To anyone who saw a haggard, chap-lipped traveler who looks a lot like me shuffling around the Las Vegas airport...
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If structured as they are at present, most decentralized protocols may lead to sanctions-framework violations and — potentially — partial...
Nubank, the largest neobank in Latin America, will introduce USDC to its Brazilian clients, a significant advancement for the stablecoin.
The weekly fintech news roundup features stories from Brex, Circle, BlackRock, the DTCC, MoonPay and more.
We look at a recent report from Protos that traces the issuance of USDT to the institutional players in the centralized crypto capital markets. The data reveals the market share of players like Alameda, Cumberland, Jump, and others in powering trading in exchanges. We try to contextualize this market structure with what exists both in (1) investment banking and (2) decentralized finance. The analogies are helpful to de-sensationalize the information and calculate some rough economics.
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“We see stablecoin not as a token at rest. We see it as a token on the move. So our...
Javier Milei's deregulation agenda raises hopes in the sector, with rental contracts settled in crypto. But the economy remains in dire shape.
Teana Baker Taylor, Circle's UK VP of Policy, advocates for careful cryptocurrency adoption on behalf of Circle's new Euro Coin.
In this discussion, we explore ways that Stripe — arguably the best American fintech company full-stop, although who would want to mess with Square — could be entering the crypto space. We consider approaches similar to the payment onramps, then discuss the underlying market structure powering those experiences, and highlight more generally the role of gateways relative to protocols. We touch on the role of custodians, banks, and wallets, as well as Square’s attempt, the tbDEX, where KYC/AML comes down to forms of opt-in identity. Finally, we address questions about Circle and USDC, and how stablecoins differ from the rails on which they travel.
We look in detail at the state of marking recently-private-fintechs to the public market in mid-2021. Multiple industry segments have seen IPOs, direct listings, and SPACs transition fintech darlings into traditional stocks. How is performance doing? Is everything as magnificent and rich as we expected? Have multiples and valuations fallen or held steady? The analysis explores the answers and provides an explanatory framework.