tops Finance Literature
Wow. Ten years ago. John Lanchester https://t.co/tvIiviwJYt "David Birch is the author of a fresh, original and fascinatingly wide-ranging short book about developments in the field, "Identity Is the New Money". His is the best book on general issues around new forms...
LendingClub's Growth Overshadowed by Rising Delinquencies
LendingClub’s originations hit $1.9B, but rising delinquencies and a private credit crunch are tough headwinds. The rebrand to LC signals a shift, but credit quality is key. Holding for now. 📉💳 Fintech
NYC Core Networks Team Gathers to Brainstorm Next Big Feature
Core Networks Team (P2P, Multiplayer Money, Kids + Teens, Cash for Business + Earners) team is onsite in NYC this week. What should we build while we're IRL together? Already on deck to release an incredibly fun feature to a...
Arkham Users Set Deposit Alerts to Front‑run Aave Withdrawals
This is a bank run in slow motion. @MiguelMorel explains how Arkham users are setting deposit alerts to be first in line to withdraw from Aave's illiquid markets. @unchained_pod https://t.co/mkK6F3pMWp
Virtual Addresses Enable Middleware‑Free On‑Chain Fintech
Virtual addresses mean you can now build fintech programs onchain with stablecoins No middleware needed.