Fintech
Circle Got a Trust Bank for USDC and Made Crypto Wear a Tie
Circle's new OCC-approved trust bank pulls USDC deeper into the federal perimeter, proving stablecoin ambition now looks less bankless and more chartered.
Fintech
Open USD Turns Stablecoin Reserve Revenue Into a Group Project
Open USD is a new stablecoin backed by Visa, Stripe, Coinbase, BlackRock, BNY, and 140-plus partners that shares reserve revenue.
Startups
KapitalGPT Turns Financial Education Into Games, Because Flashcards Had It Coming
KapitalGPT is gaming software for financial education, covering credit repair, real estate, stock market lessons, options, insurance, and FINRA exam prep.
Fintech
MoneyGram Built a Stablecoin for Remittances and Kept the Cash Window Open
MoneyGram's MGUSD launch shows stablecoins growing up into remittance infrastructure, where cash-out, FX, and settlement timing matter more than crypto ideology.
Fintech
Charles Schwab Turns the S&P 500 Into a Yes-or-No Button
Schwab's reported Cboe deal shows prediction markets becoming ordinary brokerage product, wrapped in options language and aimed at retail traders.
Fintech
Big Banks Built Tokenized Deposits So Stablecoins Stop Stealing Treasury Work
The Clearing House tokenized-deposit push shows big banks absorbing stablecoin-style speed and programmability into regulated treasury and settlement rails.
Fintech
Klarna Launched a Savings Account So BNPL Can Keep Your Cash Too
Klarna's new U.S. savings account shows BNPL maturing into a full cash-habitat play, with partner-bank plumbing, membership hooks, and sticky deposits.
Launch
Cash App Turned Tap to Pay Into a $25 Magic Wand
Cash App's $25 NFC wand is equal parts fintech hardware, Gen Z charm bracelet, and excellent bit. Against reason, it also makes a weird amount of sense.
Deep Dive
Deep Dive: Stablecoins Turned Dollars Into Software. Now Everyone Wants the Toll Booth.
Stablecoins are becoming payment plumbing for merchants, platforms, and bots. This guide explains the tech, incentives, regulation, and hype.
AI
Ramp Raised $750 Million to Put AI Agents on the Company Card
Ramp’s $750 million June 4 raise says autonomous finance is leaving demo mode. The controls look smarter than the slogan, which is not always true in agent land.
Startups
PredictionBell Wants Traders to Stop Drowning in Polymarket and Kalshi Tabs
PredictionBell is a free no-signup dashboard for scanning Polymarket and Kalshi across equities, crypto, macro, sports, venue gaps, and market pulse signals.
Fintech
Coinbase and PPRO Turn Stablecoins Into Just Another Checkout Button
Coinbase and PPRO's May 27 stablecoin deal shows crypto payments going mainstream by hiding inside merchant software and PSP plumbing already in place.